Giants are dangerous but stupid, unless they have a weapon. When they have a weapon, they are deadly, but probably still stupid.
Deciding that my first adventurer (a wrestler) is going to die anyhow, I take on the Mayor's challenge to go kill a giant. I recruit a party of a few drunks and a Lasher (first weapon user around) and headed off.
We milled around a bit, found the cave, and beat up a few stray antmen and a troll along the way. I held the troll down with my fearsome strangleholds while the Drunks punched it. Eventually it bled to death.
That's about when the giant showed up. One drunk bravely took a swing at it, but missed. The giant took advantage of her mistake: she grabbed the drunk by her shoe and smahed her head in with the other hand. The corpse collided with the giant and went spinning off into the distance.
Next came the Lasher. The giant charges the Lasher and knocks her down and out in two blows. The shiny copper shield in the Lasher's hands, however, apparently fascinates her. She grabs hold of it and spends some time groping around trying to figure out how to get her opponent to drop it. The giant(ess, I guess) grabs at her legs and toes, and eventually breaks one of her ankles. Frustrated, she smashes the Lasher's hand--that does it! The shield is hers. Shiny, shiny shield.
Then the following happens:
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The Lasher loses hold of the copper shield.
The giant bashes The Lasher in the head with her copper shield!
It is bruised!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the right lower arm with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the right lower leg with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the left upper arm with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The Lasher loses hold of the copper whip.
The giant bashes The Lasher in the left upper arm with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the lower body with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the right upper arm with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The Lasher regains consciousness.
The Lasher gives into pain.
The giant bashes The Lasher in the lower body with her copper shield!
The shot glances away.
The giant bashes The Lasher in the right hand with her copper shield!
It is bruised!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the right upper arm with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the right foot with her copper shield!
It is broken!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the right lower arm with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the left lower arm with her copper shield!
It is battered!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the right lower arm with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The Lasher's right elbow has been crippled!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the right hand with her copper shield!
It is broken!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the right hand with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the left hand with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The Lasher's second finger, left hand has been mangled!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the left hand with her copper shield!
The shot glances away.
The giant bashes The Lasher in the upper body with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The Lasher is propelled away by the force of the blow!
The Lasher slams into an obstacle!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the left hand with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
The Lasher's thumb, left hand has been broken!
The Lasher's second finger, left hand has been mangled again!
The giant bashes The Lasher in the right upper arm with her copper shield!
It is mangled!
Rostfen Sothroumci, Lasher has bled to death.
To recap: the giantess smashed, mangled, and broke pretty much every limb the Lasher had using her own shield. She sends the Lasher flying into a wall--which she SURVIVED--and continues mangling her until she bleeds to death.
(What did I do after this? Why, I tossed a rock at the giantess (no damage), dodged one blow, got knocked down and had my body turned into a pink mist.)