Taiga Giant

Giant · no Crown (Mundane)

T3d8Minor

Boreal fur-clad hunters, taiga giants track mammoths, axes of ice.

Tier 3 · Role Minor · Pool Vigor 6 · AC 12 · ATK +5 · Save DC 15 · Dmg 3 (flat)

AC1212 base

Vigor62 x Tier, one pool. Breaks at 3, dies at 0

Move30 ft

Initiatived8rerolled each round

Attack+5d20 + bonus vs AC, two a turn

Damage3flat, crit d8, floored at 3

Save DC15Tier 3 DC

Crit20natural 20 only

Stat	Score	Mod	Die
Body	20	-	-
Mind	8	-	-
Sense	16	-	-
Heart	16	-	-
Cunning	18	-	-
Fate	14	-	-

A Minor has no attribute mechanics: the scores describe the creature, they do not roll.

Passives

Passive

Resistant to cold damage. Advantage on Cunning checks to track prey.

Passive

Advantage on attacks against creatures larger than itself.

Maneuver

Aims low. If its next bow attack hits, the target's speed is also halved until the wound is treated.

Maneuver

When the giant hits a creature larger than itself, the target makes a Body save (DC 15) or is knocked prone.

GM tactics

Patient hunters who track prey for days. Respects nature. Uses terrain to ambush. Will trade peacefully.

Rules

One Vigor pool of 2 x Tier, no Vitality. It breaks and flees with 3 left, and dies at 0. The pool does not regenerate.
A hit deals a flat 3, no roll. A crit (natural 20 only) rolls d8 and never lands below 3.
Crits on a natural 20 only.
Minor: no stat modifiers or dice in play; its scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
With 3 Vigor left it breaks and flees, out of the fight but alive; Fanatics fight on to 0 instead.
At 0 Vigor it is dead: 6 total damage, and a single blow of 6 or more kills it on the spot.
Vigor damage is simply damage against a Minor: its whole pool is Vigor.
Two attacks in a normal turn: Tier 3+ Minors get a second.
Group morale: when its group loses half its number, fled or dead, the rest check morale.
NPCs never take wounds.