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Gnolls are a problematic race. Originally created as a tougher monster to kill than orcs | Gnolls are a problematic race. Originally created as a tougher monster to kill than orcs, their fluff included the phrase "hyena-like." They are essentially hyena-people. You know the Wolfman? Sort of like that, but all the time. | ||
Then some enterprising individual looked up hyenas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyena). Madness ensued. The lack of sexual dimorphism, the female pseduo-penis and anal glands led to a furry-based explosion of gnoll perversion. | Then some enterprising individual looked up hyenas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyena). Madness ensued. The lack of sexual dimorphism, the female pseduo-penis and anal glands led to a furry-based explosion of gnoll perversion. | ||
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Their two main traits in any given setting or edition is that they are evil and lazy. This laziness gives them a fondness for taking slaves, and as any GM knows, you can't beat slavers for properly repulsive villains to make your PCs feel heroic. Unfortunately, when the furries found out about the slavery, their twisted minds immediately jumped to "sex slavery". Please, don't go down that route. | Their two main traits in any given setting or edition is that they are evil and lazy. This laziness gives them a fondness for taking slaves, and as any GM knows, you can't beat slavers for properly repulsive villains to make your PCs feel heroic. Unfortunately, when the furries found out about the slavery, their twisted minds immediately jumped to "sex slavery". Please, don't go down that route. | ||
See also, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnoll their Wikipedia page] | |||
==Unified Setting Description== | ==Unified Setting Description== | ||
*[[Unified Setting/Gnolls]] | *[[Unified Setting/Gnolls]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:01, 1 December 2012
Gnolls are a problematic race. Originally created as a tougher monster to kill than orcs, their fluff included the phrase "hyena-like." They are essentially hyena-people. You know the Wolfman? Sort of like that, but all the time.
Then some enterprising individual looked up hyenas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyena). Madness ensued. The lack of sexual dimorphism, the female pseduo-penis and anal glands led to a furry-based explosion of gnoll perversion.
Yet gnolls were not cast to the curb. They remain a challenge for low to mid-level players for GMs who dance around the inherent strangeness of a "hyena-like" race.
Their two main traits in any given setting or edition is that they are evil and lazy. This laziness gives them a fondness for taking slaves, and as any GM knows, you can't beat slavers for properly repulsive villains to make your PCs feel heroic. Unfortunately, when the furries found out about the slavery, their twisted minds immediately jumped to "sex slavery". Please, don't go down that route.
See also, their Wikipedia page
Unified Setting Description
| Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Races | |
|---|---|
| Player's Handbook 1 | Dragonborn • Dwarf • Eladrin • Elf • Half-Elf • Halfling • Human • Tiefling |
| Player's Handbook 2 | Deva • Gnome • Goliath • Half-Orc • Shifter |
| Player's Handbook 3 | Githzerai • Minotaur • Shardmind • Wilden |
| Monster Manual 1: | Bugbear • Doppelganger • Githyanki • Goblin • Hobgoblin • Kobold • Orc |
| Monster Manual 2 | Bullywug • Duergar • Kenku |
| Dragon Magazine | Gnoll • Shadar-kai |
| Heroes of Shadow | Revenant • Shade • Vryloka |
| Heroes of the Feywild | Hamadryad • Pixie • Satyr |
| Eberron's Player's Guide | Changeling • Kalashtar • Warforged |
| The Manual of the Planes | Bladeling |
| Dark Sun Campaign Setting | Mul • Thri-kreen |
| Forgotten Realms Player's Guide | Drow • Genasi |