AC 14 (natural armor)
HP 187 (15d12 + 90; bloodied 93)
Speed 40 ft.
Proficiency +4; Maneuver DC 20
Saving Throws Str +12, Con +10, Wis +7, Cha +7
Skills Insight +7, Perception +7, Persuasion +7
Damage Resistances lightning, thunder
Senses passive Perception 17
Languages Common, Giant
Cloud Sight. Clouds and fog do not impair the giant’s vision.
Innate Spellcasting. The giant’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect magic , fog cloud , light
3/day each: feather fall , fly , misty step , telekinesis
1/day each: control weather , gaseous form
Keen Smell. The giant has advantage on Perception checks that rely on smell.
ACTIONS
Multiattack. The giant attacks twice with its glaive.
Glaive. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 24 (3d10 + 8) slashing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it makes a DC 20 Strength saving throw . On a failure, it is pushed up to 10 feet away from the giant and knocked prone .
Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, range 60/240 ft., one target. Hit: 39 (9d6 + 8) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it makes a DC 20 Strength saving throw , falling prone on a failure.
Fog Cloud (1st-Level; V, S, Concentration). The giant creates a 20-foot-radius, heavily obscured sphere of fog centered on a point it can see within 120 feet. The fog spreads around corners and can be dispersed by a moderate wind (at least 10 miles per hour). It lasts for 1 hour.
Arc Lightning (1/Day). Up to three creatures within 60 feet that the giant can see make DC 15 Dexterity saving throws , taking 42 (12d6) lightning damage on a failure or half damage on a success.
Blinking Blades (1/Day). The giant magically teleports multiple times within a few seconds. The giant may make one glaive attack against each creature of its choice within 30 feet, up to a maximum of 6 attacks.
Reverse Gravity (1/Day). Each creature of the giant’s choice within 30 feet is magically hurled 60 feet in the air. If a creature hits an obstacle, it takes 21 (6d6) bludgeoning damage. The creatures then fall, taking falling damage as normal.
Silver Tongue (1/Day). One creature that can hear the giant within 30 feet makes a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw . On a failure, it is magically charmed by the giant for 1 hour. This effect ends if the giant or its allies harm the creature.
BONUS ACTIONS
Gust. One creature within 10 feet makes a DC 15 Strength saving throw . On a failure, it is pushed up to 30 feet away from the giant.
Misty Step (2nd-Level; V). The giant teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet. The giant can’t cast this spell and a 1st-level or higher spell on the same turn.
Combat
The cloud giant prefers to fight from within a fog cloud, in which it can attack a blinded creature and then cast misty step . If bloodied while forced to fight in the open, it casts fly and retreats or tries to parley.
Names
Amabelle, Constantine, Lexonde, Perien, Ravan, Renfric
Legends and Lore
With a History or Nature check, characters can learn the following:
DC 10 As their name suggests, giants are enormous creatures, the largest of their kind standing over 30 feet tall. Though they look like large humanoids, they are an ancient people with close ties to the elements.
DC 15 Giants sort themselves into different clans, including hill giants, fire giants, cloud giants, and others.
Cloud giant nobles live leisurely lives in mountaintop ruins and cloud castles, cultivating their skills in the arts and the arcane.
Lone Cloud Giant Behavior
1 Hunting or patrolling near its lair; it can detect trespassers and identify their species with its keen smell
2 Hunting with a trained griffon
3 In its lair, watching a human juggler in a giant bird cage
4 Moaning in despair because another cloud giant doesn’t love it; will reward anyone who can write a poetic and passionate letter
Group Cloud Giant Behavior
1 Each with a griffon or peryton on its wrist, hunting for sport; one giant carries a wriggling sack containing captured humans or halflings
2 Gambling for a rich pot of gold or a valuable prisoner
3 Muttering in low voices, plotting the assassination of a storm giant
4 A war party on its way to attack a dragon or rival group of giants
5 A cloud giant wedding, attended by frost , fire , and stone giant vassals
6 Gathered around a scrying pool, betting on the outcome of human politics and wars
1 Giant footprints
2 The crashing of distant giant footsteps
3 A trained griffon or wyvern circling overhead
4 Gardens with huge crops: carriage-sized pumpkins, wheat stalks higher than a human, etc.
5 Huge weathered stone steps carved into the side of a slope
6 A stairway, ladder, or beanstalk that leads to a cloud
Cloud giants live atop the highest mountains and ride clouds on the Material Plane and the Plane of Air.
CR 5–10 cloud giant
Treasure 3 giant silver bracelets (250 gp each), 2 potions of greater healing , medallion of thoughts
CR 11–16 cloud giant noble ; cloud giant with griffon or wyvern ; cloud giant with air elemental
Treasure giant silver ewer (2,500 gp), 2 giant silver chalices (750 gp each), 2 potions of gaseous form , bag of beans
CR 17–22 2 cloud giants ; cloud giant noble with frost giant , ogre mage , or wyvern
Treasure 5,000 gp, giant gold harp that sings when played (7,500 gp), oil of etherealness , rod of rulership
CR 23–30 2 cloud giant nobles ; 3 cloud giants ; cloud giant with 2 or 3 cyclopes ; cloud giant riding roc
Treasure 3 ruby and gold necklaces (7,500 gp each), sack containing 3 golden eggs (100 gp each) and a chicken that lays one golden egg a day, bottle of cloud giant wine (acts as 3 doses of potion of cloud giant strength ), manual of gainful exercise , wand of lightning bolts
CR 31+ 3 or more cloud giants ; cloud giant noble with 2 or more cloud giants
Treasure giant jeweled gold crown (25,000 gp), giant gold scepter (25,000 gp), 8 diamonds (5,000 gp each), potion of supreme healing , belt of cloud giant strength , ring of djinni summoning
Giants look like immense humanoids, standing from 10 feet tall (like ogres ) to 30 (like storm giants ). Some giants, like trolls , have human-like shapes but monstrous features.