Homebrew Half-Gnoll Species Details

Half-gnolls are the questionable offspring of the ever aggressive gnolls and the ever... ambitious humans. As a result, half-gnolls can be difficult to predict or understand as a whole, as they can either earnestly defy expectations and stereotypes or be so contrary that they frequently undermine their own morals and ethics merely in an attempt to show up those that would seek to throw them in an easily defined box. 

Because of the infernal and chaotic nature of gnolls, half-gnolls can look very different from one another. One might sport a full body of fur while another might experience increased amounts of hairiness in places common to humans, regardless of gender. One might have naturally sharp teeth and another might not. The only uniting feature is that they will appear too human to be a gnoll, and too gnoll to be a human.

Half-Gnoll Traits

Half-gnolls share the following traits as a result of their unique heritage.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength increases by +2 and you gain +1 in a single ability of your choice.

Age

Half-gnolls reach adulthood around the age of 15 and live to about 50 or 60 years of age.

Alignment

Half-gnolls can have a wide variety of different alignments, depending on their upbringing, but chaotic alignments are more common than their lawful counterparts.

Size

Half-gnolls are typically between 6 and 7 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

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 gray.

Rampage

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

Frightening Presence

You have proficiency in Intimidation checks.

Battle Ready

You have proficiency in initiative.

Languages

You speak, read, and write Common and Gnoll.