Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Gnolls live short lives due to their brutal nature. They mature around 5 and rarely lives after 30. Depending on when you became Awakened, you could potentially live to 50 depending on your lifestyle.

Gnolls are chaotic by nature. Before Awakening, Gnolls will veer towards Evil. An Awakened Gnoll may still be Chaotic but can encompass the entire spectrum.

Gnolls average between 7-8 feet tall and weighing around 280-330 pounds. There can be outliers shorter or marginally taller with the respective weight differences.

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. 

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.

Being a beast of the hunt, prior to your Awakening your fangs and claws were your primary weapons. You can still use them to make unarmed attacks. Your bite deals 1d6 piercing + your Strength modifier. Your claws deal 1d4 slashing + your Strength modifier. This replaces the standard unarmed attacks dealing bludgeoning damage.

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

Given that a gnoll must live off the land, you can proficient in Survival. You can also use the common perception of your race to your advantage, you also gain proficiency in Intimidation.

You can speak Gnoll naturally, but upon Awakening you learn to speak, read, and write Common.