''Giants'' is a supplement for

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s published by

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in 1987.

''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 character A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional Character (arts), character in a video game or tabletop role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game. The characters tha ...

s and a description of a campaign-setting of the giant city of Clanfast.

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''Giants'' was written by

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, with art by Ray Rubin, and was published by

in 1997 as a 96-page book.

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Fantasy role-playing game supplements Role Aids Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1987 {{rpg-stub

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