Frost Giant

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.