Help vs a Giant..

[tomasmans]

ok our master wants us to railroad us to talk to a stone giant, we want to kill him instead, any tactic/idea with a paladin, rogue/barbarian, wizard and druid? all level 5"

[snakeman830]

Sounds like a core-only game.

Easiest way is for the wizard to cast Grease under it, then let the Rogue and Paladin beat on it, maybe with some help from the (possibly Wildshaped) Druid and her animal companion.

Really, it will go down fairly quickly without posing much threat.

[Tonymitsu]

Is this a gigant, or a stone giant we are talking about?  This is an important distinction because one is a big fleshy thing and the other is a MM2 construct that could easily be a TPK depending on your level.

[tomasmans]

sry it's a giant

[The_Laughing_Man]

You could correct the subject line..

Stone giant's CR is 8 (or 9 if it is an elder). An elder could be a sorcerer (3-6 level) as well (10% chance) in which case the CR is higher. So most likely you can take on it and win.

Be mindful of the terrain. If possible the druid could cast entangle to make things difficult for the giant. As mentioned above grease is also superb.

Although I would suggest that if the DM really wants you to talk to the giant then you'd better do it. Maybe he has some story related hooks in his mind. So kill it after you have talked to it

[sir_argenon]

or, talk to it then kill it.

[Mixster]

Kill it, then talk to it!

[Sobolev]

Kill it, then talk to it!

My personal favorite.

[Lycanthromancer]

This puts a whole new spin on 'kill first, ask questions later.'