Cloud Giant
Huge Giant · · CR 9
- Giant
- Huge
- Tier 2
Cloud Giant, CR 9, fills the huge giant role with neutral disposition. Encounter regions: mountain. Sourced from Monster Manual (5e 2014) and Monster Manual (5.5e 2024).
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 9
- Type
- Giant
- Size
- Huge
- Alignment
- —
- Speed
- —
- Habitats
- Mountain
- Sources
- Monster Manual (5e 2014), Monster Manual (5.5e 2024)
Ecology
Cloud giants live in floating manors above mountain peaks, drifting with the wind currents on enchanted estates that descend only during great events. They are aristocratic farmers and weather-shepherds, raising sky-cattle on cloud-pastures and brewing storm-wine from cumulus mists. They trade rarely with surface kingdoms, exchanging wind-knowledge and rare alloys for fine arts and books, which they collect obsessively. Their numbers are small and dwindling.
Behaviour
Cloud giants observe an elaborate code of hospitality and rivalry, formal as any human court. They host feasts that double as political theater and engage in poetic duels and riddle-contests. They divide loosely along moral lines, with some clans tilting toward generosity and others toward cruelty, but all share a love of beauty and a contempt for the ordinal scale, the giant social hierarchy that places them between fire and storm giants.
Origin
Cloud giants claim descent from the sky-titans who first divided the air into seasons. Their religion centers on Memnor and Stronmaus, twin patrons of cunning and storm. The truth is older and stranger; cloud giants emerged when proto-giants migrated upward to escape the wars below, and the wind itself reshaped them over generations. Their floating manors are remnants of that ascent, anchors to a world they no longer touch.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Cloud Giant
- What is the challenge rating of Cloud Giant?
- Cloud Giant's challenge rating is 9. A party in this band fits well-established adventuring parties.
- What type of creature is Cloud Giant?
- Cloud Giant is classified as a giant in D&D 5e, huge size.
- Where does Cloud Giant live?
- Habitats for Cloud Giant: Mountain.