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<blockquote data-quote="toucanbuzz" data-source="post: 9248091" data-attributes="member: 19270">Alternately, don't make the adult giants a foe that can be defeated by conventional means. They might grunt in annoyance at physical attacks, have skulls too thick for mental magic to penetrate, and treat them like noisy children. If the party wants something to play with, maybe they carry some miniature [insert monster] tokens that spring up when tossed to the ground (like tossing jacks out of a bag), and walk off grumbling about needing to buy some more human repellent or kids these days. Around the vicinity might be clues (rule of 3 ways to find the clues) about how the giants might be incapacitated, distracted, a character flaw that can be exploited, a jealous giant willing to help them embarrass the other, and so on. But a straight up hack n slash, you're either having to fudge (and your players will know you fudged if the giant goes down with 1 critical hit) or seem unfair (unbeatable foe that 1 shots us?)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="toucanbuzz, post: 9248091, member: 19270"] Alternately, don't make the adult giants a foe that can be defeated by conventional means. They might grunt in annoyance at physical attacks, have skulls too thick for mental magic to penetrate, and treat them like noisy children. If the party wants something to play with, maybe they carry some miniature [insert monster] tokens that spring up when tossed to the ground (like tossing jacks out of a bag), and walk off grumbling about needing to buy some more human repellent or kids these days. Around the vicinity might be clues (rule of 3 ways to find the clues) about how the giants might be incapacitated, distracted, a character flaw that can be exploited, a jealous giant willing to help them embarrass the other, and so on. But a straight up hack n slash, you're either having to fudge (and your players will know you fudged if the giant goes down with 1 critical hit) or seem unfair (unbeatable foe that 1 shots us?) [/QUOTE]

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