In reply to Narrator (msg # 941):

Ready to smite the undead! For Haderum!

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 942):

I need to gather another player or two before I send out Hograth and Goran against unlicensed necromancers and cultists...

In reply to Narrator (msg # 943):

Wheeeee

Goran upped his weapon to silvered, based on the conversation before about being properly equipped to handle powerful undead.

In reply to Goran the Marked (msg # 945):

Be catching up tomorrow,  had a bunch of medical appointments

Hey there everybody, fresh meat here. Urrun is basically a Gnoll Ranger, but of course there is a lot more too him that just race and class.

Looking forward to playing with all of you.

In reply to Urrun (msg # 947):

Welcome aboard Urrun!

Sorry for the slow posting, rough day in the OR, followed by an evening out with the wife. I should be caught up in the morning.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:50, Fri 14 July 2017.

There's a write up for Gnolls for DF somewhere?

home-spun, I reckon.

There is for "Bouda", the off brand hyena men for those concerned with copyright infringement.

nothing wrong with that!

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 949):

Christopher Rice wrote it up in the "Welcome to Dungeon Fantasy" pyramid.
It is a 40pt template due to advantages like born biter and cast iron stomach.
Before that came out I was using Don't Forget Your Boots' dogfolk, whi h was cheaper but Bouda is all official like.

I haven't had time to read that one yet... in fact as I check I note I've only read one Pyramid since 3-90* (After the End) so I'm just over a year behind.


I've also read 3-95 Overland Adventures to see if I needed to make any changes in my "home rules" for long-distance traveling.

There are so many...I've only read a fraction. But a lot of good little write ups tucked away here and there.

cast iron stomach cuts your cost of living by 75%, but anyone watching you eat, reacts at you -3, because you're basically eating garbage, right?

You can eat garbage, but that doesn't mean you must, or always do.  With Cast Iron Stomach, you can also eat the hottest chili or curry, the slimiest lutefisk, the stinkiest limburger (or other super-ripe cheese), the greasiest sausage -- or actual garbage, including what normal people would consider spoiled food (stinky meat, moldy cheese or bread, wormy fruit, curdled milk) -- without the slightest digestive discomfort.

If I were GM, I would only apply that reaction penalty if someone saw you eating something they considered disgusting or inedible.  If they see you eating what they normally eat, they wouldn't have any hint you have the Cast Iron Stomach advantage, would they?

It comes with the Racial Odious Habit (Scavenger), so I assumed that Cast Iron Stomach, along with Resistant to Metabolic Hazards meant that the race traditionally includes carrion in their diet.

Probably not during times of plenty of course, but in lean months I can see them not being adverse to butchering a carcass already in rigor or early decay.

Already more heavily built than humans, but without agriculture or crafts worth trading for, I can see a while pack having to consume a lot of calories, so they probably can't be that picky.

In reply to Urrun (msg # 958):
They would eat roadkill if there was any, and could make do with plague rat stew or questionably prepared jerky, or say expired pickled eggs or other dive bar snacks.

I went to see the Ape movie (gorgeous, touching, trope heavy) andwill be back on in the morning.


Scrounging is a good skill for a Nouda to dropba point in...

Seems like a reasonable assumption.  And for an unsocialized hyenid, eating habits are pretty similar to a feral dog, but with fewer inhibitions (yes, that means they'll pretty much eat anything).  Worth noting that orcs and goblins have that resistance, as well. but the combination of Scavenger, Cast Iron Stomach, and Resistant to Metabolic Hazards strongly suggests they have the dietary habits of crocuta crocuta.  Likely the manners of one, too, at least among their own.

As a playable race, it's presumed they're capable of learning "better" manners.  Whether they bother is an unanswered question.

sounds like the uneducated disad, from 3rd edition

Funny though... Trolls have Universal Digestion which is a step up over Cast Iron Stomach, but doesn't come with the disease resistance or "squick" factor.

That bit about the trolls is interesting, and yeah, while the Gnoll may be slightly less intelligent than a human on  average, I imagine they are at least smart enough to function in society, perhaps not always smoothly of course given their bad tempers, but well enough to get by.

In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 961):

3e had several advantages and disadvantages I preferred ...  I don't care for DETECT much, preferred AWARENESS even if the points went up. The differences are minor but I preferred the older way.

There are other things in 3e I liked better too... and sometimes use in lieu of the 4e skill or advantage.

The (social regard) difference between them (Bouda/Gnolls and Trolls) I suspect comes down to this:

Gnolls aren't known for hunting, killing, and eating other races.  Sure, sure it probably happens out there in the really wild lands where there isn't easier prey, but it's not a thing.  Like that dead carcass over there is far easier to stalk and drag home than say, a human, elf, dorf, or orc (even if fresh elf would be sweeter - and it is!).

Trolls eat everything and make no polite excuses.  And smart things are tastier than trees.  And grow faster too.  But if pinch comes to belt tightening, Trolls will even eat the boots of the adventurer they've already eaten.




Also sidenote Narrator:  Thread is reaching terminal size.  It's going to go critical mass in 35 posts... 34... 33...
This message was last edited by the player at 18:23, Sat 15 July 2017.

New posting in OOC 6!


Alzo, trolls can eat stones, and are direct blood relatives of the anthrophagic Andersonian Trolls from Df Monsters 1.