New Posts For Thread: Wandering Monsters: The Bigger They Come...http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29397553/Wandering_Monsters:_The_Bigger_They_Come...Wandering Monsters The Bigger They Come...By James WyattOgres, trolls, minotaurs . . . well, let’s go bigger, shall we? Giants have been a fixture in D&D since the G series of modules back in 1978: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief (G1),GlacialIt goes back to the overall feeling.If D&D uses reallife names, from reallife folkbelief, there needs to be a genuine transmission of the reallife tradition, even if stylized and updated.If D&D invents entirely new creatures, then these need entirelyhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29397553/Wandering_Monsters:_The_Bigger_They_Come...?post_id=524577321#524577321It goes back to the overall feeling.If D&D uses reallife names, from reallife folkbelief, there needs to be a genuine transmission of the reallife tradition, even if stylized and updated.If D&D invents entirely new creatures, then these need entirelyFri, 28 Sep 2012 15:43:21 -0500Rename these “Titans” as “Jotuns” - then its all good.Including Surtr, who in reallife Norse animism, is a Fire Jotun (EldjÇ«tunn) - hair like flame, skin like soot - personifying the cosmic fire, and fated to burn the Earth (http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29397553/Wandering_Monsters:_The_Bigger_They_Come...?post_id=524577233#524577233Rename these “Titans” as “Jotuns” - then its all good.Including Surtr, who in reallife Norse animism, is a Fire Jotun (EldjÇ«tunn) - hair like flame, skin like soot - personifying the cosmic fire, and fated to burn the Earth (Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:40:48 -0500Do you rebember Silvara, from Dragonlance saga? A beatiful Kagonesti elf...wasn´t she?If avatars and dragons can use humanoid shape to act among mortals...why not giants and titans can use a smaller alternative shape for a better interaction wihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29397553/Wandering_Monsters:_The_Bigger_They_Come...?post_id=524566869#524566869Do you rebember Silvara, from Dragonlance saga? A beatiful Kagonesti elf...wasn´t she?If avatars and dragons can use humanoid shape to act among mortals...why not giants and titans can use a smaller alternative shape for a better interaction wiFri, 28 Sep 2012 09:36:29 -0500Exactly.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29397553/Wandering_Monsters:_The_Bigger_They_Come...?post_id=524500415#524500415Exactly.Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:44:17 -0500I'm actually pretty cool with most of this, with a minor moment of uncertainty regarding titans. I wasn't a big fan of the whole Primordials thing in 4e (which along with the cosmology alterations among other iconic flavor changes turned me off pretthttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29397553/Wandering_Monsters:_The_Bigger_They_Come...?post_id=524482825#524482825I'm actually pretty cool with most of this, with a minor moment of uncertainty regarding titans. I wasn't a big fan of the whole Primordials thing in 4e (which along with the cosmology alterations among other iconic flavor changes turned me off prettTue, 25 Sep 2012 16:51:23 -0500