Bigby Presents: Glory of Giants (Dungeons & Dragons Expansion Book)

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What if an ice giant succumbed to the power of an Elemental Evil? What if they devoted themselves to a demon lord? What if they mastered rune magic? What would a distant elemental relative of an ice giant be like? I quite liked all these cycles as it gives you a lot of choices to work with when you want to include a specific type of giant in your campaign.

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At the end of the day, Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giantsis quite comparable to Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons,which is a solid book full of useful information when wanting to incorporate a certain monster type into your campaign. from you in a straight, horizontal line. But that’s not what they wrote. “pushed 10 feet directly away from you” was right there.• Storm Strike: It’s on a Constitution As for encounter tables, they aren’t separated by CR, meaning they’re not particularly useful for preparing a combat encounter. They also have an arbitrary “Attitude” mechanic thrown in that would be hard to account for if you were simply rolling to generate an encounter.I'm a little concerned about the content ... will it be unique content? Or just a mish-mash of content from other books? The only issue I see with most of this information is giants will have to be a huge part of your campaign for you to start worrying about how many giants live together in a settlement versus a steading. Frost giants of Evil Water are cultists of Olhydra, the Princess of Evil Water. Believing that ice is the ultimate form of water’s naturally destructive forces, this brand of frost giant is dedicated to leaving as much cruelty in their wake as possible. There’s a new frost giant who has gone all in on evil, Elemental Evil that is. The frost giant of Evil Water is tied to the Princes of Elemental Evil featured in Princes of the Apocalypse. The Princes of Elemental Evil are godlike beings from the elemental planes. They lead devoted cults and seek to use their respective elements for sheer destruction.

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Also, it looks like they’re including options on encounter tables for Monsters of the Multiverse, which is a first, and have done it quite well. The encounter tables all have 12 options, but the last two of each table feature MoM monsters. If you don’t have the book, you roll a d10, but if you do, you can expand your options by rolling a d12.Glory of the Giants is heavily inspired by Norse mythology. Vikings were very en vogue in the late 2010s, so D&D is a little late to the party – and the narration and lore occasionally feel tired because of it. Regardless, the theme still has a lot to offer – if you want official Thor and Loki DnD character builds or a DnD encounter with gods of the Norse pantheon, this book is a great place to start. In Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, your party can go all in with adventures featuring one of Dungeons & Dragons’ most iconic primordial powers, the giants. Explore the realms and enclaves of the giants themselves, take a deeper dive into their lore, and face off against a new bestiary of massive monsters in this book. This section of the book presents giants as complex societies that aren’t meant to be the monsters of every story. Similar to most supplements, it provides information on different pieces of lore (social structure, customs, factions, etc.) along with rollable tables that you can use to customize your own adventures. I personally would have rather seen a couple choice items with a fully built-out rune system, similar to the tattoos in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, to present a more unique offering. But, you can easily poach the “Invoking” mechanic and transfer it to other items to jumpstart your venture into enhancing weapons with runes. No new spells or races and only one subclass make this book a less sizeable offering of player options than Fizban’s.