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Message: <blockquote data-quote="charcoalninja" data-source="post: 4285947" data-attributes="member: 68710">For the campaign I'm designing for 4E gnolls feature extremely prominantly as main antagonists.  This article about Yeenogu just cemented their place in my world.  You're right, the beasital gnolls do seem lacking on their own, so what I decided to do is combine gnoll and goblin society into one.Hobgoblins are the warrior class, gnolls are the cultist/clergy with gnolls also being scouts, though normal goblins are probably best for that role.  By merging the two societies I have the lawful bent of the hobgoblins pushed by the fanatical kill em all mentality of Yeenogu and his gnolls.  So I can have my hobgoblin phalanx ubernazis of evil with demon cultists intent on destroying the nations of the PC races.  By merging the two together I gained lore for the goblin's love of worgs and other large canines, and a mortal mirror to my favourite demon the Barghest.Barghests for those who don't remember are wolf demons that can assume wolf form, goblin form, or a hybrid form.  The Barghest exemplifies the immortal union of the two peoples, goblin cunning with gnoll power and savagery.  The gnolls being the theocrats have the power and rule in the sense that they direct what must be done.  The hobgoblins deal with the mechanics, all for the glory of their baron of butchery.As a nice side effect by merging the societies I have origin stories for Barghests, bugbears and flinds.  Flinds and bugbears are bred, mixings of hobgoblin and gnoll blood.  So everything fits in a nice little package.Lets me create a different flavour to the 'savage' races other than orcs smash, hobgoblins also smash, gnolls smash and bite, etc.  The gnolls and goblins are the machine of destruction, the Orcs are warmongerers that battle everyone in the world for sport then let them rebuild only to crush them again (like big game hunting almost.  Kinda like Vikings).  Gives me a nice flavour to each of my races while linking them to things I personally enjoy tremendously (Barghests).</blockquote>

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