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TRAPPING BENEATH THUNDER (1404)
In the ancient annals, records exist of cloud giants flocking to the
monasteries of the Order of Macalla in droves, for their lessons of duty,
honor, and perseverance appealed to the withdrawn, impartial giants.
One tradition which the cloud giants practiced among themselves within the
halls of the Order was to spar with heavily weighted weapons, so that in
true battle, their blades and hammers would feel more agile. One day, a stout
svirfneblin monk came to the assembled giants, and wisely noticed that the
giants had changed their fighting style somewhat, gripping the weapons
differently, and using wide, sweeping strokes. At their tiny colleague's
suggestion, the giants soon developed a technique called Trapping Beneath
Thunder, which taught them to embrace the weight of their unusually heavy
weapons rather than be hindered by it, striking blows of tremendous leverage
which tore through the defenses of their foes.