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 Half-Giants, as their name implies, stand tall - usually between 7 and 9 feet. Their actual appearance can vary wildly based on their giant parent’s heritage - their skin is any color from hill giant brown to cloud giant blue. The one feature in common is their size, and their raw destructive power, fitting for their heritage.  Half-Giants, as their name implies, stand tall - usually between 7 and 9 feet. Their actual appearance can vary wildly based on their giant parent’s heritage - their skin is any color from hill giant brown to cloud giant blue. The one feature in common is their size, and their raw destructive power, fitting for their heritage. 
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 Half-giants appreciate the open nature of humans and half-elves and can sympathize with how half-orcs sometimes feel outside of society. Elves with their slow pace and dwarves with their rigid societies generally make the half-giants uncomfortable.  Half-giants appreciate the open nature of humans and half-elves and can sympathize with how half-orcs sometimes feel outside of society. Elves with their slow pace and dwarves with their rigid societies generally make the half-giants uncomfortable. 
 Most of the other races are welcomed based on their behavior, although the carelessness of halflings and gnomes worry the half-giants, who believe that it will lead to these smaller races being taken advantage of and, therefore, possible subservience and slavery (though evil Half-Giants commonly partake in this). Most of the other races are welcomed based on their behavior, although the carelessness of halflings and gnomes worry the half-giants, who believe that it will lead to these smaller races being taken advantage of and, therefore, possible subservience and slavery (though evil Half-Giants commonly partake in this).
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 ===== Table: Half-Giant Ages ===== ===== Table: Half-Giant Ages =====
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 ===== Standard Racial Traits ===== ===== Standard Racial Traits =====
  
-  * **Ability Score Modifiers:** Half-Giants are strong and tough, but their heritage often impacts their ability to learn new concepts. They gain +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence, and -2 Charisma.+  * **Ability Score Modifiers:** Half-Giants are strong and tough, but their heritage often impacts their ability to learn new concepts. They gain a [[chargen:common_terms#racial_bonuses_and_penalties|Racial Bonus]] to Strength and Constitution, and a penalty to Intelligence.
   * **Size:** Half-Giants are Medium creatures, and thus receive no inherent bonuses or penalties due to their size.   * **Size:** Half-Giants are Medium creatures, and thus receive no inherent bonuses or penalties due to their size.
   * **Type:** Half-Giants are humanoids with the giant subtype.   * **Type:** Half-Giants are humanoids with the giant subtype.
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   * **Languages:** Half-Giants begin play speaking Common and Giant. Half-Giants with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Cyclops, Draconic, Orc, and Dwarven.   * **Languages:** Half-Giants begin play speaking Common and Giant. Half-Giants with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Cyclops, Draconic, Orc, and Dwarven.
   * **Low-light Vision:** Half-Giants can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.   * **Low-light Vision:** Half-Giants can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.
-  * **Imposing Stature:** Half-Giants are tall and intimidating - they get a +2 racial bonus to Intimidate checks. In addition, Intimidate is always a Key Skill for Half-Giants. +  * **Imposing Stature:** Half-Giants are tall and intimidating - they get a +2 racial bonus to[[priority:skills:intimidate|Intimidate]] checks. In addition,[[priority:skills:intimidate|Intimidate]] is always a Key Skill for Half-Giants. 
-  * **Mountaineer:** Half-Giants are immune to altitude sickness and do not lose their Dexterity bonus to AC when making Athletics checks or Acrobatics checks to cross narrow or slippery surfaces. +  * **Mountaineer:** Half-Giants are immune to altitude sickness and do not lose their Dexterity bonus to [[chargen:common_terms#defense_armor_shields_and_concealment|Defense]] when making [[priority:skills:athletics|Athletics]] checks or [[priority:skills:acrobatics|Acrobatics]] checks to cross narrow or slippery surfaces. 
-  * **Giant Physique:** The physical stature of half-giants lets them function in many ways as if they were one size category larger. Whenever a half-giant is subject to a size modifier or size requirement for combat maneuvers (such as during grapple checks, bull rush attempts, and trip attempts), the half-giant is treated as one size larger. A half-giant is also considered to be one size larger when determining whether a creature's special attacks based on size (such as grab or swallow whole) can affect him. However, their larger size makes attacking and defending more difficult, and imparts a -1 size penalty to AC. The effects of this racial trait stack with the effects of powers, abilities, and spells that change the subject's size category.+  * **Giant Physique:** The physical stature of half-giants lets them function in many ways as if they were one size category larger. Whenever a half-giant is subject to a size modifier or size requirement for combat maneuvers (such as during grapple checks, bull rush attempts, and trip attempts), the half-giant is treated as one size larger. A half-giant is also considered to be one size larger when determining whether a creature's special attacks based on size (such as grab or swallow whole) can affect him. However, their larger size makes attacking and defending more difficult, and imparts a -1 size penalty to [[chargen:common_terms#defense_armor_shields_and_concealment|Defense]]. The effects of this racial trait stack with the effects of powers, abilities, and spells that change the subject's size category.