The Giant

Name
Goliath, Fafner, Fasolt, Cronus, Hephastes, Titus, Gulliver, Mimir, Anaq, Bran, Gidal, Shen,
Wada, Gerdr, Grida, Titaia, Gaia, Roald, Gert, Emalia, Olwen, Sammyr, Frig, Yith, Paul, John,

Look
Patient Eyes, Stony Eyes, Suspicious Eyes,Cold eyes
Stern Face, Kind Face, Ugly Face, Frosty Beard
Hulking Body, Stony Body, Twisted Body, Frozen Body
Stony Skin, Bark and leaves, Warty Hide, Ice and Snow

Drive
Peace
Resolve a conflict or defuse a dangerous situation peacefully

Durability
Build or reinforce something, literal or figurative, to last.

Patience
Convince hotter heads to take careful, considered action.

Heritage
You carry a duty as old as your people. Choose the Duty you have inherited from your people:

Treekin - Growth & New Life

You hail from the fertile Hills and Steppes. Your Heritage Magic can make plants grow suddenly
and well beyond their normal size.
Mountain Giant - Construction & Protection
You are born of sturdy mountain stone. Your Heritage Magic can help build or reinforce
structures out of stone and wood to withstand incredible force.

Bridge Troll - Guarding & Impeding

You are a guardian and protector of places and people. Your Heritage Magic can block the
progress of someone or something until they have paid the price or met your demands.

Jotun - Inevitability & Enduring

You are a creature of Ice and Snow. Your Heritage Magic can freeze water and chill even the
hottest of fires.

Stats
Your Damage is D10

Your HP is 10+Con

Starting Moves

Larger Than Life

Your large size gives you both advantages and disadvantages. When you bring your size
and strength to bear against a problem, roll +Str. *On a 10+, you choose 2 Actions and
the GM chooses 2 Consequences. *On a 7-9, you choose 1 Action, and the GM chooses 3
consequences:

Actions

● You send someone or something of your choice flying

● You deal your damage
● You crush or smash an item or object of your choice
● You pick up someone or something the size of a human
● You clear an obstacle with a great leap or stride
● You make an opening that was too small just large enough

Consequences

● Your surroundings are damaged by your actions

● Someone you don’t want harmed is put in danger
● Something important is knocked out of reach or damaged
● you lose your footing or get stuck
● you are attacked, or suffer damage from the environment
● You draw unwanted attention to yourself or others
Heritage Magic
When you call on your Heritage Magic to fulfill your people’s Duty, roll +Con. *On a 10+,
your magic bolsters your action substantially. On a 7-9, it helps, but choose 2.

● It’s effects aren’t as powerful as you intended

● It’s effects won’t last as long as you wanted
● You’ve had to sacrifice something valuable
Camouflage
It is normally very hard for you to hide due to your size. When you stay perfectly still in an
environment linked to your Heritage, you blend in and others look right past you.

Unusual Diet
There are stories about your kind grinding bones to bake bread, but that’s impractical for every
meal! Choose a commonly found resource: Wood, Ice, or Stone. When there is a plentiful
supply of your food source nearby, you don’t need to consume a ration when making camp.
When there isn’t a plentiful supply of your preferred food nearby, you eat one of your
rations, and someone else’s too!

Choose either Talisman or Enduring Atlas to start with. You may take the other as an
advanced move when you level up:

Talisman
You have a talisman that allows you to shrink down to close to the size of one of the smallfolk
for a short time, describe it. While you are small, you will fit into human-sized places, though
it will be uncomfortable. While you are small, you cannot use any of your moves that take
advantage of your Giant size. When you use your Talisman to shrink down to almost as
small as a human, roll+Wis. *On a 10+, choose 2. *on a 7-9, choose 1:

● Your size is stable, for now...

● Your clothes and items shrink with you.
● The effects of your Talisman seems to be lasting, for now...
Enduring Atlas
When you push yourself beyond your limits to lift the impossible, roll+Con. *On a hit, you
lift it. *On a 10+, choose 1. *On a 7-9, choose 2:

● The strain harms you, take D4 damage

● You are vulnerable to attack
● You can’t hold it for long...

Advanced Moves
When you gain a level from 2-5, choose a move from this list:
Dutiful
When you call on your Heritage Magic to fulfill your people’s Duty, only choose 1 on a 7-9.

Intimidating Size
When you use your great size to loom over the smallfolk, you always have leverage to
Parlay.

Hurl
When you pick up and throw something or someone, roll+Str. *On a 10+, it lands where you
intended. *On a 7-9, the GM chooses 1:

● It lands awkwardly
● You or an ally is vulnerable
● You threw it too soft, or too hard!
Enduring Wisdom
You have endured a long life with many challenges. When you Discern Realities using
experience you earnt through suffering, you may roll +Con instead of +Wis.

Thick Skin
When you stand in defense in line with your duty, you take +1 Armor.

Careful
When the GM chooses from the list of consequences for Larger than life, they choose 1
less than they would normally.

Mighty Strength
When you bring your size and mighty strength to bear against a problem and roll Larger
than Life, add the following to the list of Actions you can take in Larger than Life:

● You lift something as big as a horse cart

● You crush or smash a building or structure of your choice
Colossus
When you bring your size and mighty strength to bear against a problem and roll Larger
than Life, choose 1 extra from the list of Actions.

Fluffy
You have a giant pet. Give it an inappropriate name and choose it’s appearance: A giant
version of an animal, a great beast spirit made of living wood, stone, or ice, an insect of giant
proportions. When you call your pet to action, roll+Str. *On a 10+, hold 2. *On a 7-9, hold 1.
Spend hold, 1 for one, on the following:

● One or more allies may ride it

● It’s attacks make an enemy vulnerable
● It obeys a command you give it
Suffering Prometheus
When you have suffered while helping or protecting others, you may recover D6 HP when
you have a little time to recover.
When you gain a level from 6-10, choose a move from this list or the 2-5 list:

Steadfast
Requires: Dutiful
When you call on your Heritage Magic to fulfill your people’s Duty, on a 10+ you may also
choose 1 from the list of actions in Larger than Life.

Hardskin
Replaces: Thick Skin
When you stand in defense in line with your duty, you take +2 Armor.

Gentle
Replaces: Careful
When the GM chooses from the list of consequences for Larger than life, they choose 2
less than they would normally.

Dependable Talisman
Requires: Talisman
When you use your Talisman to shrink down to almost as small as a human, *On a hit,
choose 1 more option.

Hulking Rage
When your anger is finally roused and you bring your size and mighty strength to bear
against a problem and roll Larger than Life, you may take an extra consequence and add the
following Actions to the list of Actions and choose 1 extra from the list of Actions:

● You scatter their forces

● You strike terror into their hearts at your ferocity
Heel!
Requires: Fluffy
When you call your pet to action, you may take 1 consequence from Larger than Life in order
to gain 1 extra hold with your pet, even on a miss.

Good Boy!
Replaces: Heel!
When you call your pet to action, you may take 1 consequence from Larger than Life in order
to gain 2 extra hold with your pet, even on a miss.

Mighty Atlas
Replaces: Enduring Atlas
When you push yourself beyond your limits to lift the impossible, roll+Con. *On a hit, you
lift it. *On a 10+, it’s tough, but you can take it. *On a 7-9, choose 1:
 ● The strain harms you, take D4 damage
● You are vulnerable to attack
● You can’t hold it for long...
Dutiful Atlas
Requires: Mighty Atlas
When you push yourself beyond your limits to lift the impossible, you are always
considered to be fulfilling your Duty in regard to other moves.

Including a Giant in your game

The Giant is a big departure from many playbooks in that it can more apparently change a lot of
the scale, scope, and themes of the game due to it’s size.

While all playbooks do this to a degree, The Giant is far more obvious in this. this page includes
some things for both the players and GM to consider, and some questions to ask to see how
your giant fits into the world.

Giant Strength

For most classes, Strength describes pure muscle power or physical prowess. This may bring
you to question why the Giant still has the same strength stat opportunities as everyone else.

That’s because the stat describe how good you are at leveraging your strength conscientiously.
Sure, a huge giant may be able to pick up a wagon, but without control of their strength, they’re
likely to drop the unwieldy thing.

Fitting in, and just plain Fitting.

If you have a Giant in your game, that says something about what the player wants to be doing.
They want places their giant will fit most of the time. When you intend to use cities, indoor
locations, or caves keep this in mind.

There should be times when the Giant’s size is a hindrance, (GM move: Show a downside to
their class, race, or equipment) but still give them opportunity to move about without too much
complication most of the time (GM Principle: Be a fan of the characters)

Combat Balance

The Giant’s moves, namely Larger Than Life are about describing how the Giant interacts with
the world and others. So how does a group of Goblins challenge a Giant as much as it does the
rest of the party?
Consider that perhaps Goblins and other monsters have experience with fighting a Giant, and
consider what anti-Giant weaponry they would carry. Javelins, bows, flaming arrows, Giant-
poison, etc.

The Giant doesn’t have any more HP or armor than a Fighter, making it equally vulnerable. It
still has the same spread of ability stats that the other classes do.

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Drawing Board

(These are prototype moves that are no longer used)

Jotun, Colossus, Behemoth, Goliath, Stone, Earth, Club, Messy, Forceful, Hulk, Troll?

Larger than Life

You are much larger than other races. This gives you many advantages, but there are also
disadvantages to your size when interacting with the smallfolk. Choose how big you are at
character creation:

⃞Big (Size 1)
You are roughly twice as tall as a human. You can fit in human-sized abodes and settlements
with little or rare difficulty. Add the following tags to your attacks: Reach, Forceful

⃞Large (Size 2)
You are around 3 times taller than a human. You can fit in human-sized settlements but an
average sized building is just too small. You can easily pick up something human-sized and Hurl
it. Add the following tags to your attacks: Reach, Forceful, Messy

⃞Huge (Size 3)
You stand 4 times taller than a human. You may uncomfortably fit in some larger settlements,
but most human-sized spaces and doorways are far too small. You can easily pick up
something horse-sized and Hurl it. Add the following tags to your attacks: Reach, Near Forceful,
Messy,

Spatial Awareness
When you take violent or sudden action involving people, places, or objects not designed
to accommodate your size, Roll whatever move is triggered as normal. In addition to the
move’s rules, *On a 10+, choose your size number -1 consequences. *On a 7-9, choose your
size number consequences. *On a miss, choose your size +1 consequences:

● Your surroundings are damaged by your actions

● Someone you don’t want harmed is put in danger
● Something important is knocked out of reach or damaged
● You lose your footing or get stuck
● You are attacked or suffer damage from the environment
● You are swarmed or cornered