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<blockquote data-quote="Hexmage-EN" data-source="post: 8329124" data-attributes="member: 79428">Gnolls did at least get an article during the 4E era of the magazines that described gnolls who broke away from Yeenoghu that could be used as PCs (which would still be a challenge in the default setting, whose last major empire was destroyed by gnoll hordes led by an aspect of Yeenoghu). It wasn't nearly as much attention as minotaurs got as a PC race, though, as the latter got a spot in the PHB3 and supplemental lore throughout various publications; Madness at Gardmore Abbey even has a tomb dedicated to minotaur paladins of Bahamut).As far as I'm aware, gnolls effectively being demons wearing humanoid hyena skins was a 5E invention. Baldur's Gate 3 also has a scenario early on where the player can witness gnolls being &quot;born&quot; by exploding as adults from the bellies of normal hyenas.Gnolls pretty much morphed in 5E, for whatever reason, into the ideal version of an &quot;always Chaotic Evil&quot; mortal race; no young to worry about, essentially being demons made flesh through exploding out of corrupted natural beasts, intrinsically-linked to the essence of a demon lord, etc.For what its worth, Critical Role doesn't use the default 5E take on gnolls. They still have ties to Yeenoghu, but the Kryn Dynasty of Wildemount has a large number of gnolls living peacefully with goblins, minotaurs, ogres, etc as part of that civilization's effort to divorce its people from the various evil gods and demon lords who used their ancestors as minions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hexmage-EN, post: 8329124, member: 79428"] Gnolls did at least get an article during the 4E era of the magazines that described gnolls who broke away from Yeenoghu that could be used as PCs (which would still be a challenge in the default setting, whose last major empire was destroyed by gnoll hordes led by an aspect of Yeenoghu). It wasn't nearly as much attention as minotaurs got as a PC race, though, as the latter got a spot in the PHB3 and supplemental lore throughout various publications; Madness at Gardmore Abbey even has a tomb dedicated to minotaur paladins of Bahamut). As far as I'm aware, gnolls effectively being demons wearing humanoid hyena skins was a 5E invention. Baldur's Gate 3 also has a scenario early on where the player can witness gnolls being "born" by exploding as adults from the bellies of normal hyenas. Gnolls pretty much morphed in 5E, for whatever reason, into the ideal version of an "always Chaotic Evil" mortal race; no young to worry about, essentially being demons made flesh through exploding out of corrupted natural beasts, intrinsically-linked to the essence of a demon lord, etc. For what its worth, Critical Role doesn't use the default 5E take on gnolls. They still have ties to Yeenoghu, but the Kryn Dynasty of Wildemount has a large number of gnolls living peacefully with goblins, minotaurs, ogres, etc as part of that civilization's effort to divorce its people from the various evil gods and demon lords who used their ancestors as minions. [/QUOTE]

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