Giantcraft is a 2nd-edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons accessory for the Forgotten Realms.
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Enter the world of Faerûn's giants as first revealed in Troy Denning's "Twilight Giants" trilogy of novels. Giantcraft presents game material based on those characters and events, including statistics for Princess Brianna, Tavis Burdun, and others; a section on player-character giants and giant-kin; a chapter on giant religion; a new magic-using class, the runecaster; details on giant rune magic; and detailed lairs for the main giant types found in the Ice Spires and their environs. Read about levendhule, the forbidden "living cave"; uncover the secrets of the Ordning; learn the history of the sons and daughters of Annam. Dungeon Masters and players alike are certain to find invaluable information in this latest Realms sourcebook. (Familiarity with the novels is not necessary to use this accessory.)
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Description[]
Giantcraft details the giants of Faerûn and is the is the 7th book in the FOR series.
This accessory includes detailed information on giants as characters and as a race in the Realms. It provides background lore, cultural details, and specific rules for creating and playing giant characters. It covered various types of giants like hill giants, frost giants, fire giants, and others, each with their unique traits and societal structures.
Giantcraft adds new spells, magical items, and equipment relevant to giants, enhancing the options available to players and Dungeon Masters when incorporating these beings into their campaigns. Additionally, it featured adventure modules or campaign settings where giants play a central role, offering ready-to-use material for game sessions focused on giants.
Contents[]
- The Colossal Kingdom
- Annam's Legacy
- The Nature of Giantkind
- The Kin
- Giant Religion
- Rune Magic
- The Ice Spires and Their Environs
- Ice Spire Ogres
- Shadowhounds
- Krotter
Index[]
Characters[]
- Abram • Arno/Julian • Bahroon • Blod • Borabel • Brianna • Brun • Camden • Dunmore • Dunstan • Fardo • Girog • Goboka • Gorgg • Graz'zt • Groote • Halflook • Hartkiller • Hjurgen • Hjurm • Hjurnur • Hrotun • Illsenstaad • Marchas • Masud • Muspel • Muznir • Nicias • Noote • Obadai • Ottar • Radborne Wynn • Ramos • Ruk • Skaag • Skarg • Tavis Burdun • Trevon • Ulutiu • Uthgar • Vardun • Varissa • Veltig • Vilmos • Xephras
Creatures[]
- arctic dwarf • bear • black bear • chimera • chromatic dragons • cloud giant • firbolg • fire giant • flame beetle • fomorian • frost giant • griffon • halfling • hell hound • hill giant • human (uthgardt) • ice spire ogre • krotter • mammoth • metallic dragons • modron • owl • reindeer • roc • shadowhound • smilodon • stone giant • storm giant • tanar'ri • verbeeg • voadkyn • white dragon • winter wolf • wyvern
Locations[]
- Bodies of Water
- Clear Whirl River • Endless Ice Sea • Lake Woe
- Buildings
- Castle Hartwick • Fir Palace • Kaarg's Citadel • Weary Giant Inn
- Caves
- Living Cave • Mist Caves
- Forests
- Cold Wood • Zrintor
- Kingdoms & Nations
- Hartsvale • Ostoria • Raurin Empire • Voninheim
- Mountains
- Bleak Plain • Cold Mountains • Firecap Mountains • Ice Spires • Lake Woe mountain • Needle Peak • Three Sisters • Thunder Peaks
- Planes
- Abyss • Arborea • Beastlands • Gudheim • Jotunheim • Mechanus • Prime Material plane • Outlands • Ysgard
- Planets
- Toril
- Regions
- Anauroch • Cold Lands (Great Glacier • Vaasa) • Dragon Coast • Savage North • Shining South • Underdark • Vilhon Reach • Zakhara
- Settlements
- Hill giant camp of Chief Groote • Ranauroch • Stagwick • Storm giant aerie of Lake Woe mountain
- Valleys
- Bleak Fissure • Dour Fissure • Eternal Blizzard • Gorge of the Silver Wyrm
Magic[]
- Items
- flametongue • girdle of giant strength • girdle of storm giant strength • Hammer of Thunderbolts • staff of power • wand of earth or stone
- Potions
- philter of love • potion of love
- Spells
- aerial servant • berserk fury • Bigby's crushing hand • charm giant • charm monster • commune • crystalbrittle • cure light wounds • detect evil • detect good • detect invisibility • detect magic • dimension door • dispel magic • earthquake • entangle • find the path • flesh to stone • forget • legend lore • levitate • lightning bolt • magic jar • mass suggestion • maze • pass without trace • passwall • phantasmal killer • plant door • plant growth • polymorph self • ray of enfeeblement • speak with animals • speak with dead • speak with wyvern • stone shape • stoneskin • stone tell • suggestion • sunray • symbol of persuasion • telekinesis • teleport • wall of force • wall of stone • weather summoning • wind wall
- Runes
- accuracy • Annam's unblinking eye • berserk • binding • blinding light • control undead • death • dream • exploding arrow • fate • healing • imprisonment • levitation • love • poison • sanctuary • shield • speed • strength • thunder • transformation • triumph • weakness • wisdom • wyrm • Ysgard
- Others
- death magic • rune magic
Organizations[]
- Blood Riders • Frontier Scouts • Helligbror • Kappebror • Kriggabror
Religions[]
- Annam • Baphomet • Dwarven pantheon • Eldath • Fionnghuala • Grolantor • Hiatea • Iallanis • Lanaxis • Memnor • Othea • Skoraeus Stonebones • Stronmaus • Surminare • Syranita • Trishina • Twilight Spirit • Uthgar • Vaprak
Miscellaneous[]
- Art & Literature
- Reflections Upon the Secrets of Old Ostoria • Saga of the Dragon Queller • skald • tattoo
- Clothing
- parka • robe
- Conditions
- disease • frostbite • petrification
- Currencies
- dantar
- Events
- Blood Dance • Thousand Year War • War of the Hart • War of the Twins
- Food & Drink
- mead • spices
- Items
- Alabaster Throne • brazier • chain • incense • lamp • tent • quill • rope • saddle • wah-ree
- Languages
- Bothii • Common • Dwarvish • Jotun • Thorass
- Materials
- dragonhide • silver
- Natural Phenomenon
- fairy ice
- Plants
- crabgrass • mold
- Professions
- alchemist • mercenary
- Vesels
- Ice Runners • pulkka
Gallery[]
Back Cover
Credits[]
- Design: Ray Winninger
- Editing: Karen S. Boomgarden
- Cover Illustration: Jeff Easley
- Interior Illustrations: Matt Cavotta, Daniel Frazier
- Maps: Dori Hein
- Electronic Repress Coordination: Tim Coumbe
- Typesetting: Nancy J. Kerkstra
- Graphic Design: Dee Barnett
- Special Thanks: Jeff Grubb, Troy Denning, Julia Martin, William W. Connors
Appendix[]
Notes[]
- ↑ The year is deduced from the "Presenting . . . Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction" article from Wizards of the Coast and the fact that Giantcraft describes its setting as taking place immediately before the events of the The Twilight Giants trilogy.
See Also[]
External Links[]
Disclaimer: The views expressed in the following links do not necessarily represent the views of the editors of this wiki, nor does any lore presented necessarily adhere to established canon.
References[]
- ↑ Shannon Appelcline. FOR7 Giantcraft (2e). Dungeon Masters Guild. Retrieved on 2013-11-15.