Valonesse Hergrut, Frost Giant JarlThick of limb and torso, this towering female frost giant possesses powerful blue muscles and wields a massive, ice-encrusted battleaxe.Valonesse Hergrut, Frost Giant Jarl CR 18Source Giants Revisited pg. 26
XP 153,600
Female frost giant barbarian 9
CE Large humanoid (cold, giant)
Init +6; Senses low-light vision; Perception +29DefenseAC 33, touch 11, flat-footed 31 (+11 armor, +2 deflection, +2 Dex, +11 natural, –2 rage, –1 size)
hp 305 (23 HD; 14d8+9d12+184)
Fort +23, Ref +9, Will +11
Defensive Abilities improved uncanny dodge, trap sense +3, rock catching; DR 3/—; Immune cold
Weaknesses vulnerable to fireOffenseSpeed 40 ft.
Melee +2 icy burst greataxe +35/+30/+25/+20 (3d6+23/×3) or 2 slams +32 (1d8+14)
Ranged rock +20 (1d8+21)
Space 10 ft., Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks rage (26 rounds/day), rage powers (increased damage reduction +1, rolling dodge +2, ground breaker*, smasher*), rock throwing (120 ft.) Tactics Base Statistics When not raging, Valonesse’s statistics are AC 35, touch 13, flat-footed 33; hp 259; Fort +21, Will +9; Melee +2 icy burst greataxe +33/+28/+23/+18 (3d6+20/×3) or 2 slams +30 (1d8+12); Ranged rock +20 (1d8+18); Str 35, Con 22; CMB 32, CMD 46; Skills Climb +26.StatisticsStr 39, Dex 15, Con 26, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 13
Base Atk +19; CMB +34 (+36 sunder); CMD 46
Feats Cleave, Combat Reflexes, Great Cleave, Improved Initiative, Improved Overrun, Improved Sunder, Power Attack, Skill Focus (Perception), Vital Strike, Weapon Focus (greataxe), Furious Finish**, Raging Brutality**
Skills Climb +28, Intimidate +27, Perception +29, Stealth +4 (+8 in snow), Survival +14; Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth in snow
Languages Common, Giant
SQ fast movement
Combat Gear potions of cure serious wounds (2); Other Gear +5 breastplate, +2 icy burst greataxe, amulet of natural armor +2, belt of physical might +2 (Str, Dex), cape of the mountebank, ring of protection +2
* See the Advanced Player’s Guide.
** See Ultimate Combat.DescriptionBorn nearly a century past, Valonesse barely survived her first months of life. At the time of her birth, much of the Kodar Mountains was suffering under a blanket of winter that had long overstayed its welcome. As many frost giants are wont to do in times of famine, the young giantess’s clan had resorted to cannibalism. Valonesse’s own father, the last reigning jarl of Thryheim, demanded her sacrifice to sate his hunger, but before his blade could still her heart, Valonesse’s mother smuggled the babe away to live in exile. Her mother died several years after their escape, leaving Valonesse to fend for herself for the vast majority of her childhood and adolescence. When she finally came of age as a seasoned warrior and wanderer, the brutal frost giant returned to Thryheim to find the fortress of her ancestors in ruins and the fierce clan that had borne her whittled down to fewer than a dozen cowardly warriors. Her howls shook the walls, so enraged was she to find that the fickle hand of fate had snuffed out her dreams of murderous vengeance.
Over the past decades, Valonesse has channeled her unappeased anger into the reestablishment of her forefathers’ domain, claiming the title of jarl for her own. She claims to be the consort of Thremyr himself, given a divine mandate to see all of Stormflood Vale bow to her majesty. Though few trust the veracity of such a claim, fewer are those who would speak such doubts openly. Jarl Valonesse rules from Thryheim, an ancient ice fortress that rests high upon a glacial peak rich with untouched supplies of mithral and other rare ores. Though some challenged her right to rule in the early years of her fledgling empire, the period for contesting her reign has long passed—the scars that span her imposing body memorialize her countless victories, both in battle and against challengers seeking to claim her throne.
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