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1d4chan>Stephenlucas600: /* Giants in the Tomes of Beasts */

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Giants in the Tomes of Beasts

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	Shadow Giants are a cursed race of giants who resemble enormous elves with long horns, condemned by dark fey magic to be forever trapped simultaneously between the shadow and material planes.		Shadow Giants are a cursed race of giants who resemble enormous elves with long horns, condemned by dark fey magic to be forever trapped simultaneously between the shadow and material planes.

	Snow Giants are smaller, weaker, but more benign cousins of the standard frost giant, often bullied and pushed around by their cousins. They have an elemental affinity for ~~stone~~, giving them a kind of [[regeneration]] where they can restore injuries by packing them with snow or even replace lost limbs by holding a snow approximation to the stump.		Snow Giants are smaller, weaker, but more benign cousins of the standard frost giant, often bullied and pushed around by their cousins. They have an elemental affinity for snow, giving them a kind of [[regeneration]] where they can restore injuries by packing them with snow or even replace lost limbs by holding a snow approximation to the stump.

	Thin Giants are eerily lanky and slender giants with a knack for squeezing through spaces that should be too small to fit. Malicious and cruel, they favor the taste of giant-flesh above all other meats, and are effectively the boogeyman of most giantish societies.		Thin Giants are eerily lanky and slender giants with a knack for squeezing through spaces that should be too small to fit. Malicious and cruel, they favor the taste of giant-flesh above all other meats, and are effectively the boogeyman of most giantish societies.

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Giants in Warhammer 40000

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	Their lore is roughly the same in Age of Sigmar, with three notable differences: they are now called Gargants instead of Giants, they all are descendants of a massive god-beast called Behemat, and they now have their own faction aptly called the [[Sons of Behemat]], complete with new models that are a head taller than 40k’s Knights.		Their lore is roughly the same in Age of Sigmar, with three notable differences: they are now called Gargants instead of Giants, they all are descendants of a massive god-beast called Behemat, and they now have their own faction aptly called the [[Sons of Behemat]], complete with new models that are a head taller than 40k’s Knights.

	===Giants in Warhammer ~~40000~~===		===Giants in Warhammer 40,000===
	There are giants native to [[Fenris]]. The Space Wolf Throth Half-Head is said to have slain Ur-Bolg, the father of giants, with a plasma blade.		There are giants native to [[Fenris]]. The Space Wolf Throth Half-Head is said to have slain Ur-Bolg, the father of giants, with a plasma blade.

1d4chan>QuietBrowser: Added a section for the giants from Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts series.

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 The six "classic" flavors of giant (the most common ones, the way there're five "classic" colors of chromatic and metallic dragon each) are, arranged according to size:
-* [[Hill Giant]]s; savage, stupid monsters who attack other races to sate their immense appetites. They look like [[Luke|big, fat, filthy humanoids, and wear half-rotten animal skins like cavepeople]]. Basically bigger ogres.
+* [[Hill Giant]]s; savage, stupid monsters who attack other races to sate their immense appetites. They look like [[Luke|big, fat, filthy humanoids, and wear half-rotten animal skins like cavepeople]]. Basically bigger [[ogre]]s.
 * [[Fire Giants]]; militaristic, heavily-armored soldiers who act kind of like big, evil [[dwarves]], with their mastery of smithwork and penchant for slavery. They tend to have dark skin on a coffee-to-ashen-purple spectrum and (naturally) bright red hair. Completing the dwarf comparison, expect lots of beards, braids, and long, wild haircuts.  They tend to wear heavy armor as both military dress and formal wear, again, like dwarves, and fight in well-armed, well-organized armies.
 * [[Stone Giant]]s; master artisans who live underground quietly keeping to themselves, and are much faster than they look. They look like they're made out of living stone, and their tough skin gives them natural armor on top of their speed, and many can also catch projectiles out of the air.  Despite being somewhat peaceable, they are also rather isolationist, and resent intrusions onto their territory.
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 * [[Verbeeg]]: A giant-kin race who often use their superior brains to enslave and command the bigger but dumber ogres and hill giants.
 * [[Voadkyn]]: Also known as Wood Giants, a forest-dwelling giant-kin race who resemble oversized elves.
 === Giants in Pathfinder ===

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	[[~~Image~~:~~Paladin_x_Giant~~.png~~\|thumb~~\|right]]		[[File:Paladin x Giant.png\|right]]
	{{Topquote\|~~I-I am going~~ to be a ~~storm-a flame-~~		{{Topquote\|Never trust a giant. They tend to be a little bit too big for their boots.\|Terry Pratchett, ''Thud!''}}
	~~I need to fight whole armies alone;~~
	~~I have ten hearts; I have a hundred arms;~~
	~~I feel~~ too ~~strong to war with mortals-~~
	~~BRING ME GIANTS!~~\|~~Edmond Rostand~~, ''~~Cyrano de Begerac~~''}}


	In general, a '''giant''' is a guy who is somewhat larger than average by means besides [[Neckbeard\|obesity]] and is stronger than a normal sized human and more dangerous in a scrap, either unarmed or armed with melee weapons. On the same note [[Dire Animal\|larger animals]] are more dangerous individually than smaller animals.		In general, a '''giant''' is a guy who is somewhat larger than average by means besides [[Neckbeard\|obesity]] and is stronger than a normal sized human and more dangerous in a scrap, either unarmed or armed with melee weapons. On the same note [[Dire Animal\|larger animals]] are more dangerous individually than smaller animals.

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Mythological Giants

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	Aside from the [[cyclops\|cyclopes]], who're the most famous but also have their own page, Greek mythology featured the Gigantes, a race of giants created by Gaia to try to overthrow the gods just as the gods had once overthrown the titans. They did pretty well at it for a while, not least because Hera had foreseen that they could only be offed by a mortal and a god each doing a killing blow simultaneously, but Herakles eventually rolled up and helped finish them all off.		Aside from the [[cyclops\|cyclopes]], who're the most famous but also have their own page, Greek mythology featured the Gigantes, a race of giants created by Gaia to try to overthrow the gods just as the gods had once overthrown the titans. They did pretty well at it for a while, not least because Hera had foreseen that they could only be offed by a mortal and a god each doing a killing blow simultaneously, but Herakles eventually rolled up and helped finish them all off.

	Norse giants, meanwhile, are the embodiments of powerful elemental forces. From the frost giants of ~~Jotunheim~~ to the fire giants of Muspelheim, the giants fought, slept with, and occasionally married the Norse pantheon as part of the endless struggle of civilization against nature. Notably, Loki the trickster was a giant sworn as Odin's brother and ally. And, of course, all creation ultimately ends in a final mighty battle between giants and gods, ~~Ragnarok~~, in which the fire giant king Surtr ultimately emerges triumphant and burns all of Yggdrasil to a cinder.		Norse giants, meanwhile, are the embodiments of powerful elemental forces. From the frost giants of Jötunheim to the fire giants of Muspelheim, the giants fought, slept with, and occasionally married the Norse pantheon as part of the endless struggle of civilization against nature. Notably, Loki the trickster was a giant sworn as Odin's brother and ally. And, of course, all creation ultimately ends in a final mighty battle between giants and gods, Ragnarök, in which the fire giant king Surtr ultimately emerges triumphant and burns all of Yggdrasil to a cinder.

	Finally, there are the giants of Medieval Europe. Some were stupid, savage brutes, threats to knightly adventurers because of their incredible strength, while others were sophisticated beings that lived in the clouds, though no less evil. Both liked human flesh, though the smarter ones cooked it first. These giants also apparently would grind human bones to make their bread.		Finally, there are the giants of Medieval Europe. Some were stupid, savage brutes, threats to knightly adventurers because of their incredible strength, while others were sophisticated beings that lived in the clouds, though no less evil. Both liked human flesh, though the smarter ones cooked it first. These giants also apparently would grind human bones to make their bread.

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	In general, a '''giant''' is a guy who is somewhat larger than average by means besides [[Neckbeard\|obesity]] and is stronger than a normal sized human and more dangerous in a scrap, either unarmed or armed with melee weapons. On the same note [[Dire Animal\|larger animals]] are more dangerous individually than smaller animals.		In general, a '''giant''' is a guy who is somewhat larger than average by means besides [[Neckbeard\|obesity]] and is stronger than a normal sized human and more dangerous in a scrap, either unarmed or armed with melee weapons. On the same note [[Dire Animal\|larger animals]] are more dangerous individually than smaller animals.

	Humans that are more than 2 meters tall usually have major health concerns (mostly because that sort of height is caused by pituitary gland tumors leading to the overproduction of growth hormones, but also because it puts more strain on the heart and skeleton than they can handle- more height means more weight for the bones to hold up and more pressure needed to pump blood throughout the body), which get more and more pronounced as height increases. Humans more than 2.3 meters tall often have to walk with canes or crutches, and the tallest person who ever lived (at about 2.7 meters) ended up dying at the age of 22 and required leg braces just to stand up (note; what ended up killing Robert Wadlow was a cut on his leg that got infected, but his fragile constitution and nerve damage preventing him from feeling the injury and ~~get~~ it treated were a part of it and ultimately caused by his gigantism, and even if he never got cut the strain of his ''still increasing'' height would have gotten him soon anyway.)		Humans that are more than 2 meters tall usually have major health concerns (mostly because that sort of height is caused by pituitary gland tumors leading to the overproduction of growth hormones, but also because it puts more strain on the heart and skeleton than they can handle- more height means more weight for the bones to hold up and more pressure needed to pump blood throughout the body), which get more and more pronounced as height increases. Humans more than 2.3 meters tall often have to walk with canes or crutches, and the tallest person who ever lived (at about 2.7 meters) ended up dying at the age of 22 and required leg braces just to stand up (note; what ended up killing Robert Wadlow was a cut on his leg that got infected, but his fragile constitution and the nerve damage preventing him from feeling the injury and getting it treated were definitely part of it and ultimately caused by his gigantism, and even if he never got the cut the strain of his ''still increasing at time of death'' height would have gotten to him very soon anyway.)

	This is ultimately due to the effects of the square-cube law- when you make an object bigger by a given proportion, its surface area increases by the square of that proportion but its volume is increased by the cube of that proportion. As a result, a 60-foot tall giant with a humanlike anatomy would have 100 times the muscle cross section of a 6-foot tall human but 1000 times that human's mass; every square inch of giant bone would be forced to support ten times as much weight as a human bone despite it not being adapted in itself to handle the additional weight. Such a giant wouldn't have the relative muscle strength needed to support its own weight and would shatter every bone in its legs whenever it tried to take a step, assuming it could even stand up in the first place. (And that's before we even get into the significantly increased need for food and oxygen, or the greater vulnerability to overheating - heat production scales with the cube of an animal's height, and since the surface area through which said heat can dissipate increases with the square of its height it'll generate more heat than it can transfer out.) Aquatic animals like whales get around some of these effects by virtue of buoyancy offsetting gravity somewhat, but even they can only grow so big before those problems begin to reappear. The Blue Whale is the biggest animal ever and tops out at an astonishing 190 tons, though people are wondering if a particularly big one can hit the 200 mark.		This is ultimately due to the effects of the square-cube law- when you make an object bigger by a given proportion, its surface area increases by the square of that proportion but its volume is increased by the cube of that proportion. As a result, a 60-foot tall giant with a humanlike anatomy would have 100 times the muscle cross section of a 6-foot tall human but 1000 times that human's mass; every square inch of giant bone would be forced to support ten times as much weight as a human bone despite it not being adapted in itself to handle the additional weight. Such a giant wouldn't have the relative muscle strength needed to support its own weight and would shatter every bone in its legs whenever it tried to take a step, assuming it could even stand up in the first place. (And that's before we even get into the significantly increased need for food and oxygen, or the greater vulnerability to overheating - heat production scales with the cube of an animal's height, and since the surface area through which said heat can dissipate increases with the square of its height it'll generate more heat than it can transfer out.) Aquatic animals like whales get around some of these effects by virtue of buoyancy offsetting gravity somewhat, but even they can only grow so big before those problems begin to reappear. The Blue Whale is the biggest animal ever and tops out at an astonishing 190 tons, though people are wondering if a particularly big one can hit the 200 mark.

2600:1003:B139:C564:4A4:2FDE:B64F:ACA5 at 19:06, 19 August 2022

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	In general, a '''giant''' is a guy who is somewhat larger than average by means besides [[Neckbeard\|obesity]] and is stronger than a normal sized human and more dangerous in a scrap, either unarmed or armed with melee weapons. On the same note [[Dire Animal\|larger animals]] are more dangerous individually than smaller animals.		In general, a '''giant''' is a guy who is somewhat larger than average by means besides [[Neckbeard\|obesity]] and is stronger than a normal sized human and more dangerous in a scrap, either unarmed or armed with melee weapons. On the same note [[Dire Animal\|larger animals]] are more dangerous individually than smaller animals.

	Humans that are more than 2 meters tall usually have major health concerns (mostly because that sort of height is caused by pituitary gland tumors leading to the overproduction of growth hormones, but also because it puts more strain on the heart and skeleton than they can handle- more height means more weight for the bones to hold up and more pressure needed to pump blood throughout the body), which get more and more pronounced as height increases. Humans more than 2.3 meters tall often have to walk with canes or crutches, and the tallest person who ever lived (at about 2.7 meters) ended up dying at the age of 22 and required leg braces just to stand up.		Humans that are more than 2 meters tall usually have major health concerns (mostly because that sort of height is caused by pituitary gland tumors leading to the overproduction of growth hormones, but also because it puts more strain on the heart and skeleton than they can handle- more height means more weight for the bones to hold up and more pressure needed to pump blood throughout the body), which get more and more pronounced as height increases. Humans more than 2.3 meters tall often have to walk with canes or crutches, and the tallest person who ever lived (at about 2.7 meters) ended up dying at the age of 22 and required leg braces just to stand up (note; what ended up killing Robert Wadlow was a cut on his leg that got infected, but his fragile constitution and nerve damage preventing him from feeling the injury and get it treated were a part of it and ultimately caused by his gigantism, and even if he never got cut the strain of his ''still increasing'' height would have gotten him soon anyway.)

	This is ultimately due to the effects of the square-cube law- when you make an object bigger by a given proportion, its surface area increases by the square of that proportion but its volume is increased by the cube of that proportion. As a result, a 60-foot tall giant with a humanlike anatomy would have 100 times the muscle cross section of a 6-foot tall human but 1000 times that human's mass; every square inch of giant bone would be forced to support ten times as much weight as a human bone despite it not being adapted in itself to handle the additional weight. Such a giant wouldn't have the relative muscle strength needed to support its own weight and would shatter every bone in its legs whenever it tried to take a step, assuming it could even stand up in the first place. (And that's before we even get into the significantly increased need for food and oxygen, or the greater vulnerability to overheating - heat production scales with the cube of an animal's height, and since the surface area through which said heat can dissipate increases with the square of its height it'll generate more heat than it can transfer out.) Aquatic animals like whales get around some of these effects by virtue of buoyancy offsetting gravity somewhat, but even they can only grow so big before those problems begin to reappear. The Blue Whale is the biggest animal ever and tops out at an astonishing 190 tons, though people are wondering if a particularly big one can hit the 200 mark.		This is ultimately due to the effects of the square-cube law- when you make an object bigger by a given proportion, its surface area increases by the square of that proportion but its volume is increased by the cube of that proportion. As a result, a 60-foot tall giant with a humanlike anatomy would have 100 times the muscle cross section of a 6-foot tall human but 1000 times that human's mass; every square inch of giant bone would be forced to support ten times as much weight as a human bone despite it not being adapted in itself to handle the additional weight. Such a giant wouldn't have the relative muscle strength needed to support its own weight and would shatter every bone in its legs whenever it tried to take a step, assuming it could even stand up in the first place. (And that's before we even get into the significantly increased need for food and oxygen, or the greater vulnerability to overheating - heat production scales with the cube of an animal's height, and since the surface area through which said heat can dissipate increases with the square of its height it'll generate more heat than it can transfer out.) Aquatic animals like whales get around some of these effects by virtue of buoyancy offsetting gravity somewhat, but even they can only grow so big before those problems begin to reappear. The Blue Whale is the biggest animal ever and tops out at an astonishing 190 tons, though people are wondering if a particularly big one can hit the 200 mark.

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	Whilst the six above get all the press, D&D's origins as a war-game that relied heavily on monster races existing to be different levels of challenge, plus its amalgamation of various real-world mythological lore, has led to "Giant" traditionally being considered its own creature type - akin to [[Undead]], [[Fey]] or [[Goblinoid]]. As such, a ridiculously huge array of giants exist in D&D. Indeed, there was even a short-lived term, "[[Giant-kin]]", which was used for the "closer to human-sized" giants, like [[ogre]]s and [[troll]]s.		Whilst the six above get all the press, D&D's origins as a war-game that relied heavily on monster races existing to be different levels of challenge, plus its amalgamation of various real-world mythological lore, has led to "Giant" traditionally being considered its own creature type - akin to [[Undead]], [[Fey]] or [[Goblinoid]]. As such, a ridiculously huge array of giants exist in D&D. Indeed, there was even a short-lived term, "[[Giant-kin]]", which was used for the "closer to human-sized" giants, like [[ogre]]s and [[troll]]s.
	* [[Athach]]: Obscure giants originating from the [[Mystara]] setting; resemble deformed hill-giants with tusks, mismatched ears (one huge, one tiny) and a third arm sprouting from the center of their chest.		* [[Athach]]: Obscure giants originating from the [[Mystara]] setting; resemble deformed hill-giants with tusks, mismatched ears (one huge, one tiny) and a third arm sprouting from the center of their chest.
	* [[Beasthead Giant]]: One of four giant species indigenous to the [[Dark Sun]] setting, these are the smallest of the Athasian giants, but make up for it with powerful [[psionics]] - the only Athasian giant that can use such powers. Evil in nature, they look like giant humans with the head of one of several animals, some of which bestow unique powers; eagle, goat, wolf, id fiend, kirre, or braxat.		* [[Beasthead Giant]]: One of four giant species indigenous to the [[Dark Sun]] setting, these are the smallest of the Athasian giants, but make up for it with powerful [[psionics]] - the only Athasian giant that can use such powers. Evil in nature, they look like giant humans with the head of one of several animals, some of which bestow unique powers; eagle, goat, wolf, id fiend, [[kirre]], or [[braxat]].
	* [[Bog Giant]], a smaller variety of giant with a frog-like appearance found in wetlands.		* [[Bog Giant]], a smaller variety of giant with a frog-like appearance found in wetlands.
	* [[B’rohg]]: Four-armed, primitive but neutrally aligned giant-kin indigenous to the [[Dark Sun]] setting.		* [[B’rohg]]: Four-armed, primitive but neutrally aligned giant-kin indigenous to the [[Dark Sun]] setting.