D&D 5E Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

[Henadic Theologian]

That looks like it could be it! Thanks!

Welcome.

 

[jasper]

They should call it "Big by Bigby."

Biggums by Bigby.

 

[Remathilis]

We played the 2e version of Against the Giants and their is an area where we kept running into pale white giants. We couldn't figure out if they were frost or fog giants, so we started calling them frog giants.

 

[Clint_L]

At the risk of sounding like a heretic on a sub-forum for a game called Dungeons and Dragons, I am way more excited for this book than for Treasury of Dragons. Dragons are a dime a dozen in fantasy. Giants are common, too, but a little less played out, and I just find them a lot more interesting - I think the Ordning is a hilarious concept.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

At the risk of sounding like a heretic on a sub-forum for a game called Dungeons and Dragons, I am way more excited for this book than for Treasury of Dragons. Dragons are a dime a dozen in fantasy. Giants are common, too, but a little less played out, and I just find them a lot more interesting - I think the Ordning is a hilarious concept.

There's certainly a lot more content out there for dragons. I didn't get the 2E Giantcraft book -- which was labeled as being a Forgotten Realms softcover -- so all the giant lore in 5E is almost entirely new to me.

I am still ambivalent about this book, but it's also not competing for me with the memory of 3E's Draconomicon, so it has a much smaller bar to clear to be a success in my mind.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

We played the 2e version of Against the Giants and their is an area where we kept running into pale white giants. We couldn't figure out if they were frost or fog giants, so we started calling them frog giants.

There are Frog Giants sort of, Froghemoths.

 

[Azzy]

Dragons? Giants? Why not both?

 

[Stormonu]

Yeah, I have both the Bestiary of Dragons and Giants and 2E's Giantcraft. The Giantcraft was very interesting to me, but the Bestiary I found lacking. I think the upcoming book would do well to liberally steal from Giantcraft.

However, I'm much more of a dragon fiend myself, and I suspect I'll pass on this book (unless I get bored shopping one day...).

 

[ECMO3]

What the hell does Bigby have to do with giants. Feels like a random D&D name to pull out for this book.

yeah they could have went with Zephris or Snure at least something that has something to do with giants.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I guess they could include Athasian Beasthead Giants. They are essentially really big Ardlings, existing decades before anyone tried to introduce Ardlings in a playtest.