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<blockquote data-quote="The_Gneech" data-source="post: 5402294" data-attributes="member: 6779">In my current campaign...re: trolls and giants, I try to make each sub-race of giant very distinct from each other, but keep some recurring elements among all of them. For instance, hill giants are little more than pumped-up ogres, while frost giants are crafty and intelligent (but very warlike), wheras fire giants are master craftsmen -- but they all carry the signature &quot;giant bags&quot; and among all of them males are much more common than females, but only females can be spellcasters (usually divine). Trolls, while technically giants, are generally considered wretched freaks by the others of giantkind and are typically slaves.Drow have made a small but memorable appearance, as creepy and amoral mercenaries who will slay their own just as quickly as their enemies if there's something to be gained by it. But cruel and depraved elves are still elves -- even their military barricades are characterised by intricate carvings and exquisite (if disturbing) artistic motifs.Orcs in my game are considered to be goblinoids, using a pretty straight-up LotR-films model, mapping thus:goblin = shrimpy Moria goblinsorc = typical &quot;middle of the road&quot; orc like the warg-ridershobgoblin and/or half-orc = uruk-haiBugbears have not really made much of an appearance in my campaign, as ogres have tended to fill the &quot;even bigger brute&quot; slot.The most recent new appearance in my game has been several hags at the head of an invading army of frost giants. They are being led by &quot;The Cold Woman,&quot; an annis hag druid with an affinity for cold (essentially a cold-based creature template), and each hag has their own particular shtick. &quot;The Keening Crone&quot; is essentially a bard; &quot;Mother, Maiden, and Crone&quot; are a trio who are always together and gain various benefits from their semi-permanent covey; and so on.-The Gneech <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="The_Gneech, post: 5402294, member: 6779"] In my current campaign... re: trolls and giants, I try to make each sub-race of giant very distinct from each other, but keep some recurring elements among all of them. For instance, hill giants are little more than pumped-up ogres, while frost giants are crafty and intelligent (but very warlike), wheras fire giants are master craftsmen -- but they all carry the signature "giant bags" and among all of them males are much more common than females, but only females can be spellcasters (usually divine). Trolls, while technically giants, are generally considered wretched freaks by the others of giantkind and are typically slaves. Drow have made a small but memorable appearance, as creepy and amoral mercenaries who will slay their own just as quickly as their enemies if there's something to be gained by it. But cruel and depraved elves are still [I]elves[/I] -- even their military barricades are characterised by intricate carvings and exquisite (if disturbing) artistic motifs. Orcs in my game are considered to be goblinoids, using a pretty straight-up LotR-films model, mapping thus: goblin = shrimpy Moria goblins orc = typical "middle of the road" orc like the warg-riders hobgoblin and/or half-orc = uruk-hai Bugbears have not really made much of an appearance in my campaign, as ogres have tended to fill the "even bigger brute" slot. The most recent new appearance in my game has been several hags at the head of an invading army of frost giants. They are being led by "The Cold Woman," an annis hag druid with an affinity for cold (essentially a cold-based creature template), and each hag has their own particular shtick. "The Keening Crone" is essentially a bard; "Mother, Maiden, and Crone" are a trio who are always together and gain various benefits from their semi-permanent covey; and so on. -The Gneech :cool: [/QUOTE]

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