Giant, Ettin
- Armor Class
- 3 [16]
- Hit Dice
- 13
- Attacks
- Weapon (2d6)
- Special
- None
- Move
- 9
- HDE/XP
- 13/2,300
Description
Giants are a staple of fantasy gaming, huge and dangerous creatures that often have a taste for human flesh. Most are not particularly intelligent.
An Ettin is a vicious and unpredictable 2-headed giant. Ettin skin resembles the thick, gray hide of an elephant, though this is actually grime and filth encrusting its rarely-washed skin. Adult ettins tower at around 13 feet tall.
Ettins have no language of their own, but speaks a corrupted combination of Orc and Giant. This speech is debased enough that those who know these languages can understand only understand words here and there in an ettin's speech.
Although ettins are quite stupid, they can be quite cunning, often setting up ambushes rather than charging into a fair fight. An ettin typically wields a spear in each hand, adding +4 to damage rolls due to its great strength. Because each arm is controlled by a different head, the ettin may attack with both weapons, even against separate enemies.
See Also
Other creatures grouped under Giant (White Box): Giant, Cloud, Giant, Cyclops, Giant, Firbolg, Giant, Fire, Giant, Frost, Giant, Hill, Giant, Mountain, Giant, Sand, Giant, Sea, Giant, Stone, Giant, Storm, Giant, Titan.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.