Cloud Giant

FREQUENCY: Rare <(atop mountains or on magical cloud islands)>
FREQUENCY: Rare ([Cold Wilderness Mountains], [Cold Wilderness Hills])
FREQUENCY: Rare ([Temperate Wilderness Mountains], [Temperate Wilderness Hills])
FREQUENCY: Rare ([Tropical Wilderness Mountains], [Tropical Wilderness Hills])

NO. APPEARING: 1-6
ARMOR CLASS: 2
MOVE: 15"
HIT DICE: 12 + 2-7
% IN LAIR: 40% <(crude castles)> <(II: vapor rats)>
TREASURE TYPE: E, Q (X5)
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 ~ 9
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 6-36
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Hurl rocks (2-24)
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Surprised only on 1
STRENGTH: 23
INTELLIGENCE: Average to very
ALIGNMENT: Neutral (good 50%, evil 50%)
SIZE: L (18' tall)
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VIII | 4,250 + 16

SAVES: 5.6.7.5.8

Unlike the commoner sorts of giants, cloud giants usually reside in crude
castles built atop mountains or on magical cloud islands.

When found in
their lair it is 60% likely that cloud giants will have 1-4 spotted lions as
pets/guards. If more than 1 cloud giant is encountered in their lair it is 75%
likely that the second will be a giantess (treat as fire giant for hit dice and
damage/attack) and the others young giants (roll percentile dice to
determine state of maturity). If 6 giants are thus encountered, one of the
young will be a full-grown male, one a full-grown female, and the other
two sub-adults of either sex (1-3 male, 4-6 female).

Adult cloud giants can hurl rocks from 1" to 24" distance, inflicting from 2-
24 HP of damage when they hit. They have a 60% chance of
catching like missiles. <Grenade-Like Missiles: Boulders>

All cloud giants have a keen sense of smell, thus they are surprised only on a roll of 1 on a 6-sided die. <link:DSG, replace this with a +4 WIS check, then normal surprise chance?>
10% of cloud giants are very intelligent.
These will be the ones found dwelling on cloud islands. All such cloud giants are able to levitate themselves and
additional weight of up to 2000# twice per day.

There is a 50% chance that evil cloud giants will have 1-3 captives as
slaves in their lair.

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Description: Cloud giants have pale blue white to light blue skin, silver
white or brass colored hair, ond wear various items of clothing and
jewelry. They are armed with great clubs.

WEIGHT: 5,120# (BD1.21)

Mr. Awesome wrote:
Was poking around and thought of an old unanswered question... Gary, I know where most of the giants in the Monster Manuals come from, but where do the verbeeg and cloud giants come from? That is, what mythological (or whatever) source material inspired them, if any?

You mean I messed one? Heh 

Jack and the Beanstalk was the inspiration for the cloud giant. That's one of my favorite fairy tales.

Cheers,
Gary