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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.