Giant, Anakim

It is well known among the sages that in ancient times the giants ruled great kingdoms and empires. Even now, millennia after their fall there are countless remains and ruins to be found all across the world.
The Anakim Giants see themselves as the noble last remnants of these ancient empires. They are a warlike and proud folk, they see the idea of farming or crafting beneath them and prefer to instead raid nearby people for food, weapons and riches. Anakim Giants will seek to conquer and exploit smaller races whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Anakim Giants are proud of their great strength and martial skills. They are universally skilled in the use of armor and weapons, and often train as fighters or monks. Their preferred clothes and equipment consists of expensive armor and weapons, decorated with gold and gems. Accented with stately jewelry.
Dire Lions are tamed and trained for war by the Anakim, though they are just as valued for their regal associations.

CR: 5
NE Large Monstrous Humanoid (giant)
Combat Role: Brute

Anakim Giants are basically large sized fighters, their martial training special quality allows them to treat their total HD as fighter levels for the purpose of fulfilling feat prerequisites (this means other class levels count as fighter levels as well).

Monsters of Porphyra 3, 98


Fearsome rumors are coming from the borderlands in the south. Stories tell of a great giant conqueror called Kna’aldaan who has gathered an army and is subduing the petty kingdoms of the Al’Barerra savannas. Even more fearful are the rumors of a coven of giant witches who serve the queen in her conquests.

The Schalick river basin is a blighted and barren land. It is a place cursed by the gods for the crimes of an ancient empire that once ruled the entire basin. This is only made clearer by the sudden and devastating floods that strike any attempt to settle the normally arid area.

The Bronze Citadel stands in the confluence of three great rivers. A great light at the top of the citadel serves as a lighthouse for the many trade ships that travel the area. The giant scaled citadel houses more mysteries than that alone. Adventuring parties regularly enter the fortress, and sometimes they even leave.