Special Conversion Thread: Finishing off giants and their kin

[Shade]

If we take a storm giant and advance it to Colossal, we get the following physical ability scores:

Str 55, Dex 14, Con 31.

The mountain giant has Con 37, so I'd like to go higher. I don't really see them with a Dex bonus, either.

How about Str 55, Dex 10, Con 45?

They are of genius Intelligence (17-18). That's just a hair higher than a storm giant, and the same as an eldritch giant. Since these guys are supposed to be walking knowledge depositories, and rival dragons in age, I'm thinking we should borrow mental stats from one of the mid-tier great wyrm dragons. Perhaps a blue? Int 22, Wis 23, Cha 22?

 

[demiurge1138]

Str 55, Dex 10, Con 45, Int 22, Wis 23, Cha 22? Sounds good to me.

 

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.

Earth subtype?

 

[demiurge1138]

Definitely Earth subtype.

 

[freyar]

Looking good.

 

[Shade]

The earth giant suffers 2d8 points of damage from stone shape spells, 3d8 from transmute rock to mud spells, and 8d6 from earthquake spells.

Write this up similar to many golems, listing the specific spells, or simplify it to "any spell that affects earth deals 1d8 points of damage per spell level to an earth giant"?

 

[demiurge1138]

Your second suggestion looks good. Will save for half?

 

[Shade]

Sure. How's this?

Vulnerable to Earth-Affecting Magic (Ex): Any spell that affects earth or rock (such as earthquake, move earth, stone shape, and transmute rock to mud) deals 1d8 points of damage per spell level to an earth giant (Will half).

 

[demiurge1138]

I might change the Will half parenthetical to a sentence--A successful Will save halves the damage taken. Parentheticals are more of a 3.0ism.

 

[freyar]

It looks good to me.