Storm giant

Storm giants, known as uvarjotunen in their own language, were one of the most intelligent and respected races of giants.

Description
There were two ethnicities of storm giants; most had pale, light green skin and dark green hair and eyes, but a small number had violet skin, dark blue hair, and silver eyes.

They tended to wear fine tunics and belted sandals. When it came to armor, they often favored the use of scale mail.

Biology
Storm giants had vision that was well adapted to underwater conditions, where they saw equally as well as they did in the air. Likewise, their lungs were adapted to surviving in underwater conditions.

Abilities
Storm giants were known to innately have a high affinity for runecasting as well as traditional sorcery that surpassed the capabilities of other giant races. They were generally known to be capable of casting the spells call lightning, control winds, levitate &mdash; though unlike the standard spell, they were capable of lifting weights equivalent to their own &mdash; predict weather, weather summoning, detect magic, feather fall, light, and water breathing.

Their bodies were impervious to harm from lightning and thunder, even that discharged by a blue dragon. They were even capable of generating and throwing bolts of lightning themselves, at distances of up to. Because of this they were often responsible for sightings of lightning bolts streaking across mountain peaks.

Combat
Because of their high affinity for spellcasting, storm giants were the least likely of giants to throw boulders at their opponents when engaging in ranged combat. Whenever one did resort to throwing boulders, a storm giant's tremendous strength allowed them to be hurled as far as. When it came to close quarters combat, they typically favored greatswords as their weapon of choice.

Sub-Races

 * Maurs: A band of storm giant who were cast out thousands of years ago and overtime degenerated while imprisoned in the Underdark. Their bodies were pale and so malformed that they couldn't even stand up straight. They struggled to retain their storm giant culture while scratching out a meager existence underground.

Society
The head of a storm giant tribe's ordning was called a "paramount". In storm giant society, any act of mercy or charity towards a sentient being was seen as good.

Homelands
Storm giants generally lived inside of castles, either located atop mountains, in the clouds, or underneath the ocean in castles made of coral. Those that could not sustain themselves on hunting alone often built large gardens, fields, or vineyards near their homes.

Languages
Storm giants spoke the general giant language Jotun, their own specialized version of it known as Jotunuvar, as well as Common. They were often illiterate, though to a lesser degree than giant races whose cultures put little value on education, such as hill and fire giants.

Names
Common given names among storm giants included the following:


 * Males: Gautarr, Harrdiir, Ilknarr, Kuruth, Ogmoth, Ogmund, Ormmur, Torune, and Ulvulk.
 * Females: Geironal, Helgyra, Hornarra, Mistfast, Relsif, Silkarra, Sparraxe, Talnut, Wynd, and Yimmra.

Relationships
Storm giants that dwelled on land were usually seen as being on good terms with nearby copper dragons and good-aligned cloud giants, often working with them to ensure a mutual defense.

They were often known to keep pets and guard animals. Those that lived in high elevations, meaning clouds or mountains, typically kept animals such as rocs and griffons. Those that lived underwater would often keep sea lions.

Appearances

 * Adventures:
 * Storm King's Thunder
 * Novels:
 * The Titan of Twilight • Queen of the Depths • Promise of the Witch-King
 * Video Games
 * Secret of the Silver Blades • Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
 * Board Games:
 * Faerûn Under Siege • Assault of the Giants
 * Card Games
 * AD&D Trading Cards • Spellfire: Master the Magic
 * Gamebooks
 * Escape the Underdark
 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * Treasure of the Broken Hoard • In the Hand