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Giant Stalker (Barbarian Archetype)

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When one shares territory with other beings, one must learn to coexist with them, or barring that, learn to fight them off when needed. Such is the case for today’s subject.

Originating from the Realm of the Mammoth Lords, these so-called “Giant Stalkers” are raised from birth to fight and outsmart giants, bringing low these mighty warriors that might either outcompete their people in resources or outright destroy them.

Not only do they train to fight such big foes, however, they also learn to understand giant culture so they might use that knowledge against them. Furthermore, they also work as scouts to plot courses for their nomadic tribes to travel through giant territory while minimizing conflicts with them.

Some are also involved in the practice of kidnapping giant children to be used as status symbol thralls of the tribe, though obviously this is a dubious act.

In any case, beyond that icy northern realm, I can also see this archetype cropping up anywhere where tribes of people come into conflict with giants or other massive foes.

While most of these warriors know the jotun tongue, the rest learn at least enough of it to sling insults and threats when in their battle fury state.

Meanwhile, they learn how to recognize the scent of various giants, letting them recognize their presence and track them.

Their talent for slinging insults in the giant tongue comes in handy when they attempt to draw the attention of such massive foes, baiting them into focusing all their attention on the warrior and not on their allies, while they work to dodge and turn aside the expressions of ire they have incurred. As they grow in power, they can draw in more foes at once and become more adept at resisting the resulting blows. This skill also works on other massive foes, though obviously it works best on giants.

There are also a handful of rage powers that are unique to this archetype, such as negating the gap in defense they would normally have when raging when facing giants, being especially adept at tripping giants, and also learning how to step underfoot and savage their foe from that awkwardly-defensible position.

It’s a fairly simple archetype, so it gives freedom to your build, but this archetype is a fun and flavorful one if your campaign has a lot of giants and you want a character that specializes in taking them down. That being said, if you’re less focused on giants and more on other massive foes, you might want to take titan mauler instead. Then again, the ability to draw in bigger foes is a useful skill for a tanking build.

The flavor of these barbarians is that they are trained from birth to fight giants because giants are dangerous to their tribe, However, not every giant species or individual is hostile to smaller folk. Encountiering giants that defy their expectations can lead to some interesting character moments as they might be forced to review their assumptions about their world and their place in it.

The most violent and vicious sun giants take their war against the darkness to new extremes, recruiting the smaller folk with cults to use as shock troops and assassins. Some are trained to become giant slayers with the intent of destroying shadow giants and to a lesser extent moon and eclipse giants as well. Particularly prized for this purpose are sunsoul ifrit, who carry a bit of solar light within them, which can be trained into a withering, oppressive heat and rage.

Wielding a black axe that he pulled from the ice, Manak slew a man-eating giant chieftain and dragged back the body as a trophy to show off to his people. However, the axe was buried in that icy prison for a reason, and soon his people will deal with the new terror of the risen chieftain and the stomach full of undigested undead.

The party has been tasked with escorting a tomb giant oracle to the ancient tombs where giants of the region are interred, but the humans of the region have had a long and bloody history with giant-kind. It should come as no surprise that the party is ambushed by giant-slayers seeking to destroy the aged mystic and her entourage of “traitors”.

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6:38 AM EDT September 30, 2023:

Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos" From the EP Sun Giant (February 25, 2008)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Agrarian Neo-Folk

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dragon Age - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Cullen Rutherford Additional Tags: Reflection, Camaraderie, Cullen Week 2021, Drabble, Day 3: Honnleath, farm boy, Sun Giant, Fleet Foxes, Songfic Series: Part 3 of Perseverance - Cullen Week 2021 Summary:

Sometimes, Cullen’s country roots slip out when he speaks. Before the military molded him into a soldier, he was a farm boy who dreamed of cultivating life.

For Cullen Week Prompt 3: Honnleath @cullensource

Song: Sun Giant by Fleet Foxes

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#Drops In The River #Fleet Foxes #Sun Giant #music #Booder Bops

What a life I lead in the summer What a life I lead in the spring What a life I lead when the wind, it breathes What a life I lead in the spring

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#now playing #fleet foxes #mykonos #sun giant #such a good song #playing this on the radio tomorrow

7:55 PM EST March 17, 2022:

Fleet Foxes - "Drops In The River" From the EP Sun Giant (February 25, 2008)