#goliaths

Before I get to the proper installment 2, which will be a different hamlet with the name Royal, I thought I'd share the results of some work I was doing. I did not intuitively understand the underlying math of how d% tables work. I initially made a guess that to make something a 5% chance at the high end of the table that'd be 95-00, but no that's a 6% chance. So I kind of had to work backwards to figure the results I want correctly.

In the 3e DMG as part of the settlement creation rules, there's a table to decide who the chief law enforcement in the area is (page 138 of the 3.5 revision of the DMG)the table is pretty short and looks like this:

01-60 Highest-level Warrior 61-80 Second highest-level Fighter 81-00 Highest-level Fighter

So that needs some rework for The World of Princesses in which no person is a Warrior.

The revised version would be more like:

01-60 Highest-level Fighter, Knight, Warblade, or Barbarian (see subtable A) 61-80 Second highest-level Fighter 81-00 Highest-level Fighter

And then this would be the accompanying subtable A:

01-50 Fighter 51-85 Knight 86-95 Warblade 96-00 Barbarian

The thing that actually started me down this road was trying to do something with the racial demographics from page 139 of the 3.5 DMG trying to add two new races (Goliath and Lupin) at 1% each to the percentages for an integrated community coming out of the Human's 37%, which once you translate that to a d% table would look like:

01-35 Human 36-55 Halfling 56-73 Elf 74-83 Dwarf 84-90 Gnome 91-95 Half-Elf 96-98 Half-Orc 99 Goliath 00 Lupin

Half-goliath werewolf barbarian I made for a curse of Strahd campaign (that is on hold) but I figured I'd share!

Goliaths are a 5e playable race descended from giants, characterised by their large frames, grey, stone-like skin and markings on their face and body. They are also usually depicted as bald and clean shaven.

With that in mind, here are some goliath-appropriate picrews with one or more of the following features:

✅ Grey skin

✅ Face and body markings

✅ Large/muscular frames

✅ Baldness

RPG Husband Generator by Drudenkreuz

Grey Skin ✅ Markings ✅ Muscles ✅ Bald ✅

Always a go-to picrew for muscular characters, the RPG Husband Generator is naturally suited to a typical goliath's big, muscular frame and also offers body markings, baldness and a good variety of high fantasy clothing and accessories.

Create a Cambion by Kenzie Crow

Grey Skin ✅ Markings ✅ Muscles ✅ Bald ✅

While technically designed for demons and cambions, Create a Cambion is surprisingly versatile and one of the few picrews out there which offer grey skin AND face markings (in either black or white). The body options aren't large but they at least have visible muscle definition.

Witchcrew by malachitinous

Grey Skin ✅ Markings ✅ Muscles ❎ Bald ✅

This picrew is a great option for female or androgynous goliaths. While none are noticeably muscular, it offers 3 body types and features a good variety of face markings in different colours.

Fantasy Icon Maker by triflingshadows

Grey Skin ✅ Markings ✅ Muscles ❎ Bald ✅

Another that's a little lacking in size/muscle but great for variety of markings. It also offers more than one shade of grey which is always nice.

Fantasy OC Creator by Cilantro Studios

Grey Skin ✅ Markings ✅ Muscles ❎ Bald ✅

Once again this falls into the category of bald and grey but not muscular. The facial markings are very simple on this one and unfortunately can't be layered together but there are a few different choices for them. The skintones include several shades of grey though and good options for fantasy and historical clothing.

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