D&D 5E Check Out Some (Minor) Monster Reveals From Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants!

Thanks to miniatures company WizKids, some upcoming miniatures reveal some of the monsters in this Spring's official D&D adventure.

Some of the creatures included in the book (which naturally have a 'giant' theme) are:

• Stone Giant of Evil Earth
• Fire Hellion
• Goliath Chief
• Frostmourn
• Giant Lynx
• Death Giant Necromancer

There's not much more info than that, although the Death Giant Necromancer gets a description --

This Huge miniature features a chilling expression reminiscent of the grave. The souls flitting about this wizard of the undead will be sure to inspire terror for all that look upon its fell visage.

The grave is calling… how will you answer?

 

[doctorhook]

Is it sad that I just want to see a pic of Bigby?

I literally think he’s just a hand! /s

 

[Corinnguard]

Let's give a welcoming hand to Bigby!

 

[Parmandur]

I love Mystara and the 2E bestiary, but I sure hope WotC doesn't feel compelled to go dumpster diving for often justly forgotten monsters from over the years. It was great that they brought forward magen, and I'd love to see them make the jump to the 2024 Monster Manual, like the nagpa did in 2014, but most of the obscure BD&D weirdos can and should stay forgotten.

EDIT: Nagpa were in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. They blur together for me, since I came back to D&D after it and Volo's were already out.

EDIT 2: Also, the nagpa should make the jump to the 2024 Monster Manual.

Well, one of their stated goals for the new MM is to have a wider variety of different creature types at different CR. It could be that they are using this book to test a wider array of Elemental enemies for all challenge levels. Using old names might just be a bonus to that.

 

[Quickleaf]

Does Bigby have some connection to Giants / Elemental Planes / Primordials from past D&D lore?

Beyond his cameo in "Blister in the Sun" by the Violet Femmes.

 

[GuyBoy]

Wonder if my party will talk to the giant lynx, bearing in mind that the last monster they talked to ate half the party?

 

[Parmandur]

Does Bigby have some connection to Giants / Elemental Planes / Primordials from past D&D lore?

Beyond his cameo in "Blister in the Sun" by the Violet Femmes.

Pretty sure it's just the name and the giant hand spell. But Bigby has been used as a sourcebook NPC in 5E already: he was part of the commentary in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, indeed, the "metaplot" of that monster book was that Bigb had hired a Yugoloth named Shemeska to steal Mordenkainen's secret book of notes on keeping the Balance in the cosmos, with all 3 NPCs commenting throughout the text.

 

[abirdcall]

I love Mystara and the 2E bestiary, but I sure hope WotC doesn't feel compelled to go dumpster diving for often justly forgotten monsters from over the years. It was great that they brought forward magen, and I'd love to see them make the jump to the 2024 Monster Manual, like the nagpa did in 2014, but most of the obscure BD&D weirdos can and should stay forgotten.

EDIT: Nagpa were in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. They blur together for me, since I came back to D&D after it and Volo's were already out.

EDIT 2: Also, the nagpa should make the jump to the 2024 Monster Manual.

My understanding is that they have already made it to the updated edition by being included in multiverse.

I hope they don't keep reprinting monsters.

 

[darjr]

Death Giants were also in an AL mod (or two) which was notable at the time.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I hope they don't keep reprinting monsters.

The 2024 Monster Manual is going to be almost all reprints ...

 

[mamba]

The 2024 Monster Manual is going to be almost all reprints ...

Reprints as in monsters we already had or reprints as in unchanged from 2014?

I would expect some balance changes and the Multiverse treatment, not sure what percentage is affected by that however. Does anyone know for MPMotM?

It should also be somewhat expanded, with more NPCs and new monsters filling some CR gaps per type