#gnolls

The fact that humans and hyenas have two of the worst births in the mammal family and a gnoll has both of those traits combined is frankly underutilized in worldbuilding. No wonder they prefer to burst out of hyenas, their maternal and infant mortality rates must be horrific.

I am taking your hand and gently showing you gnolls in the Pathfinder setting. "See?" I say, "You don't have to retcon anything here or try to find balanced third-party options to play gnolls in Pathfinder 2e, Golarion has all sorts of gnolls! Do you want to play a gnoll as a part of a wider society? You can play in the Mwangi Expanse, a place built on afrofantasy and written by afrofantasy authors. Do you want to play a gnoll rooted in their own unique culture? The setting has pre-written cultural norms and unique ways that they understand and worship the deities on Golarion. Do you want to play the original "classic" demon-influenced gnoll, or a gnoll that has broken from that society to become something more noble? There are demon-worshipping slave-catching gnolls in northern Garund. You want Anchor Root? We've got fucking Anchor Root! Go play the Strength of Thousands adventure path to meet an adorable little gnoll. You can play gnolls based on more hyenas than just spotted hyenas, including the Small sized Ant Gnolls! You want to play gnolls in space? Both Starfinder 1e and 2e have stats for playing gnolls! Come with me, you can learn a fun new system with interesting lore and play gnolls in any adventure you want. All of the rulebooks are essentially available for free on Archives of Nethys, including everything you need to make a new character. You don't just have to play that one system anymore."