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 ====== Against the Giants ====== ====== Against the Giants ======
  
 +This adventure series consists of //Steading of the Hill Giant Chief//, //Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl//, and //Halls of the Fire Giant King//. They are amongst the earliest of the published Dungeons and Dragons adventures (for 1st Edition AD&D).
  
 +I ran this campaign in 2004 using 3rd Edition rules. After failing to find enough giant miniatures, I finally settled on some cardboard counters to represent the 'bad guys' in combat. This was a lot cheaper, easier to carry around, and made book keeping a lot simpler, since each counter can be marked with remaining hitpoints (I wasn't bothered about the players knowing this), spell effects and so on.
  
-This adventure series consists of +The counters may or may not be useful to others, but since they're done using HTML, they should be easily customisable to any adventure.
-//Steading of the Hill Giant Chief//, +
-//Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl//, and +
-//Halls of the Fire Giant King//. They are amongst the +
-earliest of the published Dungeons and Dragons adventures +
-(for 1st Edition AD&D). +
- +
- +
- +
-I ran this campaign in 2004 using 3rd Edition rules. After +
-failing to find enough giant miniatures, I finally settled +
-on some cardboard counters to represent the 'bad guys' in +
-combat. This was a lot cheaper, easier to carry around, and +
-made book keeping a lot simpler, since each counter can be +
-marked with remaining hitpoints (I wasn't bothered about +
-the players knowing this), spell effects and so on. +
- +
- +
- +
-The counters may or may not be useful to others, but since +
-they're done using HTML, they should be easily customisable +
-to any adventure. +
  
 ===== The Counters ===== ===== The Counters =====
  
 +The whole set of counters is {{:d20:counters.tgz|is available as an archive}}.
  
 +==== Notes ====
  
-You can either+I made the **Hill Giants** a lot easier (3rd edition giants are a lot harder than 1st edition giants), but splitting them between different farms, and using a lot of young giants as well.
  
-[[counters.tgz|download the whole set]] -  +For the **Frost Giants**, I added some undead and creatures from the //Book of Vile Darkness// to this lot, just to
-of counters, or view the individual counter sheets below. +
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-==== Hill Giants ==== +
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-I made the Hill Giants a lot easier (3rd edition +
-giants are a lot harder than 1st edition giants), +
-but splitting them between different farms, and +
-using a lot of young giants as well. +
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-[[counters/hillgiants/animals.html|Animals]] -  +
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-[[counters/hillgiants/bugbears.html|Bug Bears]] -  +
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-[[counters/hillgiants/giants.html|Giants]] -  +
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-[[counters/hillgiants/monsters.html|Monsters]] -  +
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-[[counters/hillgiants/moregiants.html|More Giants]] -  +
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-[[counters/hillgiants/orcs.html|Orcs]] -  +
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-[[counters/hillgiants/trogs.html|Troglodytes]] -  +
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-==== Frost Giants ==== +
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- +
- +
-I added some undead and creatures from the +
-//Book of Vile Darkness// to this lot, just to+
 spice things up a bit. spice things up a bit.
  
- +The **Fire Giants** include lots of giants, some big dragons and Drow.
- +
-[[counters/frostgiants/animals.html|Animals]] -  +
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-[[counters/frostgiants/clerics.html|Clerics]] -  +
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-[[counters/frostgiants/lowergiants.html|Lower Giants]] -  +
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-[[counters/frostgiants/monsters.html|Monsters]] -  +
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-[[counters/frostgiants/ogres.html|Ogres]] -  +
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-[[counters/frostgiants/uppergiants.html|Upper Giants]] -  +
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-==== Fire Giants ==== +
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-Lots of giants, some big dragons and Drow. +
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-[[counters/firegiants/dragons.html|Dragons]] -  +
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-[[counters/firegiants/drow.html|Drow]] -  +
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-[[counters/firegiants/giants.html|Giants]] -  +
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-[[counters/firegiants/gnolls.html|Gnolls]] -  +
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-[[counters/firegiants/hounds.html|Hounds]] -  +
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-[[counters/firegiants/moregiants.html|More Giants]] -  +
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-[[counters/firegiants/snurre.html|Snurre]] - +
  
  
  
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