Giant, Hill
Skin color among hill giants ranges from light tan to deep, ruddy brown. Their hair is brown or black, with eyes the same color. Hill giants wear layers of crudely prepared hides with the fur left on. They seldom wash or repair their garments, preferring simply to add more hides as their old ones wear out. Adults are around 10 feet tall and weigh about 1,100 pounds. Hill giants can live to be 200 years old, but almost never do.
Hill giants prefer to fight from high, rocky outcroppings, where they can pelt opponents with rocks and boulders while limiting the risk to themselves. Hill giants love to make overrun attacks against smaller creatures when they first join battle. Thereafter, they stand fast and swing away with their massive clubs.
Hill giants are the most nomadic of all the humanoid giant species, preferring to travel from one settlement to the next in order to raid and pillage. While they prefer temperate climates, they'll travel far from their preferred environment so long as the raiding is plentiful and successful. They are, as a whole, incredibly selfish creatures and rarely engage in battles they don't automatically know they'll win. Hill giants are known for shoving one another at terrifying foes and won't hesitate to sacrifice a clanmate to save their own skins. Roving bands of hill giants are common in temperate hills, and their constant aggression makes them one of the more feared dangers in this climate.
Solitary, non-evil hill giants are very rare but can sometimes be found in other humanoid societies, though they are almost never accepted in central cities or population centers. They do best as laborers and soldiers in outlying frontier towns, and often serve as rudimentary diplomats to negotiate with marauding hill giant bands. Unfortunately, hill giants who shed their racial lifestyle for civilization are mocked and often killed on sight by their nomadic brethren. Still, these “civilized” hill giants can find their place within society and many have managed to live peaceful, uneventful lives.
- HP
- 85 (10d8+40)
- AC
- 21, touch 8, flat-footed 21 (+4 armor, -1 Dex, +9 natural, -1 size)
- Speed
- 40 ft. (30 ft. in armor)
- Init
- -1
- Melee
- greatclub +14/+9 (2d8+10) or 2 slams +13 (1d8+7)
- Ranged
- rock +6 (1d8+10)
- Space
- 10 ft.
- Reach
- 10 ft.
- BAB
- +7
- CMB
- +15
- CMD
- 24
- Fort
- +11
- Ref
- +2
- Will
- +3
- Defensive Abilities
- rock catching
Weapons: Simple
rock throwing (120 ft.)
Cleave, Intimidating Prowess, Martial Weapon Proficiency (greatclub), Power Attack, Weapon Focus (greatclub)
<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"> Add your Strength modifier to Intimidate skill checks in addition to your Charisma modifier.</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 gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected weapon.</p>
Climb +10, Intimidate +12, Perception +6
- Type
- Humanoid
- Alignment
- CE
- Size
- Large
- Environment
- temperate hills
- Organization
- solitary, gang (2-5), band (6-8), raiding party (9-12 plus 1d4 dire wolves), or tribe (13-30 plus 35% noncombatants plus 1 barbarian or fighter chief of 4th-6th level, 11-16 dire wolves, 1-4 ogres, and 13-20 orc slaves)
- Treasure
- standard (hide armor, greatclub, other treasure)
- Senses
- low-light vision; Perception +6
- Languages
- 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: Intimidating Prowess (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: Weapon Focus (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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