Homebrew Gnoll, Large Variant Species Details

Physical Description

Demon-worshiping is not the only reason many races are wary of gnolls. A toned, muscular 10-foot tall gnoll can be an imposing sight. Despite their musculature, they move rather quickly, easily outpacing most other races. Gnolls also outpace most other races in how quickly they mature. A gnoll matures by the age of 5 and lives to be about 30. Oddly a gnoll's vitality will remain with them until very soon before their natural death.

Gnolls have reflective eyes that are typically bright green or yellow. They also have a thick coat of fur, which is generally light brown or dark brown. Certain clans may possess a single-colored coat or a spotted or striped coat. Some gnolls possess crest like manes of hair going from their head down their spine which rise up when they become frightened or angry.

Adding to other races distrust about gnolls, occasionally a gnoll's demonic ancestry will result in peculiar physical traits. This might be manifested in the claws of gnoll claw fighters or an abnormal eye or coat colors.

History

Gnolls are widely known as raiders and slavers. In the middle of the night, they attack a village or town, killing and eating guards and taking slaves. These slaves are then brutalized physically and mentally. This has become an art among many gnoll tribes. In fact, many gnoll tribes have “tantekurash” or “spirit breakers” who are experts at breaking the wills of slaves. If the slave resists, it is eaten. Occasionally a slave’s mind becomes so broken they revere the brutality of their gnoll captors. They then become “kryshantel” or “savage souls” who follow their gnoll masters into battle as thralls.

However, not all gnoll tribes are evil. There are a scattered few nomadic tribes who specialize as hunters and trappers. They may even come to peacefully interact with other races and often offer their service as hunters or trappers. Even so, they remain fairly aggressive and quick to anger, so other races have to be careful not to offend them.

In addition to the typical variety of gnoll, there is a sub-race known as flind gnolls. They tend to be shorter and stouter than other gnolls, use flindbars more commonly, and live in more hilly areas than other gnolls who live in plains. Flind gnolls can be either raiders or hunters as described above. If you want to play a flind gnoll, make yourself somewhat short and stout and consider using a flindbar.

Gnoll Names

The brutality of gnolls is reflected even in their names which tend to have many harsh consonants.

Male: Dagnyr, Dhyrn, Doryc, Ghyrryn, Gnasc, Gnoryc, Gnyrn, Hyrn, Lhoryn, Lhyr, Mognyr, Sorgnyn, Thyrn, Toryc, Yrgnyn, Yrych

Female: Dagnyra, Gnara, Gnora, Gnyrl, Hyra, Hyrgna, Lhyra, Lhyrl, Malgna, Myrl, Sargna, Shyrla, Tarnyra, Yrgna

Gnoll, Large Variant Traits

Bring the pain.

Ability Score Increase

Your strength Score increases by 2, your constitution score increases by 1 or your dexterity score increases by 1.

Age

Gnolls reach adulthood by the age of 5 and live to around 30.

Size

Due to the unnaturally large size of this kind of gnoll as the fiendish energies making them more large in size & much more terrifying.
Due to their larger size they get to have more reach at the cost of all types of attacks & AC are reduced by 1, yet your melee reach increase by 5.
Your height is between 9 feet & 2 Inches to 12 feet & 2 inches.
While your weight is in between 250 pounds to 600 pounds.

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 pale reddish-gray.

Fiendish Bite

You are proficient with your bite attack, which is a melee weapon attack that deals 1d6 piercing damage plus your Strength modifier.

Rampage

 When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack on your turn, you may, as a bonus action to move up to half your speed and make a bite attack.

Intimidating Posture

You are proficient in the intimidation skill.

Langauges

YOu can speak read & write common, gnoll & abyssal