tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687926439133527460.post589700529405506628..comments2022-02-18T19:27:04.593+00:00Comments on Not a Dead Communist: D&D Monsters: GnollsJK Revellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358838350092883422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687926439133527460.post-74947749564191035372018-04-27T20:38:44.506+01:002018-04-27T20:38:44.506+01:00Thanks for the comment. Forgotten Realms is, hones...Thanks for the comment. Forgotten Realms is, honestly, something I've only looked at rather peripherally, so a more detailed perspective (and the implication that it makes about as much sense as I thought it did) is certainly interesting.JK Revellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358838350092883422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687926439133527460.post-60263998621694677482018-04-26T06:59:00.537+01:002018-04-26T06:59:00.537+01:00I'm gonna be an insane person, pop in and comm...I'm gonna be an insane person, pop in and comment here. As a madwoman who spent too long reading about gnolls. You're missing a bit of history, but are getting the general gist. Mostly from a Forgotten Realms perspective.<br /><br />Gnolls strangely became more intelligent (or at least more positive overall mental statwise) than orcs in 3rd edition, 4th edition began the weird transformation into demonic monsters...<br /><br />And honestly I'm not sure why. It seems to have been a pet project of somebody, and there's generally been fan outcry from what I've seen since. Forgotten Realms especially absolutely makes no sense to turn Gnolls into a daemonic-non breeding entity. A significant portion of their known culture from the setting is based on reproduction, and a fall from a (possibly) lawful evil species. (The inability to breed flinds has caused social degradation due to 'the curse')<br /><br />Since they're also notably detailed heavily in the book Soldiers of Ice, as well as important for general Forgotten Realms histories. (Gnolls are foundational in the establishment of Thay as a country, they cause two of the extinction-events that end ancient creator-species rules. (and also due to this get often prodded at in dark mumblings as a creator race themselves) and are responsible for fully ending the elven empires...)<br /><br />Not to mention that we've a vague history that demonic influence is a relatively recent thing to gnolls. (Few thousand years or so) timeline wise, its just... an odd, odd decision. I think born of that strange want to make a species have a unique niche, and probably to try and stab at the furry-fan culture of gnolls that sprouted up since the 00s. (They're a mascot of TG after all)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552845253338462804noreply@blogger.com