Exploring Dungeons and Dragons: Giants

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🗓️ 1 May 2020

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0:00.0	Giants.
0:03.4	Deciding to camp in a forest clearing after a long day of hiking, you settle down to light a fire and cook your dinner.
0:10.3	Suddenly, the ground begins to tremble underneath you, growing in intensity as you jump to your feet.
0:16.4	Entering the clearing across from you is a massive humanoid, wielding the trunk of a tree in its hands.
0:22.7	Unfortunately, for you, it has its eyes on dinner as well.
0:27.8	This is a giant, and regardless of your familiarity with Dungeons and Dragons,
0:32.7	you're very likely familiar with the basic concept of a giant.
0:37.3	Depending on the type of fiction, giants can be
0:40.0	creatures hundreds of feet tall, but D&D giants are a bit closer to the ground, while still
0:45.8	being quite terrifying opponents. More specifically to D&D, the really interesting aspect of
0:52.0	giants is the variety of subspecies, much like dragons.
0:57.1	This video will just provide a brief overview of most of the popular types of giants.
1:03.6	As you might expect, Giants' existence in D&D publication goes back to the original set in 1974,
1:13.6	as such typical folklore creatures fit right alongside things like ogres, ghouls, and dragons.
1:18.6	Based on the chain mail war game rules, giants acted as mobile light catapults due to their
1:25.3	impressive throwing abilities.
1:27.4	The original set included hill giants, stone giants. light catapults due to their impressive throwing abilities.
1:34.9	The original set included hill giants, stone giants, frost giants, fire giants, and cloud giants, which is very close to the list included in the D&D 5th edition Monster Manual
1:40.3	decades later.
1:42.9	The Greyhawk supplement for original D&D would add storm giants, rounding out the main
1:48.2	six varieties that would go on to be featured in every edition's Monster Manual, aside from
1:53.7	fourth edition, which would omit cloud giants completely and instead add death giants
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