Giants (Mayfair Games)

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Giants
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Genre Role-playing game
Publisher Mayfair Games
Media typePrint

Giants is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Mayfair Games in 1987.

Contents

Contents

Giants is a supplement which details 12 types of giants including information about where they live, their histories, the spells and magic items they use, and the pets and allies they keep. The supplement describes five new giant types: chaos, dwarven, forest, sea, and death. The supplement presents rules for using giants as player characters and a description of a campaign-setting of the giant city of Clanfast. [1]

Publication history

Giants was written by Bruce Humphrey, with art by Ray Rubin, and was published by Mayfair Games in 1997 as a 96-page book. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 100. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.