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What Would Happen if Fiends Came to Fill the "Low CR Monsters" Niche?
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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8524411" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>Gnolls are in <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28306/ODD-Dungeons--Dragons-Original-Edition-0e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">OD&D</a> "GNOLLS: A cross between Gnomes and Trolls (. . . perhaps, Lord Dunsany did not really make it all that clear) with +2 morale. Otherwise they are similar to Hobgoblins, although the Gnoll king and his bodyguard of from 1–4 will fight as Trolls but lack regenerative power."</p><p></p><p>Next came the <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17002/Monster-Manual-1e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">1e MM</a> which had Yeenoghu as the Demon Lord of Gnolls but did not specify about gnoll origins.</p><p></p><p>Later (1981) came <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/110274/DD-Basic-Set-Rulebook-B-X-ed-Basic?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Moldvay B/X</a> with again the possible gnomes and trolls origin pops up, this time as a rumor and a magic user is involved. "Gnolls are rumored to be the result of a magical combination of a gnome and a troll by an evil magic-user."</p><p></p><p>Dragon 63 had an article by Roger Moore on "The Humanoids" including a section on gnolls. It said "Gnoll shamans worship only Yeenoghu (see the AD&D Monster Manual), the demon prince who gave them life."</p><p></p><p>Gorellik was introduced in <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/16895/DMGR4-Monster-Mythology-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">2e Monster Mythology</a> as a god of gnolls who was displaced by Yeenoghu. "Gorellik is a god in decline. In pre-history, the deity was a least a lesser god, but his atavistic cult has remorselessly declined, originally due to gnolls turning to giantish gods and late due to the rise of Yeenoghu and the power of his priests compared with Gorellik's shamans (who have no witch-doctor abilities). Even early gnoll myths do not tell of a creation of their race, so this role was not one the god could hold on to his worshipers with; they simply revered force and power."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8524411, member: 2209"] Gnolls are in [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28306/ODD-Dungeons--Dragons-Original-Edition-0e?affiliate_id=17596']OD&D[/URL] "GNOLLS: A cross between Gnomes and Trolls (. . . perhaps, Lord Dunsany did not really make it all that clear) with +2 morale. Otherwise they are similar to Hobgoblins, although the Gnoll king and his bodyguard of from 1–4 will fight as Trolls but lack regenerative power." Next came the [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17002/Monster-Manual-1e?affiliate_id=17596']1e MM[/URL] which had Yeenoghu as the Demon Lord of Gnolls but did not specify about gnoll origins. Later (1981) came [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/110274/DD-Basic-Set-Rulebook-B-X-ed-Basic?affiliate_id=17596']Moldvay B/X[/URL] with again the possible gnomes and trolls origin pops up, this time as a rumor and a magic user is involved. "Gnolls are rumored to be the result of a magical combination of a gnome and a troll by an evil magic-user." Dragon 63 had an article by Roger Moore on "The Humanoids" including a section on gnolls. It said "Gnoll shamans worship only Yeenoghu (see the AD&D Monster Manual), the demon prince who gave them life." Gorellik was introduced in [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/16895/DMGR4-Monster-Mythology-2e?affiliate_id=17596']2e Monster Mythology[/URL] as a god of gnolls who was displaced by Yeenoghu. "Gorellik is a god in decline. In pre-history, the deity was a least a lesser god, but his atavistic cult has remorselessly declined, originally due to gnolls turning to giantish gods and late due to the rise of Yeenoghu and the power of his priests compared with Gorellik's shamans (who have no witch-doctor abilities). Even early gnoll myths do not tell of a creation of their race, so this role was not one the god could hold on to his worshipers with; they simply revered force and power." [/QUOTE]
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