D&D 5E Bigby's Big Book of Giants

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

What is the grinning cat? Is it basically just the Cheshire Cat or something else? (I'm not sure how the Cheshire Cat would fit into this book, other than being a big cat.)

 

[Demetrios1453]

What is the grinning cat? Is it basically just the Cheshire Cat or something else? (I'm not sure how the Cheshire Cat would fit into this book, other than being a big cat.)

I asked that in the big 2023 products thread before this one was created, and apparently it is. Both I and the other poster think it was likely made for Witchlight, didn't make the cut, and ended up here.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Yes, their description states that they "resemble gigantic elves". Other than that and a predilection for arcane magic (they have the Wizard tag and can cast some spells), I'm not seeing that much of a connection with the eldritch giants of old.

Considering that fomorians are classically tied to Irish folklore, I'm not surprised to see them serving double duty as a go-to kind of "Feywild giant" paralleling death giants as the go-to "Shadowfell giant". In that context, I don't think seeing them as the spiritual successors to eldritch giants is particularly off base, especially since we're also getting a bunch of rune magic wielding giants and giant scions to beef up the "high magic" capabilities of the standard Material Plane giants as well.

Eldritch giants were fundamentally just "magic giants", and the current paradigm has that covered from a number of different directions.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Any new art for firbolgs (I assume there will be in the bestiary at least)? The one in Volo's/MotM is the only 5e illustration of one that I know about, and I'm curious if they've gone with the same style or something more like previous editions (or both).

 

[pukunui]

Any new art for firbolgs (I assume there will be in the bestiary at least)? The one in Volo's/MotM is the only 5e illustration of one that I know about, and I'm curious if they've gone with the same style or something more like previous editions (or both).

The primeval warden and the wanderer both get their own illustration. There may be other firbolgs in the book as well. I haven't looked through the whole thing yet.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I asked that in the big 2023 products thread before this one was created, and apparently it is. Both I and the other poster think it was likely made for Witchlight, didn't make the cut, and ended up here.

Or a possible Feywild book that they've decided against doing.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Yes, their description states that they "resemble gigantic elves". Other than that and a predilection for arcane magic (they have the Wizard tag and can cast some spells), I'm not seeing that much of a connection with the eldritch giants of old.

Noble Formorians (the uncursed ones), have the purple skin and magic and feywild connection (gained in 4e) of the Eldritch Giants. Perhaps those Formorians those didn't become the cursed Formorians became Eldritch Giants instead.

Sadly no Eldritch Titans.

What's the story of the Noble Formorians, like how did they avoid being cursed like the others? What kind of society do they have?

 

[pukunui]

Noble Formorians (the uncursed ones), have the purple skin and magic and feywild connection (gained in 4e) of the Eldritch Giants. Perhaps those Formorians those didn't become the cursed Formorians became Eldritch Giants instead.

Sadly no Eldritch Titans.

What's the story of the Noble Formorians, like how did they avoid being cursed like the others? What kind of society do they have?

They are not connected to the Feywild. They moved to the Inner Planes before Karontor pushed their brethren to invade the Feywild and thus unwittingly avoided the curse. They are ambitious, arrogant, inquisitive, and power-hungry, and that's about all we get. As the fomorians aren't part of the ordning, they aren't the "focus" of the book, so there isn't much info about them.

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Any new art for firbolgs (I assume there will be in the bestiary at least)? The one in Volo's/MotM is the only 5e illustration of one that I know about, and I'm curious if they've gone with the same style or something more like previous editions (or both).

There is firbolg art in the free adventure

 

[mamba]

Any new art for firbolgs (I assume there will be in the bestiary at least)? The one in Volo's/MotM is the only 5e illustration of one that I know about, and I'm curious if they've gone with the same style or something more like previous editions (or both).