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Archives of Nethys

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PFS StandardCloud Giant

The graceful and regal cloud giants are fractious, with roughly half their clans believing they should rule over humanoids regardless of their size and the rest shying away from any contact with outsiders. Due to the physical and ideological distance between clans, most rely on giant eagle or roc messengers, to arrange marriages and exchange art without setting foot in each other's territory.

Cloud giants' skin color ranges from milky white to powdery blue. They make their homes anywhere veiled by the clouds, generally mountaintops or isolated valleys, but occasionally fog-shrouded swamps or misty rainforests. Legends persist of floating cities ruled by magically gifted cloud giant queens and kings. While most cloud giants plainly state that such claims are pure fantasy, others are mysteriously tight-lipped or evasive about the matter.

Recall Knowledge - Humanoid (Society): DC 28
Unspecific Lore: DC 26
Specific Lore: DC 23

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Cloud GiantCreature 11

Huge Air Giant Humanoid 
Source Monster Core pg. 167
Perception +22; cloudsight, low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Languages Common, Jotun, Sussuran
Skills Athletics +26, Crafting +21, Diplomacy +24, Intimidation +26, Performance +21
Str +7, Dex +0, Con +5, Int +1, Wis +3, Cha +1
Cloudsight Cloud giants ignore concealmentfrom weather conditions, including clouds and rain.
Items +1 striking ranseur
AC 30; Fort +25, Ref +18, Will +21
HP 220
Reactive Strike [reaction]
Speed 30 feet
Melee [one-action] ranseur +25 [+20/+15] (disarm, magical, reach 20 feet), Damage 2d10+13 piercingMelee [one-action] fist +24 [+20/+16] (agile, reach 15 feet), Damage 2d8+13 bludgeoningPrimal Innate Spells DC 30; 4th vapor form; 3rd levitate (at will); 2nd mist (at will)
Crushing Cloud [one-action] (air, primal) The cloud giant solidifies some clouds, including fog or mist, around a creature that's already in a cloud up to 120 feet away. The target takes 3d8 bludgeoning damage (DC 30 basic Fortitude save). If it fails its save, it treats clouds as difficult terrain for 1 round.Wind Strike [two-actions] (air, primal) The cloud giant Strikes a creature with their ranseur, surrounded in a roar of rushing air. On a hit, the target takes an additional 4d8 bludgeoning damage and is deafened for 1 minute. Whether or not the Strike hits, each non-cloud giant within a 20-foot emanation, including the target of the Strike, is buffeted by roaring winds and must attempt a DC 30 Fortitude saving throw.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature takes 2d8 sonic damage.
Failure The creature takes 4d8 sonic damage and is deafened until the end of its next turn.
Critical Failure As failure, but double damage and also knocked prone.

All Monsters in "Giant"

NameLevel
Cloud Giant11
Fire Giant10
Frost Giant9
Marsh Giant8
Rune Giant16
Shadow Giant13
Stone Giant8

Giant

Source Monster Core pg. 164
Giants are massive humanoid creatures who live in remote regions throughout the world. They vary widely but are united in their hunger, requiring sustenance of their own element along with the feasts one would expect from such a massive humanoid. Although a simple matter for some giants, more esoteric types find this need a harsh reality. While a massive fistful of ice or snow alongside their meal will satisfy a frost giant, shadow giants hunger for the coagulated shadows of the Netherworld.

Sidebar - Locations Giant Holdings

As oversized as they are, giants tend to dwell in remote regions of the world, where they have the luxury of claiming larger territories of their own. Giants of many types reside in the Saga Lands, where their ancestors were forced to serve ancient Thassilon, and in the Mindspin Mountains.

Sidebar - Related Creatures Giant Pets

As with many people, giants enjoy keeping pets. Large animals like bears and lions, megafauna like woolly mammoths, and dinosaurs are popular among many giants. Rune giants come closest to breaking this pattern, preferring to tend to their controlled giants, but esoteric types of giants often find equally curious pets.

Sidebar - Related Creatures Other Giants

Beyond the giants detailed here, many others dwell in remote regions of the world. Wood giants are peaceful guardians of the forests, cave giants lurk alone as vicious predators, and mountain giants are horrific butchers even other giants fear.

Sidebar - Advice and Rules Oversized Themes

Giants are larger-than-life foes. While many giants have themes that tie them to elemental or magical forces, the primary theme giants share is that they embody a classic cultural trope as their basis. Fire giants, for example, can be seen as oversized smiths, while hill giants should evoke the flavor of an oversized bully.