Desert giant

Desert giant

(Creature)

2E1E

Common

LN

Large

Giant

Humanoid

Level

9

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Bestiary 3, pg(s). 109

Type

Humanoid
(giant)

CR

9

Environment

Warm deserts

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Bestiary 3, pg(s). 128

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Desert giants are desert-dwelling nomadic giants.

Appearance

Desert giants stand 15 feet tall on average and have slender builds suited to long-distance desert travel. Their physique, while obviously larger, is similar enough to a human's that they are often mistaken for them at a long distance.

Society

Desert giants can survive for up to two weeks without drinking, and despite the misconceptions of ignorant humans, they achieve such feats thanks to their cultural traditions rather than their physiology. Desert giants prefer a vegetarian diet, and they also consider alcoholic beverages to be dangerous temptations in the desert due to their mind-altering and diuretic properties.

Desert giants rarely build permanent settlements, preferring to roam across the desert. They treat lost travelers kindly, and despite their reputation for austerity among outsiders, they share humorous stories and jokes within their communities to pass the long hours of their weeks- and months-long treks.

On Golarion

Amellas al-Hekbah is a mercenary company staffed by desert giants, hiring themselves out as guides and guards to caravans crossing the Meraz and Ketz Deserts of Kelesh. They have also been spotted in deserts of Garund and Qadira, in particular amongst the sands of the Meraz Desert.

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