Feats for a 20th level Frost Giant barbarian.

[Albert_Fish]

I am running an epic campaign. the characters are around 28th to 29th level. Rather than developing my own adventures i am just bumbing up CRs for creatures in Ravenloft and "Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl" ( from the classic G1, G2, G3 series, converted in the Enworld conversion site by Rob Sanders).

Well to bumb these guys up to the proper encounter level i have decied to just give them levels of Barbarian from 11th to 20th.

What feat progression would you guys suggest? I am already going ot use power attack, Improved Trip-->Knockdown (Sword and Fist) and Large and in Charge (sword and fist). that leaves me with 1 to four feats to play with ( Power Attack being free as per the Forst Giant description in the MM).

Frost gaints , in fact, get Power Attack, Sunder, Cleave and Great Cleave.

Feel free to use feats from any book, i have tons of the books, including the Quintessential series and the WOTC class spatbooks. just tell me wher you got the feat from alright?

Thanks guys.

 

[Crothian]

Improved Critical is always great. Two Handed Power Strike from QF is operfect for these guys. Improved Sunder if you give them magical items, they could really be a pest destroying the PCs weapons. Having a few that can qualify for Frenzied Beserker could be really scarey.

 

[dcollins]

Rather than developing my own adventures i am just bumbing up CRs for creatures in Ravenloft and "Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl" ( from the classic G1, G2, G3 series, converted in the Enworld conversion site by Rob Sanders).

Not to get confrontational, but the conversions of G1-G3 that currently appear in the ENWorld conversion site are by myself, not Rob Sanders. Perhaps you have conversions from a prior incarnation of the conversion site.

 

[Albert_Fish]

Oh...well maybe these are from when Eric Noah used to run the site....mine say Rob Sanders...i went and checked. Are yours any different? any better?

as it is its just going to be a smash fest, nothign exceedingly hard, Strahd tested teh parties patience and resolve. this is supposed to be just beer and pretzels.

Two handed power strike will be good for my 20th level Giants but the lower ones have crappy BABs. i am not planning on giving anyone magical items beyond what the adventure gives them. I guess i could give everyone +5 weapons so they get a free bonus that the players cant use.

 

[Albert_Fish]

Ooops, i misread 2-handed powerstrike. i thought it was a beefed up Power attack. its just a beefed up two handed attack. sorry. i guess i can use it at lower levels

 

[Darkness]

Frost gaints , in fact, get Power Attack, Sunder, Cleave and Great Cleave.

Or else any 3 feats that they qualify for, for that matter; those three are just the default assumption.

Still, they fit them well enough, I guess, so...

 

[Albert_Fish]

so no one has anything else helpful to add?

 

[zorlag]

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Exotic Weapon: Spiked Chain or Duom, Improved Disarm, Improved Trip, Knockdown, Combat Reflexes, Large and in Charge, Iron Will are all good choices. Improved Initiative might be good as well, but not necessary if you take Combat Reflexes. And Quick Draw for those stones...

Z.

 

[dkilgo]

Exotic Weapon: Spiked chain or any pole arm is good to add to the giants already nasty reach.

 

[The_lone_gunman]

How about monkey grip and all the two weapon fighting skills, along with weapon specialization. Then give him two huge great swords .

Sunder works really well with giants as well.


TLG