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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
other storm giants to its master’s service, while others gather devoted cults of lesser creatures to serve the monsters of the deep.Lightning, ThunderCold, Psychic
from the world, storm giants sometimes stray into the orbit of such creatures, perhaps while seeking insight into some omen, vision, or prophecy. Kraken;Krakens, aboleth;aboleths, and Great Old Ones
races
Player’s Handbook
strongholds into mountainsides and under the earth. Their oldest legends tell of conflicts with the monsters of mountaintops and the Underdark, whether those monsters were towering giants or
backgrounds
Player’s Handbook
your bedroll. There are wonders in the wilderness— strange monsters, pristine forests and streams, overgrown ruins of great halls once trod by giants— and you learned to fend for yourself
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
This shield is made from the scale of an ancient white dragon. It has a rune burned into its outward-facing side. A character who examines the rune and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (History
has the properties of a +1 weapon. The bonus increases to +3 when the weapon is used against one of the following creature types, chosen by you at the time of the magic weapon’s creation: aberrations, celestials, constructs, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, giants, or undead.
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death.
Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who
their savagery. Green dragons, for instance, sometimes use orcs as sentinels or shock troops. Orcs are sometimes attracted to the service of frost giants or fire giants, who then “reward&rdquo
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Giants by Kind On the tables in this section, monsters whose names are followed by an asterisk (*) are found in this chapter, those followed by a dagger (†) are found in Mordenkainen Presents
: Monsters of the Multiverse, and other monsters are found in the Monster Manual. Cloud Giants Giant CR Cloud giant 9 Cloud giant destiny gambler* 19 Cloud giant of Evil Air* 12 Cloud giant smiling one
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
(†) appear in Monsters of the Multiverse. Roll a d10 if you don’t have that book. *See chapter 6. Often, the most dangerous thing about a community of giants is the scattering of outcasts lingering on
Giantkind Encounters This section includes encounter tables themed around each of the six kinds of giants in the Monster Manual, plus death giants (found in chapter 6) and fomorians. Each table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
Giants of the Star Forge Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants offers a wealth of resources to help Dungeon Masters craft their own adventures featuring some of D&D’s most enormous monsters. “Giants
of the Star Forge” draws on the ideas, maps, stat blocks, and other details in the pages of that book, standing as an example of how to put all those pieces together. You can use Glory of the Giants to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Appendix C: Creatures This appendix details the new monsters that appear in this adventure. It also provides optional actions and traits for giants.
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Basic Rules (2014)
trackless forests and across wide and empty plains, rangers keep their unending watch.
Deadly Hunters
Warriors of the wilderness, rangers specialize in hunting the monsters that threaten the edges of
civilization—humanoid raiders, rampaging beasts and monstrosities, terrible giants, and deadly dragons. They learn to track their quarry as a predator does, moving stealthily through the wilds and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
monsters appear in appendix C. If a stat block is in appendix C, the adventure’s text tells you so. That appendix also provides new action and trait options for the giants in the Monster Manual — options
Running the Adventure To run this adventure, you need the fifth edition Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. Take a few minutes to reread the section on giants in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Level 14: Arcturiadoom Arcturiadoom is designed for four 13th-level characters, and adventurers who defeat the monsters on this level should gain enough XP to advance halfway to 14th level. The lich
her personal retreat (“doom” being an archaic term for a lord’s domain). Hidden on this level is Arcturia’s phylactery, and adventurers would be wise to find and destroy it before facing the lich in battle on level 23.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Hobgoblin Raiders The bounty of salvage on this level has not gone unnoticed by the fire giants on level 14. They send hobgoblin minions to steal scrap metal, which the giants are using to build a
great construct of their own. The hobgoblins raid in small bands, using trained rust monsters to distract Zox’s constructs. These raiders are naturally violent but can be parlayed with by clever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
unusual among stone giants and fire giants. It’s the exception among hill giants and frost giants, most of which die violently in battle against humans, dragons, other monsters, or their own kind
Living the Giant Life Giants are exceptionally long-lived compared to humans, but none are immortal. A peaceful death from old age is a common occurrence among cloud giants and storm giants and isn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
have sprung up, separated by dozens if not hundreds of miles of untamed wilderness haunted by bandits, barbarians, and monsters. Evil dragons stirred into action by their dark queen, Tiamat, threatened
faded quickly with the coming of a new threat: giants. The peoples of the North are no strangers to giant incursions. Frost giants have long claimed the Spine of the World as their demesne, and hill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
Against the Giants Giants have been raiding settled lands in bands, with giants of different sorts in these marauding groups. Death and destruction have been laid heavily upon every place these
monsters have visited. This has caused great anger in high places, for life and property loss means failure of the vows of noble rulers to protect the life and goods of each and every subject—and possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
known, but you can still build adventures that lead characters to explore the realms of past giants. An expedition into giants’ ruins might involve a confrontation with giants, or it might mean facing
whatever monsters have taken up residence in the ruins in the centuries since the giants abandoned them. In Xen’drik, living giants still inhabit some of their ancient ruins, though they have fallen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
(†) appear in Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse. (Where those monsters appear, a note to the table tells you what to do if you don’t have that book.) All other creatures are described
in the Monster Manual. If a Humanoid creature’s kind is not specified, it can be any kind of Humanoid you choose. Giants are dangerous foes. The encounter tables in this section are most suitable for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
3. Foyer Monsters. Two male fire giants (named Druvax and Zelzzarf) and seven hobgoblins are sorting through pieces of scrap iron on the floor and tossing them noisily into piles.
Statues. Two
giants and the hobgoblins aren’t happy with drudge work and eagerly hurl themselves into combat if the chance presents itself. The scrap iron was brought down from level 13 and will later be transported to area 14 to be eventually melted down and recast.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Chapter 4: Temple of Moloch The Temple of Moloch is an ancient site steeped in magic, and the former home of a legendary artificer. Thessalar was a master alchemist and creator of monsters, whose own
themselves back in that long ago, facing off against the artificer and his host of monstrous guardians in pursuit of the missing components of the Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad. Having come back in time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
fate of Faerûn. The factions of the Sword Coast fight alongside new and unexpected allies, facing off against the assembled might of the dragon cultists, flights of chromatic dragons, other monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Denizens Ten stone giants reside in Deadstone Cleft when the adventurers arrive, including Thane Kayalithica. With the exception of the giant in area 6, who checks on the roc, the giants remain in
their caves and wait for enemies to come to them. Once they enter combat, the giants pursue enemies that attempt to flee. The Blue Bear tribe shares Kayalithica’s belief that civilization is a blight on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
bridges in hope of feasting on travelers, and guide travelers across the chasm in exchange for a modest toll. Giants. Giants are the rare creatures equally at home in the realm or the wilds. In
Garenbrig and Embereth, fire giants and stone giants served as mighty knights and strong laborers. In the wilds, hill giants have always been hostile to the rulers of the realm, even when elves governed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
fate of Faerûn. The factions of the Sword Coast fight alongside new and unexpected allies, facing off against the assembled might of the dragon cultists, flights of chromatic dragons, other monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the danger posed by dragons, giants, and other monsters found throughout the region. That makes this region particularly well suited to a heroic fantasy campaign (see “Flavors of Fantasy” in this
Infinite Staircase, explores the origin of these monsters. Crystalmist Mountains. Giants, white dragons, and other monsters frequently descend from the Crystalmist Mountains into Geoff and Sterich
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
rapacious giant raiders. Their mission: to slay fire giants and all who associate with them. Failure means death, not from the nobles, but from the monsters the party must face. Success means the right to
home of the fire giants. In the vast rocky halls of the fire giants’ doughty liege lord, the dread King Snurre Iron Belly, they hope to find not only great treasure but the answer to the question of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
(†) appear in Monsters of the Multiverse. Roll a d10 if you don’t have that book.
*See chapter 6.
Fiendish Incursion Encounters Use the Fiendish Incursion Encounters table for situations where giants
Connected Creatures The encounter tables in this section include a variety of monsters grouped according to themes that might flavor a giant enclave or encounter. Combined with the encounters from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Giantkind The descendants of Annam are the various creatures of the Giant creature type. The precise details of genealogy linking Annam to these Giants are a matter of mythology, and myths vary from
world to world and from one teller to another. Most tellings make a distinction between the main families of giants who are descended from the sons of Annam and the various other creatures whose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
thoroughly examine and explore. There will inevitably be player actions which the script has not anticipated, and you will have to judge their results. Finally, you can amend and alter monsters and
treasures as you see fit, with an eye towards your home campaign and your particular players. If time permits, the giants organize traps, ambushes, and last-ditch defenses against continuing forays into
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giants and chromatic dragons. Or war might be raging between dragons and elves while giants strive to protect smaller peoples from the fallout. Other peoples and monsters might be involved. The war might
Giants and Other Ancients In the mythic history of most D&D worlds, giants occupy a privileged place—alongside dragons—among the first sapient creatures to walk the earth. Elves and dwarves arose or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
far end of the hall.
Monsters. Two of Muiral’s arcane experiments (see below) huddle next to the rubble of the toppled pillars.
Floor. Dusty black marble tiles cover the floor, many of them cracked
and broken.
Muiral injected two drow prisoners with magic elixirs that forever transformed them into hideously deformed giants with bulging muscles, charcoal-black skin, and long, dirty-white hair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
one is making sure the giants lairing in the fort don’t kill the party; step two is persuading them to work for humans. 4 The characters must rescue prisoners being held by the monsters in the ruins
for less intelligent monsters, places where they can bring their next meals along with anything those poor souls happened to be carrying. Ruined Dhakaani Fort Features Map 4.3 shows an ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
a particular type. Lists of monsters organized by creature type appear in appendix B. The game includes the following creature types, which have no rules of their own: Aberrations are utterly alien
pixies. Fiends are creatures tied to terrifying Lower Planes, such as balors and hell hounds. Giants are towering beings with humanlike shapes, like cyclopes, fire giants, and trolls. Humanoids are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Chapter 6: Bestiary At Mordenkainen’s side, I thought of giants as a brutal menace threatening the very existence of the world I knew. Diancastra showed me just how small that world was. My eyes have
been opened to a world that is much larger and far more ancient than I imagined.
—Bigby
Across the multiverse, giants are shaped by ancient traditions and a powerful connection to the Elemental
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, celestials, constructs, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, giants, monstrosities, oozes, plants, or undead. Alternatively, you can select two races of humanoid (such as gnolls and orcs) as favored
language of your choice that is spoken by your favored enemies, if they speak one at all. You choose one additional favored enemy, as well as an associated language, at 6th and 14th level. As you gain levels, your choices should reflect the types of monsters you have encountered on your adventures.