Mythic Bastionland Myth: The Giants

Any power must always meet a greater power.

  

OMENS

1: A blind man and his sighted wife flee furtively. The beg Knights for sanctuary. They are the slaves of cruel Giants. They know only the vague direction they escaped from.

 

2: Large footprints. Tree branches snapped higher than a man can reach. Animals silent. Someone huge passed through here. The tracks become muddied but offer a clue to the location of the Myth hex.

 

3: Princess Hunters flag down the Company, task the Knights with finding a spouse for the Giant leader. A political marriage will save the realm. If they fail, their heads will be on the chopping block!

 

4: Sacked cidery. Roof peeled off, barrels and brewers missing, trees uprooted and shaken for fruit. Dying orchardist, back broken for stinging a Giant with his bow, begs Knights to rescue his kidnapped family.

 

5: A Giant meanders across the landscape, holding a fistful of long ropes connected to humans who hurry along at ankle level. The leashed human "hounds" serve as the Giant's eyes on the ground.

 

6: Tired of waiting, three Giants lay waste to the nearest Holding. The destruction is visible from a great distance (per the Giants' elemental type). Procurer Knight spreads word the Company is responsible. 

 

CAST 

PROCURER KNIGHT BERNARDINE

VIG 12, CLA 12, SPI 10, 4 GD

A3 (Gaudy Leather, Plate, Helmet)

Catchpole (2D6 long, hefty if mounted) and Shaggy Steed (VIG 12, CLA 8, SPI 6, 3GD)

After Omen 3, shows up at inhabited places to harass the Company about finding a suitable match. 

 

PRINCESS HUNTERS, Bailiffs of the Procurer Knight

VIG 10, CLA 10, SPI 10, 3 GD

A2 (Gambeson and Shield)

Cudgel (D8 hefty) and Shield (D4) and Riding Steed (VIG 10, CLA 10, SPI 5, 3GD)

"Princess Hunter" is idiomatic. Sex and status of desired spouse left to the Referee or to fate. 

  

HUMAN HOUNDS, Slave Scouts of the Giants

VIG 9, CLA 13, SPI 8, 1 GD

Thrown rock (D4) or Improvised (D6) 

Bound with long ropes. Fear the Giants more than the Knights, though that could change.

  

GIANTS, Greedy Gluttons From a Distant Kingdom

VIG 18, CLA 8, SPI 12, 6 GD
A1 (Thick Skin)
Swipe (d10 blast) or huge smash (2d10 slow) 

Roll d6 for elemental type and special power.

 

 

 

2D6 TABLES

What type of Giant is this?

1: Hill. Friendly cannibals. Can move and smash. Barefoot. Leave trash and food waste.

2: Stone. Stoic athletes. 2d10 boulder toss. Barefoot. Leave fractured earth.

3: Frost. Brave warriors. Can Focus. Wear boots. Leave ice and snow.

4: Fire. Brutal craftsmen. A4. Wear boots. Leave embers and ashes.

5: Cloud. Mercurial gamblers. Can Deny (mist form). Wear sandals. Leave fog and rain.

6: Storm. Merciless justicars. d12 blast lightning toss. Wear sandals. Leave fulgurites.

 

What does the Giant leader want in a spouse?

1: High stats. That stuff's heritable.

2: A Knight. My child will know how to fight.

3: A ruler. My child will be a noble.

4: A good cook. Food is the first thing, morals follow on. 

5: Beauty. My spouse is a trophy to show off.

6: Fat.

 

THE MAKING OF 

These Giants have the elemental typing from the 1e Monster Manual, but their story arc is based on The Ogre Gods, Wizard/Knight and Blacktongue Thief. The last two myths were full of gore and horror so I wanted to make something more whimsical. Picking a single elemental typed giant would have made the omens more tightly focused but I like all six.