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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 4784046" data-attributes="member: 13107">I dunno, I find the picture to be a bit ... stupid.Fire giants are resistant to fire?  What is meta-gamey about that?  Do fish breath water?  (But, do lava dwelling Thoqqua breath, and if they do, do they breath lava?)Anyways, I always thought that what was obvious should be obvious, and should not need to be stated: If you see a giant dancing in a lake of lava, a presumption that that giant is at least comfortable in environments of extreme heat seems obvious.  To what degree is another matter.Now, if you saw a fire giant in a normal environment, I'd say you would have to identify the "extra-large ebony skinned giant with a shock of red hair" as a "fire giant", and that might not be obvious.Of course, I'm the sort that pretty much always leaves off any conclusions in my descriptions: I would never conclusively identify a monster.  A fire giant will many times remain a "extra-large dark skinned giant with a shock of red hair" and never conclusively a "fire giant".  In a fire giant strong-hold, I'll let players know that a given giant "looks to be the same type as the last one", and allow them to adopt the terminology "fire giant".  Of course, they might run into a "dark skinned giant with horns" (demonic fire giant) or a "not-as-large reddish skinned giant" (hill-giant/fire-giant cross).</blockquote>