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<blockquote data-quote="Thalantor" data-source="post: 1803614" data-attributes="member: 6966">Aside from any discussion about wether glaciers and lava flows can co-exist or wether social-cultural boundaries have any effect on a person's development, the reason why a frost giant has a frost weapon in a rulesbook&nbsp; is - I think - simply because the developers decided to hand that to the frost giant example in the rulesbook. Just like it is stated in the beginning of the first MM, such is it in all other books, methinks. They just present the 'weakest' version of a certain monster with the most standard equipment they thought up. It is then encouraged that the DM 'spices the monster up' with perhaps some more statpoints, levels or other equipment. This is done so that the monsters can stay general, and the writers don't have to worry about in what war the frost giants are fighting what enemies. That's the DM's job, and if he doesn't change the monster to suit the situation, then he is at fault. My goblins never have shortbows or spears, my orcs always have a higher con, and my players have learned to fear the Ettin in Fullplate. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thalantor, post: 1803614, member: 6966"] Aside from any discussion about wether glaciers and lava flows can co-exist or wether social-cultural boundaries have any effect on a person's development, the reason why a frost giant has a frost weapon in a rulesbook is - I think - simply because the developers decided to hand that to the frost giant example in the rulesbook. Just like it is stated in the beginning of the first MM, such is it in all other books, methinks. They just present the 'weakest' version of a certain monster with the most standard equipment they thought up. It is then encouraged that the DM 'spices the monster up' with perhaps some more statpoints, levels or other equipment. This is done so that the monsters can stay general, and the writers don't have to worry about in what war the frost giants are fighting what enemies. That's the DM's job, and if he doesn't change the monster to suit the situation, then he is at fault. My goblins never have shortbows or spears, my orcs always have a higher con, and my players have learned to fear the Ettin in Fullplate. :) [/QUOTE]

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