Cyclops

Depiction of a cyclops, by Tomas Giorello from *D&D Monster Manual, 5th ed.*, p. 45.

## Biological Information

### **Subraces**

* Troll
* Oni

### **Alignment**

* Chaotic Neutral
* Neutral Evil

### **Movement**

* 30 ft.
* fly 60 ft. (stormcallers during storm)

### **Abilities**

* Poor Depth Perception
* Supernatural Focus (stormcaller)
* Ice Claw (stormcaller)

## Physical Characteristics

### **Size**

* Huge
* Large (stormcaller)

## Sociocultural Information

### **Locations**

* Cliffkeep Mountains
* Stormpoint Mountains
* Daggerbay Mountains
* Iothia Moorland
* Serpentwind Peaks

### **Language**

Giant (only verbal), Elvish and Common (stormcaller)

### **Notable members**

* Oluk Wagonsbane
* Elikka of Stormpeak

**Cyclopes** are one-eyed, lowborn giantkin native to the Material Plane.

## **Society**

### **Culture**

Cyclopes tend to rule the lowborn giantkin settlements, and some hill giants remove their eye to imitate their rulers.

### **Cyclops stormcallers**

A cyclops born during a powerful storm is sometimes different from other cyclopes: smaller, weaker, sickly, and—if they survive being the runt in a cruel society—with magical power granted by the Stormlord that awes and terrifies other, simple-minded cyclopes.

A typical stormcaller is protected by chainmail, a ring of protection, and a cloak of protection to make up for its slightly less robust constitution. While stronger than most humanoids, they are nowhere near as strong as a typical cyclops, but are noticeably smarter and vastly more charismatic. Unlike a typical cyclops, stormcallers typically speak Common and Elvish in addition to Giant. What really sets them apart is their magic: while they are within a mile of a storm they can fly twice as fast as a cyclops can run, they can deal cold damage with each swipe of their bare hands, and they are particularly good at maintaining concentration on spells, even in the kind of inclement weather they can cause.

#### **Notable stormcallers**

* Stormcaller Oluk Wagonsbane commands a force of cyclopes who are fanatically devoted to him.
* Stormcaller Elikka of Stormpeak is a historian who possesses the script that speaks of the origin of the cyclopes.

#### **Innate spells**

Charisma based spellcasting (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks), requiring no material components:

* **At-will:** *Ray of Frost* (3d8), *Water Walk*
* **3/day each:** *Ice Storm*, *Sleet Storm*, *Wind Wall*
* **1/day each:** *Control Weather*, *Storm of Vengeance*

## **Known cyclopes**

### **Tal'Dorei**

    Hungry cyclopes are known to live in the Cliffkeep Mountains. Tribes of cyclopes repelled all halfway sensible humanoids from the Daggerbay Mountains of Tal'Dorei for decades, until the Emerald Outpost was established. It brought prospectors and adventurers that expanded into vast expeditions, aggravating local cyclopes raiders and stormcallers.

In both the original *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting* (set in 812 PD) and the *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn* (set in 836 PD), there are mentions of a cabal of stormcallers in the Daggerbay Mountains gathering at an ancient elven temple called the Skyneedle to perform rituals beseeching (they believed) a particularly ancient stormcaller — the first of her kind — known as the Eye of the Storm. There is also a mid-level adventure hook, *Eye of the Storm*, in which the lightning-charred corpse of one hill giant with one eye ritually gouged out prompts questions about what the stormcallers are planning.

In the *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn*, the high-level adventure hook *Allies of the Storm* involves a clan of cyclopes led by stormcallers, residing in the Stormpoint Mountains. Freedom fighters opposed to the Iron Authority wish to recruit the cyclops clan for aid, but the stormcallers turn out to have been possessed by demons who use the stormcallers' powers to tyrannically dominate the clan.

### **The rest of Exandria**

There is a roving, disorganized band of cyclopes in the Iothia Moorland of Xhorhas, founded hundreds of years before 836 PD, which perpetually terrifies the other roving tribes there. They seek the resting place of their champion founder so as to resurrect him.

There are some cyclopes roaming high in the Serpentwind Peaks of Marquet, occasionally making their way into the Oderan Wilds when they can't find enough food in their hunting grounds.

## **Trivia**

Gruumsh lost his right eye in the fight with Corellon. His remaining eye shifted, centering in the middle of his visage, which made Gruumsh resemble a cyclops.

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn*, p. 220.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 See *D&D: Monster Manual*, 5th ed., p. 45.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, p. 132.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn*, p. 235.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn*, p. 93.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn*, p. 119.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn*, p. 130.
8. ↑ See "The Shade Mother" (3x16) at 3:23:33.
9. ↑ See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, p. 124.
10. ↑ See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, p. 133.
11. ↑ See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, p. 132. See also p. 88.
12. ↑ See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn*, p. 235. See also p. 130.
13. ↑ See *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount*, p. 139.
14. ↑ See "The Shade Mother" (3x16) at 3:23:33.
15. ↑ See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn*, p. 35.

**Art:**

1. ↑ Depiction of a cyclops, by Tomas Giorello from *D&D Monster Manual, 5th ed.*, p. 45. This page contains unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Wizards of the Coast Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
2. ↑ Official art of a cyclops stormcaller, by Bryan Syme from *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, p. 132. Used with permission.
3. ↑ The cyclops stormcaller mini, by WizKids (source). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.