Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) piercing damage.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) slashing damage.
Spine Spike. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) piercing damage.
Rampage. When the gnoll reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack on its turn, the gnoll can take a bonus action to move up to half its speed and make a bite attack.
Description
“I never believed the rumors about the Beast and how it could change people. Then I saw how everyone at the logging camp had been transformed. It had to be a power even greater than a god’s.”
Beast Cursed. Gnolls aren’t a naturally occurring species. Instead, they’re other humanoids mutated due to the influence of the Beast. This power transforms its victims into raving monsters bent on destruction. Gnolls keep their humanoid shape, but the head becomes like that of a jackal, and they grow fur, fangs, and claws. The brain changes, as well, allowing gnolls to communicate in their own twisted language.
Roving Warbands. Gnolls have become incapable of civilized behavior; their driving instinct is wanton destruction. They join other “children” of the Beast, forming warbands that swarm across the countryside, killing and eating every living creature in their path. Within the warband is a loose social structure based on strength and an instinctual recognition of other Beast-bound creatures.
Continual Transformation. A gnoll is the first stage in a continuing mutation process. Gnolls that eat enough raw flesh and drink enough blood can mutate into other forms. A gnoll might grow spikes from their spinal column, and these spikes can be removed and thrown like darts. Other gnolls ooze poison from these spikes and might gain other abilities. Rare gnolls even grow batlike wings.
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