Homebrew Giant Species Details

Massive, powerful beings with incredible physical strength.

The giants are an ancient race tied to the bones of the world itself. Born of stone, metal, and crystal, they embody the earth’s primal essence in living form. Towering above mortals, their bodies often bear traces of their specific heritage — patches of stone skin, veins of gleaming ore, or crystalline growths that refract light. Giants live by traditions older than empires, valuing strength, endurance, and harmony with the land. Each giant is blessed with a defensive form, shaping their destiny as Stoneforged, Oreheart, or Crystalborn, and gaining the resilience of their gifts. Though their power is immense, giants often wander, seeking battles or causes worthy of their strength, and leaving deep footprints in history wherever they roam.

Giants are children of the high places, dwelling where mountains scrape the sky and valleys echo with thunder. Their immense forms blend with the land itself stone-skinned among crags, ore-veined in caverns, and crystalborn in sunlit peaks. They carve their homes into cliff faces, cavern halls, and high ridges, shaping the mountains as both fortress and sanctuary. To giants, the mountain is not just shelter but kin: its roots run through their blood, its peaks guide their sight, and its storms temper their spirit. While feared by lowlanders, giants see themselves as stewards of the heights, defending the balance of rock, ore, and crystal against those who would strip the mountains bare.

Giants possess

Ability Score Increase

You gain a +2 in Strength and a +1 in Constitution

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger for carrying capacity and push, drag, or lift weight.

Warrior Race

You have proficiency with any Heavy and Two-Handed weaponry.

Rock Mastery

You have proficiency with improvised thrown weapons, and rocks deal 1d8 bludgeoning damage

Earthborn Resilience

You have resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks.