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Giant, Rune

CR 17.00 Humanoid LE Gargantuan
This giant's skin is black and pitted, like roughly cast iron, and etched with glowing red runes.

Magically crafted and crossbred from taiga and fire giant slaves by ancient wizards, rune giants are anathema to their own kind. Given power to command and magically control other giants, the rune giants themselves served their even more powerful masters, and in so doing granted ancient empires armies of giants to command. In the eons since these ancient empires collapsed, rune giants have persisted as a race of their own, little more than bogeymen, horrors whispered of late at night by superstitious giants.

Rune giants' charcoal flesh is decorated by dozens of runes—manifestations of their eldritch powers. Rune giants are 40 feet tall and weigh 25,000 pounds.

STR
41
DEX
11
CON
28
INT
14
WIS
23
CHA
18
HP
270 (20d8+180)
AC
30, touch 6, flat-footed 30 (+9 armor, +15 natural, -4 size)
Speed
35 ft. (50 ft. without armor); air walk
Init
+0
Melee
mwk longsword +27/+22/+17 (4d6+22/17-20) or<p class="stat-block-2">2 slams +26 (2d6+15)</p>
Ranged
mwk spear +12/+7/+2 (4d6+15/&times;3)
BAB
+15
CMB
+34
CMD
44
Fort
+15
Ref
+6
Will
+20

command giants, runes, spark shower

Acrobatics +15 (+23 jump), Craft (any one) +25, Knowledge (history) +12, Knowledge (nobility) +12, Perception +29

spell-like abilities:
(CL 20th; concentration +24)

Constant-air walk

At will-charm person (DC 15), suggestion (DC 17)

3/day-mass charm monster (DC 22), dominate person (DC 19)

1/day-demand (DC 22), true seeing

Details
Type
Humanoid
Alignment
LE
Size
Gargantuan
Environment
cold mountains
Senses
low-light vision; Perception +29
Languages
Common, Giant, Terran
Source
Bestiary 2