Homebrew Gnoll Species Details
Whether firmly under Yeenoghu’s influence or making their living in a less violent society, gnolls can be best described as aggressive, furry powerhouses. They can range anywhere from aggressively friendly, aggressively dogmatic, aggressively unimpressed, and just about any state of being you can stick ‘aggressive’ in front of.
Gnoll Traits
Gnolls share certain racial traits as a result of their infernal descent.Bite
You are proficient with your bite attack, which is a melee weapon 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 use a bonus action to move up to half your speed and make a bite attack.
Frightening Presence
you have proficiency in Intimidation checks.
Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 2 and your Dexterity score increases by 1.
Age
Gnolls reach adulthood at around 3 to 4 years and live to 30 years.
Alignment
Gnolls under Yeenoghu’s influence tend to be chaotic or neutral evil, while gnolls integrated into other communities have a broader set of morals, usually erring on the chaotic side of things.
Size
Base height is 5’ 4”, roll 2d10 for modifier. Base weight is 175 lbs, roll 2d8 multiplied by 12 for modifier.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Languages
You speak, read, and write Common and Gnoll, and can understand Abyssal though you can’t communicate in it.
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