Post/Author/DateTime	Post
CelestialBarbarian 04-13-06, 11:57 PM	I just noticed that the entry for cloud giants lists them as having the scent special ability. It doesn't appear to explain the ability later in the text. Do you think a cloud giant really has the scent ability, or is that just an error? Thanks. :)
Mr.Black 04-14-06, 12:10 AM	Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he 'live, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread.
CelestialBarbarian 04-14-06, 12:45 AM	Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he 'live, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread. Heh! I guess that would have been a cloud giant. Good call! :D I wonder why they don't explain the ability in the text like they usually do?
OamuTheMonk 04-14-06, 05:30 PM	I always assumed it was an error. Sheesh.
savant_warlord13 04-14-06, 05:49 PM	It specifically tells you in the story of jack and the beanstalk that it was an ogre
OamuTheMonk 04-14-06, 06:03 PM	Besides, Ogres don't live on clouds.
savant_warlord13 04-14-06, 06:39 PM	Besides, Ogres don't live on clouds. Why not? Maybe it was an ogre mage, that is a type of ogre
CelestialBarbarian 04-14-06, 08:51 PM	It specifically tells you in the story of jack and the beanstalk that it was an ogre The Joseph Jacobs version of the story has it as an ogre, but the Andrew Lang version has it as a giant. It doesn't really matter, however, as prior to D&D there was no sharp distinction between an ogre and a giant. I suspect that "Jack and the Beanstalk" did indeed inspire the scent ability for the cloud giant.