Homebrew 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.
Gnoll Traits
As a gnoll, you have the following racial traits.Carrion Eater
Your exposure to sickly flesh and gross meats has fortified your body against plagues and filth. You gain advantage on saves vs. diseases and poisons and resistance to poison damage.
Savage Attacker
You gain the Rampage ability: If you drop a target to zero hit points you can as a Reaction move up to half of your movement and make a bite attack against another target.
Creature Type
You are a Humanoid.
Size
You are Medium.
Speed
Your walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a swimming speed equal to your walking speed.
Bite
You have a fanged maw that you can use to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with it, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier slashing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Hungry Jaws
You can throw yourself into a feeding frenzy. As a bonus action, you can make a special attack with your Bite. If the attack hits, it deals its normal damage, and you gain temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Survivalist
Thanks to your mystical connection to nature, you gain proficiency with one of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Nature, Perception, or Survival.
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