Homebrew Gnoll (DW) Species Details

Whether firmly under their wild influences 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 (DW) Traits

Gnolls share certain racial traits as a result of their abyssal descent.

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.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Size

Gnolls tend to be over 7 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

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.

Bite

You are proficient with your bite attack, which is a natural 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 your reaction to move up to half your speed and make a bite attack.

Savage Attacks

When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon's damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.

Frightening Presence

You have proficiency in the Intimidation skill.

Languages

You speak, read, and write Common and Gnoll, and can understand Abyssal though you can’t communicate in it.

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