Among the simplest of goliath games, a cliff-climb is simply a race to the top of a sufficiently tall cliff. There are only two unusual wrinkles: the race is sometimes to the top of the cliff and back to the ground, in which case a daring or foolish racer can sometimes win by intentionally falling to the finish line. Goliaths sometimes race in a best-of-three format, with the winner of each race having to accept a backpack full of rocks (and thus a penalty for being encumbered) to increase the difficulty of subsequent climbs.

Goliaths generally pick fairly steep cliffs (Climb DCs of 15 or 20).

The rock-filled backpacks given to winners usually weighs 70 pounds, enough to give the average goliath a –3 check penalty due to encumbrance and reduce their speed from 30 feet to 20 feet.

Racers always use accelerated climbing (which bestows a -5 penalty on Climb checks made by non-goliaths). (?)