Everything We Know About D&D’s Glory of the Giants Sourcebook

IGN was recently given an early look at Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, an upcoming sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons that will focus on expanding lore and game options involving giants. Here’s everything we know so far:

Overview

Release Date: August 15, 2023

Price: $59.95

Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants will offer new lore, player-facing content, monsters, and a toolbox for including giants in your D&D campaign. The book is written as a narration by fictional characters Bigby, an iconic wizard known for his magic hands, and Diancastra, a giant demigoddess, which will color the sourcebook’s style.

Breakdown by Chapter

1.) Character Options

The first chapter will offer new options for players, including the “path of the giant” subclass for Barbarians, two background options (Giant Foundling & Rune Carver), eight new feats, and giant character stories.

2.) Giants in Play

Chapter 2 will feature a section on roleplaying giants and lore for the race’s pantheon (called the Ordning), Gods and Religion, social structure, and organizations.

3.) Giant Adventures

This chapter will offer a variety of options and advice for encounters, adventures, and campaigns involving giants, and incorporating new player options and monsters found elsewhere in the book.

4.) Giant Enclaves

Here, players can find giant-themed locations with maps, magic, and adventure seeds to use in your campaigns.

5.) Giant Treasures

This section will discuss various items originating from the world of giants, including giant bags, relics of giant civilization, and 30 magic items.

6.) Bestiary

Finally, Glory of the Giants will have an extensive beastiary featuring over 70 stat blocks, including

• Extended Family
  • Death giant
  • Fensirs
  • Gargantua
• Magic-using giants
  • Giants who use rune magic
• Giant cultists
  • Four tied to elemental evil
  • Four tied to demon princes
  • Fire hellion
  • Storm herald
• Other Giant variations
  • Unfallen fomorian
  • Ettin variants
  • Trolls
• Elemental hulks
  • Elemental creatures descended from giants
• Undead Giants
  • Unique forms of undead for each of the main 6 giant types
• Gigantic animals
  • Gargantuan dinosaurs
  • Additional prehistoric beasts from the “lost world”
  • Giant domestic animals
  • Giant tick
  • Kaiju bug
• Humanoid Giant Kin
• Other
  • Bag jelly
  • Runic colossus
  • Flesh colossus

That’s everything we know about Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants so far!

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