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the monasteries of the Order of Macalla in droves, for their lessons of duty, honor, and perseverance appealed to the withdrawn, impartial giants.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.