Depending on the player and dungeon master, a barbarian transformed through rage can either maintain their fundamental appearance at a larger scale or change into a giant-like or even Elemental form. There are also more than 70 pages of bestiary for when the DM does want to have fights against giants. An expert in countless areas of lore from the multiverse, for this upcoming book it seems Bigby will be offering his own unique take on the worlds of giants. You will find a look at their mythical history, but it’s about the giant all-father and his children and his disappointment with the giants and then the book pulls that material into how giant society functions and judges its members and their actions.

Rune Carvers are better for characters focusing on an intellectual and artistic approach, with proficiencies in History and Perception and a set of artisan's tools.No matter what strikes the fancy of players or dungeon masters among the subclass, background, and feat options in Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, the new sourcebook offers plenty of new ways to bring variety to the game table. Instead, he’s been reincarnated as a gnome after being crushed by a giant (something which will be covered in greater detail in the book). Following in footsteps of Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons is Bigby Presents Glory of the Giants, although I suppose that given their ancient rivalry the giants might prefer to think of themselves as making even bigger footsteps over the footsteps of the dragons. Chapter 3: Giant Adventures: This section will offer a variety of options and advice for DMs when it comes to running giant-themed encounters, adventures and DnD 5e campaigns. Characters with the Rune Carver background or a Spellcasting Feature have access to the Rune Shaper feat instead, which becomes more versatile as proficiency bonus increases.

Of the eight new feats available, seven are connected to Giant Foundlings, as the basic Strike of the Giants feat available to Giant Foundlings or characters with Martial Weapon Proficiency serves as the prerequisite for a variety of third-level feats.In total, the new material in Glory of the Giants that directly contributes to choices for character building amounts to one subclass, two backgrounds, and eight feats. However, with a big focus on high-level encounters and not a lot of new stuff for players, I'm not sure how much wide appeal it's going to have. Rune Magic unlocks the knowledge of a number of runes equal to half of the character's proficiency bonus, which can be inscribed onto objects once per long rest to allow for spellcasting. Most notably, many of these types of giants were front and center as the primary antagonists in the 2016 campaign book The Storm King’s Thunder. Path of the Giant barbarians can also fool around out of combat, with the third-level ability to learn the druidcraft or thaumaturgy cantrip opening up creative possibilities that other DnD barbarians might not be able to access.