D&D 5E New Unearthed Arcana Today: Giant Themed Class Options and Feats

A new Unearthed Arcana dropped today, focusing on giant-themed player options. "In today’s Unearthed Arcana, we explore character options related to the magic and majesty of giants. This playtest document presents the Path of the Giant barbarian subclass, the Circle of the Primeval druid subclass, the Runecrafter wizard subclass, and a collection of new feats, all for use in Dungeons & Dragons."

Giant Options | Unearthed Arcana | Dungeons & Dragons

Explore character options related to the magic and majesty of giants! This playtest document presents new subclasses for the barbarian, druid, and wizard, and a collection of new feats, all for use in Dungeons & Dragons.

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New Class options:

• Barbarian: Path of the Giant
• Druid: Circle of the Primeval
• Wizard: Runecrafter Tradition

New Feats:

• Elemental Touched
• Ember of the Fire Giant
• Fury of the Frost Giant
• Guile of the Cloud Giant
• Keeness of the Stone Giant
• Outsized Might
• Rune Carver Apprentice
• Rune Carvwr Adept
• Soul of the Storm Giant
• Vigor of the Hill Giant

WotC's Jeremy Crawford talks Barbarian Path of the Giant here:

 

[Mecheon]

He's literally the Father of Dinosaurs.

look, i'm just saying, for an alleged 'father of dinosaurs', old mate Ubtao don't really know much about them, plus his love of just sticking jungles everywhere. You're not gonna want to put a Yutyrannus, Pachyrhinosaur or Mononykus in a jungle

 

[Maxperson]

look, i'm just saying, for an alleged 'father of dinosaurs', old mate Ubtao don't really know much about them, plus his love of just sticking jungles everywhere. You're not gonna want to put a Yutyrannus, Pachyrhinosaur or Mononykus in a jungle

What did you call me?!

 

[Minigiant]

The myth is called "The Rape of Persephone." Even using the original meaning of the word ("to seize"), I have a very hard time believing that there wasn't anything sexual going on in there.

But anyway, as I said, all of those gods are pretty awful.

Persephone was awful as well. She (or her mom) stomp out Hades' ex ghetto chick style for bragging.

 

[Minigiant]

What did you call me?!

I think he meant 2-Youths-rannus

 

[Maxperson]

I think he meant 2-Youths-rannus

Ohhhhh! I thought it was You-Tyr-Anus. I mean, on the one hand I would be part god...

 

[Mecheon]

What did you call me?!

Everyone loves Yuty! The fluffy Tyrannosaur (That isn't the other probably-fluffy tyrannosaur, Nanuqsaurus)

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Nanuqsaurus

Which also probably wouldn't be comfortable living in a jungle. Ubtao is a very inconsiderate Dinodad, forcing all of his children to live in one biome. (jk)

 

[bedir than]

Okay everyone, here's a challenge for you. What's the most cool or thematic Primeval Druid companion you can come up with that isn't just "I have a dinosaur"? Dinosaur answers are acceptable if you can incorporate them into a particularly thematic build, but I want to see what other ideas people can throw out. There's no reason not to grab at cave bears and giant sloths and other large beasts.

A riding ankylosaur for a Stout Halfling. The protective shell fits the guardian motif

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Okay everyone, here's a challenge for you. What's the most cool or thematic Primeval Druid companion you can come up with that isn't just "I have a dinosaur"? Dinosaur answers are acceptable if you can incorporate them into a particularly thematic build, but I want to see what other ideas people can throw out. There's no reason not to grab at cave bears and giant sloths and other large beasts.

My most thematic idea so far isn't anything crazy. Just a yuan-ti with a giant snake. It's a classic for a reason, and I think you could make an interesting background around trying to escape the demon snake gods and create a more natural and druidic snake magic tradition.

I had in mind:

• a Tarrasque hatchling,
• a girallion

 

[Micah Sweet]

A riding ankylosaur for a Stout Halfling. The protective shell fits the guardian motif

Can I just have a riding ankylosaur? I've wanted one since the old Ultima series game the Savage Empire back in the early 90s.