Different kinds of Trolls

[Ravellion]

Terry Pratchett Trolls have an adversarial relationship with dwarves to say the least. A troll, when asleep, looks like a rock. Trolls have diamond teeth.

From the Dwarven point of view: "There I was, merrily mining for diamonds, and suddenly the stone turned into a troll and wants to kill me!"

From the troll point of view: "There I was, merrily sleeping, when suddenly a dwarf tries to chop out the teeth from my mouth!"

Rav

 

[Ruined]

I like the society of trolls from Earthdawn, and I have used varieties of those in the past. Also, the Fensir were presented in Planescape, the calmer variety that turned to stone in sunlight. In fact, Uncaged had a very cool pair of NPCs in Sigil named Morvrun and Phineas. They were favorites of my players.

I do like the straight troll as presented, however. I play mine as more wicked and sadistic than just brutish. I always think of the troll/hag from Legend, the movie.

 

[Carnifex]

Check out the trolls in the Monsternomicon for a very cool take on trolls, especially the whelps idea.

 

[Benben]

BRAINS!

In my campaign, trolls are the hereditary enemies of dwarves. In fact they've been fighting over the same holy lands for thousands of years now.

My trolls also consume the brains of their enemies to gain their knowledge and experience.

For a terrifying monster add the vampiric template to a troll. It breaks the rules of the vampire template, but the regen/fast heal combination makes a formidable opponent.

 

[blackshirt5]

i used the spirit troll, the ice troll, the giant troll, the giant 2 headed troll, the troll. etc...

they were related to ogres. they worshipped the same deity.

Where can I find more on the spirit, ice, giant, and 2-headed giant trolls? Were they 3rd edition templates, or 2nd edition creatures? If they're 2nd ed., I might be able to find info on them in an old monster manual my buddy has.

 

[blackshirt5]

Also, Bendris, you haven't typed up those Ogre/Troll Mutations, by any chance, have you?

 

[cildarith]

Where can I find more on the spirit, ice, giant, and 2-headed giant trolls? Were they 3rd edition templates, or 2nd edition creatures? If they're 2nd ed., I might be able to find info on them in an old monster manual my buddy has.

Try the original Fiend Folio (for 1st Edition).

 

[DrSkull]

In my current game the word Troll is used for a whole class of creatures: Ogres, Trolls, Ettins, Hill Giants and Stone Giants. When an NPC says "there are a bunch of trolls coming" it could mean any one of those types or all of them in a bunch. That way the narrative at various party levels stays consistant, low level parties fight "trolls" that are stat-wise Ogres, at high level they still fight "trolls" which are statted as giants.

 

[Richards]

You can find the ice, spectral, and two-headed trolls at EN World's own Creature Catalog. Just click here for an alphabetical list of monsters, and scroll down to the "troll" listings.

Also, The Slayer's Guide to Trolls has 3E stats for the polar troll, sand troll, giant troll, bicephalous troll, and megalotroll.

Johnathan