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gnoll

Definitions

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  • noun mythology a usually evil and dog-like humanoid creature found in various forms in fantasy literature and video games

Etymologies

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According to A Brief History of Gnolls, by Paul Haynie, they were created by Lord Dunsany in "How Nuth Would Have Practiced His Art Upon the Gnoles", and the name was likely derived from a playing field of the Welsh All Blacks known as the Gnoll, whose name likely originated from English knoll.

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Examples

  • Yng, Fabi and Ulfgar started to rush up the the path to reach the top of the cliff, but a gnoll shaman slowed them down with a Grease spell.

    D&D last night nathreee 2009

  • The ambush tactics of the gnolls were successful at first, though Fabi's Glitterdust spell had blinded half of the gnoll archers on top of the cliff, the heroes had trouble trying to reach their enemies and actually harm them.

    D&D last night nathreee 2009

  • It even carried it over to the monsters, so that you might face a gnoll ranger or a goblin monk.

    Is D&D 4e Really Role-playing? « Geek Related 2008

  • After the gnoll kill quests was done, we moved on to hunt black dragon whelps and vultures.

    Crossfire: Murloc Massacre nathreee 2007

  • They entered boldly, and immediately ran into four gnoll warriors.

    Jayme Lynn Blaschke's Gibberish 2009

  • They entered boldly, and immediately ran into four gnoll warriors.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • One example: After killing a gnoll chieftain and his bodyguards, we were in his lair and about to begin the usual looting.

    Kids James Maliszewski 2008

  • I'm including the plot summary of the introduction of a recent area full of gnoll slavers aimed at lowbies as an example We try to write up histories of any plots that go on so that participants and observers feel like they've gotten the whole story.

    Content? 2005

  • He was always showering me with gifts: first was 20 bales of wool, then a magic belt, 6 linen bags, and some gnoll spittle.

    Advice for the lovelorn 2005

  • He was always showering me with gifts: first was 20 bales of wool, then a magic belt, 6 linen bags, and some gnoll spittle.

    September 2005 2005

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