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.
Pack Tactics: The Bloodclaw Gnoll has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the gnoll's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Battle Frenzy (Arena Feature): When the Bloodclaw Gnoll sees another ally fall in battle, it gains temporary hit points equal to half its maximum HP (11 hit points) and has advantage on attack rolls for 1 minute. This trait reflects the savage, bloodthirsty nature of the gnolls trained in the coliseum.
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Multiattack: The Bloodclaw Gnoll makes two melee attacks with its Bloodclaw Blade.
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Bloodclaw Blade:
Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 7 (1d8 + 2) slashing damage. This blade is serrated and designed for brutality, causing deep wounds. -
Bite:
Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
Description
The Bloodclaw Gnolls are a terrifying sight, their wiry, muscular forms painted with streaks of dried blood. Their fur, once patchy and matted, is now deliberately dyed crimson, marking them as veterans of countless arena battles. Their eyes gleam with feral hunger, scanning for weakness in their prey as they snarl and snap their fanged jaws, eager to draw first blood.
Each gnoll wields a vicious, serrated blade known as a Bloodclaw Blade, designed to inflict deep, jagged wounds that leave their victims bleeding and in agony. Their weapons, like their minds, are tools of chaos and destruction. Ragged armor covers their frames, a mix of leather and hide, but it’s clear these gnolls are more concerned with offense than defense. Some bear scars across their bodies, proof of the brutal lives they’ve led in the arena, surviving only by being the most savage among their kind.
The Bloodclaw Gnolls move in packs, using their numbers to overwhelm enemies. Their coordinated attacks and pack tactics are almost instinctual, making them deadly in the tight, enclosed spaces of the arena. In battle, they thrive on bloodshed—every kill driving them into a frenzy, their eyes glowing with murderous intent as they tear into the next foe.
The gnolls' presence in the coliseum isn’t just as competitors—they are spectacles. The crowd cheers wildly when the Bloodclaw Pack enters the arena, knowing the carnage to follow. These gnolls are living weapons, sharpened by suffering and spurred on by the bloodthirsty chants of the masses.
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