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  • @andthenitateme
    @andthenitateme Před 5 lety +2469

    my add to the cloud giants, they are basically "Clout Giants"

    • @o9021
      @o9021 Před 4 lety +34

      That’s fucking hilarious

    • @nunyabusiness3786
      @nunyabusiness3786 Před 4 lety +10

      NICE!

    • @TheXell
      @TheXell Před 4 lety +74

      Do you climb up beanstalks very often?
      What am I saying, of course you don't.

    • @LazyninjaxLNX
      @LazyninjaxLNX Před 3 lety

      Sassasssssssssasssssssss u

    • @LazyninjaxLNX
      @LazyninjaxLNX Před 3 lety

      Sassasssssssssassssssssss u

  • @uglyweirdo1389
    @uglyweirdo1389 Před 5 lety +1441

    Retcon whatever makes you feel safe. Aboleth will always remember. Aboleth are always the beginning.

    • @r.alexandercorbitt1554
      @r.alexandercorbitt1554 Před 5 lety +16

      I'd like, but you already have 43. You have diesel speed record.

    • @NathanTAK
      @NathanTAK Před 5 lety +50

      And Mind Flayers the end.

    • @blazesalamancer8767
      @blazesalamancer8767 Před 4 lety +6

      And dragons remember longer

    • @EnnuiElpis
      @EnnuiElpis Před 4 lety +14

      Obyrith are actually the oldest. They’re literally from the universe before the Forgotten Realms. Then and the Great Old Ones, who I’m pretty sure are also from that same previous universe.

    • @sylph8005
      @sylph8005 Před 4 lety +2

      @@NathanTAK And the beginning

  • @Fallenmonkd20
    @Fallenmonkd20 Před 5 lety +1473

    Man imagine being a dragon worrying about this new Giant threat then a tree starts yelling in Giant

    • @mauricioos2294
      @mauricioos2294 Před 5 lety +173

      dragons when the flying boulder starts yelling giant

    • @filipevasconcelos4409
      @filipevasconcelos4409 Před 5 lety +51

      I dunno why, this made me fucking laugh like a maniac

    • @theoneandonlydetraebean8286
      @theoneandonlydetraebean8286 Před 5 lety +69

      Fortunate sons intensifies

    • @charlottewalnut3118
      @charlottewalnut3118 Před 3 lety +5

      You do realize the Giants were the losers in the last one right that’s why they’re so salty and all hate dragons

    • @tatersalad76
      @tatersalad76 Před 3 lety +21

      @@charlottewalnut3118 they didn't lose, they just didn't win. And since the dragons didn't win, it's a draw

  • @mauricioos2294
    @mauricioos2294 Před 5 lety +800

    imagine a campaign where giants like to steal entire houses just for prank

    • @Scarletraven87
      @Scarletraven87 Před 5 lety +27

      That's the most stupid thing I heard this month

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 Před 5 lety +36

      ...that's basically Cloud giants
      ...so every campain with giant has that. Except for those without houses

    • @todinson9054
      @todinson9054 Před 4 lety +50

      I had a game where cloud giants flew by and dropped boulders killing 3/4 of the city and party and they just considered it the same as "egging" someone's house.

    • @samuelgodwin6196
      @samuelgodwin6196 Před 4 lety +2

      Mauricio Schug I’m going to do that

    • @MrBlack0950
      @MrBlack0950 Před 4 lety

      Sounds like a hill giant tbh

  • @MYG
    @MYG Před 5 lety +312

    I love how instead of comparing Stronmaus to Zeus you call him "Storm Jesus".

  • @altonsures9475
    @altonsures9475 Před 5 lety +751

    "They are the blacksmiths and generals" "To win wars you need generals... Which they are not"

    • @sillyking1991
      @sillyking1991 Před 5 lety +10

      lol, basically

    • @LB-uw5cy
      @LB-uw5cy Před 5 lety +7

      hmmmmmmmmmm

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 Před 5 lety +130

      They DO mention their superior tactics in the MM
      I Think they mean like large scale logistics and risk evaluation, the know your enemy type things, while fire giants just know optimal stabbing conditions

    • @shorebreakers96
      @shorebreakers96 Před 4 lety +78

      I think the difference would be Tactician and Generals. While in our societyy both are merged, the first is good a organising a campaign, prepare new strategy for the army and dispatch ressources accordingly while the other is good at comanding the troops on the batlefield, reading ennemy movements and strategies, keeping men in control and seize opportunity.

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 Před 4 lety +23

      @@shorebreakers96 i tried to say the exact same thing but you explained it WAY better and used the correct terminology, so Good job

  • @dracodarkness9518
    @dracodarkness9518 Před 5 lety +277

    Oh, yea, "Jackson and the weird plant that grew maybe just a little too big", my favorite

  • @fuzzyzombielove
    @fuzzyzombielove Před 4 lety +86

    Also among giant kin are the Goliaths. They're mini giants that exist so people can have giants as player characters. Also, they have natural full body tribal tattoos.

  • @primedecanus5301
    @primedecanus5301 Před 4 lety +925

    The history of famorians in 3 sentences
    Fey “you’re ugly on the inside”
    Fomorians “so are you though”
    Fey “but now you’re ugly on the outside”
    Got em

    • @gwest3644
      @gwest3644 Před 3 lety +98

      Fomorians: Hey, that ain’t fair.
      Fey: Well, neither is your face. Heyo!

  • @teedeegremlin
    @teedeegremlin Před 4 lety +62

    "If you go far enough north in any world, you're either Saxton Hale or you're dead."
    Sounds accurate, someone's gotta get those Yetis in Yeti Park after all.

  • @admiralpepper6933
    @admiralpepper6933 Před 5 lety +135

    7:26
    Ah yes I remembered Ganondorf the Fire Giant as well as his thirst for small elven punani and their triangles of power.

  • @sqw33k
    @sqw33k Před 5 lety +1010

    Fun fact: "Ordning" is Swedish for order. As in, not chaos.
    The more you know! ツ

    • @freakymoejoe2
      @freakymoejoe2 Před 5 lety +27

      Same for the other nordic languages

    • @GoneZombie
      @GoneZombie Před 5 lety +18

      Ordnung in German. Yeah surprise they're all cognate :)

    • @souffle-d-eclair
      @souffle-d-eclair Před 5 lety +6

      Fun fact: ツ romanized is tsu. :)

    • @Dudenob123
      @Dudenob123 Před 5 lety +6

      @@GoneZombie same proto language.
      Known as old germanic.
      If you ever visit Denmark you can read abiit half of stuff there.

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 Před 5 lety +4

      Ordning och reda :)

  • @SgtCandy
    @SgtCandy Před 5 lety +79

    2:21 "Do you get to the Cloud District very often?"

  • @A_Spec
    @A_Spec Před 5 lety +260

    Feed me with your D&D entertainment.

  • @kingmonster
    @kingmonster Před 5 lety +111

    "If you go north in any world, you're either Saxton Hale, or your dead."
    XD GOD. That like got me rollin'.

  • @ianwoloss4689
    @ianwoloss4689 Před 4 lety +161

    "Hi, I'm thirty feet tall, and my dad's vietnam!"
    - some random giant

  • @fonandoozmando5961
    @fonandoozmando5961 Před 5 lety +144

    >forget aboleth are old
    >giants and dragons are the oldest
    you mean the creatures that came from before the primordials?

  • @CL30
    @CL30 Před 5 lety +1257

    Giants are really old. They have treasure hoards!
    25 sessions later and *lots* of dead giants.
    Welp, I guess they're going to need to make some less-old giants soon or they're going to be forgotten as well as broke.

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 Před 5 lety +55

      Wtf is your party

    • @TerrariaGolem
      @TerrariaGolem Před 5 lety +42

      @@defensivekobra3873 *Cyric, Midnight, and Kelemvor*

    • @kosm999
      @kosm999 Před 4 lety +11

      If your party is doing that your DMing it wrong.

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 Před 4 lety +23

      @@kosm999 you cannot dm wrong tho..

    • @Daiyuki117
      @Daiyuki117 Před 4 lety +17

      @@defensivekobra3873 Someone needs to Google "Craig the DM"

  • @thegamingchance7531
    @thegamingchance7531 Před 5 lety +715

    Holy shit, I never knew how badly I wanted to run a campaign set during the war between the giants and the dragons

    • @lebanemcarl68
      @lebanemcarl68 Před 5 lety +18

      go for it

    • @azericthetraveller6355
      @azericthetraveller6355 Před 5 lety +26

      That’d be maat

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 Před 5 lety +27

      Only problem:
      Probably no wizards or artificers, less combat manuvers for fighters, less oral history for bards, fewer playable artificers, less centuries of culture for monks.
      No rougues becuase no major human cities
      Really society has no time to develop and thus cannot exist
      The Only class to really benefit whould be maybe druids

    • @yourguykhonshu3972
      @yourguykhonshu3972 Před 5 lety +36

      @@defensivekobra3873 rogues can be anyone sneaky, are you telling me people don't use scouts and assassins during war?
      The apparent missing centuries of monk monasteries doesn't matter since monks aren't even that reliant on them flavour wise and you can just say ancient ones exist.
      Why would Fighters have less maneuvers?

    • @kanoslayer2735
      @kanoslayer2735 Před 5 lety +4

      Storm kings thunder would be good for that

  • @720pgang8
    @720pgang8 Před 5 lety +580

    Good shit as always. Probably the best simplified D&D lore channel out there right now.

    • @jellykracken4229
      @jellykracken4229 Před 5 lety +5

      Jaden M. I guess you can say this video was pretty MAUT....eh?

    • @peepock7796
      @peepock7796 Před 4 lety +4

      Honestly, for lore, I prefer to watch mrrhexx, who I have no idea if anyone watches but I like his voice and he goes really in depth on the lore of DnD.

    • @MattZaharias
      @MattZaharias Před 3 lety

      MrRhex is also excellent. You need to check his channel out if you like this one. All of the "what they don't tell you about xyz" videos are great.

    • @pixelcat5725
      @pixelcat5725 Před 3 lety

      @@peepock7796 Yes I love this guy, but I watch Runesmith when I need to laugh

    • @peepock7796
      @peepock7796 Před 3 lety

      @@pixelcat5725
      Same reason I’m here. Mrrhexx is enjoyable but I’ll be damned if runesmith isn’t funny.

  • @superultragamer8245
    @superultragamer8245 Před 5 lety +921

    “Fire giants are the blacksmiths and generals of giant kind”
    -5 seconds later-
    *Great soldiers: aren’t generals*

    • @PostProteusKitten
      @PostProteusKitten Před 4 lety +4

      I came here to say this

    • @erlanddrow7950
      @erlanddrow7950 Před 4 lety +56

      I guess they have generals the same way Orcs have generals. They're generals because they're better at fighting, not because they're smart 🙃

    • @rock8110
      @rock8110 Před 4 lety

      I KNOW RIGHT

    • @somejerk5662
      @somejerk5662 Před 4 lety +15

      There's a reason their empire crumbled.

    • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
      @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick Před 4 lety +27

      Hey, we’ve got PLENTY of politicians that aren’t particularly good politicians.

  • @dnddude9652
    @dnddude9652 Před 5 lety +71

    “It’s like if Australia was covered in snow”
    PLEASE NO! IT’S ALREADY COLD ENOUGH!

    • @justsomejerseydevilwithint4606
      @justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 Před 4 lety +8

      KOALAS ARE DYING TO FIRE.
      *COLD,* YOU SAY?

    • @dnddude9652
      @dnddude9652 Před 3 lety +1

      @Alexander Evans I know, right?

    • @combativeThinker
      @combativeThinker Před 2 lety

      @@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606
      Yeah, cold. It’ll need to be a lot hotter to rid the world of those blighters, mate.

  • @2lazyt378
    @2lazyt378 Před 5 lety +2160

    I'm slightly disappointed we didn't get a picture of a thicc giantess

    • @vocalvortexstudios2058
      @vocalvortexstudios2058 Před 5 lety +124

      Its just metrona from sds

    • @Runesmith
      @Runesmith  Před 5 lety +636

      Same. I was hoping for Canyon from adventure time

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 Před 5 lety +129

      @@Runesmith hold up here buckaroo....

    • @skullsquad900
      @skullsquad900 Před 5 lety +196

      "Oh thank god! We were almost crushed, by her giant Va..."
      "DUDE! What does your internet history look like?"

    • @raistlarn
      @raistlarn Před 5 lety +108

      Just imagine that picture of a hill giant is wearing a bikini.
      If you did... Congratulations you will now need mind bleach to scrub that picture out of your head.

  • @joule400
    @joule400 Před 5 lety +102

    "As i try to make ripple effect happen"
    Are you going to start breathing exercise?

    • @fritzkraut5833
      @fritzkraut5833 Před 4 lety +11

      Golly gee. Is that a Jayjay's wacky quest allusion?

    • @meatballman9343
      @meatballman9343 Před 3 lety +3

      no first they have to meet a mugger and then a guy with a really cool hat

  • @jackwalls6551
    @jackwalls6551 Před 5 lety +100

    Firbolg- "am i a joke to you?"

  • @Aplesedjr
    @Aplesedjr Před 5 lety +273

    Does anybody find it strange that the cloud giant picture gives the giant vampire fangs? That’s bugged me ever sense I first saw it in the monster manual.

    • @FerokNuva
      @FerokNuva Před 5 lety +62

      I thought the same thing at first but I think they might actually be large lip rings due to the clout giants love of jewelry and all that

    • @vesve
      @vesve Před 5 lety +43

      @@FerokNuva yeah, when I blew it up on my computer and increased the resolution it makes it look like lip rings. The bottoms look like they curl under the lip and the tops come out at an angle that doesn't really make sense for teeth (expecially vampiric fangs)

    • @Bluecho4
      @Bluecho4 Před 5 lety +10

      Pretty sure they ARE fangs, and that this is apparently a holdover from earlier editions. Don't quote me on this.

    • @vesve
      @vesve Před 5 lety +11

      @@Bluecho4 the first 3 editions cloud giants teeth do match the angle of the ones in that picture. Those are some odd teeth 😅

    • @Aplesedjr
      @Aplesedjr Před 5 lety +6

      Bluecho4 I researched a bit and I think you’re right. It seems like a weird distinction though, even then. I also figured out they might be lip rings, and I can maybe see that if you look at them just right, but they just protrude so much.

  • @RayAkuma
    @RayAkuma Před 3 lety +18

    8:13
    Damn now i have a scene in my head of a proud dwarfen smith showing off his master piece in his dying breath only to see a giant starting to explode in booming laughter and just one up this dying dude xD

  • @DelphanGruss
    @DelphanGruss Před 4 lety +22

    "You're either Saxton Hale, or you're dead."
    Love it.

  • @Spraxinator
    @Spraxinator Před 3 lety +13

    I can now imagine a frost giant and saxton hale fighting and in the distance you hear the occasional SAXTON HAAAALLLLEE

  • @Kurai_69420
    @Kurai_69420 Před 4 lety +22

    I'm surprised there wasn't a single reference to the Skyrim Space Program

  • @LeafseasonMagbag
    @LeafseasonMagbag Před 5 lety +89

    All stories featuring ancient mythology should start with "In the Relative Beginning..."

    • @evannibbe9375
      @evannibbe9375 Před 4 lety +9

      Leafseason Magbag Or you could follow the semi-trend in Roman mythology: “Before the founding of Rome...” This is how time was generally given as their system of timekeeping did not allow for dating anything that happened before 753 BC.

    • @combativeThinker
      @combativeThinker Před 2 lety +4

      @@evannibbe9375
      That, or “it is known...” Lol.

  • @RustoKomuska
    @RustoKomuska Před 4 lety +17

    "big Daddy Vietnam is coming home"
    Nice

  • @Jackb290
    @Jackb290 Před 5 lety +52

    Giants, Being quite the tall boy I sympathize with them, though I'm totally just a smart orc.

  • @domagojm7696
    @domagojm7696 Před 5 lety +40

    Runesmith: Mentions Saxton Hale
    My brain: *PROPERTY DAMAGE*

  • @MisterSmith00
    @MisterSmith00 Před 5 lety +13

    The "Giant Soul" sorcerer is what initially clued me into giants...
    They are fascinating...and having a character with a distant lineage to them offers interesting character traits....this video has given me numerous ideas!
    I "wish" the djinn races had such a subclass...

  • @alexross1816
    @alexross1816 Před 4 lety +7

    I can't stop replaying the "Their big ass footsteps with the Fes and the FiFoFums meant that they owned the place"

  • @thesparrow1116
    @thesparrow1116 Před 5 lety +30

    Runesmith claims he only ever left the house 6 days ago for coffee
    That explains his insane upload rate... God save his soul

  • @revenantproxy9100
    @revenantproxy9100 Před 5 lety +20

    I appreciate the variation from small fellas to large lads.

  • @AmigoRoberto
    @AmigoRoberto Před 5 lety +108

    Final boss was a storm giant.
    I made him a literal toddler throwing a giant sized tantrum.

    • @coyraig8332
      @coyraig8332 Před 5 lety +12

      Did you give him a rattle?

    • @AmigoRoberto
      @AmigoRoberto Před 5 lety +16

      @@coyraig8332 thunder maul

    • @coyraig8332
      @coyraig8332 Před 5 lety +9

      @@AmigoRoberto so basically yes

    • @AmigoRoberto
      @AmigoRoberto Před 5 lety +17

      @@coyraig8332 the moral choice for final boss fight was left up to them. Fight the toddler giant or fight the lich grandpa while siding with the other choice. They liked lich grandpa

    • @coyraig8332
      @coyraig8332 Před 5 lety +5

      @@AmigoRoberto you are an evil dm

  • @ackyducc5040
    @ackyducc5040 Před 2 lety +5

    "they're like absol, as seeing one always means good luck"
    Y'know if you see an absol that generally means your entire town is about to be destroyed by an earthquake or something

    • @hernehaugen6878
      @hernehaugen6878 Před 10 měsíci +2

      In fairness if you see an absol before the disaster it's an omen of, you still have time to escape or warn others. That's pretty good luck to me.

  • @Jodamanify
    @Jodamanify Před 5 lety +36

    I'm starting a political campaign against wizards of the coast.
    "MAKE GIANTS SCARY AGAIN!!!"

    • @sillyking1991
      @sillyking1991 Před 5 lety +5

      dude....when have giants not been scary?

    • @dlastkatipunero2185
      @dlastkatipunero2185 Před 5 lety +1

      I think you mean active?

    • @Jodamanify
      @Jodamanify Před 5 lety +3

      If you look at the stat blocks, they aren't that hard to fight. If you were to 1v1 a giant vs a dragon, dragons come out on top 7/10 times.

    • @burningbronze7555
      @burningbronze7555 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Jodamanify Dragons can not run an economy the giants also have hands and wizards.

    • @Aplesedjr
      @Aplesedjr Před 4 lety +2

      Jodamanify very much depends on which dragon and which giant. Also, there are a lot more giants than there are dragons. You won’t be finding a cave filled with a mini society of dragons anytime soon, but you could find a few dozen stone or fire giants.

  • @NathanTAK
    @NathanTAK Před 5 lety +7

    Ah, yes, my favorite campaign setting.
    "Black Sun"

  • @brethnew
    @brethnew Před 5 lety +22

    "And that's Basically Giants"
    You're welcome

  • @zanecarlson2285
    @zanecarlson2285 Před 4 lety +7

    “Raiding a bestbuy during a blackout.”
    2020:😬😬

  • @maromania7
    @maromania7 Před 4 lety +6

    If you don't have correctly sized tokens, a soda can works perfectly. And the looks on your players faces will be wonderful as it looms over their characters.

  • @MrKyel17
    @MrKyel17 Před 5 lety +10

    Thumbnail looks like "BASKALLY GIANTS"
    Great video as always.

  • @Moths05
    @Moths05 Před 5 lety +18

    I thought this was going to be a review of jack and the beanstalk

  • @funk8782
    @funk8782 Před 5 lety +7

    Dude giants are my favorite so glad you made this. Great Npc interactions, a giant king was a fan favorite in my public games.

  • @Aethrin
    @Aethrin Před 5 lety +4

    Your humor is so awesome. I can see the constant improvement each new video. You seem to be more yourself.

  • @dakcka
    @dakcka Před 5 lety +3

    Logan describing Hill Giants was so unexpectedly beautiful

  • @flounderflounder6833
    @flounderflounder6833 Před 3 lety +3

    "Dnd lacks a true sense of scale" truuuuuue

  • @xanathar8659
    @xanathar8659 Před 5 lety +4

    1:03 love the whistle

  • @elianisthebrave6988
    @elianisthebrave6988 Před 4 lety +8

    i remember the one time i used giants, i had two cloud giants fighting over a bag of beans (yes it was jack's), one of the giant lord had stolen it from the other and there skirmishes between the two factions threatened to destroy a city, since the bodies of slayed giants would fall from the sky.

  • @jonathanfelix5291
    @jonathanfelix5291 Před 4 lety +1

    Man, you're one of my new favorite D&D CZcamsrs. I'm really loving the 'Basically' series. Looking forward to much more in the future and keep up the good work!

  • @bravojr
    @bravojr Před 5 lety

    Dude your weft and weave of the lore proper is amazing, it inspires me every time to new desires of "epic".

  • @projectj7235
    @projectj7235 Před 5 lety +8

    Never clicked on a video so hard since I'm running storm kings

  • @hunter5822
    @hunter5822 Před 5 lety +3

    They had barely any lore in the books so I thank you immensely for sharing with us the actual lore... well approximate lore... according to them.

  • @smilemore7431
    @smilemore7431 Před 5 lety +2

    9:51
    Dude I LOVE the dnd quick guide. Your art is just as good as any pizzcatzo as far as I’m concerned. Love yourself.

  • @sockrobot5
    @sockrobot5 Před 4 lety

    Well done! I love these longer videos. Thanks for your efforts!

  • @deltaphant_
    @deltaphant_ Před 5 lety +8

    I would comment about my plans involving giants in my campaign but I know a bunch of my players watch this channel too.

  • @jmartinbuzios
    @jmartinbuzios Před 5 lety +41

    1:17 im pretty sure you meant Dark Sun

  • @jamesvincent1512
    @jamesvincent1512 Před 5 lety

    I’ve only played a couple sessions of dnd but I’ve been watching your vids for like a year bc of how much I enjoy listening to you explain such an interesting lore in such a comedic way.

  • @MrKrossix
    @MrKrossix Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you once again for uploading these kinds of videos! I really enjoy them!!!

  • @oyrsimaja
    @oyrsimaja Před 5 lety +7

    My husband and I want to play Dungeons and dragons but we have no friends really (cause we are 37 and 36 and everyone we know has kids while we are still working to make them after 4 year lol) and we have never played before cause... well... I wasn't even cool enough for the nerds to want let me play with them when I was in school... and well my husband kinda just I dont know didn't 😂🤣😂 but we very much appreciate and enjoy your videos lol so thank you for posting them dude! And keep up the good works!

    • @Ingothrial
      @Ingothrial Před 5 lety +2

      Check some local hobby shops. Some places run game nights and are really open to teaching new players. Of course there are some that are tight groups but I know some people are super open.

    • @oyrsimaja
      @oyrsimaja Před 5 lety +1

      @@Ingothrial wow really! Totally gonna have to check them out! Didn't think of that for whatever reason lol seems pretty obvious now that I think about it lol thank you so much! You are wonderful!

  • @countsnowyofgwainn3996
    @countsnowyofgwainn3996 Před 4 lety +3

    "Big daddy vietnam is comming home"
    that line cracks me up every time. that and the one thing he said with the Copper dragon Which if its fine i would totally use that for one of my games. Fricken Sean connery durgan ^_^

  • @baddmustardd9169
    @baddmustardd9169 Před 5 lety +2

    One of my fav d&d moments was when me and my party met an entire town of giants on a mountain top, super fun!

  • @sffb8295
    @sffb8295 Před 3 lety +1

    "Nothing cool or interesting is happening recently."
    Me in 2020 and 2021: *laughs nervously*

  • @quackmaster1014
    @quackmaster1014 Před 5 lety +5

    Really dig your video, surprised though that there was no menchon of Firbolgs.

  • @letrokid1121
    @letrokid1121 Před 5 lety +26

    Runesmith: "On the top of the pantheon is Stronmaus, who's like storm Jesus."
    Me: "So... Zues... you're trying to say he's like Zues..."

    • @xxXXRAPXXxx
      @xxXXRAPXXxx Před 5 lety +1

      Well that depends how much he fucks around.
      Jesus-not much.
      Zeus- fucked EVERYTHING that moved.

  • @Plainofices
    @Plainofices Před 4 lety +2

    Fun additional scary facts about giants.
    Storm giants: whenever they are nearing the end of their life and don't wanna die, they go full druid and become an immortal living storm, surround whatever place they do this shit in for the rest of time until they are slain. How do you kill a literal living storm? No idea.
    Hill giants: oh yea if one of them gets so sick that they keep throwing up, they actually lock the giant away and starve them until he gets better. This leads to most the time rampage as remember food is a hill giants religion literally.
    Frost giants: Ever wonder what some storm giants do to bulk up and become chieftain? Well one forbidden and taboo way is to go abandon Thyrm as your lord and savior, worship troll god, go out and slay a troll, then consume its carcass to gain its regenerative powers. The fucked thing here is that they may develop vestigial body parts such as extra heads, a tail, arms, legs, nipples, etc etc due to frost giants biology not suppose to be like a troll. When they are finally figure out they are thrown out the clan because weakness reasons and they just wander around fucking up everything in pure rage.
    Stone giants: my favorite fucking thing about stone giants is canonically they are overpowered as fuck. You know how they call the world outside their cave "Land of dreams" and shit? Well stone giants are lucid dreamers. Translation: they literally start to bend reality, the laws of nature, gravity, etc etc if they spend long enough outside their underground cave home. To them the world is literally a dream, meaning to them that they can do whatever they want so normally its common to see a chaotic fuck off stone giant turning a boat into a war ship and chucking that bitch at an adventuring group for the lolz.

  • @woolsweater6489
    @woolsweater6489 Před 5 lety

    Amazing video, I love seeing these videos on my recommended feed, they make me smile and fill my brain with brain smart. Much thank

  • @CyprusLLama
    @CyprusLLama Před 5 lety +3

    13:24 Still waiting for the final "And that's basically Giants"

  • @jamesgeorge7579
    @jamesgeorge7579 Před 5 lety +5

    7:30, Fire Giants: Blacksmiths and Generals. 7:48, Fire Giants: Aren't Generals

  • @genralguy5127
    @genralguy5127 Před 3 lety +1

    Hill giants: hungering behemoths
    Fire giants: warrior smiths
    Stone giants: dreaming destroyers
    Snow giants: destructive raiders
    Storm giants: watching sentinels
    Cloud giants: GAMBLE

  • @aloh86
    @aloh86 Před 5 lety +2

    Just found this channel. Damn, these videos are good. Really good. Nice work, Runesmith.

  • @oighear4135
    @oighear4135 Před 4 lety +3

    This was a very good video and very informative but it is a shame you forgot about the other Giant-kin the Firbolgs which are the best.

  • @CurlySwish666
    @CurlySwish666 Před 5 lety +4

    Had a good laugh from this. Great "cameo" from Oney. Anyone else preorder the Freddy Freaker plushie?

  • @TheStarFishVessel
    @TheStarFishVessel Před 3 lety

    Just saw this pop back in my feed. A while ago I watched this video and it inspire a concept for a 5e campaign. It's been going on since, and it's one of my proudest works in terms of story telling, world building, and overall fun at the table. So ya, thanks :)

  • @Deadpoolbang
    @Deadpoolbang Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you for this! Just about to run SKT for my party and will be watching this on repeat.

  • @bolyons2155
    @bolyons2155 Před 4 lety +3

    Ettins are actual giants, the first was just a runt and thus wasn't accepted by their brethren.

  • @ScrapStoriesYT
    @ScrapStoriesYT Před 5 lety +3

    You are the single greatest creator

  • @livetarget4878
    @livetarget4878 Před 4 lety

    Absolutely loving this series you have done. I learn so much and inspires me to do things for my games. Currently running Tomb of Annihilation and waa reading about Chult. Would love to see a video about something related to the lore there.

  • @BaeCat872
    @BaeCat872 Před 5 lety +1

    Ouu I’m loving that Kickstarter, glad you brought it up

  • @horus486153
    @horus486153 Před 5 lety +16

    I love you, Logan. Keep that amazing content coming please UwU

  • @unnero1
    @unnero1 Před 4 lety +7

    Wait. So when giants ruled there were just them and dragons. But there was noone else around that they could compare their size to other then dragons. So, is a giant even a giant when all they have besides them are dragons?

    • @dford4014
      @dford4014 Před 4 lety +5

      They aren't giants we're minis!

  • @andrewproffer6439
    @andrewproffer6439 Před 4 lety

    I just started watching all of his videos again once I ran out. I need more runesmith!!

  • @lolmeister9764
    @lolmeister9764 Před 5 lety +2

    Saxton HALEE!

  • @SirPonnd
    @SirPonnd Před 5 lety +4

    7:26 You can't fool me. That's just Ganondorf.

    • @ayindephulgence4950
      @ayindephulgence4950 Před 5 lety +1

      holy shit

    • @wolfcalibur1569
      @wolfcalibur1569 Před 5 lety +2

      Imagine being some elf arcane fighter, then the fire giant scores a crit and yells DORIYAH. Then you're an Orc Barbarian who just joined a group of adventurers after their elf got obliterated by a giant

    • @maximillionchaoswolf
      @maximillionchaoswolf Před 5 lety

      And the cloud giant is Hannibal Lector.

  • @rejvaik00
    @rejvaik00 Před 5 lety +3

    Who would win? Ancient and powerful dragons that breathe fire or one Goliath rocky boi?

  • @biteso2333
    @biteso2333 Před 5 lety +2

    Giants are our favourite Nordic big boi’s

  • @GeargusArchfiend
    @GeargusArchfiend Před 5 lety

    Outstanding! Running storm kings thunder as giants are my favorite dnd creatures. This made my day.

  • @thatpersonineverycommentse2195

    that only sponsorship that was funny and i don't play d&d

  • @gmlux2682
    @gmlux2682 Před 5 lety +55

    Another video? SO SOON?
    This upload schedule really is inconsistent.

  • @iamvigant
    @iamvigant Před 4 lety

    Not often I come across a plug that i actually enjoy watching & don't skip. Well done!

  • @finnmccarthy9768
    @finnmccarthy9768 Před 5 lety +2

    A good video series, I shall continue to watch

  • @reyesvargas-arriaga4052
    @reyesvargas-arriaga4052 Před 5 lety +67

    can you make a video about Goliaths rune boy?
    HOLY THIS IS THE MOST LIKES I HAVE EVERY GOTTEN

    • @greenhawk3796
      @greenhawk3796 Před 5 lety +3

      Goliaths: they are like giants, but worse in almost every way that isn't "fitting through an average door"
      this is why I homebrewed my Goliath to be Frost & more like a giant.

    • @reyesvargas-arriaga4052
      @reyesvargas-arriaga4052 Před 5 lety +3

      @@greenhawk3796 thanks dude

  • @jeffreylaporte6525
    @jeffreylaporte6525 Před 4 lety +4

    Their social status depends on their wealth, More like *clout* giants, amiright?

  • @BilboBaggMan
    @BilboBaggMan Před 2 lety +1

    This is probably my favorite video of yours. I just love giants. Idk why.

  • @sebastianescalante4710
    @sebastianescalante4710 Před 5 lety +1

    I'm making a homebrew campaign all about giants, so this video was perfectly timed and very helpful!

  • @magiv4205
    @magiv4205 Před 5 lety +3

    I love how you included Tal'Dorei in your list of different histories for the world of D&D