Monsters / Giant, Stone
Giant, Stone
CR 8 - 4,800 XP - N Large Humanoid
Stat block
AC22 (touch 11, flat-footed 20)HP102 (12d8+48)SavesFort +12, Ref +6, Will +7Meleegreatclub +16/+11 (2d8+12) or 2 slams +16 (1d8+8)Rangedrock +11/+6 (1d8+12)Speed40 ft.AbilitiesStr 27, Dex 15, Con 19, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 10BAB / CMB / CMD+9 / +18 / 30Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +12Environmenttemperate mountains
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (3 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
bruiser (from abilities)
abilities: Str 27 over Dex 15 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
abilities: Str 27 over Dex 15 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
power-attack (from feats)
feats: Power Attack - trades accuracy for damage when the hit is likely
feats: Power Attack - trades accuracy for damage when the hit is likely
night-hunter (from senses)
senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +12 - hunts where prey is blind
senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +12 - hunts where prey is blind
On-hit riders and breath
rock throwing
From the entry
A stone giant gains a +4 racial bonus on its Reflex save when attempting to catch a thrown rock with rock catching. This ability otherwise works like the rock catching ability.
Stone giants prefer thick leather garments, dyed in shades of brown and gray to match the stone around them. Adults are about 12 feet tall, weigh about 1,500 pounds, and can live to be 800 years old.
Stone giants fight from a distance whenever possible, but if they can't avoid melee, they favor gigantic clubs chiseled out of stone. A favorite tactic of stone giants is to stand nearly motionless, blending in with the background, then move forward to throw rocks and surprise their foes.
Stone giants prefer living in enormous caves in high-altitude, rocky peaks. They rarely live more than a few days' travel from other bands of stone giants, and even raise shared herds of goats and other livestock between tribes. O...