![]() It’s hard to imagine people wouldn’t want to play a subclass devoted to throwing heavy weapons, along with friends and enemies, around the battlefield. The main event of player options in this book is certainly the Path of the Giant barbarian. There wasn’t any reason given for why they were cut, but there wasn’t a whole lot of positive response online to the “Dino druid” and wizards already have a ton of subclasses, so I’m not sure they’ll be sorely missed. While the character options in Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants are good, I think there will be some disappointment that they dropped two of the subclasses-the Runecrafter wizard and Circle of Primeval druid-that were presented with the Giants Options Unearthed Arcana back in May 2022. In-Depth Review (Spoilers Ahead!) Player Options ![]() No new spells or races and only one subclass make this book a less sizeable offering of player options than Fizban’s.It would have been nice to group the adventure hooks in the Enclaves chapter and encounter tables with some semblance of CR suggestions, so you can better prepare adventures for your party.At 192 pages, this book is 30 pages shorter than Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, a similar supplement focusing solely on dragons.D&D Beyond has released a free 16th-level one-shot, Giants of the Star Forge, which shows you how to use the book to make your own giant adventures.The new background + feat mechanics are in full swing in this book, and they make for much more thematic and mechanically interesting choices. The new backgrounds, subclass, feats, and magic items all look solid.The “enclaves” are short, easily digestible adventures that will be easy to slot into campaigns, especially when combined with the encounter tables in the previous chapter.The book does a good job of presenting giants as a complex society rather than just a monster to be killed.71 new giant-related monsters with CRs varying from 1/2 to 27.18 giant adventure locations that include 1 page of information and a map.Tips, world-building and encounter tables, and lore for when you use giants in your game.27 new magic items featuring a mechanic from the Rune Knight fighter subclass called “Invoking.”ĭM-specific giant lore and information accounts for the remaining 185 or so pages and includes:.1 new giant-related class (Path of the Giant barbarian). ![]()
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