Homebrew Frost Giant 2.0 Species Details

Descendant From Ice

Frost Giant are generally huge creatures that can change there size. The usually have ice crusted on them in places like shoulders and knees. All frost giants are a pale blue with darker shades of blue and ice covering there arms and legs. The ice on the arms and legs is usually a see through blue or just translucent. Frost giants can't change their weight so theyu tend to be 10-12 feet tall without shrinking. The can shrink to about 6 - 5 feet tall. They are strongly built and weight about 450 pounds as an adult. If they are powerful enough they can grow to the full hight of 150 ft tall. Most never reach that feat. They can five fingers like a human but they have ice coating there nails.

The color of there ice will tell you how powerful or how much training they have had. The lightest ones have had no training and aren't powerful. The darkest ones are powerful enough to grow to 150 ft. 

The Mountains of Yotunhiem

Most frost giants life in Yotunheim and live very high up in the mountains. They sometimes live and clans but they also tend to travel alone. Frost giants are very protective of their land adn will kill anything that tries to steal. The only thing that can measure this amount of devotion is their hate toward the Ysgardian gods. Most Frost giants aren't powerful enough to stand against the gods, but those who do are rewarded. Frost giants that do not like in Yotunheim either left on their own accord or they were banished.

Frost giants don't tend to be very compassionate. They value loyalty and skill above all else. Frost giants hate to lose, even if it is a game. They always try their all not to fail. This makes them very respectable fighters.  

Frost giants are not prideful creatures, as descendants from evil gods, they use trickery and any means necessary to achieve their goal. Many Frost Giants make peace before war. They find it easier to get into their enemy's walls before attacking. 

Frost Giant Names

Frost Giants do not care much for names. Many go by multiple names for just don't have one. Here are some names that Frost Giants generally go by. 

Male Names: Ymir, Aegir, Hyrrokkin, Thrym, Zanus, Helith, Donar, Dlinir, Vlofkrus, Nadarr, Ralos, Imohr, Hingr, Bymr

Female Names: Akra, Biri, Bleipr, Saung, Errikn, Kytsu, Alau, Eingrrin, Heri, Hyfru, Skeitlu, DradrIn 

Frost Giant 2.0 Traits

Your Frost upbringing allows you to manifest these powers and traits that you share with other Frost Giants.

Veins of Ice

You gain a damage bonus when dealing Cold damage. 

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 4 and your Constitution score increases by 1. 

Age

Frost Giants grow rather slowly. By 35 human years Frost Giants are young children. They live for a very long time and reach adulthood at 200 years old. They tend to live to about 500-700 years old. But some have been reported to live into the thousands. Though they do not match the life span of Ysgardian gods, some match there power. 

Alignment

Frost Giants tend to extremes, they tend to live lives of evil. They are rarely good creatures.

Darkvision

You gain 60 feet of darkvision.

Size

Frost Giants have an innate ability to grow and shrink as they please. The biggest Frost Giants can grow to a mile high. Young Frost Giants grow to about 50 or so feet. They choose to stay around 9-12 feet without growing for shrinking. Your size is Large(without growing).

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Frost Magic

You have inherited a frost gene that allows you to channel the magic of ice through one spell. Choose one spell from the table. Some spells come with conditions because they are more powerful than others. 

Spell List

Spell	Damage Type	Conditions
Ice Knife	Cold	At will
Call Lightning	Lightning	Five times per short rest
Chain Lightning	Lightning	Twice per short rest + DM Condition
Frost Fingers	Cold	At will
Cone of Cold	Cold	Three times per short rest + DM Condition
Storm of Vengeance	Thunder	Once per long rest + DM Condition
Ice Storm	Cold	Four times per short rest + Minor DM Condition
Snilloc's Snowball Storm	Cold	At will
Lightning Bolt	Lightning	Six times per short rest
Wall of Ice	Cold	Twice per short rest + DM Condition

Giants Growth

You use your action to channel your chaotic magic and grow yourself for a certain amount of time. 15ft [1st], 20ft [5th], 30ft [9th], 40ft[14th], 50ft [19th]. How long you can stay enlarged also depends on your level. 1min [1st], 5min [6th], 10min [13th], 25min [20th].

Damage Immunity

You gain immunity to cold damage. 

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Ysgardian, and Dwarven. Ysgardian is the language of some gods. Many old texts and powerful spells are written in Ysgardian, Frost Giants have passed this language down in case they find any ancient spells or powerful Ysgardian inscriptions.