Giants: How big should they be in an a Fantasy RPG?

[diaglo]

Heh. Well, except for the fact that it uses profanity, of course, which is not in line with the ENWorld rules at all. Anyway, non-topic aside over. Thanks.

qfmft.

never heard of it before.

 

[Hussar]

I'll admit that in my view of giants, they are more likely to be encountered above ground unless in their own strongholds. And that brings up issues of the spot skill and encounter distance...

Well, it's kinda potato, potahto. If they're in their own strongholds, and giants are huge, then that stronghold is going to be ridiculously large. Think of how big the Against the Giants maps would have to be if giants were actually huge sized. Or colossal :yikes:

It's all good if you treat giants kind of like dragons where you're only going to have one or maybe two in a given scenario. But if giants are more social, then it gets ridiculously big and quite difficult to actually run the adventures if you use a battlemap. Imagine an encounter with half a dozen huge giants - your battlemap would be huge.