When trying to come up with potential ideas for my current campaign I found myself wanting to use Gnolls. I was thinking about making a big dungeon based on BlackBurrow from Everquest.
So then I had the goofy idea of the big final boss fight being against the Gnoll Chief and having him shout some DMX lyrics at the party. X had the whole barking/dog thing going on in his music.. and he had some pretty hard lines.
"I don't know who you think you talkin' to, but I'm not him, so watch what you do..
Or you're gonna find yourself buried next to someone else, and we all thought you loved yourself.
Maybe they just saying that now cause they miss you.
....
That's why you're laying on your back,
Looking at the roof of the church,
Preacher telling the truth and it hurts"
"I bring down rain so heavy it hurts your head,
No more talking, put him in the dirt instead.
If I end up fed, y'all end up dead"
"Dog is a dog, blood is thicker than water,
We done been through the mud and we quicker to slaughter"
"Listen, you're about to be missin'
Who know who's gonna find you?
Some old man fishin'
Grandma wishin' your soul's at rest
but it's hard to digest with the size of the hole in your chest."
There's some good stuff all from one song that could probably be wrapped up into some sick boss lines..
Once I had this idea though I went back and listened to some more of his stuff.. and Damn.. X was really... I mean REALLY homophobic. So It had me second guessing my decision.