Monster Ecology: Goliath 

a Goliath, a Dwarf & a Dragonborn enter a bar. everybody else leaves it.

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!"

Goliath war cry: "GET GUUUUUDDDD!!!!!!"

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.

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

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.

21:00 A whole video on a race based on competition, and you end it with "You probably won't be first"? Downright GENIUS!

Haha, a drinking competition between a Dwarf and a Goliath would be fun to see tho :D

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.

I could see a group of goliath being ran by an old Firbolg Archdruid of the mountain

the best team mate of a Goliath would be a Dragonborne. those two would get to ridiculous levels of competition & bragging!

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.

15:30 - The bar game with the knife is called Finger Fillet, for those of you wondering.

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

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.

Well, now I'm going to play an unkillable Goliath abjuration wizard. The ultimate "nope" wizard and a grapplemancer to boot.

Every time I hear about this race I think of Grog Strongjaw.

Drax the Destroyer

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 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.

Somenof them remind me of Space Jockeys or the Engineers from Prometheus mixed with Kratos from god of war and Drax the Destroyer from......

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.

the race of get gud

Just built a goliath artificer I named him rig the big.

So Goliaths would be great game speedrunners.

Its a race of gokus and vegetas

8:21 FUCKIN WHAT? GAZELLE THROWER? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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).

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).

Thanks AJ. I'd like to try this race now. :)

Isn't 20000 feet about 6000 metres? That would set the boiling point to about 93° Celsius, not all that low.

Oh, Morgan challenged Urist to a drinking contest? Wake me up when it's over.

Also Goliaths can long jump without a running start, meaning they make excelent mobility characters.

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?

One of my favorite races playing a Oath of Vengence now hes at 6th lvl His power comes in very handy

I played a Goliath with the Feral template added on... He's why my gaming group outlawed the Feral template... XD

Is see Goliath,but....where's David?

Goliath: *Said to has the skin of a fucking mountain* Also goliath: *Only has grey skin and a marking/tattoo* Me: DISAPPOINTING

Hil'de Mistbreaker was my favorite character so far, she was useful and fun to play as a barbarian.7'6'' she tossed the party up an 11' cliff then scrambled up for a Kodak moment

What is the name of the music on the beginning? Great video btw

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!

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

I'm going to play a Goliath named Dave :)

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

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.

Is there any info on Kavaki, the ram lord out there? Been playing a religiously motivated Goliath fighter and any information would be helpful.

Goliaths: the only tolerable shonen protagonists

Hmmm... goliath archeologist bard 2 rune knight 18?

A Goliath Strength Monk. That is my message

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

I very much enjoyed playing my first Goliath... Bareth 'Stonebreaker' Orikarita was his name. Best barbarian I've ever had the pleasure of running.

Man I needed this video my friend is playing as a goliath thanx good vid

I think the name you were looking for is Thanos

AJ is the king of RU-vid 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

An Earth Genesi Goliath seems like it would be a super warrior. A deliberate, determined, and biologically obsessed with improving themself in combat.

Goliath with gigantism. Oof

I can see it, a goliath monk...

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!

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

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?

I am currently making a goliath bard, I think he's gonna be raised by halflings. His name is noodle. The halflings were hippies.

Thanks for this, my players are going to visit an ice nation that has native Goliaths so this was pretty helpful for background

My current group is a dragonborn assassin a goliath dualweilding greatswords a overly cautious paladin and a cowardly teifling bard

Im currently playing a goliath eldritch knight who has the entertainer background. Hes a lot of lol

Any tips for a Goliath paladin? What gods do they have?

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...

Polynesian sounding language? What have you been sniffing? They speak a dialect of giant. Giant is based on Norwegian, old Norse in dnd.

I'm in the middle of " critical role " season 1 with " grogg" as a goliath barbarian. Pretty damn cool.

So, Goliaths are basically Drax from guardians of the galaxy.. I could picture Dave Bautista being a Goliath character!

Goliath's are basically the All Blacks

Well, gender norms happen because of this thing called Sexual Dimorphism. Of course it'd be odd to a people where it's minimal or non-existent.

I'm thinking of a goliath way of the long death monk character to use in the future.

GROG STRONGJAW

I can see a Goliath sneering at the sight of someone getting a participation trophies in an event, they see it as i do, all those things do is weaken the resolve to work harder next time, the philosophy of 2nd place is first loser

Wait what about Minotaurs. Aren't those taller? Or atleast the same size.

I might not be first, but I can be second last to comment on this video. PS: ecology of the gods when?

Goliaths; challenging themselves to death.

Thank you this was super helpful. I am rolling a Goliath PC.

14:09 *AGRESSIEVELY SLEEPS*

I made a ranger/fighter goliath

0:16 Was that Grog??? Weird w/o the beard.😁

Mmm yes generic club music goes perfectly with my dnd videos

Do Goliath have darkvision?

This dragon didnt ate me? Time to find one who will!

So...an 8 foot Saiyan.

Theres one goliath in our campaign named grognak

Goliath is my favorite race

Every time i want to start a youtube series someone already has started one exactly how i'd do it T__T

See this is why dungeons and dragons needs revisions. If you are gonna have a race/species that is humanoid and naturally gets up to 8 feet taller or more, they have to not only be very THICC....but they should weigh closer to 400 pounds considering how muscled they are. Theres plenty of people that get up to that kinda weight whom are under 6foot 6. Way I see it, some goliaths can getup to 10 feet tall almost and 500 pounds fer sure.

intro's LIIIIIIIIIIT!

Tummy gurgle at 15:30

Thanks for a great video, I'm having a couple of Goliath hunters in my homebrew campaign being potential allies for the group :)

One my brothers is playing a Goliath who runs a farm with a kobold (npc) and a gnome bard(other brother), they only go on adventures because their farm cost 5 times what it produces to run(elementary school children are not great at finances). Its really fun just to watch the sorta brains and brawn dynamic. Favorite Example: So the party is in a black market, they all pay a hafling to pull a card from the deck of many, Goliath pulls the void card and die shit happen involving mugging their quest giver, stealing a diamond and paying a back alley cleric. Point is they revive them. Goliath immediately walks up to the hafling and punches him in the gut killing him. Gnome slips the void card into the hafling's hand.

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

I'm old school..so that might be the issue I'm having.....but I really dont like 5e. Feels like a computer game to me.

So I like to have my Goliath tribes have *some* elders. Just a few. But because they seize being the best physically they instead become teachers, storytellers, artists and craftsmen. They'll care for livestock and the families. And they'll adopt those Goliath children that are orphaned due to their parent's need to outdo themselves. They're those elderly people who never stop learning

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!

Kanye the tiny Goliath

I play in a round, where the group is Lvl3 my already second char is unconscious at the moment. I wanted to create a Goliath Light Cleric as some kind of ass whooping pyromantic half giant with no clue of religion whatsoever, but now knowing Goliaths are quite suicidal when it comes to combat... It may not appear to be the best option... Doesnt seem to be predestined to live long...