Desert Giant
Giant · no Crown (Mundane)
T3d8Minor
Sand-shifting nomads, desert giants bury in dunes, scimitars curved.
Tier 3 · Role Minor · Pool Vigor 3 (+3 overflow) · AC 13 · ATK +5 · Save DC 15 · Dmg 3 (flat)
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 20 | - | - |
| Mind | 8 | - | - |
| Sense | 18 | - | - |
| Heart | 16 | - | - |
| Cunning | 18 | - | - |
| Fate | 14 | - | - |
A Minor has no attribute mechanics: the scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
Passives
Sand Swimmer
Burrows through sand at full speed and is nearly invisible when buried in a dune.
Heat Adapted
Resistant to fire damage; the desert heat does not tire it.
Maneuvers
Sand Throw
Hurls a fistful of sand at a face within 60 ft: Body save (DC 15) or blinded for 1 round.
Sandstorm
Whips the sand into a scouring vortex 30 ft around itself: Body save (DC 15) or take 3 damage and be blinded for 1 round; on a success take 1 Vigor damage.
Tactics
GM tactics
Nomadic hunters who ambush from beneath dunes. Uses sandstorms for cover. Honorable to those who show respect.
Running it
Rules
- Vigor equal to Tier, with an overflow of the same size behind it: 3, then 3 more. Neither half regenerates.
- 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.
- At 0 Vigor it breaks and flees, out of the fight but alive; Fanatics fight on into the overflow instead.
- Total damage reaching 6 kills it outright, 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.