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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AllisterH" data-source="post: 5069349" data-attributes="member: 51325">Which of course raises the question I asked earlier....Why have gnolls AT ALL then. Simply fold all the 1-3HD monsters under one entry and simply state that different tribes have different tactics.Indeed, this _WAS_ how my DM back during the 1e era ran his games. He had no gnolls or goblins since there was no reason to have them and he assumed that by stating that there were different tribes of orcs in the 1e MM, you WERE supposed to do as you say Celtavian.And that personally has influenced me when I started DMing in 2e. My campaign world made no use of evil humanoids other than orcs.If there is no mechanical difference between an orc and a gnoll other than a feat that EITHER race could take, then realy, wrap everything under 1 heading. Troglodtyes see use, trolls see use all because of their unique abilities but I never really saw the point of having gnolls, orcs, goblins, kobolds and hobgoblins occupying the same world.You can see the same thing with regard to aquatic humanoids...How many people used more than 1 or2 types since they were all the same.</blockquote>