Editing Giant (section)

=== Giants in Pathfinder ===
Giants, being OGL content, are largely the same as their 3.5 counterpart in [[Pathfinder]]. Mechanically however giants have undergone a big change in that they're no longer their own creature type, instead being a subtype of [[humanoid]] and (for [[Oni]]) [[Outsider]]. This means they aren't automatically proficient with all martial weapons (they normally use Pathfinder's increased feat rate to wield them instead) and, more importantly, makes them vulnerable to spells that effect Humanoids. Their low will save and the potency of these spells makes them much weaker against spellcasters that are ready for them. 

Lore-wise, Giants are found all over the world, but their biggest effect was in Varisia, where giants of all kinds were enslaved by the ancient Thassilonian Empire.

In addition to the same core six giants as D&D, Pathfinder is home to a very wide variety of giants, some of them inherited (if occasionally rewritten) from D&D, others brand new.
* Ash Giant
* Bronze Giant
* Cave Giant
* Cliff Giant
* Desert Giant
* Eclipse Giant
* Ferrous Giant
* Forest Giant
* Inverted Giant
* Jack-in-Irons Giant
* Jungle Giant
* Marsh Giant: Degenerate descendants of swamp-dwelling Hill Giant tribes. And they worship [[Dagon]], of all things.
* Mongrel Giant
* Moon Giant
* Mountain Giant
* Ocean Giant
* Plague Giant
* River Giant: 10-foot-tall river dwellers. Generally Chaotic Alignment, but as with Cloud Giants, they're half-Good, half-Evil. 
* Rune Giant: These cross-breeds of Fire and Taiga Giants were bred and altered by Thassalonian mages to control their Giant slaves. Resembling even bigger Taiga Giants with burning runes all over their bodies, Rune Giants can magically command giants(and other creatures), walk on air, and shoot firey sparks from the runes on their bodies. 
* Sand Giant
* Sea Giant
* Shadow Giant
* Slag Giant
* Smoke Giant
* Snow Giant
* Sun Giant
* Taiga Giant: Grey-Skinned, Red-haired nomads. The unwilling ancestors of Rune Giants, these shamanistic people would much rather you leave them the hell alone.
* Tomb Giant
* Vault Giant
* Volcano Giant
* Wood Giant