Giant Foundling

BackgroundBGGp. 62014
Skill proficiencies
survival, intimidation
Languages
giant

Origin Stories

How you came to live among colossal creatures is up to you to determine, but the Foundling Origin table suggests a variety of possibilities.

Foundling Origin

d6Origin
1You were found as a baby by a family of nomadic giants who raised you as one of their own.
2A family of stone giants rescued you when you fell into a mountain chasm, and you have lived with them underground ever since.
3You were lost or abandoned as a child in a jungle that teemed with ravenous dinosaurs. There, you found an equally lost frost giant; together, you survived.
4Your farm was crushed and your family killed in a battle between warring groups of giants. Racked with guilt over the destruction, a sympathetic giant soldier promised to care for you.
5After you had a series of strange dreams as a child, your superstitious parents sent you to study with a powerful but aloof storm giant oracle.
6While playing hide-and-seek with your friends, you stumbled into the castle of a cloud giant, who immediately adopted you.

Building a Giant Foundling Character

Your life among giants has given you a unique perspective. Though you are unusually large for your kind, you're no larger than a giant child, so you might be very mindful of your size.

Feature: Strike of the Giants

You gain the Strike of the Giants feat.

Suggested Characteristics

The Giant Foundling Personality Traits table suggests a variety of traits you might adopt for your character.

d6Personality Trait
1What I lack in stature compared to giants, I make up for with sheer spite.
2I insist on being taken seriously as a full-grown adult. Nobody talks down to me!
3Crowded spaces make me uncomfortable. I'd much rather be in an open field than a bustling tavern.
4I embrace my shorter stature. It helps me stay unnoticed—and underestimated.
5Every avalanche begins as a single pebble.
6The world always feels too big, and I'm afraid I'll never find my place in it.
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