Giant, Frost
A frost giant's hair can be light blue or dirty yellow, and its eyes usually match its hair color. Frost giants dress in skins and pelts, along with any jewelry they own. Frost giant warriors also don chain shirts and metal helmets decorated with horns or feathers. An adult male stands about 15 feet tall and weighs approximately 2,800 pounds. Females are slightly shorter and lighter, but otherwise identical to males. Frost giants can live to be 250 years old.
Frost giants are among the most feared giants, as their wanton destruction, battle lust, and fearless demeanor push them to ever-increasing displays of brutality. Frost giants usually start combat at a distance, throwing rocks until they run out of ammunition or the opponent closes, then wading in with their enormous greataxes. A favorite tactic is to lay an ambush by hiding buried in the snow at the top of an icy or snowy slope, where opponents will have difficulty reaching them, and then starting an avalanche before leaping into battle. Frost giants can hide well in snowy environments and are masters of stealth in their domain.
Frost giants survive on hunting and raiding alone, as they live in desolate, frigid environments. Frost giant groups are split almost evenly between those that live in makeshift settlements or abandoned castles and those that roam the frozen north as nomads in search of spoils and provisions. Frost giant leaders call themselves jarls and demand absolute obedience from their followers. At any time a jarl may be challenged by combat for leadership of the tribe. These challenges typically result in the death of one of the combatants. A single jarl can often count a dozen or more smaller frost giant tribes as part of his extended tribe. In such a situation, the leaders of the lesser tribes are known simply as chieftains or warlords.
Frost giants love to take captives, and use them for food as well as slaves and commodities. Every group of frost giants typically has 1–2 humanoid slaves shackled to a slave handler—usually the meanest and cruelest non-jarl in the group. They are also quite fond of monstrous pets—white dragons and winter wolves are popular choices, but remorhazes, yetis, and even linnorms can be found dwelling in a frost giant lair.
- HP
- 133 (14d8+70)
- AC
- 21, touch 8, flat-footed 21 (+4 armor, -1 Dex, +9 natural, -1 size)
- Speed
- 40 ft.
- Init
- -1
- Melee
- greataxe +18/+13 (3d6+13) or 2 slams +18 (1d8+9)
- Ranged
- rock +9 (1d8+13)
- Space
- 10 ft.
- Reach
- 10 ft.
- BAB
- +10
- CMB
- +20
- CMD
- 29
- Fort
- +14
- Ref
- +3
- Will
- +6
- Defensive Abilities
- rock catching
- Racial Modifiers
- +4 Stealth in snow
Weapons: Simple
rock throwing (120 ft.)
Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Overrun, Improved Sunder, Martial Weapon Proficiency (greataxe), Power Attack, Skill Focus (Stealth)
<p class="stat-block-1"> As a standard action, you can make a single attack at your full base attack bonus against a foe within reach. If you hit, you deal damage normally and can make an additional attack (using your full base attack bonus) against a foe that is adjacent to the first and also within reach. You can only make one additional attack per round with this feat. When you use this feat, you take a –2 penalty to your Armor Class until your next turn.</p>
<p class="stat-block-1"> As a standard action, you can make a single attack at your full base attack bonus against a foe within reach. If you hit, you deal damage normally and can make an additional attack (using your full base attack bonus) against a foe that is adjacent to the previous foe and also within reach. If you hit, you can continue to make attacks against foes adjacent to the previous foe, so long as they are within your reach. You cannot attack an individual foe more than once during this attack action. When you use this feat, you take a –2 penalty to your Armor Class until your next turn.</p>
<p class="stat-block-1"> You do not provoke an attack of opportunity when performing an overrun combat maneuver. In addition, you receive a +2 bonus on checks made to overrun a foe. You also receive a +2 bonus to your Combat Maneuver Defense whenever an opponent tries to overrun you. Targets of your overrun attempt may not chose to avoid you.</p>
<p class="stat-block-1"> You do not provoke an attack of opportunity when performing a sunder combat maneuver. In addition, you receive a +2 bonus on checks made to sunder an item. You also receive a +2 bonus to your Combat Maneuver Defense whenever an opponent tries to sunder your gear. </p>
<p class="stat-block-1"> You make attack rolls with the selected weapon normally (without the non-proficient penalty).</p>
<p class="stat-block-1"> You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (–50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every 4 points thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll, and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.</p>
<p class="stat-block-1"> You get a +3 bonus on all checks involving the chosen skill. If you have 10 or more ranks in that skill, this bonus increases to +6.</p>
Climb +13, Craft (any one) +7, Intimidate +7, Perception +10, Stealth +2 (+6 in snow)
- Type
- Humanoid
- Alignment
- CE
- Size
- Large
- Environment
- cold mountains
- Organization
- solitary, gang (3-5), band (6-12 plus 35% noncombatants and 1 adept or cleric of 1st-2nd level), raiding party (6-12 plus 35% noncombatants, 1 adept or sorcerer of 3rd-5th level, 1-4 winter wolves, and 2-3 ogres), or tribe (21-30 plus 1 adept, cleric, or sorcerer of 6th-7th level; 1 barbarian or ranger jarl of 7th-9th level; and 15-36 winter wolves, 13-22 ogres, and 1-2 young white dragons)
- Treasure
- standard (chain shirt, greataxe, other treasure)
- Senses
- low-light vision; Perception +10
- Languages
- Common, Giant
- Source
- Bestiary
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Uses feat: Cleave (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Uses feat: Great Cleave (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Uses feat: Improved Overrun (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Uses feat: Improved Sunder (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Uses feat: Martial Weapon Proficiency (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Uses feat: Power Attack (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Uses feat: Skill Focus (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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