time to answer a bunch more asks about Sweet Pea, Nettle, and DnD! Jesus christ, you guys (gender-neutral, affectionate). Leading with a couple asks about food, because now it’s on my mind…
@demnted-dwarf-wizard An average human would be a lot— I think it would take a few gnolls to finish one of those. (j/k j/k)
I think they generally do eat a bit more than an average human, because they’re generally larger creatures than an average human. A terrible, insatiable appetite is part of their monstrous reputation, and there’s some truth to it; they’re built to survive harsh conditions, so they can eat a lot at once if they want to. Ask Nettle about the time Sweet Pea discovered pasta. (Or don’t.) But many clans, like Sweet Pea’s, live in balance with the ecosystem around them, not hunting more than what animal populations can replenish. And every part of what they hunt is eaten or used in some way, like in making tools or clothes– absolutely nothing is wasted.
They’re hunters first and scavengers second, just like real spotted hyenas, but they don’tmindscavenging. If other people think that’s “gross” because they can’t appreciate the flavors and smells of carrion and aren’t constitutionally strong enough to eat it, that’s on them.
I can see gnolls living in towns and cities being very into dumpster-diving. It’s amazing, what some places just throw out.
@kinsey3furry300 this whole thing is so cute and interesting that I’ve been hoarding it. I never knew you could gather ant larvae that way! SP is really the one who’s more knowledgeable about outdoorsy survival stuff, although Nettle knows things, too. She’s very good at identifying mushrooms.
nettle. ✅
she’s a little over 6 feet tall! Most of that is neck. My gnolls have long necks and torsos, and proportionally short legs.
a little guy! My first impulse was to be like, “wait, aren’t kitsune a thing?” but kitsune are different and special and they’re their own thing. I hope you can convince your DM to let you be a little tiny big-eared fox guy.
@kittysune2000 I love all the different kinds of furries and monsters you can be in DnD and Pathfinder (and beyond). Letting people just be creatures is so great. I love ratfolk, they sound adorable– and I also love kobolds! A oneshot I played recently with some work friends actually went off the rails when our party got ambushed by a couple kobolds and, instead of killing them like the DM expected us to, we took them prisoner to act as our guides through a gem mine, asked them their life stories, and encouraged their fellow kobold minions to revolt against their mean manager. Afterwards, we set them free with a gem each and encouraged them to look for better jobs. Godspeed, little guys.
I’ve also seen a couple examples of people making mimicsinto PCs, and that’s delightful. Any little minor enemy monster getting to be a main character is my jam.
I don’t own any 5e books (yet)! My secret is having friends who do own books who will loan them to me, and a DM who sends his players PDFs of books he wants us to read.
