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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8094845" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>So what other weapons should we give them? The original text only mentions throwing spears and that chieftains sometimes have two-handed great scimitars which do 2d8 damage, which implies a 1d10 "base damage" for a Medium sized creature.</p><p></p><p><em>Sandstorm</em> has a weapon called a Great Scimitar, which are one-handed 1d8/18–20 exotic weapons; its two-handed equivalent is a Great Falchion, a 1d12/18–20 exotic weapon.</p><p></p><p>But it's only chieftains that use them <em>occasionally</em> so I would think a "rank and file" Desert Giant would use a more conventional 1d8 base damage weapon to match their 2-12 standard damage.</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking maybe Lance, since they like to fight while mounted? Or maybe just plain old Spear? They seem to have a fondness for Spears. Actually, Lances, Spears (and Longspears for that matter) would all have the same attack/damage so we could just list them all as one weapon option, i.e. "Spear or lance +15/+10 melee (2d6/×3)".</p><p></p><p>Do you think we should stat up a quick "Desert Giant Chieftain" with a jumbo scimitar and a few levels of a martial class (let's say fighter) once we're done with the basic monster?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8094845, member: 57383"] So what other weapons should we give them? The original text only mentions throwing spears and that chieftains sometimes have two-handed great scimitars which do 2d8 damage, which implies a 1d10 "base damage" for a Medium sized creature. [I]Sandstorm[/I] has a weapon called a Great Scimitar, which are one-handed 1d8/18–20 exotic weapons; its two-handed equivalent is a Great Falchion, a 1d12/18–20 exotic weapon. But it's only chieftains that use them [I]occasionally[/I] so I would think a "rank and file" Desert Giant would use a more conventional 1d8 base damage weapon to match their 2-12 standard damage. I'm thinking maybe Lance, since they like to fight while mounted? Or maybe just plain old Spear? They seem to have a fondness for Spears. Actually, Lances, Spears (and Longspears for that matter) would all have the same attack/damage so we could just list them all as one weapon option, i.e. "Spear or lance +15/+10 melee (2d6/×3)". Do you think we should stat up a quick "Desert Giant Chieftain" with a jumbo scimitar and a few levels of a martial class (let's say fighter) once we're done with the basic monster? [/QUOTE]
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