The first chapter of the new Dungeons & Dragons source book Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants deals with character creation, and it adds a variety of new options for play. Although it might seem like a book focusing on giants might only be useful for characters with giant blood in their veins, the new options don’t only apply to firbolgs and goliaths. With a new subclass as well as several new backgrounds and feats, Glory of the Giants makes it easy to build characters that are larger-than-life in memorability even if not in stature.
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. The book offers advice on how to connect a character using any of these options to the lore of the giants, whether to draw a direct line of ancestry, draw power from an artifact, or worship the gods of the giants. No matter what angle is taken to integrate the new DnD character options, the additions add a solid amount of flavor and potential to any build.
The new DnD subclass added in Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants is designed for barbarians who want to tap into primal power. Path of the Giant barbarians grow in size when they rage, a feature that scales with leveling. Earning enough XP can infuse the weapons that raging Path of the Giant barbarians use with extra power and eventually increase their size to Huge if they so choose. 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.
Perhaps the most fun feature that Path of the Giant barbarians can employ on the battlefield is Mighty Impel, which allows them to hurl smaller creatures to other spaces within range. This could be used to safely move allies or reposition enemies, with the possibility to deal damage by tossing a foe onto a space that doesn’t support them. 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.
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2023-08-05 10:48:03
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