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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrozenNorth" data-source="post: 8273434" data-attributes="member: 7020832">I disagree that a hill giant isn’t a threat to a vaguely prepared village.Let’s work this out.  A village would be like what? 10 households grouped together?  So they have a population of slightly more than 100.  Of course, most of these people are non-combatants (too old, too young or infirm). Let’s say 40 combatants altogether.It’s an agrarian society, so most of these people will be in the fields (all sexes).  A hill giant is 10’ tall, so they would probably first see him shortly before he crosses the tree line of the fields.The villagers are vaguely organized, so instead of attacking the giant right there with the implements they have, they rush back to the village.  The giant rushes after them, and due to his greater movement, probably kills s couple on the way there.One villager goes to the centre of the village and rings a bell (vaguely organized) to warn everyone that there is a giant attack.  The others go to their homes to grab what weapons they can find.  While this is happening, the giant is rampaging through the village, killing people and destroying property.Now most families are at home (ostensibly getting ready).  They don’t have time to don armor (and none of them have armor anyway).  A couple may have shortbows, but most of them have staves, clubs and hatchets (maybe a few scythes as well).So, do they sally forth and attempt to kill the giant?  Some of them will.  Some households may decide that instead of sending every able-bodied fighter, they need to ensure at least one adult survives to take care of the old and the infirm.  Some may intend to head out but lose their nerve and decide to cower.  Some may reasonably conclude that since they don’t know what the giant wants, hiding may be the best option: after all, it is easier to rebuild than to raise the dead.So you end up with 10 AC 10 commoners fighting a hill giant.  A couple with ranged weapons, most with melee.Maybe at the end the villagers prevail.  I’m betting that you are going to end up with a lot of dead villagers even if they do.  And maybe the families of those dead villagers starve come winter because only the extremely young and the extremely old are left to run the farm.Now a town with walls and an organized militia probably wouldn’t be too much at risk from a single hill giant, but I would argue that this is as intended.</blockquote>

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