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frost giant C
HP	68-139
HD	16
XP	1252
Speed	10
AC	9
EV	3
Will	80
Attack¹	35 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rC++
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Giant
Type	giant, frost giant
Flags	Fighter See invisible Speaks Warm-blooded

A giant with blue skin and hair like ice and snow. Its eyes are as bleak as winter skies. It marches grimly into battle with a great, frosty axe and howling blasts of cold.

For a list of all giants, see list of giants.

Useful Info

Frost giants are enormous frozen humanoids who wield freezing battleaxes and chill everything in their path with icy bolts. They have cold resistance and feel at home in cold-themed branches such as the Ice Cave, as well as the Vaults, the Depths, and the lower levels of the Dungeon.

Spells

Tile	Name	Damage	Range	Flags
	Bolt of Cold	3d25	5	Wizard flag

Tips & Tricks

Cold resistance is obviously helpful against them, but be aware that their physical melee damage is still very significant.
They have a tendency to carry +2 battleaxes of freezing. They rarely carry +0 triple swords of freezing.

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-|meat={{Contaminated corpse}}
-|xp=3763
-|holiness={{Natural}}
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 ==Useful Info==
-'''Frost giants''' are enormous frozen humanoids who wield two-handed [[freezing]] weapons and freeze everything in their path with icy bolts. They have [[cold resistance]] and feel at home in cold-themed [[branch]]es such as the [[ice cave]] as well as the deepest portions of the [[Dungeon]].
+'''Frost giants''' are enormous frozen humanoids who wield [[freezing]] [[battleaxe]]s and chill everything in their path with icy bolts. They have [[cold resistance]] and feel at home in cold-themed [[branch]]es such as the [[Ice Cave]], as well as [[the Vaults]], [[the Depths]], and the lower levels of [[the Dungeon]].
-Spell: [[Bolt of Cold]]
+{{monster spells}}
 ==Tips & Tricks==
-*[[Cold resistance]] and [[conservation]] are advised, but be aware that their physical melee damage is still very significant.
+*[[Cold]] resistance is obviously helpful against them, but be aware that their physical melee damage is still very significant.
+*They have a tendency to carry +2 battleaxes of freezing. They rarely carry +0 triple swords of freezing.