# Gnolls

##### The much beloved race from 3.5 and 4e returns to 5th Edition, by u/ColinHasInvaded

\page ### Gnoll Traits #### Ability Score Improvement Your Constitution score increases by 1. #### Age Gnolls reach adulthood by the age of 8 and can live up to 50 years, though due to their violent lifestyle, they rarely see their 20’s. #### Alignment Being nomadic raiders that live outside of general society, gnolls are almost always of a chaotic alignment, and tend to do what they want in the moment when they want to do it, disregarding the consequences. #### Size Gnolls are very large creatures. Even with their hunched over bodies, they tower over most humans. They tend to be at around 6-7 feet tall, and will usually weigh at around 300-400 pounds. Your size is medium. #### Speed Your base walking speed is 30 feet. #### Darkvision You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. #### Scavenger You can eat raw or spoiled food and gain nourishment from it, you can also consume and digest any organic material that would normally cause physical sickness or death, such as an Aboleth’s brain or a Dragon’s fundamentum. Additionally you have advantage on saving throws against disease and poison. #### Bite You are never unarmed. Your powerful jaws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. On a hit, your bite deals 1d6 piercing damage. #### Keen Smell You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. #### Languages You can speak, read, and write Common and Gnollish. You also know Abyssal but you can only understand it. Gnollish is incredibly difficult for non-gnolls to understand as it is primarily yips, laughs, and snarls with some influences from the Abyssal language.

## Subraces There are many differing subtypes of gnoll, all fulfilling different roles in their tribes. ### Brown Brown gnolls make up the majority of a tribe’s forces, they are generally scouts or the cannon fodder who rush into combat while the smarter or more specialized gnolls go after key objectives. They make up for this by being survivors, capable of living out their lives with scars and torn ears. They are brave to no end, and some long lived brown gnolls become spiritseers, gnollish druids who are in tune with nature and provide guidance to packlords. #### Ability Score Increase Your Constitution and Wisdom scores increase by 1. #### Brave You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened. #### Rampage When you reduce a creature to 0 hitpoints, you can use a bonus action to move up to your speed and make a bite attack against a creature you can see within range.

\page ### Striped Striped gnolls are the marauders, strikers, and scouts of their tribe forces, they are the ones who chase down escapees and round up the bodies after a raid. These gnolls are ruthless in combat, and leave nothing behind them. #### Ability Score Improvement Your Dexterity score increase by 2. #### Quick Feet Your walking speed is 35 feet. #### Furious Charge When you move 20 feet or more, you can make a bite attack against a creature within range as a bonus action. If the attack hits, you can attempt to shove the creature prone.

### Spotted The strongest of their race, spotted gnolls are the muscle in their raiding parties, leading the dregs of their kind as Packlords. They are usually seen kicking down doors, and picking up human soldiers by their necks, snapping them like twigs. #### Ability Score Improvement Your Strength score increases by 2. #### Powerful Build You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity, and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. #### Gnollish Resilience Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

### Half-Gnoll The most intelligent and rare of all gnollkind, half-gnolls are considered abominations, a vile but clever mixture of human and gnoll. They tend to be looked down upon by other gnolls, besides the packlords who frequently depend on their intelligence, but are almost always reviled by humans. Despite being looked down upon, Half-Gnolls are capable of great things and are competent at solving complex problems. Half-Gnolls appear as average gnolls with the exceptions of shorter snouts, being shorter in stature, having a less hunched over posture, and growing longer manes. They can even sometimes have the eye color of their human parent, which can make them stand out amongst an entire tribe of yellow eyed gnolls. #### Ability Score Increase Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and one other score of your choice increases by 1. #### Versitile You gain proficiency in two skills or tools of your choice. #### Frequently Inspired Before you make a skill check or saving throw, you may choose to do so with advantage. Once you use this trait, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

##### Racial Feat: Flind morph Through a pact or some other demonic influence, your body becomes morphed, turning you into a flind, this is shown through some small demonic feature, such as burning red eyes, orange stripes or spots, or small demonic horns. This brings you closer to your demonic origins and bolsters your flesh, granting you the following benefits:

- Increase your Constitution score by 1, up to a maximum of 20. - You have resistance to fire damage. - You can speak, read, and write Abyssal.

\page > ### Art Credits (in order by page) > - "Gnoll Ranger" by Kast > - "Gnoll" by Manthos Lappas > - "Hyena Pack" by Winona Nelson > - "Gnoll Warboss" by DavidAP

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