Chapter 3: Giant Adventures - Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Chapter 3: Giant Adventures. Diancastra's divine nature was not revealed to me until our second meeting, when she helped me put an end to a cult dedicated to Elemental Evil and its leader, a truly vicious cloud giant. I think she appreciated what our fists together could do! This chapter, intended for the Dungeon Master, is full of tables and inspiration you can use to build encounters, adventures, and entire worlds and campaigns that give giants a properly giant-sized role. The chapter has three parts: "Encounters" provides tools to help you build encounters involving giants and the creatures that frequently accompany them. You can use the tables in this section to populate the giant-themed locations in chapter 4 or any other encounter. "Adventures" includes adventure hooks and other tools you can use to craft an adventure involving giants and their worlds. "Campaigns" helps you establish the role of giants in your game world and place these mighty peoples-past or present-in the forefront of your campaign. Encounters Giants are social creatures, often living together in families or bands, or accompanied by smaller followers. Even when they live in isolation, they often keep pets or servants. While an encounter might consist of a single giant, more typical encounters include a mix of one or more giants with other creatures. This section is loaded with inspiration to help you create such encounters, whether you're planning a single encounter or populating a giant-filled enclave. The tables are broken into two categories: "Giantkind Encounters" and "Connected Creatures." The first includes tables for each of the six main families of giants, plus death giants and fomorians. The second covers a variety of other creatures often found alongside giants, including other creatures of the Giant type. Using the Tables When a creature's name appears in bold type, that's a visual cue pointing you to its stat block. Creatures marked with an asterisk (*) appear in this book. Th...