Gnoll

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Gnolls are a race of hulking, humanoids that resemble hyenas in more than mere appearance; they show a striking affinity with the scavenging animals, to the point of keeping them as pets, and reflect many of the lesser creatures' behaviors.

Society

The pack, band, or tribe is the most important thing to gnolls, and anything threatening the gnoll unit meets with strong resistance or— against a superior foe—dispersal. This unity extends through all aspects of gnoll life, and breaking that unity in any way constitutes the greatest sin in gnoll culture. Thus, a gnoll who kills another gnoll or betrays a gnoll to a racial enemy faces the most severe punishment: exile (and branding or other marking to indicate that a gnoll is an outcast). During combat, gnolls use a strange mixture of pack tactics and individual standoffs. If a gnoll feels that it is winning, it attempts to take down a weaker being rather than aiding its fellows. If the gnolls are struggling, they gang up on a powerful leader and try to take that creature down, in the hopes of forcing its allies to flee. Gnoll leaders are typically rangers, although clerics are highly regarded as well. Most gnolls find arcane magic difficult to master, and as a result it is relatively rare to see a gnoll bard, sorcerer, or wizard.

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History

Gnoll existed as nomadic tribes roaming the continent of ___, until they found a plentiful warm plain where they created the city of Gnarl. They frequently patrolled the parameters of the city and built roads to travel along. Travelers began seeking them out as guides and protection from dangers. The Gnoll began to embrace there growing reputation as protectors; helping others brought prestige and honor among the gnoll tribes. They formed the “Hounds of Gnarl” a guild to honor protection of the weak. The gnoll build a massive statue along the trade routes near the city of Gnarl which casts protection from evil upon those who touch it. A gnoll tribe makes a pilgrimage to the tower of healing and find the continent war torn. The tribe establishes the city Orla at the tower to help those on a pilgrimage to the tower. The Gnoll begin to help the refuges of war and famine and create a center of healing.

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