Whizbang Dustyboots
100% that gnome
It was new and interesting to me, too, although I'm told a lot of it was from 2E's Giantcraft.I remember enjoying a lot of the giant lore in Volo's.
It was new and interesting to me, too, although I'm told a lot of it was from 2E's Giantcraft.I remember enjoying a lot of the giant lore in Volo's.
Yeah, she is who I refer to in that post, alongside The Xanathar as the monstrous titular character.Tasha?
I agree, though given the game's history, it's not a surprise. I hope they are seeding current books with just such lore, so they can do this in the future.
Yeah, the choice of Bigby is frakking weird; I went through the Greyhawk Wiki and the couple Greyhawk adventures he’s mentioned in and there’s nothing tying him to giants (far from it - he’s a spindly little runt). I suspect its based on name recognition and that he has “big” in his name. Otto probably would have been the better choice for dissertations on giants. Or better yet, Elminster and his old “Ecology of” books.Bigby’s (weird choice. Is Bigby associated with giants?) I am excited for because giants are fairly interesting, and I’m curious what player options and new giantish stuff they’ll put in. What oddball stuff from D&D’s past will get spruced up for inclusion in the book? How will they tie giants to the larger multiverse, and what left field weirdness will they come up with that splits fans between excitement and rage?![]()
Interposing Hand, Grasping Hand, Clenched Fist.Weren't they more "Bigby's [full in the blank] Hand" spells? Grasping hand, interposing hand? That sort of thing?
Honestly Bigby's Big Book of Giants had me sold. The real title just feels like they wanted to do a Bigby name pun but chickened out.I think I prefer the real title of the book to the fake title in this thread. Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants sounds fine but Bigby's Big Book just sounds like some genre of porn to me.
Is it just me?
I mean, they can always make up more. But look at what they did with Dragons in Fizban's, it's easy enough to imagine replicating the table, lairs, etc. but now with giants.I am genuinely curious how they could make a full book solely about giants. Are there that many giants that haven't been brought forward yet? Is there a bunch of giant lore that I'm missing?
This is true! There are a lot fewer giant types than dragon types, but I'm sure they could come up with some neat new ideas! I know the voadkyn/Wood giants could be brought back, possibly.I mean, they can always make up more. But look at what they did with Dragons in Fizban's, it's easy enough to imagine replicating the table, lairs, etc. but now with giants.
Someone did the math on it a bit ago, and just focusing ok kinds of Fiants already in 5E it comes to 15 groups.include all the older Edition oddball variants, make up a couple...very doable! Partilots of info to play them as NPCs.This is true! There are a lot fewer giant types than dragon types, but I'm sure they could come up with some neat new ideas! I know the voadkyn/Wood giants could be brought back, possibly.
I guess I kinda forgot about giant-kin like ogres, trolls, and oni! Whoops!Someone did the math on it a bit ago, and just focusing ok kinds of Fiants already in 5E it comes to 15 groups.include all the older Edition oddball variants, make up a couple...very doable! Partilots of info to play them as NPCs.
That was me over on another thread.Someone did the math on it a bit ago, and just focusing ok kinds of Fiants already in 5E it comes to 15 groups.include all the older Edition oddball variants, make up a couple...very doable! Partilots of info to play them as NPCs.
Fog giants are in Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1.That was me over on another thread.
6 classic giant types: hill, stone, frost, fire, cloud, and storm.
6 giant-kin: cyclops, ettin, fomorian, verbeeg; plus the PC race giant-kin races: firbolg and goliath.
3 giant-adjacent creatures: ogre, oni, troll
That's 15 already in 5e products. That's probably enough to carry a book on their own if they wanted, but assuming they want to get up to 20 like Fizban's, it will be simple to update older edition giants like voadkyn, fog giants, mountain giants, and so on.
You were my primary suspect, but I wasn't sure!That was me over on another thread.
6 classic giant types: hill, stone, frost, fire, cloud, and storm.
6 giant-kin: cyclops, ettin, fomorian, verbeeg; plus the PC race giant-kin races: firbolg and goliath.
3 giant-adjacent creatures: ogre, oni, troll
That's 15 already in 5e products. That's probably enough to carry a book on their own if they wanted, but assuming they want to get up to 20 like Fizban's, it will be simple to update older edition giants like voadkyn, fog giants, mountain giants, and so on.
Oh, another 5E Giant in print: the Mercane in Spelljammer, which plays into Doomspace, which has Dawn War references to the Primordials as well.That was me over on another thread.
6 classic giant types: hill, stone, frost, fire, cloud, and storm.
6 giant-kin: cyclops, ettin, fomorian, verbeeg; plus the PC race giant-kin races: firbolg and goliath.
3 giant-adjacent creatures: ogre, oni, troll
That's 15 already in 5e products. That's probably enough to carry a book on their own if they wanted, but assuming they want to get up to 20 like Fizban's, it will be simple to update older edition giants like voadkyn, fog giants, mountain giants, and so on.
Yeah, they didn't work out that story only to reference it once in passing.Going into the details of the Dawn War in the Furst World seems like plausible material here.
Mercane would be interesting to add, to say the least. Getting them into the established giant lore will take a bit of work. I doubt they'll mess with giant lore too much, other than linking in the First World story from Fizban's. No doubt that will go, in short, "dragons bad, giants good"...Oh, another 5E Giant in print: the Mercane in Spelljammer, which plays into Doomspace, which has Dawn War references to the Primordials as well.
Going into the details of the Dawn War in the Furst World seems like plausible material here.