Not to kick this dead horse any further......but please, please, please actually read the PH bit on halfgiants before lumping them in with monstrous races. Thats all I ask (and its going further off topic).According to the PH...."Halfgiants as a general rule tend to get along well with both their parent races, and have better relations with both than say, half-elves."Why this assumption that halfgiants are monsters when the above clearly states otherwise? My understanding of the above is that halfgiants are more readily accepted than halfelves. Are halfelves being booted out of Hempstead and other communities?
I'll be darned. I just read the new alignments section and halfgiant PCs must be TN,CN,LE, or NE.Guess they are evil. Or close to it. If Leanthar says so, I guess that has to be good enough for me.Alright, I guess they are ostracized. I guess Gunther better change his alignment. Unless theres a 'grandfather' clause
At least some of this is a result of the alignments being changed. The LORE entry is pre-"monsterous" and at that time of course you could be a LG half-giant if you wished, where as now even LN is forbidden as a starting alignment. So the "new" racial ability would seem to be an out of game reaction carried in game regarding the change in base attitude. My 2 True.
Besides, give it a couple months and all those halfgiant players will realize how tough it is to play a halfgiant.
Well, one of the things I want to point out...We're all different heights, so although in-game Gunther appears to tower over us, I know a lot of human males choose their height around six feet also, so it shouldn't be such a huge difference roleplay wise...
In the Dark Ages, People were a lot smaller in general. You'd see this if you go to historical buildings in Europe and try to walk through a door.
I'm not really sure what Stephen is alluding to. I think any critter, whether it be dwarf, elf, etc that hangs out with dragons, would be somewhat questionable.