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Thanks to the 2024 Player’s Handbook, a lot more people are going to be introduced to goliaths.
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What Is A Goliath?
Theancestry of a goliath is very important,and is a major focus in the 2024 Player’s handbook.
It’s not just important for backstory, but alsoa crucial decisionyou need to make when making a goliath.
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Goliaths arethe descendants of various types of giants.
There aresix of these ancestries in total that are referencedin the 2024 Player’s Handbook.
Goliath Traits
Goliaths havethree unique traits.
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Trait Names
Descriptions
Giant Ancestry
Choose one of six ancestry options.
Each gives their own boon.
Large Form (At Level Five)
Change your size to large as a bonus action.
While transformed, you have advantage on Strength checks and your speed increases.
Powerful Build
You have advantage against checks to end being grappled.
You count as one size larger when it comes to your carry capacity.
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You must land in an unoccupied space.
This also reduces the speed of the target by ten feet until your next turn starts.
Hill’s Tumble
When you hit an attack roll and damage a target, you could knock it prone.
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They must be within 60 feet of you.
So you’ll want to think aboutthe pop in of character you want to playbefore making your choice.
after you grab that picked and settled, you will also gain your Powerful Build trait right away.
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It says that you canroll with advantage to end a grapple effect.
However, it doesn’t say this is to stop a grapple from happening in the first place.
you might check with your Dungeon Master (DM) to see how they interpret the ruling.
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Anytime you are unclearon a rule or option,consult your DM.
Powerful Build also has you count asbeing a size larger when it comes to your carrying capacity.
If your DM uses over-encumbrance, this will be very helpful when travelingwithout any storage or safe-keeping options.
Not to mention if you have tocarry a party member aroundfor any reason.
Then, when your character reachestheir fifth level, they gain access tothe Large Form trait.
As long as you’rein a big enough spaceto accommodate it, you willgrowa size larger.
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This gives youadvantage on any of your Strength checksas well asten additional feet of movement.
This transformation lasts forten minutes or until you decide to end the effectas a free action.
Once you do this, it’s possible for you to’t do it againuntil you finish a long rest.
Without any spells affecting these stats, youstart as a medium humanoid with 35 feet of movement.
This trait would let you becomea large humanoid with 45 feet of movement.
And there’s rarely ever a time being faster won’t be more beneficial.
Want to be even bigger?
Either cast on yourself or have an allycast Enlarge/Reduce on you.
Want to be faster?Cast Longstrider on yourselfor have an ally cast it on you.
If Longstrider isn’t available,consider Hasteinstead.
Which Class Should You Consider?
However, there are some classes that canhave their weaknesses smoothed overif you decide to play as a goliath.
A wizard is a good example.
One of a wizards greatest weaknessesis their health pool.
You’ve probably seen a meme or two joking about a wizard dying from a rat bite.
Well, it’s a reality when wizards are at low levels.
Buta wizard that gets to use Stone’s Enduranceto reduce their damage taken?
There are reallytwo ways to go about picking a classafter you’ve decided you want to play a goliath.
How can yourboon help you best?
That is the example of the wizard, now able to reduce some of the damage coming their way.
The other is,how can your boon help your party?
Which is the example of the ranger.
Being related to a dragon sounds pretty cool.
This guide will look at dragonborn and everything they do in the 2024 Player’s Handbook.
However, goliaths were featured inother official Fifth Edition bookswhich were mentioned above.
In Volo’s GuideTo Monsters, goliaths had30 feet of movement instead of 35and had four traits.
Powerful Build and Stone’s Endurance were among them.
Youwere acclimated to altitudes of 20,000 feetor higher as well ascold weather.
The little but adventurous halflings have undergone some changes in the D&D 2024 Player’s Handbook.
This guide will go over it all with nimbleness.
