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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 496814" data-attributes="member: 1125"><p>Yenrack you've done an awesome job of creating a Gnoll burrow here and I think I am going to use it<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>As for running Gnolls like Hyena - great its how I see them too and I love Hyena - they are a much maligned but awesome animal. Make sure you play up the hierarchical nature of gnoll interactions and the constant joustling for food and power amongst members of the clan - think of the clan in three layers at the top is the leaders (the 'top dogs' being the Alpha female her mate and her few bodyguards/daughters), the second tier is the bulk of gnoll society and the third teir is the runts and weaklings who get beaten up by everyone, treated only slightly better than slaves and whose whelps may well get eaten by any hungry gnoll passing by.</p><p></p><p> A gnoll should take pride in his wounds but even moreso in his kills. Use the Plaguebearer Template (at WOTC) and put it on a few of the gnolls - yes gnolls are disgusting and if you are bitten or scratched by one you may well develop rabies (or something) because of it.</p><p></p><p>I like the idea of Dire Lions but also consider Dire Hyena and 'Nandi Bear' (Nandi Bear were huge Hyena like monsters from African myth perhaps make them Hyena-like Worg)</p><p></p><p>and don't forget the Gnoll Witch/Shaman and a few Gnoll Barbarians in a bloodlust frenzy</p><p></p><p>oh and for your edification an Ode sung by a Gnoll Bard (just to get an insight into Gnoll Psychology)</p><p><em>My Bitch your stink is like a carcass fresh-killed and hung out to bleed. Many contend with me for you, they attack me but I do not flinch</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I strike them down and tear out their bellies, I watch them as they bleed, I lay their flanks down before you as an offering and pile their skulls up as as a tribute.</em></p><p><em>I eat the contents of their stomachs and I am strong</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>When we mate many will be our offspring and we shall hunt with the moon</em>.</p><p></p><p>NB the Phrase "I will eat the contents of your stomach" is a major insult in Gnoll Society..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 496814, member: 1125"] Yenrack you've done an awesome job of creating a Gnoll burrow here and I think I am going to use it:) As for running Gnolls like Hyena - great its how I see them too and I love Hyena - they are a much maligned but awesome animal. Make sure you play up the hierarchical nature of gnoll interactions and the constant joustling for food and power amongst members of the clan - think of the clan in three layers at the top is the leaders (the 'top dogs' being the Alpha female her mate and her few bodyguards/daughters), the second tier is the bulk of gnoll society and the third teir is the runts and weaklings who get beaten up by everyone, treated only slightly better than slaves and whose whelps may well get eaten by any hungry gnoll passing by. A gnoll should take pride in his wounds but even moreso in his kills. Use the Plaguebearer Template (at WOTC) and put it on a few of the gnolls - yes gnolls are disgusting and if you are bitten or scratched by one you may well develop rabies (or something) because of it. I like the idea of Dire Lions but also consider Dire Hyena and 'Nandi Bear' (Nandi Bear were huge Hyena like monsters from African myth perhaps make them Hyena-like Worg) and don't forget the Gnoll Witch/Shaman and a few Gnoll Barbarians in a bloodlust frenzy oh and for your edification an Ode sung by a Gnoll Bard (just to get an insight into Gnoll Psychology) [i]My Bitch your stink is like a carcass fresh-killed and hung out to bleed. Many contend with me for you, they attack me but I do not flinch I strike them down and tear out their bellies, I watch them as they bleed, I lay their flanks down before you as an offering and pile their skulls up as as a tribute. I eat the contents of their stomachs and I am strong When we mate many will be our offspring and we shall hunt with the moon[/i]. NB the Phrase "I will eat the contents of your stomach" is a major insult in Gnoll Society.. [/QUOTE]
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