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Not to be confused with knoll.
For the sports ground in Neath, see The Gnoll
Dungeons & Dragons creature
Gnolls battle adventurers on the cover of Return to the Keep on the Borderlands. Neath (Castell-nedd is a Town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK with a The Gnoll in Neath, Wales, UK is a joint Rugby union, football and Cricket venue The Keep on the Borderlands (B2 is a Dungeons & Dragons module by Gary Gygax, first printed in December 1979.
Gnoll
Alignment
Type Humanoid
Source books
First appearance Dungeons & Dragons (1974)
Image Wizards.com image
Stats OGL stats

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Gnolls in Dungeons & Dragons

Physical description

Gnolls appear as anthropomorphic hyenas. They are usually around seven feet tall and use armor made of horn, metal plates, and leather, and large weapons. Gnolls are generally depicted as savage, barbaric creatures that often practice cannibalism, and enjoy eating the flesh of other sentient species. Gnolls are not especially strong or intelligent, but they are cunning and, when pressed, will fight to death.

Subraces

Within the context of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, one notable subrace of gnoll is the flind (alternately spelled flynd), which is shorter, broader, and stronger than other gnolls; flinds are often found leading a tribe or settlement of gnolls. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. There are many elements that show up throughout the fantasy genre in different guises Flinds use a nunchaku-like weapon called a flindbar, which consists of a pair of metal rods linked together by a chain. The nunchaku ( Chinese: 雙節棍双截棍 shuāng jié gùn; 兩節棍两截棍 liǎng jié gùn "Dual Section Staff" 二節棍二截棍

Society

Gnolls were usually depicted by Gygax in Original and Advanced Dungeons And Dragons as primitive demon-worshippers. In recent years, however, other authors have depicted gnolls more and more often as "noble savages," hyena-like scavengers, as opposed to monstrous killers. Additionally, in Monster Manual IV, it is stated that gnolls possess a female-dominated society, comparable to the hyenas they are related to. The Monster Manual

Religion

Gnolls in most Dungeons & Dragons settings are worshippers of the demon lord Yeenoghu, who also rules over ghouls (which explains the gnolls' taste for humanoid flesh). In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy Role-playing game, demon lords (also known as Abyssal lords in 2E ''AD&D'') are demons In the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, Yeenoghu is a Demon Prince, the Demon Lord of Gnolls and the bestial embodiment of For the generic mythological creature see Ghoul. In the Dungeons and Dragons Roleplaying game, ghouls are monstrous Some gnolls also worship the evil Erythnul, god of slaughter. In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting and the default pantheon of deities for the third edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing The gnolls' vile disposition is most likely due to the influence of their demonic patron.

The original deity of gnolls was known as Gorellik, but years of Yeenoghu stealing his followers has left Gorellik with little command of his people. In many Campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, Gorellik is the Gnoll deity of hunting hyenas and

Gnolls in general

Gnolls in folklore and literature

Gnolls are similar to the were-hyenas of African bushman folklore, and the tall dog men (Cynocephales) of early European travellers logs and bestiaries. "Doghead" redirects here For other meanings see Doghead (disambiguation. Hyenas were associated with death because they dug up and ate human corpses.

Gnolls in the Discworld series are small, matted and dirty enough to sprout fungi and grasses on their hides (and seem to relate to soil as trolls relate to rock), and act as street-cleaners in cities like Ankh-Morpork; as Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson puts it, they "pick up this, pick up that, maybe bang it against the wall until it stops struggling. Trolls in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels unlike the monstrous Trolls of Folklore and J Discworld is a comedic Fantasy Book series by the British author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat . . " In the case of at least Stoolie, if not every gnoll on the Discworld, there seems to be a tendency to drop the vowels in words, reflecting a croaking sort of voice.

Wolflike creatures called gnawls exist in the novel The Scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks. Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is a writer of Fantasy fiction.

Gnolls in games

Gnolls are included in the Warcraft universe in the strategy game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, where it is said that 'if they ever stopped fighting amongst themselves they could form a formidable army' and in the MMORPG World of Warcraft in many of the mid-level areas. The Warcraft universe is a Fictional universe in which a series of games and books published by Blizzard Entertainment are set Warcraft III Reign of Chaos ( War3 or WC3 or RoC) is a Real-time strategy Computer game A massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) is a genre of Computer role-playing games (CRPGs in which a large number of players interact with World of Warcraft (commonly acronymed as WoW) is a Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG

Gnolls are featured prominently in the western part of the continent of Antonica in the MMORPG EverQuest and in EverQuest II. EverQuest, often called EQ, is a 3D fantasy -themed Massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) that was released EverQuest II ( EQ2) based upon the popular EverQuest, is a Fantasy Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Gnolls appear as enemies in Final Fantasy IX and XI (Wings of the Goddess expansion).

Gnolls appear as minor enemies in Tales of Phantasia. is a Super Famicom game in the RPG genre published by Namco and released in Japan in 1995

Gnolls appear as level 1 creatures for the "Fortress" castle in Heroes of Might and Magic III.

Gnolls are in the game Kingdom of Loathing, as a civilised race of humanoids. Kingdom of Loathing ( KoL) is a Humorous browser-based, multiplayer Role playing game, designed and operated by Asymmetric

Gnolls appear in the MMORPG Lineage II under the name "Ol Mahum. Lineage II The Chaotic Throne (리니지 2 is a Fantasy Massive multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) for the PC and a "

Gnolls are a player race in Maelstrom, a UK based live action roleplaying game. A live action role-playing game ( LARP) is a form of Role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions Maelstom's gnolls are represented as anthropomorphic hyenas and have a matriarchal culture marked by Swahili loan words.

Gnolls In the Baldur's Gate RPG series are often hostile NPCs that travel around in packs and will attack the party on sight. Baldur's Gate is a Computer role-playing game in a High fantasy setting developed by BioWare and released in 1998 by Interplay Armed with Halberds, they are a low-level monster, but Gnolls magically summoned by a wizard in the player's party can have their abilities enhanced by the same spells used on the party, making them fairly decent backup in combat.

The Skath in Dungeon Siege 2 are also very similar to gnolls

Master of Magic by Microprose allows Gnolls as a starting race. Master of Magic is a single-player Fantasy Turn-based strategy computer game created by Simtex and published by Microprose in MicroProse, as a corporation and brand name has been owned by several entities since its original founding by Sid Meier and Bill Stealey in 1982

Gnolls appear with the name "Hyena Men" in the fantasy tabletop wargame "Song of Blades and Heroes"

Creative origins

Gnolls are the literary descendants of Lord Dunsany's "gnoles", who were clever, evil and nonhuman. Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Baron of Dunsany ( 24 July 1878 &ndash 25 October 1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and This connection is evidenced by Gary Gygax's description in the first edition of "Dungeons & Dragons" (1974): "A cross between gnomes and trolls (. Ernest Gary Gygax ( July 27, 1938 &ndash March 4, 2008) ( IPA:) was an American Writer and Game designer In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Role-playing game, gnomes are one of the core races available for play as Player characters. Trolls are fictional monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game. . . perhaps, Lord Dunsany did not really make it all that clear) with +2 morale. Otherwise they are similar to hobgoblins. In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying game, hobgoblins are a larger stronger smarter and more menacing form of . . " With the 1977 publication of Gygax's Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual gnolls were described in greater detail as hyena-men, a characterization that continues to the present. The Monster Manual

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