Giants and editions (question)
- Thread starter avin
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Depends on what kind of giant.
ExploderWizard
Hero
Its not quite so streamlined between the editions:
1E: All Giants were Large but listed the height for comparison. For example hill giants were 10 1/2 feet tall (sizeL) and storm giants were 21 feet tall (size L)
I think 2E was similar to 1E ( got rid of my 2E books)
In 3E some giants were size L and others are Huge.
In 4E I think its kind of like 3E. Some giants are large and others huge.
1E: All Giants were Large but listed the height for comparison. For example hill giants were 10 1/2 feet tall (sizeL) and storm giants were 21 feet tall (size L)
I think 2E was similar to 1E ( got rid of my 2E books)
In 3E some giants were size L and others are Huge.
In 4E I think its kind of like 3E. Some giants are large and others huge.
avin
First Post
Yup, I'm aware of that but in my mind I can only see giants at huge, no matter what edition...
Thanks for explaining Exploderwizard!
the Jester
Legend
Keep in mind, too, that 1e only had three sizes: smaller than man sized, man-sized and larger than man-sized.
The Green Adam
First Post
D&D Giants, regardless of edition, are very big. As such, thats what my group called them after our first encounter with creatures standing between 1 and 2 stories high. In many cases this is only slightly taller then a Human, Male, Fighter standing up in the back of a wagon. They were Very Bigs. There were Hill Very Bigs, Frost Very Bigs, Cloud Very Bigs, etc.
Giants entered the picture sometime later when I had a PC trip and fall into a footprint one of them left. It was a Giant that lifted the blacksmith's house off the ground and shook it to get all the people and metal out before he used it as a hat. Think Time Bandits. That's a Giant.
AD
Barking Alien
"Once upon a time there lived the Littlest Giant...Why, he's barely huge! He's not much bigger then a house!...And the Little Giant's heart was filled with blood..."
Ren and Stimpy
Giants entered the picture sometime later when I had a PC trip and fall into a footprint one of them left. It was a Giant that lifted the blacksmith's house off the ground and shook it to get all the people and metal out before he used it as a hat. Think Time Bandits. That's a Giant.
AD
Barking Alien
"Once upon a time there lived the Littlest Giant...Why, he's barely huge! He's not much bigger then a house!...And the Little Giant's heart was filled with blood..."
Ren and Stimpy
The funny thing about the "giant" in Time Bandits is that he's actually rather short (maybe even a dwarf) but he has the stocky/muscular look that Terry Gilliam wanted for a giant.
