Frost Giant

Name	Frost Giant
Sorted Name	Frost Giant
Family	Giant
Size and Type	Large Giant (Cold)
Hit Dice Count	14
Hit Dice	14d8+70 (133 hp)
Random Hit Points	14d8+70 - 70
Initiative	-1
Speed	40 ft. (8 squares)
Armor Class	21 (-1 size, -1 Dex, +9 natural, +4 chain shirt), touch 8, flat-footed 21
Base Attack/Grapple	+10/+23
Attack	Greataxe +18 melee (3d6+13/x3) or slam +18 melee (1d4+9) or rock +9 ranged (2d6+9)
Full Attack	Huge greataxe +18/+13 melee (3d6+13/x3) or 2 slams +18 melee (1d4+9) or rock +9 ranged (2d6+9)
Space/Reach	10 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks	Rock throwing
Special Qualities	Immunity to cold, low-light vision, rock catching, vulnerability to fire
Saves	Fort +14, Ref +3, Will +6
Abilities	Str 29, Dex 9, Con 21, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 11
Skills	Climb +13, Craft (any one) +6, Intimidate +6, Jump +17, Spot +12
Feats	Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Overrun, Improved Sunder, Power Attack
Environment	Cold mountains
Challenge Rating	9
Organization	Solitary, gang (2-5), band (6-9 plus 35% noncombatants plus 1 adept or cleric of 1st or 2nd level), hunting/raiding party (6-9 plus 35% noncombatants plus 1 adept or sorcerer of 3rd-5th level plus 2-4 winter wolves and 2-3 ogres), or tribe (21-30 plus 1 adept, cleric, or sorcerer of 6th or 7th level plus 12-30 winter wolves, 12-22 ogres, and 1-2 young white dragons)
Treasure	Standard
Alignment	Often chaotic evil
Advancement	By character class
Level Adjustment	+4
Version	SRD
Sources	System Reference Document
Stat_Block	Frost giant; CR 9; Large giant (cold); HD 14d8+70; hp 133; Init -1; Spd 40 ft. (8 squares); AC 21 (-1 size, -1 dex, +9 natural, +4 chain shirt), touch 8, flat-footed 21; Base Atk +10; Grp +23; Atk +18 melee (3d6+13/x3, greataxe) or +18 melee (1d4+9, slam) or +9 ranged (2d6+9, rock); Full Atk +18 /+13 melee (3d6+13/x3, huge greataxe) or +18 melee (1d4+9, 2 slams) or +9 ranged (2d6+9, rock); Space/Reach 10 ft./10 ft.; SA Rock throwing; SQ Immunity to cold, low-light vision, rock catching, vulnerability to fire; AL CE; SV Fort +14, Ref +3, Will +6; Str 29, Dex 9, Con 21, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 11 Skills and Feats: Climb +13, Craft (any one) +6, Intimidate +6, Jump +17, Spot +12; Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Overrun, Improved Sunder, Power Attack

	Frost Giant
	Large Giant (Cold)
Hit Dice:	14d8+70 (133 hp)
Initiative:	-1
Speed:	40 ft. (8 squares)
Armor Class:	21 (-1 size, -1 Dex, +9 natural, +4 chain shirt), touch 8, flat-footed 21
Base Attack/Grapple:	+10/+23
Attack:	Greataxe +18 melee (3d6+13/x3) or slam +18 melee (1d4+9) or rock +9 ranged (2d6+9)
Full Attack:	Huge greataxe +18/+13 melee (3d6+13/x3) or 2 slams +18 melee (1d4+9) or rock +9 ranged (2d6+9)
Space/Reach:	10 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks:	Rock throwing
Special Qualities:	Immunity to cold, low-light vision, rock catching, vulnerability to fire
Saves:	Fort +14, Ref +3, Will +6
Abilities:	Str 29, Dex 9, Con 21, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 11
Skills:	Climb +13, Craft (any one) +6, Intimidate +6, Jump +17, Spot +12
Feats:	Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Overrun, Improved Sunder, Power Attack
Environment:	Cold mountains
Organization:	Solitary, gang (2-5), band (6-9 plus 35% noncombatants plus 1 adept or cleric of 1st or 2nd level), hunting/raiding party (6-9 plus 35% noncombatants plus 1 adept or sorcerer of 3rd-5th level plus 2-4 winter wolves and 2-3 ogres), or tribe (21-30 plus 1 adept, cleric, or sorcerer of 6th or 7th level plus 12-30 winter wolves, 12-22 ogres, and 1-2 young white dragons)
Challenge Rating:	9
Treasure:	Standard
Alignment:	Often chaotic evil
Advancement:	By character class
Level Adjustment:	+4

A frost giant's hair can be light blue or dirty yellow, and its eyes usually match its hair color. Frost giants dress in skins and pelts, along with any jewelry they own. Frost giant warriors add chain shirts and metal helmets decorated with horns or feathers.

An adult male is about 15 feet tall and weighs about 2,800 pounds. Females are slightly shorter and lighter, but otherwise identical with males. Frost giants can live to be 250 years old.

Combat

Frost giants usually start combat at a distance, throwing rocks until they run out of ammunition or the opponent closes, then wading in with their enormous battleaxes.

A favorite tactic is to lay an ambush by hiding buried in the snow at the top of an icy or snowy slope, where opponents will have difficulty reaching them.

Rock Throwing (Ex): The range increment is 120 feet for a frost giant's thrown rocks.

Frost Giant Jarl

A frost giant leader is often a barbarian, cleric, fighter, or sorcerer, but some of the most evil and ruthless frost giants become blackguards.

The frost giant jarl described here has all the qualities and abilities of a typical frost giant, as well as other abilities (see the statistics block) from being a blackguard. Details on some of these abilities follow.

Aura of Despair (Su): This jarl radiates a malign aura that causes enemies within 10 feet of him to take a -2 penalty on all saving throws.

Aura of Evil (Ex): This jarl radiates a strong aura of evil (see the detect evil spell) as an 8th-level cleric of an evil deity.

Command Undead (Su): This jarl can command and rebuke undead as a 6th-level cleric.

Dark Blessing (Su): This jarl applies his Charisma modifier as a bonus on all saving throws.

Detect Good (Sp): At will, this jarl can use detect good as a spell-like ability, duplicating the effect of the detect good spell.

Poison Use: Blackguards are skilled in the use of poison and never risk accidentally poisoning themselves when applying poison to a blade.

Smite Good (Su): Twice per day, this jarl may attempt to smite good with one normal melee attack. He adds his +4 Charisma modifier to his attack roll and deals 8 points of extra damage (1 per blackguard level) if the attack hits. If he accidentally smites a creature that is not good, the smite has no effect but it is still used up for that day.

Typical Blackguard Spells Prepared (3/1; save DC 11 + spell level): 1st-cause fear doom, magic weapon; 2nd-bull's strength.

Possessions: +2 frost greataxe, +2 full plate armor, cloak of Charisma +2 ring of minor energy resistance (fire), 2 doses of bloodroot poison. (Benefits of these items are included in the statistics block.)

Frost Giant Characters

Many groups of frost giants include clerics. A frost giant cleric has access to two of the following domains: Chaos, Destruction, Evil, or War (most choose Destruction or War, some choose both).