The troll art is up

[Hellzon]

Man, forget Tolkien.

(I know it's folkloric, but I'll bet Tolkien is the reason why 95% of people who want trolls to turn to stone want it.)

Or maybe because actual Scandinavian folklore depicts them turning to stone (or bursting apart) when exposed to sunlight. I read about that well before reading The Hobbit or anything by Pratchett.

Wikipedia link for the lazy.

In fairytales and legends trolls are less the people living next to humans and more frightening creatures. Particularly in these tales they come in any size and can be as huge as giants or as small as dwarfs. They are often regarded as having poor intellect (especially the males, whereas the females may be quite cunning), great strength, big noses, long arms, and as being hairy and not very beautiful (Once again, females often constitute the exception, with female trolls frequently being comely). In Scandinavian fairy tales trolls sometimes turn to stone if exposed to sunlight, a myth generally attributed to pareidolia found in naturally eroded rock outcrops.

The regeneration is far more objectionable (but i like it for gameplay reasons) if we want to discuss "real" troll myths.

Also, comely female trolls.

 

[Knight Otu]

I seem to remember that Regeneration requires an action now, so if you deal enough damage to drop the Troll, he won't regenerate. (Meaning that I'll no longer have to contemplate whether you can actually coup-de-grace a Troll without using fire or acid...)

That was from a DDM card, I believe. The template excerpt seemed to indicate that regeneration still works automatically but can be stopped under certain conditions (vampire lords in direct sunlight, liches for the turn after taking radiant damage).

 

[Tervin]

Being a Swede I have never liked any D&D portrayals of trolls.

To me, and a whole lot of other Swedes this is what trolls look like.

Still, these new pics are better than the old ones. (Remember 1st Edition original front cover of MM?)

 

[hong]

Being a Swede I have never liked any D&D portrayals of trolls.

To me, and a whole lot of other Swedes this is what trolls looks like.

Still, these new pics are better than the old ones. (Remember 1st Edition original front cover of MM?)

Cute troll. What are those ugly d00ds around her?

 

[Tervin]

Cute troll. What are those ugly d00ds around her?

They are all fairytale princesses, the way I see the picture. Fantasy art was a little bit different 100 years ago.

 

[Serensius]

Nice! I really like it, much better than the ridiculous, weird lanky things that passed for trolls in 3E. They're moving one step closer to what trolls should look like:

 

[Wormwood]

Nice! I really like it, much better than the ridiculous, weird lanky things that passed for trolls in 3E. They're moving one step closer to what trolls should look like:

Mustakrakish: Epic Troll

 

[Lizard]

Random thought: Could one minion-variant/additional power of a troll be that since its limbs can grow into new trolls could this become a minion troll?

In the campaign I'm in, trolls reproduce by something just like that. A troll's "son" used to be his left arm.

 

[Lizard]

They look more like Elfquest trolls than Gygax trolls. Not bad, overall, given that trolls are high-strength monsters, they should look big and bulky. They still have the classic 1e nose, suitably modified. No longer "thin and rubbery", though.

 

[Duelpersonality]

I actually think the minion "summoning" would be a neat twist, probably triggered at bloodied. This would make for a very interesting battle, especially if bloodied triggers can happen more than once per encounter (given regeneration, it doesn't seem like such a stretch that a decently tough troll could hit bloodied at least twice in an encounter).