Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants is an sourcebook for 5th-edition Dungeons & Dragons released on August 15, 2023. It covers the history, cultures, and races of the giants, with giant-themed options for player-characters and monsters and sites for Dungeon Masters.
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Explore the wondrous realms of giants with this supplement for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.
Bigby the Great recounts his journeys into the history, myth, and society of giants in this guide to their realms in the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. Here Bigby and the demigod Diancastra, child of the giants’ All-Father, Annam, unveil the secrets of Annam’s mighty descendants.
Players will find a wealth of giant-themed character options: a subclass for barbarians, two backgrounds related to giants and their runic magic, and feat options that evoke the strength and primal magic of the giants. Dungeon Masters will gain inspiration for bringing giants to life, from maps of giant-built sites and big new monsters to tremendous treasures and intriguing trinkets in a giant’s bag!
Let Bigby and Diancastra teach you everything about the iconic giants of D&D!
- Delves into unrevealed giant lore, including an overview of the hierarchical structure of the ordning and giants’ religion, and ideas about giants’ organizations and societies across the multiverse.
- Adds giant-themed player character options where adventurers can evoke the glory of giants with 1 new barbarian subclass, explore the vast world of giants with 2 new backgrounds, and unlock 8 new feats to unleash runic magic and wield elemental power.
- Displays a wondrous collection of 30+ magic items, including 3 illustrious artifacts.
- Offers a plethora of tools for Dungeon Masters including lair maps, adventure hooks, encounter tables, treasures, and giant roleplaying inspiration.
- Presents a giant bestiary! More than a third of the book is devoted to monster descriptions, lore, and stat blocks.
- Discover a vibrant ecosystem filled with new giant kinds, 70+ new monsters, and other enormous creatures.
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— Product description
Contents[]
- Diancastra's Saga
- Chapter 1: Character Creation
- Chapter 2: Giants in Play
- Chapter 3: Giant Adventures
- Chapter 4: Giant Enclaves
- Chapter 5: Giant Treasures
- Chapter 6: Bestiary
- Appendix A: Concept Art
- Appendix B: Adventure Hooks
Index[]
Characters[]
Characters
Baphomet • Bigby • Cryonax • Demogorgon • Garyx • Imix • Kostchtchie • Mordenkainen • Ogrémoch • Olhydra • Yan-C-Bin • Yeenoghu
Referenced only
Hekaton • Jules Verne
Referenced only
Hekaton • Jules Verne
Creatures[]
Creatures
dinosaurs (aerosaur • altisaur • ceratops • regisaur) • bag jelly • barrowghast • cairnwight • cinder hulk • giants (cloud • hill • storm • stone • frost • fire • death) • dust hulk • ettin • fensir • firbolg • firegaunt • flesh colossus • fomorian • grinning cat • giant goose • giant ram • giant ox • giant tick • giant lynx • runic colossus • spotted lion • storm crab • titanothere • troll
Referenced only
bee • giant clam • giant weasel • panther • Wind Dukes of Aaqa
Referenced only
bee • giant clam • giant weasel • panther • Wind Dukes of Aaqa
Items[]
Currency
copper piece • electrum piece • gold piece • platinum piece • silver piece
Food & Drinks
cheese • melon • peppercorn
Gems
ceramic • citrine • fire opal • garnet • geode • pearl • quartz • turquoise
Materials & Substances
bronze • copper • electrum • gold • pewter • platinum • silver
Tools
armillary sphere • branding iron • chisel • mortar and pestle
Miscellaneous
Locations[]
Locations
Abyss • Eberron • Elemental Plane of Air • Elemental Plane of Earth • Elemental Plane of Water • Elemental Chaos • Feywild • Frostfell • Greyhawk • Krynn • Nine Hells • Ostoria • Pandemonium • Jotunheim • Outlands • Pandemonium • Sword Coast • Toril
Magic[]
Spells
Items
Referenced only
Axe of the Dwarvish Lords • dwarven thrower • Whelm
Axe of the Dwarvish Lords • dwarven thrower • Whelm
Organizations[]
Gloaming Court
Religions[]
Miscellaneous[]
Events
Dawn Age • Thousand Year War
Subclasses
Referenced only
Way of the Four Elements
Way of the Four Elements
Credits[]
- Project Lead: James Wyatt
- Art Director: Emi Tanji
- Writers: Makenzie De Armas, Dan Dillon, Ben Petrisor, Jason Tondro
- Rules Developers: |eremy Crawford, Ben Petrisor
- Lead Editor: Janica Carter
- Editors: Judy Bauer, Eytan Bernstein, Adrian Ng
- Lead Graphic Designer: Trish Yochum
- Additional Graphic Designers: Matt Cole, Bob Jordan
- Additional Art Directors: Kate Irwin, Dawn Murin, Zack Stella
- Cover lllustrators: Cynthia Sheppard, Olena Richards
- Cartographer: Dyson Logos
- Interior lllustrators: Carlo Arellano, Francesca Baerald, Eric Belisle, Olivier Bernard, Christopher Burdett, Dmitry Burmak, Dawn Carlos, Kai Carpenter, Manuel Castafién, Bud Cook, Kent Davis, Nikki Dawes, Olga Drebas, Sarah Finnigan, Evyn Fong, Jessica Fong, Tony Foti, Isabel Gibney, Michele Giorgi, Quintin Gleim, Alexandre Honor, Julian Kok, Katerina Ladon, Adridn Ibarra Lugo, Warren Mahy, Andrew Mar, Brynn Metheney, Robson Michel, Riccardo Moscatello, Irina Nordsol, Hinchel Or, Vicki Pangestu, Claudio Pozas, Arash Radkia, Chris Rahn, Julio Reyna, Ilya Shkipin, Matias Tapia, Brian Valeza, Jabari Weathers
- Concept Artists: Daarken, John Grello, April Prime, Shawn Wood
- Consultants: Siena East, Winona Nelson, John Tomhave
- Project Engineer: Cynda Callaway
- Imaging Technicians: Daniel Corona, Kevin Yee
- Prepress Specialist: Jefferson Dunlap
- D&D Studio
- Executive Producer: Kyle Brink
- Game Architects: Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins
- Studio Art Director: Josh Herman
- Art Manager: Rob Sather
- Art Department: Matt Cole, Trystan Falcone, Bree Heiss, Kate Irwin, Bob Jordan, Noor Rahman, Emi Taniji, Trish Yochum
- Design Department: Justice Ramin Arman, Makenzie De Armas, Dan Dillon, Amanda Hamon, Ron Lundeen, Ben Petrisor, Patrick Renie, F. Wesley Schneider, Carl Sibley, Jason Tondro, James Wyatt
- Managing Editor: judy Bauer
- Editorial Department: Eytan Bernstein, Janica Carter, Adrian Ng
- Senior Producer: Dan Tovar
- Producers: Bill Benham, Siera Bruggeman, Robert Hawkey, Andy Smith, Gabriel Waluconis
- Director of Product Management: Liz Schuh
- Product Managers: Natalie Egan, Chris Lindsay, Hilary Ross, Chris Tulach
Appendix[]
External Links[]
- Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants article at the Forgotten Realms Wiki, a wiki for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.