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 The gnoll is a creature that appears in various types of fantasy media, and is generally portrayed as a human-hyena hybrid or a form of humanoid hyena. The term originates from 1912 short story collection ''[[wikipedia:The Book of Wonder|The Book of Wonder]]'' by [[wikipedia:Lord Dunsany|Lord Dunsany]], with one short story titled "How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art upon the Gnoles".
-The gnoll of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' is introduced in [https://archive.org/details/monsters_and_treasures/page/7/mode/2up the first boxed set] of the game, and gnolls are described in ''Book 2: Monsters and Treasure'' as a "cross between [[Gnome]]s and [[Troll]]s (...perhaps, Lord Sunsany did not really make it all that clear)". These early gnolls were stated to be similar to hobgoblins with +2 morale, while a gnoll king and his bodyguard fought similar to trolls without regenerative power.
+The gnoll of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' is introduced in [https://archive.org/details/monsters_and_treasures/page/7/mode/2up the first boxed set] of the game, and gnolls are described in ''Book 2: Monsters and Treasure'' as a "cross between [[Gnome]]s and [[Troll]]s (...perhaps, Lord Sunsany did not really make it all that clear)". These early gnolls were stated to be similar to hobgoblins with +2 morale, while a gnoll king and his bodyguard fought similar to trolls without regenerative power. The 1st Monster Manual for ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' and all subsequent material describe gnolls as aggressive desert-dwelling nomads that resemble humanoid hyenas, and actively raid and plunder other settlements; it also introduces [[Yeenoghu]], the demon god of gnolls who many of them serve and worship. This portrayal of gnolls is the basis for their appearance in EvilHack.
-The 1st Monster Manual for ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' and all subsequent material describe gnolls as aggressive desert-dwelling nomads that resemble humanoid hyenas, and actively raid and plunder other settlements; it also introduces [[Yeenoghu]], the demon god of gnolls who many of them serve and worship. In spite of their devotion to Yeenoghu, few such gnolls have any interest in ritual, making actual gnoll shamans and clerics very uncommon and few in number - gnolls that worship Yeenoghu see their brutality as a sign of their devotion, painting the eye of Yeenoghu onto their weapons and armor and howling his name as a war cry in battle.
+In spite of their devotion to Yeenoghu, few gnolls that worship him (or any other god in much rarer cases) have any interest in ritual, making actual gnoll shamans and clerics very uncommon and few in number - gnolls that worship Yeenoghu see their brutality as a sign of their devotion, painting the eye of Yeenoghu onto their weapons and armor and howling his name as a war cry in battle.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 Randomly generated gnoll clerics are always created hostile.
-A gnoll cleric has a {{frac|3|4}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|being generated with]] [[Plain armor|armor]], and a {{frac|5}} of starting with a [[Plain cloak|cloak]].
+A gnoll cleric has a {{frac|3|4}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|being generated with]] [[Plain armor|armor]], and an independent {{frac|5}} chance of a [[Plain cloak|cloak]].
 ==Strategy==

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-A '''gnoll cleric''', {{brightblue|h}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[Gnoll (monster attribute)|gnoll]] that has [[infravision]] and can be seen via infravision, and is capable of casting [[monster spell]]s.
+A '''gnoll cleric''', {{brightblue|h}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]]. It is a [[Gnoll (monster attribute)|gnoll]] that has [[infravision]] and can be seen via infravision, and is capable of casting [[monster spell]]s.
 A gnoll cleric has a bite attack and will attempt to cast one clerical monster spell during each of their turns, and possesses [[poison resistance]].
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 ==Generation==
 Randomly generated gnoll clerics are always created hostile.
 ==Strategy==
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 The gnoll of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' is introduced in [https://archive.org/details/monsters_and_treasures/page/7/mode/2up the first boxed set] of the game, and gnolls are described in ''Book 2: Monsters and Treasure'' as a "cross between [[Gnome]]s and [[Troll]]s (...perhaps, Lord Sunsany did not really make it all that clear)". These early gnolls were stated to be similar to hobgoblins with +2 morale, while a gnoll king and his bodyguard fought similar to trolls without regenerative power.
-The 1st Monster Manual for ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' and all subsequent material describe gnolls as aggressive desert-dwelling nomads that resemble humanoid hyenas, and actively raid and plunder other settlements; it also introduces [[Yeenoghu]], the demon god of gnolls who many of them serve and worship. In spite of their devotion to Yeenoghu, few such gnolls have any interest in ritual, making gnoll shamans and clerics very uncommon and few in number - gnolls that worship Yeenoghu see their brutality as a sign of their devotion, painting the eye of Yeenoghu onto their weapons and armor and howling his name as a war cry in battle.
+The 1st Monster Manual for ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' and all subsequent material describe gnolls as aggressive desert-dwelling nomads that resemble humanoid hyenas, and actively raid and plunder other settlements; it also introduces [[Yeenoghu]], the demon god of gnolls who many of them serve and worship. In spite of their devotion to Yeenoghu, few such gnolls have any interest in ritual, making actual gnoll shamans and clerics very uncommon and few in number - gnolls that worship Yeenoghu see their brutality as a sign of their devotion, painting the eye of Yeenoghu onto their weapons and armor and howling his name as a war cry in battle.
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-A '''gnoll cleric''', {{brightblue|h}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[Gnoll (monster attribute)|gnoll]] that is capable of casting [[monster spell]]s, and has [[infravision]] and can be seen via infravision.
+A '''gnoll cleric''', {{brightblue|h}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[Gnoll (monster attribute)|gnoll]] that has [[infravision]] and can be seen via infravision, and is capable of casting [[monster spell]]s.
 A gnoll cleric has a bite attack and will attempt to cast one clerical monster spell during each of their turns, and possesses [[poison resistance]].

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 ==Origin==
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-The gnoll is a creature that appears in various types of fantasy media, and is generally portrayed as a human-hyena hybrid of a form of humanoid hyena. The term originates from 1912 short story collection ''[[wikipedia:The Book of Wonder|The Book of Wonder]]'' by [[wikipedia:Lord Dunsany|Lord Dunsany]], with one short story titled "How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art upon the Gnoles".
+The gnoll is a creature that appears in various types of fantasy media, and is generally portrayed as a human-hyena hybrid or a form of humanoid hyena. The term originates from 1912 short story collection ''[[wikipedia:The Book of Wonder|The Book of Wonder]]'' by [[wikipedia:Lord Dunsany|Lord Dunsany]], with one short story titled "How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art upon the Gnoles".
 The gnoll of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' is introduced in [https://archive.org/details/monsters_and_treasures/page/7/mode/2up the first boxed set] of the game, and gnolls are described in ''Book 2: Monsters and Treasure'' as a "cross between [[Gnome]]s and [[Troll]]s (...perhaps, Lord Sunsany did not really make it all that clear)". These early gnolls were stated to be similar to hobgoblins with +2 morale, while a gnoll king and his bodyguard fought similar to trolls without regenerative power.

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 ==Strategy==
-Gnoll clerics can be unexpectedly deadly encounters in the mid-game: their spell list will always include the [[Paralyze (monster spell)|paralyze]], [[vulnerability]] and [[summon insects]], enabling them to make short work of characters that do not have a way to keep them out of melee range or handle swarms of [[insect]]s such as [[soldier ant]]s, [[fire ant]]s and even [[illness]]-spreading [[locust]]s.
+Gnoll clerics can be unexpectedly deadly encounters in the mid-game: their spell list will always include the [[Paralyze (monster spell)|paralyze]], [[vulnerability]] and [[summon insects]] monster spells, enabling them to make short work of characters that do not have a way to keep them out of melee range or handle swarms of [[insect]]s such as [[soldier ant]]s, [[fire ant]]s and even [[illness]]-spreading [[locust]]s.
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