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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8507302" data-attributes="member: 57383">Well 1d8 damage is what a M-sized Great Scimitar does one-handed, being Large the Desert Giant would do 2d6 damage, or 2d8 two-handed.Guess we could "personalize it" to be different from the Sandstorm version. Maybe have it be a two-handed only weapon that does a tad more damage like a Great Falchion? Or a two-handed only weapon but Martial instead of Exotic?A Frost Giant is AC 21, CR 9 while a Frost Giant Jarl is AC 29, CR 17, so it has +8 CR and +8 AC.Our chieftain is +6 CR higher than a regular AC 19 Desert Giant which suggests it should have +6 AC Armour Class for AC 25.We could forget about the shield and just make it +2 banded for AC 25, that way it's free to use its scimitar or a spear two-handed.Will it be a plain +2 weapon or a +1 weapon with a +1 special ability such as keen or shock?Let's see, a +2 weapon (8300+X gp), +2 banded armour (4650 gp), and a dose of dust of dryness (850 gp) is 13,800 gp not including its non-magical gear and the weapons costs.  A little over 13,000 gp but close enough.We could throw on a masterwork hurling spear (330 gp) without feeling like the budget's being too badly shattered.Hmm… how about making it a +1 great scimitar and a +1 hurling spear for 4630+X?That'll leave 2,900 gp unspent, enough for a minor Wondrous Item worth 2,500 gp or so such as a cloak of elvenkind with a little left over to hand-wave away the non-magical gear and weapons cost.Hmm… or we could aim for the 17,500 gp budget by giving the Chieftain a +2 weapon, +2 banded armour, masterwork hurling spear (330 gp), two doses of dust of dryness and a cloak of elvenkind. That's 17,480 gp.With two doses of dust of dryness, one of them can be unused and the other a pellet of water.Or just give the chief two doses and forget about the cloak.</blockquote>

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