Giant (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, giant is a type of creature, or in third edition, a "creature type.". ^[1]

Aaron Allston

Aaron Dale Allston (December 8, 1960 – February 27, 2014) was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels.

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Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game, alignment is a categorization of the ethical and moral perspective of player characters, non-player characters, and creatures.

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Anne C. Gray McCready (born July 7, 1960, in Williams Bay, Wisconsin) is a game designer and editor who has worked on a number of products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from TSR.

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Athach

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, an athach is a giant-like aberration.

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Bill Slavicsek

Bill Slavicsek is a game designer who served as the Director of Roleplaying Design and Development at Wizards of the Coast.

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Brian R. James

Brian R. James (born 1974) is an award winningENnies 2012 Winners (http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/congratulations-to-the-2012-ennie-award-winners/) game designer and patent holdingInventor: Web-Based Visual Development Environment (http://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2007089320.html) software engineer.

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Campaign setting

A campaign setting is usually a fictional world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame campaign.

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Character class (Dungeons & Dragons)

A character class is a fundamental part of the identity and nature of characters in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

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Chris Thomasson

Chris Thomasson is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

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Creature type (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, creature types are rough categories of creatures which determine the way game mechanics affect the creature.

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Cyclops (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the cyclops is a giant.

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Dark Sun

Dark Sun is an original Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting set in the fictional, post-apocalyptic desert world of Athas.

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Dark Sun Campaign Setting, Expanded and Revised

Dark Sun Campaign Setting, Expanded and Revised is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published in 1995.

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Dave Arneson

David Lance "Dave" Arneson (October 1, 1947Minnesota Department of Health. Minnesota Birth Index, 1935–2002. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. – April 7, 2009) was an American game designer best known for co-developing the first published role-playing game (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons, with Gary Gygax, in the early 1970s.

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David Cook (game designer)

David "Zeb" Cook is an American game designer, best known for his work at TSR, Inc., where he was employed for over fifteen years.

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Deities & Demigods

Deities & Demigods (abbreviated DDG), alternatively known as Legends & Lore (abbreviated L&L or LL)) is a reference book for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game (D&D). The book provides descriptions and game statistics of gods and legendary creatures from various sources in mythology and fiction, and allows dungeon masters to incorporate aspects of religions and mythos into their D&D campaigns. The first Deities & Demigods was published in 1980 by TSR, Inc. while another book called Deities and Demigods was published in 2002 by Wizards of the Coast, which acquired the D&D brand with their purchase of TSR in 1998. The original 1980 edition was the first print appearance of various fictional non-human deities, such as Corellon Larethian, Moradin, Gruumsh, and others, many of which have become standard features of the D&D game and its derivatives. These deities were the creation of Jim Ward. Later printings of Deities & Demigods, beginning in 1981, removed some material present in the 1980 printings.

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Don Turnbull (game designer)

Donald Joseph Turnbull (2 June 1937 – 5 August 2003) was a journalist, editor, games designer, and an accomplished piano and pinball player.

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Dragon (magazine)

Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products; Dungeon is the other.

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Dragonlance

Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of fantasy novels.

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Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&DMead, Malcomson; ''Dungeons & Dragons'' FAQ or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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Dungeons & Dragons (1974)

The original Dungeons & Dragons (commonly abbreviated D&D) boxed set by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson was published by TSR, Inc. in 1974.

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Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set

The Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set is a set of rulebooks for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game.

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Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set

The Expert Set is an expansion boxed set for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

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Dungeons & Dragons Master Rules

Dungeons & Dragons Master Rules is an expansion boxed set for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game.

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Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia

The Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia is a 1991 book published by TSR, Inc., as a continuation of the basic edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, which ran concurrently with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.

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Dwarf (Dungeons & Dragons)

A dwarf, in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy roleplaying game, is a humanoid race, one of the primary races available for player characters.

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Elf (Dungeons & Dragons)

An elf, in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, is a humanoid race, one of the primary races available for player character.

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Erik Mona

Erik Mona (born April 1974) is an American game designer who lives in Seattle, Washington.

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Ettin (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Ettin is a giant-like creature.

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Fiend Folio

Fiend Folio is any of three products published for successive editions of the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D).

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Firbolg (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the firbolg is a giant.

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Fomorian (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the fomorian is a giant.

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Forgotten Realms

Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game.

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Frank Mentzer

Jacob Franklin "Frank" Mentzer III (born 1950) is an American fantasy author and game designer who worked on early materials for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game.

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Frostburn

Frostburn is a supplemental book to the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

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Games Workshop

Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated as GW) is a British miniature wargaming manufacturing company based in Nottingham, England.

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Gary Gygax

Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson.

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Giant

Giants (from Latin and Ancient Greek: "gigas", cognate giga-) are beings of human appearance, but prodigious size and strength common in the mythology and legends of many different cultures.

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Giantcraft

Giantcraft is a supplement to the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

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Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes

Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes is a supplementary rulebook for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game.

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Golem (Dungeons & Dragons)

The golem is a fictional class of monster created for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game based upon the Golem of Jewish mythology.

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Greyhawk (supplement)

Greyhawk is a supplementary rulebook written by Gary Gygax and Robert J. Kuntz for the original edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

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Humanoid

A humanoid (from English human and -oid "resembling") is something that has an appearance resembling a human without actually being one.

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James Jacobs (game designer)

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James Wyatt (game designer)

James Wyatt (ca. 1968/1969) is a game designer and a former United Methodist minister.

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Jötunn

In Norse mythology, a jötunn (plural jötnar) is a type of entity contrasted with gods and other figures, such as dwarfs and elves.

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Jeff Grubb

Jeff Grubb (born August 27, 1957) is an author of novels, short stories, and comics and a computer and role-playing game designer in the fantasy genre.

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Jesse Decker

Jesse Decker is an author, designer, and editor of roleplaying game material.

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Jim Ward (game designer)

James M. Ward (born May 23, 1951), is an American game designer and fantasy author.

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John Eric Holmes

John Eric Holmes (February 16, 1930 – March 20, 2010) was an American professor of neurology and writer of non-fiction, fantasy and science fiction.

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Jon Pickens

Jon Pickens is an American game designer and editor who has worked on numerous products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from TSR and later Wizards of the Coast.

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Jonathan Tweet

Jonathan Tweet (born 1965) is an American game designer from Rock Island, Illinois who has been involved in the development of the role-playing games Ars Magica, Everway, Over the Edge, Talislanta, the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons and 13th Age, and the Collectible Miniatures Game Dreamblade.

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Lewis Pulsipher

Lewis Errol (Lew) Pulsipher (born January 22, 1951) is a teacher, game designer, and author, whose subject is role playing games, board games, card games, and video games.

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List of character races in Dungeons & Dragons

A character race is a fundamental part of the identity and nature of characters in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

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List of Forgotten Realms deities

This is a list of Forgotten Realms deities.

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Matt Forbeck

Matt Forbeck (born August 4, 1968) is an American author and game designer from Beloit, Wisconsin.

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Matthew Sernett

Matthew Lee Sernett is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

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Melniboné

Melniboné, also known as the Dragon Isle, is an imaginary country, an island featured in the writings of Michael Moorcock.

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Merfolk (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, merfolk are a race of humanoids that live underwater.

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Michael Breault

Michael Breault (born May 28, 1958 in Central Falls, Rhode Island) is a game designer and editor, and an author of several products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from TSR.

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Mike Mearls

Michael Mearls is a writer and designer of fantasy role-playing games (RPGs) and related fiction.

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Mind Lords of the Last Sea

Mind Lords of the Last Sea is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published in 1996.

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Monster Manual

The Monster Manual (MM) is the primary bestiary sourcebook for monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game, first published in 1977 by TSR.

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Monster Manual 2

Monster Manual 2 is a supplement to the 4th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

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Monster Manual II

Monster Manual II is the title shared by two hardback rulebooks published for different versions of the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy roleplaying game.

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Monster Manual III

Monster Manual III is a manual published in 2004 by Wizards of the Coast, for use with the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

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Monster Manual IV

Monster Manual IV is an optional supplemental source book for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.

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Monsters of Faerûn

Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn is a supplement for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons.

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Monstrous Compendium

The Monstrous Compendium is a series of accessories for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

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Monte Cook

Monte Cook is an American professional table-top role-playing game designer and writer, best known for his work on Dungeons & Dragons.

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Ogre (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, ogres are a lesser race of giants.

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Paizo Publishing

Paizo Publishing is an American publishing company in Redmond, Washington that specializes in game aids and adventures for "the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game" (Dungeons & Dragons) and its flagship spin-off game and setting, Pathfinder.

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Player's Handbook 2

Player's Handbook 2 is a supplement to the 4th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

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Races of Stone

Races of Stone (sometimes abbreviated to RoS) is an optional sourcebook for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

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Ray Winninger

Ray Winninger is a game designer who has worked on a number of roleplaying games, including the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game.

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Rich Burlew

Rich Burlew (born September 1, 1974) is an American author, game designer, and graphic designer.

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Rob Heinsoo

Rob Heinsoo (born 1964) is an American tabletop game designer.

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Robert J. Kuntz

Robert J. Kuntz (born September 23, 1955) is a game designer and author of role-playing game publications.

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Robert J. Schwalb

Robert J. Schwalb is a writer in the role-playing game industry, and has worked as a game designer and developer for such games as Dungeons & Dragons, A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and many other RPG supplements.

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Savage Species

Savage Species is a sourcebook for use as a supplement in the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons game, detailing the use of monstrous races as PC races.

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Skip Williams

Ralph Williams, almost always referred to as Skip Williams, is an American game designer.

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Steve Winter

Steve Winter (born December 8, 1957) is an American game designer who has worked on numerous products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from TSR and later Wizards of the Coast.

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Steven Schend

Steven E. Schend is a game designer and editor who has worked on a number of products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from TSR throughout the 1990s.

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Surtr

In Norse mythology, Surtr (Old Norse "black"Orchard (1997:154). or "the swarthy one"Simek (2007:303–304)) is a jötunn.

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The Complete Book of Humanoids

The Complete Book of Humanoids is a sourcebook for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy adventure role-playing game.

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The Sea People

The Sea People is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

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Timothy Brown (game designer)

Timothy B. Brown is a game designer, primarily of role-playing games.

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Troll (Dungeons & Dragons)

Trolls are fictional monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.

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TSR (company)

TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company and the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D).

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Vaprak

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Vaprak is the deity worshiped by ogres and trolls.

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Voadkyn

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the voadkyn is a giant kin.

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White Dwarf (magazine)

White Dwarf is a magazine published by British games manufacturer Games Workshop, which has long served as a promotions and advertising platform for Games Workshop and Citadel Miniatures products.

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Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games.

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Wolfgang Baur

Wolfgang Baur (born 1968) is an American game designer, best known for his work with Dragon magazine.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)

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