Monster Ecology: Goliath
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มี.ค. 2017
- Goliath are an ancient race of humanoids native to the high alpine terrain of the D&D worlds. Stoic, competitive, honourable, valorous and curious, the Goliath, while few in number, are nomadic explorers who can be found nearly anywhere. Few people truly know intimate details of the Goliath culture, or even how many there are, and fewer still have ever ventured into the brutal altitude of their homelands, because it is deadly to most lowland races.
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A goliath suffers a defeat.
He smiles, and picks himself up.
His party-mate says
"You just got your but kicked! Why are you smiling?"
Goliath " I found a wall! Just another wall." He turns around and starts walking away
Party-mate asks," Where are you going?"
Goliath, still walking, and still smiling says
"I've got a door to build!"
a Goliath, a Dwarf & a Dragonborn enter a bar. everybody else leaves it.
The half-orcs hide their keg.
This is so true as I had this happen to my dragonborn in I campaign I was playing, and he was flat out drunk as a board and he also passed out from it all after like two or three barrels of beer, meed and other types of booze.... Now that I recall I think it was about half of the taverns stock that got drunk be for my dragonborn was tko-ed from the booze XD
@@AJPickett the tiefling looks at the barkeep and says "you thought I was bad?".
A game I play whit some friends I am a goliath and a friend is dwarf the bar ran out of boos
JoaoG R you forgot black scaled lizard folk
21:00 A whole video on a race based on competition, and you end it with "You probably won't be first"? Downright GENIUS!
Goliath war cry: "GET GUUUUUDDDD!!!!!!"
1:40 - quietly spoken - Here we see a herd of Goliath, playing a game known only as rock tag. Any disagreements are resolved through wrestling matches. Might makes right in this culture... Gorgeous
He could crush me with his hands. I'm gonna grab his bicep. Isn't he a beaut!
"And here we see the tent mother, watching over the young as their parents gon hunting. Look at them go! Timmy just hit his sister with a rock! And his sister, judy, hit timmy with a bigger rock! Its an all out sibling rivalry, a competition to see who is stronger.
Goliath have a game akin to dodgeball i think? With a blow up goat if i remember
Little correction on 19:48 : from everything that ive read, Goliath do actually love art and making artwork. They see it as the only thing outside of competition and venerate it as a result.
I guess it's because Art is subjective.
Guess that's the stone giant ancestry showing
@@smokey3504 lkn9kk9k9knk
It make sense since they are highly competitive really.. And artist are really competitive with one another
I really enjoy the idea of goliaths not being hot headed brutes, but cold, logical creatures who desire perfection and strength in everything, not just brawn. Like, you'll have a Goliath who is very intellectually superior and arrogant just like you'll have a jock Goliath who brags about their size. I frankly think that's an idea that's more interesting than, say, another orc spinoff.
Ahhhh the memory of my Goliath buddy hurling my Halfling Rogue/Assassin at a Yuan-Ti Warlord/Overlord/Big Bad is a memory that will always be in my heart.
Despite the fact the Big Bad tried to swallow my halfling with his mouth unhinging and expanding.
Ah yes classic
And thus Basketball was invented.
That's doing it backwards... you don't throw the halfling, you get a catapult and throw the Goliath and Half-Orc barbarian duo onto the enemy ship. Aim for the sails so it is a softer landing.
Had a group where one player had a Goliath thief. To her credit she made it work, but it was still funny to see a eight-foot-tall Goliath sneaking around and no one seeing him.
Nice i love the visual
Kinda like how bug bears are like 7 foot tall but bc they are fey that are supernaturally sneaky
15:30 - The bar game with the knife is called Finger Fillet, for those of you wondering.
Rusty Cage.
Huh, neat.
Haha, a drinking competition between a Dwarf and a Goliath would be fun to see tho :D
Dont forget the dragonborn as well!
@@lazarmarinkovic8486 I played a black Dragonborn that was unable to get drunk due to be of the acid tipe
spoiler, dwarf wins.
We played this out in a campaign I ran about three years ago, twelve rounds in, ( With increasing Fortitude checks to hold their liquor and stave off intoxication ) it was still a tie, they kept going for quite a while thereafter and many pitchers of good beer were sacrificed in the competition.
Playing a Golaith Cleric of Light for my next game. He considers everything that isnt Undead his immediate relation and sees negative attitudes as manifestations of the Gods of Evil. Which he solves by aggressive hugs and friendly conversations. Decided to give him a heavy and deep Jamaican accent to top it off.
That.... is amazing. I am actually setting up a goliath echo knight now.
BRUVA! Let me give you a big friendship hug!
You made vulkan didnt you?
@@thargs9184 OV KOURSE I DID BRUDDAH
Vulcan? Is that you?
I could see a group of goliath being ran by an old Firbolg Archdruid of the mountain
I. LOVE. The Goliath philosophy in-game.
They are incredibly competitive YET still understand and depend on cooperation and delegation.
Perfect adventurers; eager to kill big monsters and also happy to be a member of a team. Full of life in RP, with the health and damage for combat (at least in melee).
A Goliath beastmaster might say "I want to be the very best, like no one ever was. To catch them is my real test, to train them is my cause. I will travel across the land, searching far and wide..." etc.
oh, I get it. Does he also have a yellow and black sabretooth tiger, capable of a lightning attack ?
@@paulcoy9060 no.. A giant pika from kara tur
@@paulcoy9060
Yes.
Note: Goliath "Stone's Endurance" is in line with Goliath tendency of overchallanging themselves.
Early on it's a powerful ability but later it's pretty weak, so you can see it as a higher chance of your character dying.
I got my Goliath oath breaker paladin with find steed. And full armored Goliath who’s rides a massive horse into battle. Raised by humans in a church after being found in a destroyed Goliath camp after a recent battle. Raised to become a paladin to protect the people who raised him. Only to lose his fate in his Beliefs over the years as many people in his city who only see a monster or animal. And he could only take so much hate. How could his faith allow such pain to happen to him. He had enough broke his oath and left his city to seek new and greater meaning while looking out for himself and people he joins down the road. Know as a death rider a 8 foot full armored oath breaker paladin mounted on a massive misty black armored horse shield and spear he charges on to join groups in grand quests and gain more power
Bro, that's so Death Metal
the best team mate of a Goliath would be a Dragonborne. those two would get to ridiculous levels of competition & bragging!
Your comments as you binge watch my vids are amusing me quite a bit :)
AJ Pickett oh, thx! I'm loving it!
btw, Goliaths appeared @ 1st as Half-Giants in Dark Sun. are they really not related to Giants?
There is no lore connecting them that I can find, but, I am fine with this.
I have a goliath and a minotaur getting ready to start in my game. This will be interesting.
A Goliath, a Half-Orc, a Dragonborn and a Minotaur, and a Dwarf Cleric that kicks all their asses
I read in “Races of Stone” (If memories serves me), Goliaths are the product of Stone Giants and Earth Genasi. It doesn’t explain what they mean by “product of”, probably to allow DMs to come up with it. I enjoyed the lore behind their “Dawn Callers” Bard subclass.
“It doesn’t explain what they mean by “product of””
Well you see, when a Stone Giant and an Earth Genasi love each other very much…
Well when a daddy stone giant and a mommy earth genasi love each other very much...
@@Sgt-Wolf Goliaths the warforged of Stone Giants and Earth Genasi
@@Abdega and anything within 1 mile couldn’t sleep for 5 days straight
Well, now I'm going to play an unkillable Goliath abjuration wizard. The ultimate "nope" wizard and a grapplemancer to boot.
So a Grapplemancer can reduce the range of his spells to "Touch", and would then get a bonus to his Attack, or possibly Damage ? Maybe a much higher Save DC ? Talk to your DM.
Same here bro, same here.
Drax the Destroyer
AH! Thank you.
MegaBlitzX VA mentally, Drax is much more a Lizardfolk, rather than a goliath.
Drax's mind is far above Lizarfolk in Marvel except in the current cinematic universe. Drax is a de-powered idiot in the cinematic universe compared to who and what he was in the comics.
This
He has mastered the art of standing so incredibly still he became invisible to the naked eye.
Every time I hear about this race I think of Grog Strongjaw.
I think of Kratos from God of War series instead xD
agreed my friend. *Grog crushes your skull in*
i would like to encourage violence.
Think Heavy Weapons Guy, the fact that the men are bald helps.
@@KevinPGrant
lol!
"I would like to graze"
/moo
:)
I'm playing a goliath barbarian, but only saw this video just now. Didn't really know much about goliaths other than what the manuals tells me, but I didn't really look at that when I created my character. The reason I decided to play a goliath is not "I want to play a golaith", but because I wanted to create a character based on one from a series of novels that I liked, who happens to be a mighty warrior (and an evil warlord) who is described as "a giant of a man", and with a lot of emphasis on how big and muscular he is. And rather than having him be a really big human, I decided to make him a goliath, as the racial features seemed fitting.
Now that I have watched this video though, I can see several aspects about my character that actually are quite fitting for a goliath, and I had no idea about it. I did have my character grow up amongst humans though, so his backstory could have him be this warrior that towered above everyone else, just like the character I based him on.
That character, is The Horned King from The Chronicles of Prydain by Alexander Lloyd (my avatar is the Disney version, very different).
Finally someone else that's a fan of The Horned King. I keep voting to get him added as an expansion to the game Villianous.
Thanks AJ. I'd like to try this race now. :)
AJ, the D&D pimp of obscure creatures ;)
thank you so much for making this video.
Man I needed this video my friend is playing as a goliath thanx good vid
One of my favorite player races. (outside of the crazy Pathfinder list, though PF isn't technically D&D). Glad to see a video on them from ya. x3. will definitely be useful for me the next time one of these loveable hulks makes their way onto the table. x3
Loveable hulk is a good description for these mountain jockeys :)
Thank you this was super helpful. I am rolling a Goliath PC.
My character is getting romantically involved with a Goliath right now, so this was super insightful for how she should deal with it! I appreciate the content!
Thanks for a great video, I'm having a couple of Goliath hunters in my homebrew campaign being potential allies for the group :)
I very much enjoyed playing my first Goliath...
Bareth 'Stonebreaker' Orikarita was his name. Best barbarian I've ever had the pleasure of running.
Oh man, he'd have a blast with my halfing-raised goliath bard named noodle. He plays a harmonica. The halflings were hippies. 😅
@@nathanielc.186 Yes, he probably would have a good time-- but the one thing that he judges people by first is their height. Stonebreaker will start challenging those that are taller than him outright (Unless they're fire giants. He's had a rough time with a few of them and knows not to mess with them.)
Arm wrestling seems to be his challenge of choice, though he once went blade-to-blade with a Half Dragon that was against the party. Half dragon was level 5, Stonebreaker was level 3. You can guess how that one turned out.
Hooooly Cow, thank you creating these videos :) I watched some of your videos about potential enemies before, but i think i will make your race/class videos mandatory for PCs :D
Thank you! I really strive to put my best efforts into them
One of my favorite races playing a Oath of Vengence now hes at 6th lvl
His power comes in very handy
Crushing his enemy's, seeing them driven before him, and hearing the lamentations of their women.. all in a days work.
Yeah basically
Hes been fun been playing him with a very dry sense of humor and yet it comes out funny in most situations
Thanks for this, my players are going to visit an ice nation that has native Goliaths so this was pretty helpful for background
I played a Goliath with the Feral template added on... He's why my gaming group outlawed the Feral template... XD
Just built a goliath artificer I named him rig the big.
Nice
Yes
Also Goliaths can long jump without a running start, meaning they make excelent mobility characters.
Hexx Bombastus ... What?
Ehehhehe
Oh, Morgan challenged Urist to a drinking contest?
Wake me up when it's over.
lol :)
This video inspired me to make a cool NPC, a Goliath that has tattoos all over his body, each one showing an achievement (for example, he has a tree tattoo from the time he was playing hide and seek and he hollowed a tree in preparation in order to hide there for five days) and is competing with the PCs to clear a dungeon first so he can get a tattoo of the dungeon's map.
The reason for the tattoos is that the women of the race are really infertile, and in order for the species to survive they must have really strong babies, so only the Goliaths with the coolest tattoos get... breeding responsibilities, and are bathed with honours.
Your videos in general are quite inspiring, for showing multiple facets of the races and monsters.
(I designed the character before watching Moana, btw, so I got the tattos idea independently)
So Goliaths would be great game speedrunners.
They wouldn't just be good, they'd be the best.
Somenof them remind me of Space Jockeys or the Engineers from Prometheus mixed with Kratos from god of war and Drax the Destroyer from......
What is the name of the music on the beginning? Great video btw
Gonna need to do a new Goliath vid once Icewind Dale comes out! looking forward to it!
I really liek this video, super Informative and interesting and a greta help for developing my character. Usually in vids about goliaths people just shit talk them which makes me sad cuse I think they r neet
intro's LIIIIIIIIIIT!
So I started another playlist on my channel home page, with the full tracks of music I modify and use in the intros.. Glad you liked it!
the race of get gud
Swwweeeet! Thanks again A.J!
Most welcome.. I feel like there is more to say about the Goliath though, as soon as I had finished the recording of Audio I was like "Oh, I should have mentioned their tribal roles, oh, and where they live geographically on Faerun, oh, and more on how they respond to threats as a tribal group, oh, and why they don't fight along side dwarves, oh, and why elves weird them out.."
Heh, player races are steeped in lore!
Its a race of gokus and vegetas
Saiyans but taller
How have you not done Orcs yet? They're such a staple I'm surprised you haven't made a video on them yet. If they're a little too mainstream, could you do one on one of the smaller player races like Halfings or Gnomes? Those two have always felt a little too redundant to me, maybe try one of the wierder lesser-known variations of them.
Would you believe that nobody asked me to do Orcs yet? Now, they are on the list. Gnomes were already on the list, and I just added halflings. So, well done!
Isn't 20000 feet about 6000 metres? That would set the boiling point to about 93° Celsius, not all that low.
Luna Fowler Barely a noticeable difference honestly.
Pretty sure that changes with planetary mass. Anybody know the theoretical mass of their homeworld or base atmospheric pressure relative to earth?
Class-wise the first thing that came to mind is a Barbarian (Totem most likely) as in the Daines who came from Denmark to invade the islands of Britania.
AJ is the king of TH-cam d&d. Just responding to YEARS old comments makes him unbeatable then you add in all that crazy info in that head of his....shhhh... Undisputed champion
Is there any info on Kavaki, the ram lord out there? Been playing a religiously motivated Goliath fighter and any information would be helpful.
hmmmm, not sure.
8:21 FUCKIN WHAT? GAZELLE THROWER? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
UPDATE: OMG AJ saw my comment! Weee!
In 3.5 I played a hulking hurler barbarian names Keothi “Fargazer “.
He got his nickname because he used to be part of the night watch in his village, and he got clonked real hard in the head by an orc shot put and was never quite right afterwards.
His village cast him out eventually because they worried his new mental affliction made him incapable of doing his job.
So he gathered the orc shot put that nearly killed him and vowed to “return” the weapon to the local orc tribes.
That’s how he started adventuring, and importantly got very very good at throwing heavy stuff
Goliath is my favorite race
I’m playing a Goliath Death Knight(the Knight Class online) in a 3.5 Campaign. I often play his competitive streak and will odd social behavior(not understanding cultures of Lower-folk) like Drax. Any additional suggestions?
Not understanding the gender roles of lowlanders, or the roles just being different for the Goliath, outside of how it directly relates to the family. Goliath will hunt and eat what lowlanders would consider to be vermin (food is scarce in alpine environments, they are not fussy about what they eat), once a Goliath considers someone a friend, they are very open and frank when they talk to them, and will discuss very close and personal matters with little sense of reserve, those who they do not consider friends, they will be the exact opposite, and will be easily offended by any personal questions.
Your description of importance of games to them along with the interest of playing a little against type made really think of the concept of a Goliath gambler. A giant at home in taverns and the like, doing various games to prove themselves the best, like maybe they were bested once at a game of cards and it turned into a life long quest to be the best. Like a charlatan that follows the Goliath's sense of Lawful, but at least proficiencies in a gaming set, and probably pick up tavern brawler. And for a class, maybe not even rogue but a warlock where their relationship with their patron is like an archfey putting them up to various bets.
DuskyPredator I'd be happy to see that character in a game.
Perhaps the only race to best koreans at starcraft (as if korean is a race)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_ethnic_nationalism Perhaps further information on the subject would benefit your opinion.. one can never have enough awareness and empathy for others, after all.
That sounds like a dangerous type of nationalism. And an insult to the scientific community.
Hey you know what they say... never get involved in a land war in Asia.
I have a goliath NPC that's a (4E) avenger with a two-handed flail. Is a Favoured Soul paragon class and is about to get her wings. Will happen while her party is backing up the PCs, for the visuals.
So a certain Resident Evil character would be known to the Goliaths as:
Chris “Rock Puncher” Redfield
I'm suddenly picturing a Goliath badgering Leon Kennedy to impregnate his sister...
Whats up with the super loud music in the beginning? Normalize sound in post.
A Goliath Strength Monk. That is my message
I'm thinking of a goliath way of the long death monk character to use in the future.
I'm going to play a Goliath named Dave :)
"Dave's not here !"
Look out!!!! Its Chuckles the evil piggy
I'd put my money on the Dwarf I a drinking contest. +2 CON and resistance to poison and advantage on poison saves sounds like Dwarves could just shrug off all alcohol.
Is see Goliath,but....where's David?
You mean a dwarf?
@@thecourtjester2610 Halfling?
I have another interpretation about goliath and drinking, here's details that come up in my mind: they are practical and competitive (that make them a little more serious), in altitudes there're no inns (so they drink with their tribes, maybe in specific, with ritualistic taint, situations), in mountains drinking is not the smartest things to do (but that's for humans, maybe not goliaths), people that risk starvation is careful not getting high and confused, too much risk dying, falling a cliff, getting cold, not catching prey (so again a ritualistic drinking is accepted), at the same time a severe environment make useful relaxing in a way or another, drinking can give extra energy/calories. In many mountain societies drinkg a lot is common. And I think also at what strange lichene beverages you can distillate!
Yes, dwarves have poison resistance, but what about that idea: when they get almost drunk, they can use their stone endurance to shrug off their drunkness and returning totally sober? What a surprise in the eyes of a dwarven competitor!
I'm in the middle of " critical role " season 1 with " grogg" as a goliath barbarian. Pretty damn cool.
Any tips for a Goliath paladin? What gods do they have?
Tempus would be an excellent fit, Malar, the Red Knight, Torm, Helm, any of the nature gods.
There’s a subclass in fighter that has a feat that stacks with the Goliaths Racial strength. It allows you to pretty much have an infinite carry weight and be able to pick up and throw a few thousand pounds!
Well, "It allows for" never overrules "The DM allows". :)
@@AJPickett Yeah....my DM forbid me from using it.
An Earth Genesi Goliath seems like it would be a super warrior. A deliberate, determined, and biologically obsessed with improving themself in combat.
Hi AJ Pickett, a question for ya... are male Goliaths naturally bald or are they able to grow hair? I heard some people saying that male Goliaths are naturally total hairless
One idea that I had is that male Goliaths are naturally hairless, while females have hair only on the top of the head, but female Goliaths are VERY proud of their hair (caring for it for hours, letting it grow long, making elaborate knots, etc), and male Goliaths find "weird" males growing long hair and having beards.
What d&d book is the Goliath in?
Kenny Crites Volo's guide and Elemental Evil I believe!
What say you to a dual shield wielder? I rolled one a decade ago but the campaign died after only a couple sessions. This reminds race me of that characters own...
Hmmm, depends on the shield I suppose, ironically, the lighter shields are much more effective as weapons.
@@AJPickett I've more to say at a later time. For now, it's time to get the kiddies to bed.
;)
0:16 Was that Grog???
Weird w/o the beard.😁
So, Goliaths are basically Drax from guardians of the galaxy.. I could picture Dave Bautista being a Goliath character!
Yeah, pretty much, but, not necessarily on the spectrum.
An evil Goliath might be more like The Mountain, from Game of Thrones.
Goliaths: the only tolerable shonen protagonists
14:09
*AGRESSIEVELY SLEEPS*
They would be great speed runners
I would love to see a drinking contest between a dwarf and Goliath
I am currently making a goliath bard, I think he's gonna be raised by halflings. His name is noodle. The halflings were hippies.
Im currently playing a goliath eldritch knight who has the entertainer background. Hes a lot of lol
What’s the song?
th-cam.com/video/xTZyz1Gv19o/w-d-xo.html
Hmmm... goliath archeologist bard 2 rune knight 18?
Every time i want to start a youtube series someone already has started one exactly how i'd do it T__T
You have a nice selection of D&D sounds on your channel, and that is something I always find very handy in my games, since my tablet (and wifi speaker) are also gaming tools.
Goliath fighter/rogue for the win giant ninja in heavy armor
I am so making an outcast Goliath and a Gnome team where the Gnome rides on him and fires of arrows like a damn predator shoulder cannon.
1:52
Wait what about Minotaurs. Aren't those taller? Or atleast the same size.
Minotaurs were not a player race in 5E when this vid was made
@@AJPickett ahh that would make sense.
Am I crazy or did he, at one point, say that because they’re so interested in striving at things, goliaths could be quite adept ... rogues or thieves? I mean, I’m not a D&D expert by any means but this just seems like... why even have races or classes then?
Not all rogues and thieves are sneaky, I've played a number of thug characters.. case in point, Conan the Barbarian, was a Gladiator/Rogue, his first legit adventure with a party of other characters, was a robbery of a Snake Temple.
@@AJPickett intimidation rogue: you no see Grog
Yes sir, I'm sure i don't see anything sir
I can see it, a goliath monk...
Mmm yes generic club music goes perfectly with my dnd videos
Then I have to apologize for my more recent vids where I no longer add music intros like that. Due to listening to constructive feedback from viewers in order to improve the channel.
Do Goliath have darkvision?
Generally no.
Spot on, not generally. It is interesting to note however, that in the 3.5 class Dawncaller (Races of Stone variant, p. 103), that it is implied that Darkvision is a latent ability that Goliaths may have once possessed.
I made a ranger/fighter goliath
Theres one goliath in our campaign named grognak
I can’t believe that show never made it past the pilot.
Goliath with gigantism. Oof
I think the name you were looking for is Thanos
So...an 8 foot Saiyan.
Drax The Destroyer ;-P
GROG STRONGJAW
Good spotting Critical Role fan!
I love how his name makes sense, too. Given name, nickname, and leaving off his clan name, considering what happened in his background.
Mohamad Ameen He would be a fun companion to my Grog Grogskull.
My current group is a dragonborn assassin a goliath dualweilding greatswords a overly cautious paladin and a cowardly teifling bard