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<blockquote data-quote="Salthorae" data-source="post: 7844365" data-attributes="member: 1095">ErrSo actually all they've done is go back to 2e AD&amp;D heights, and technically the Storm Giant has shrunk a size category from Gargantuan in 2e to Huge in 5e.So... I'm not sure your argument about number inflation really has merit since these stats are from TSR in 1995.Well, with them being Huge (nothing to do with actual height other than arbitrary lines demarced on a WotC chart somewhere, nothing. But on a battle mat, being Huge has direct game effects with &quot;true giants&quot; take up 15' squares while lesser &quot;giants&quot; take up 10' squares1 - Your level of heat over 4-5' of height is slightly amusing to me.2 - These are the giants from D&amp;D at least as far back as 1995, so... shrug YMMV but these are almost the exact same heights as giants from D&amp;D 24 years ago.EDIT - I just went and checked 3.x stats. Looks like they shaved 4-6' off giant heights in the move from 2e to 3.x. Maybe our baseline view of giants has more to do with the edition that we started playing in?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Salthorae, post: 7844365, member: 1095"] Err So actually all they've done is go back to 2e AD&D heights, and technically the Storm Giant has shrunk a size category from Gargantuan in 2e to Huge in 5e. So... I'm not sure your argument about number inflation really has merit since these stats are from TSR in 1995. Well, with them being Huge (nothing to do with actual height other than arbitrary lines demarced on a WotC chart somewhere, nothing. But on a battle mat, being Huge has direct game effects with "true giants" take up 15' squares while lesser "giants" take up 10' squares 1 - Your level of heat over 4-5' of height is slightly amusing to me. 2 - These are the giants from D&D at least as far back as 1995, so... [I]shrug[/I] YMMV but these are almost the exact same heights as giants from D&D 24 years ago. EDIT - I just went and checked 3.x stats. Looks like they shaved 4-6' off giant heights in the move from 2e to 3.x. Maybe our baseline view of giants has more to do with the edition that we started playing in? [/QUOTE]

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