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<blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 7761937" data-attributes="member: 83242"><p>I don't know: "Conan saw the remaining giant looming high above him like a colossus carved of ice, etched against the cold glowing sky. " That doesn't seem to be barely bigger than he was. Maybe not 5e frost giant size, but still pretty darn big. That is really the only description of the size of them - which leaves a lot to the imagination - so I don't know why you would assume hey are barely larger than he is.</p><p></p><p>Also: "He did not wonder at the strangeness of it all, not even when two gigantic figures rose upto bar his way. The scales of their mail were white with hoar-frost; their helmets and theiraxes were covered with ice. Snow sprinkled their locks; in their beards were spikes oficicles; their eyes were cold as the lights that streamed above them." That sounds pretty close to a D&D frost giant to me.</p><p></p><p>It is also important to remember that "The Frost Giant's Daughter" is cronologicaly the oldest story (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_chronologies#Dale_Rippke_chronology" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_chronologies#Dale_Rippke_chronology</a>), and I think Conan is possibly a teenager at this time. Of course he just finished a battle that took the lives of 80 others (he is the sole survivor) and chase the frost giant's daughter through the snow, before he fights her two brothers.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am not so sure about that. While he may not have killed so many "monsters" he has killed a few (mostly by himself) and hundreds of warriors / soldiers on top of that. I bet he does pretty well for solo D&D adventurer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dave2008, post: 7761937, member: 83242"] I don't know: "Conan saw the remaining giant looming high above him like a colossus carved of ice, etched against the cold glowing sky. " That doesn't seem to be barely bigger than he was. Maybe not 5e frost giant size, but still pretty darn big. That is really the only description of the size of them - which leaves a lot to the imagination - so I don't know why you would assume hey are barely larger than he is. Also: "He did not wonder at the strangeness of it all, not even when two gigantic figures rose upto bar his way. The scales of their mail were white with hoar-frost; their helmets and theiraxes were covered with ice. Snow sprinkled their locks; in their beards were spikes oficicles; their eyes were cold as the lights that streamed above them." That sounds pretty close to a D&D frost giant to me. It is also important to remember that "The Frost Giant's Daughter" is cronologicaly the oldest story ([URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_chronologies#Dale_Rippke_chronology[/URL]), and I think Conan is possibly a teenager at this time. Of course he just finished a battle that took the lives of 80 others (he is the sole survivor) and chase the frost giant's daughter through the snow, before he fights her two brothers. I am not so sure about that. While he may not have killed so many "monsters" he has killed a few (mostly by himself) and hundreds of warriors / soldiers on top of that. I bet he does pretty well for solo D&D adventurer. [/QUOTE]
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