As a melee striker, for instance, being hard to kill can increase the efficiency with which you take down enemies, due to your increased ability to -stay in melee-. This backstory description generator will generate a fairly random description of either a fortunate or unfortunate backstory depending on your choice. !”My hope is that with the “Half-Giant” flavor in the Dark Sun guide, perhaps with some athasian feats for goliaths might really flavor these a bit better. Your relationship was indifferent. Feedback welcome! | Seed: Race: Half-Orc Birthplace: Home Current Age: 22 Charisma: 14 (2) Parents: You never knew your parents. The binder has at least twenty pages, all printed in a flowing, cursive-style font. Their Assassin feat isn’t great, but it can help mitigate the damage loss from not being a Nightstalker. In any event, it had more “fluff” than the current setup.i think you hit the nail on the head. My DM is really excited about this and I want to write a good backstory to fit the story and character honestly I love the character i'm just drawing a blank a few things I am aware of my DM told me he gave me a bastard sword fitted to me due to my size of 8ft which i can hold one handed. Also the Stoneblessed paragon path is fantastic, especially with a reach weapon. No, the only thing they have in common with dwarves is that they both live in mountains, and have an affinity with stone. What this results in is lower attributes at the other end. Too few humans in a typically human-dominated world makes a party of players seem more like a group of carney freaks that travel from town to town for money/fame. Another time he climbed up the side of a staircase to slaughter some kobolds. one of the saddest things is that while they are meant to be larger, they don’t receive treatment as oversized to get access to more powerful weapons because of it. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsCookies help us deliver our Services. – the rarest race of them all!! Stone’s Endurance allowed him to be reckless — he could get himself into trouble, then throw up the resistance rather than taking the beating a Striker deserves when they stray from their Defender. I also feel that other races fill the role that the Goliath is geared to better. She is alive and quite successful. I don’t like the Goliath for a number of reasons, however I wanted to give this giant of a race a fair shot. Kuliak is the Goliath god of the dead so for some reason your Goliath decided that god wasn't for him and he got working with one of the human deities. I generally tend to use ranged feats combined with throw anything and fling ally. Other interesting options are available to the Goliath and the Warlock is perhaps the most atypical available that still uses a primary attribute.One great strength of the Goliath is that Constitution is a secondary attribute for twelve classes which opens up a great deal of options for a player who selects the Goliath.Ok, I wasn’t as hard on the Goliath as I thought I would be. My Goliath it a Warden and @ lv 7 I have him doing 112 damage in one hit then geting 10 health back because of one of his encounter abilites that allows him to roll twice and with my enhanced double axe it just destroys people.
Goliaths may not have the primary stat for Monks, but they still make great Stone Fists. If you are playing in a campaign with lots of castles, towers, and chasms, the goliath is a ridiculously fun race to play.I don’t agree that Goliaths don’t have great flavor. I just ran a year-long paragon tier game with a highly effective Goliath Barbarian. “My character backstory!” you say triumphantly as his eyes go wide. Sure, the wizard still died in the end, but it was a badass maneuver to reach the rogue where he thought he was safe and bloody him. hope that's not too confusingI mean it's your character so just sit down and think about what you'd like to play with. But then I remembered that I’ve never liked the Goliath at all. If you select the Goliath for the purpose of excelling as a Barbarian or Fighter, be wary of having a really low Reflex or Will defense. Younger sibling. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies.