Homebrew civilized gnoll Species Details

Hyaenids

A gnoll looks much like a humanoid hyena and shares many traits with the animal. Gnolls are strong, tall, and lean and covered with a thick coat of fur, which generally ranges from light to dark brown. Depending on the clan, this might be a uniform color, or broken up by stripes or spots.

Though they are not obligate carnivores, it is not uncommon for gnolls to subsist solely on meat. Like the hyenas they resemble, gnolls possess strong jaws and powerful appetites, and are capable of consuming almost every part of their prey, including teeth and bones.

civilized gnoll Traits

Gnoll Racial Feats As a gnoll, you can take any of the following feats in place of an Ability Score Improvement. Animal Awareness You have proven to be especially conscious of your own hyenine senses. You gain the following benefits: Increase your Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20. You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception), Wisdom (Survival), and Intelligence (Investigation) checks that involve hearing or smell, such as those made to notice the movement of an unseen creature, track something by scent, or discern the age of an organic substance. Beast of Butchery You fight without mercy, making short work of your foes in their moments of weakness. You gain the following benefits: Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 20. You have advantage on opportunity attacks. You gain advantage and do not incur disadvantage whenever you make an attack against a prone creature from beyond 5 feet. Gnollish Totemism Through certain gnollish rituals, you can claim the strength of a fallen creat

Ferocious

You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution and Strength scores each increase by 1.

Age

By the combination of their fiend-touched blood and animalistic physiology, gnolls develop noticeably faster than most humanoids of their size, reaching adulthood around 8 years of age. They rarely live beyond 40 years.

size

Gnolls generally stand around 7 feet in height and weigh between 250 and 300lbs. Most gnolls exhibit a slightly hunched posture due to their animalistic physique. Your size is medium.

Alignment

Being highly opportunistic, most gnolls are chaotic by nature. Furthermore, their demonic ancestry and common disregard for other intelligent creatures steer most of the hyenafolk towards evil. While rare, gnolls who refuse the will of Yeenoghu may adopt other alignments, though this is often largely dependent on the leanings of their packmates.

Bite

Your bite is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Darkvision

Being moderately nocturnal, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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 safely consume raw or rotten food and have advantage on saving throws against disease and ingested poisons.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common. You can also speak Gnoll, though it lacks a script or written form.Gnolls employ their own oral language made up of unique whoops, growls, and other sounds combined with certain morphemes derived from Abyssal. Though some gnoll clans might adopt written languages, most preserve their thoughts through craftwork and oral tradition.

heightened senses

as i type of beast your hearing and smell are impeccable 
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