1 publication history
1.1 dungeons & dragons (1974-1976)
1.2 advanced dungeons & dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)
1.3 dungeons & dragons (1977-1999)
1.4 advanced dungeons & dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)
1.5 dungeons & dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)
1.6 dungeons & dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)
1.7 dungeons & dragons 4th edition (2008-)
publication history
giants of earliest creatures introduced in d&d game.
dungeons & dragons (1974-1976)
giants among first monsters introduced in earliest edition of game, in dungeons & dragons white box set (1974), including hill giant, stone giant, frost giant, fire giant, , cloud giant. storm giant first appears in original greyhawk supplement (1975), described intelligent giant found in out-of-the-way places.
a number of unique giants appear in supplement iv: gods, demi-gods & heroes (1976), including antero vipunen, hymer, hyrm, mimir, mokkerkalfe, sterkodder, surtur, , vafthrunder, mist giants of melniboné.
advanced dungeons & dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)
giants appear in first edition monster manual (1977), including cloud giant, fire giant, frost giant, hill giant, stone giant, , storm giant. stone giant appeared character class in white dwarf #17, lewis pulsipher. fog giant , mountain giant introduced in first edition fiend folio (1981). fomorian, firbolg, , verbeeg appear in first edition monster manual ii (1983).
the wood giant appears in dragon s bestiary column in dragon #119 (march 1987).
dungeons & dragons (1977-1999)
this edition of d&d game included own version of giants, in dungeons & dragons basic set (1977), including hill giant, stone giant, frost giant, fire giant, cloud giant, , storm giant; these same giants appeared in expert set (1981 & 1983), mountain giant , sea giant appear in dungeons & dragons master rules (1985), in master dm s book . sea giant presented playable character class in sea people (1990). giants appear in dungeons & dragons rules cyclopedia (1991), including hill giant, stone giant, frost giant, fire giant, cloud giant, storm giant, mountain giant, , sea giant. cloud giant, fire giant, frost giant, hill giant, stone giant, , storm giant appear in dungeons & dragons game set (1991), , classic dungeons & dragons game set (1994).
advanced dungeons & dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)
giants appear throughout 2nd edition monstrous compendium series. giants appear first in monstrous compendium volume 1 (1989), including cloud giant, fire giant, frost giant, hill giant, stone giant, , storm giant. giant-kin appear in monstrous compendium volume 2 (1989), including cyclops, firbolg, fomorian, , verbeeg. 2 more giant-kin, voadkyn , spriggan, appear in monstrous compendium greyhawk appendix (1990). spacesea giant appears in first monstrous compendium spelljammer appendix (1990). 3 zakharan giants, including desert giant, jungle giant, , reef giant appear in monstrous compendium al-qadim appendix (1992). fog giant appears in monstrous compendium fiend folio appendix (1992). firbolg giant-kin , voadkyn giant-kin detailed playable character races in complete book of humanoids (1993),
many of these giants reprinted in monstrous manual (1993), including cloud giant, cyclops, desert giant, ettin, firbolg, fire giant, fog giant, formorian, frost giant, hill giant, jungle giant, mountain giant, reef giant, stone giant, storm giant, verbeeg, , wood giant (voadkyn).
the beasthead athasian giant , humanoid athasian giant first appeared in original dark sun campaign setting (1991). beasthead athasian giant, desert athasian giant, , plains athasian giant appeared in monstrous compendium dark sun appendix: terrors of athas (1992). beasthead athasian giant, desert athasian giant, , plains athasian giant later repinted in expanded , revised dark sun campaign setting (1995) shadow giant appeared in dark sun monstrous compendium appendix ii: terrors beyond tyr (1995). crag giant first appeared in wanderers chronicle: mind lords of last sea (1996), , reprinted in monstrous compendium annual volume 4 (1998).
the athach , hephaeston appear in monstrous compendium mystara appendix (1994).
the book giantcraft (1995) described giants of forgotten realms campaign setting in detail.
several giants dragonlance campaign setting appeared in dragon #256 (february 1999), including cave lords, desolation giants, , earth giants.
dungeons & dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)
giants appear in monster manual edition (2000), presented type of creature. giants appearing in book include cloud giant, fire giant, frost giant, hill giant, stone giant, , storm giant.
the fog giant , phaerlin giant appear in monstrous compendium: monsters of faerûn (2001) forgotten realms setting.
the forest giant, ocean giant, , sun giant appeared in edition s monster manual ii (2002).
the jotunheim frost giant , muspelheim fire giant appear in deities , demigods (2002) edition.
savage species (2003) presented fire giant, frost giant, , stone giant both races , playable classes.
the bog giant , shadow giant appear in fiend folio (2003) edition.
dungeons & dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)
giants appear in revised monster manual edition (2003), including cloud giant, fire giant, frost giant , frost giant jarl, hill giant, stone giant, , storm giant. hill giant dire wereboar appears sample creature under lycanthrope entry.
the death giant, eldritch giant , eldritch giant confessor, , sand giant , sand giant champion first appear in monster manual iii (2004).
the frost giant mauler, frost giant spiritspeaker, , frost giant tundra scout appear in frostburn: mastering perils of ice , snow (2004).
the craa ghoran giant appears in monster manual iv (2006).
dungeons & dragons 4th edition (2008-)
giants appear in monster manual edition (2008), including death giants (the death giant , death titan), earth giants (the hill giant , earth titan), fire giants (the fire giant, fire giant forgecaller, , fire titan), , storm giants (the storm giant , storm titan). giant no longer creature type; instead, giants belong humanoid type. giants have natural origin, although death giants , death titans have shadow origin, , earth, fire , storm titans have elemental origin.
the dungeons & dragons 4th edition player s handbook 2 introduced playable character race of goliaths (originally found in races of stone). these stone-skinned mountain dwellers larger regular races, , have giant ancestry.
eldritch, frost, , stone giants appeared in monster manual 2 (2009).
the verbeeg returned in monster manual 3 (2010), along additional fire, frost , hill giants, , giant keyword creature, cthonic apostle.
the monster vault (2010) reprises earth, frost, hill, , storm giants essentials line.
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