FREQUENCY: Rare
FREQUENCY: Rare
([Cold Wilderness Mountains])
FREQUENCY: Very
rare ([Cold Wilderness Hills], [Cold Wilderness Forest])
FREQUENCY: Rare
([Temperate Wilderness Mountains])
FREQUENCY: Very
rare ([Temperate Wilderness Mountains], [Temperate Wilderness Forest])
FREQUENCY:
Uncommon ([Dungeon Level VII])
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NO. APPEARING: 1-8
ARMOR CLASS: 4
MOVE: 12"
HIT DICE: 10
+ 1-4
% IN LAIR: 30%
(3 Frost Giants: mountains, TPL42:7th, REF4.55)
(e.g. G2 Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl:
levels 8-12)
TREASURE TYPE: [E]
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
~ 10
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 4-24
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Hurl
rocks (2-20)
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Impervious
to cold
STRENGTH: 21
INTELLIGENCE: Average
to low
ALIGNMENT Chaotic
evil
SIZE: L
(15' tall)
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VII
| 2,250 + 14
DEITY: Thrym
(q.v.) is the patron of the frost giants, whose shamans, like those of
other giants, can attain 7th level.
Frost giant shamans often
placate Thrym by freezing their still-living sacrifices
in new ice.
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Hurl Rocks: Adult
frost giants are able to hurl rocks from 1” to 20” distances, inflicting
2-20 HP
of damage. They can catch like missiles 40% of the time. <Grenade-Like
Missiles:
Boulders>
Impervious to Cold: Frost giants are impervious to cold, even white dragon breath.
Lair: Frost giants
more commonly inhabit castles, although
they often lair in
large frigid caverns.
There is a 50% probability
that they will have from 1-6
winter
wolves in their lair as watchdogs.
If more than 4 frost giants
are
encountered in their lair
numbers 5 and 6 will be females (treat as stone
giants with respect to hit
dice and damage/attack), and 7 and 8 will be
young giants (roll percentile
dice to determine size).
Female Frost Giant (Grenadier)
Description: Frost
giants have dead white || ivory skin color, blue-white or
yellow hair, and pale
blue || yellow eyes. Their build is
basically similar to
a muscular human, with appropriate
size differences. Frost giants wear
armor and bear arms similar
to those of humans of the northern barbarian
sort.
Tribal Spell Casters : Shamen (C7 maximum). Not recommended for random encounters.