So, what do we know about the giants? I've seen a lot of the stuff available on UESP, but I'm wondering if anyone has any crazy theories or interesting ideas.
I'm tossing around a lore-ish build that I am calling tentatively "Something something Giants". (It's an excuse for me to play another light-armor-wearing, 2-handed-weapon-wielding barbarian type, really.) The giants in-game often frustrated me because there was so little you could do with them, and the game seems to barely mention them. There are too few hostile giants to make giant-hunting an entertaining career choice, so you end up killing them to work up your skills or to make you feel like a big man or just because YOU CAN'T GROUND ME STEVE YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD
I'm saying that my usual barbarian brutes would want to *fight* giants, but the game doesn't give you much reason to. So I hit upon the idea of a barbarian brute who has some sort of *affinity* for giants instead - maybe a trace of Atmoran ancestry? Maybe a distant giant in the gene pool?
I mean, they're the ultimate barbarians, right? Nomadic, living in the open wilderness, hunting & herding. Big f***-off weapons, light armor. Surprisingly fast *and* hit like a truck. Gnarly scars/tattoos and tribal paint patterns. Beards!
There seems to be some rudimentary symbolism among giants, but perhaps not any developed religion. So some Atmoran type who takes after them might similarly scorn the gods. But that carving into flesh and tusk, the careful markings (but not incisions) on stone - speaks to me of a primitive enchanting. So our barb might well go that route, too, smithing huge weapons and then inscribing them with the runes of power.
Honestly not sure if this is the right place for this sort of musing. I haven't got anything developed enough for even the workshop, I think, so here we are - noodling on lore (monkey and otherwise) about giants.
So, what do we know about the giants? I've seen a lot of the stuff available on UESP, but I'm wondering if anyone has any crazy theories or interesting ideas.
I'm tossing around a lore-ish build that I am calling tentatively "Something something Giants". (It's an excuse for me to play another light-armor-wearing, 2-handed-weapon-wielding barbarian type, really.) The giants in-game often frustrated me because there was so little you could do with them, and the game seems to barely mention them. There are too few hostile giants to make giant-hunting an entertaining career choice, so you end up killing them to work up your skills or to make you feel like a big man or just because YOU CAN'T GROUND ME STEVE YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD
I'm saying that my usual barbarian brutes would want to *fight* giants, but the game doesn't give you much reason to. So I hit upon the idea of a barbarian brute who has some sort of *affinity* for giants instead - maybe a trace of Atmoran ancestry? Maybe a distant giant in the gene pool?
I mean, they're the ultimate barbarians, right? Nomadic, living in the open wilderness, hunting & herding. Big f***-off weapons, light armor. Surprisingly fast *and* hit like a truck. Gnarly scars/tattoos and tribal paint patterns. Beards!
There seems to be some rudimentary symbolism among giants, but perhaps not any developed religion. So some Atmoran type who takes after them might similarly scorn the gods. But that carving into flesh and tusk, the careful markings (but not incisions) on stone - speaks to me of a primitive enchanting. So our barb might well go that route, too, smithing huge weapons and then inscribing them with the runes of power.
Honestly not sure if this is the right place for this sort of musing. I haven't got anything developed enough for even the workshop, I think, so here we are - noodling on lore (monkey and otherwise) about giants.
