Stone Giant
Huge Giant · · CR 7
- Giant
- Huge
- Tier 2
CR 7 huge giant, neutral — that's Stone Giant. Native to hill, mountain, and underground. Sourced from Monster Manual (5e 2014) and Monster Manual (5.5e 2024).
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 7
- Type
- Giant
- Size
- Huge
- Alignment
- —
- Speed
- —
- Habitats
- Hill, Mountain, Underground
- Sources
- Monster Manual (5e 2014), Monster Manual (5.5e 2024)
Ecology
Stone giants live in mountain caves at high altitudes, often above the snowline. Clan-caves are works of art: giants spend lifetimes carving the walls with reliefs depicting their philosophy of dream-and-stone. They eat goats, sheep, mountain plants, and occasionally cattle raided from lowland farms (rarely). They drink mountain-spring water and brew mild fermented beverages from crushed berries. Their slow metabolism means a stone giant lives 800 years and can fast for weeks. They keep no livestock; the mountain provides.
Behaviour
Stone giants believe the surface world is a dream, and the true reality lies in deep stone-caverns where they originate from. They are quiet, contemplative, and artistic. Each clan has a different artistic tradition: some carve, others paint with pigments, others sculpt boulders. They speak Giant and have an oral tradition of stone-poetry. Outsiders are met with suspicion but not violence unless provoked. Their war-dances involve boulder-throwing competitions; the loser's clan owes service for a year.
Origin
Stone giants claim descent from the World-Stone, the primordial mountain from which all giants supposedly came. They are the introspective branch of the giant family, in contrast to the brutish hill giants or warlike frost giants. The Ordning, the giant social hierarchy, places stone giants below frost and fire but above hill and ogre. Stone giants accept this rank; they care more for art than status, and their philosophy considers the Ordning a transient surface-illusion.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Stone Giant
- What is the challenge rating of Stone Giant?
- Stone Giant has a challenge rating of 7. It fits well-established adventuring parties.
- What type of creature is Stone Giant?
- The bestiary type for Stone Giant is giant, huge size.
- Where does Stone Giant live?
- You'll find Stone Giant in Hill, Mountain, Underground according to the bestiary entry.