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 Witherlings are undead creations that gnolls create to serve in their warbands, using abyssal energy in dark rituals and invoking the power of Yeenoghu. They are shriveled and emaciated hyena-headed beings with skeletal bodies and claws like sharpened horns; they are only capable of using simple weapons such as clubs, and many of their teeth are missing, but the remaining teeth are tough enough to pierce flesh. As undead, witherlings lack intelligence and tactical ability and simply try to relentlessly slaughter opponents with their claws, weapons and fangs - they are used as the vanguard for most gnoll warbands, attacking first to slow or harass prey before the core forces overrun the area.
-Witherlings still retain the tribal loyalty of other gnolls, lashing out if nearby gnolls are incapacitated; unlike most undead creations, they are also not driven by an unnatural urge to consume, leaving more for their fellow gnolls to devour. The first witherlings were created by Yeenoghu to be used against [[Orcus]], and other types have appeared since: witherling death shriekers are bigger, stronger and fiercer, versions with devastatingly loud screams and howls that can empower other undead and damage foes enough to send them flying; witherling rabble were the results of failed rituals by necromancers or cultists, and are quite nimble but also very fragile; and horned terrors are creations spawned from the preserved bodies of minotaurs that run down foes with with devastating charges, and represent Yeenoghu's spite towards [[Baphomet]], the demon god of minotaurs - Yeenoghu and Baphomet are bitter enemies, and the minotaur race views horned terrors as blasphemous monstrosities.
+Witherlings still retain the tribal loyalty of other gnolls, lashing out if nearby gnolls are incapacitated; unlike most undead creations, they are also not driven by an unnatural urge to consume, leaving more for their fellow gnolls to devour. The first witherlings were created by Yeenoghu to be used against [[Orcus]], and other types have appeared since: witherling death shriekers are bigger, stronger and fiercer versions with devastatingly loud screams and howls that can empower other undead and damage foes enough to send them flying; witherling rabble were the results of failed rituals by necromancers or cultists, and are quite nimble but also very fragile; and horned terrors are creations spawned from the preserved bodies of minotaurs that run down foes with with devastating charges, and represent Yeenoghu's spite towards [[Baphomet]], the demon god of minotaurs, as Yeenoghu and Baphomet are bitter enemies, and the minotaur race views horned terrors as blasphemous monstrosities.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Claw 2d4 withering damage, Bite 1d4 [[intelligence]] drain
+  |attacks=Claw 2d4 withering damage, Bite 1d4 [[intelligence drain]]
   |resistances conveyed=None
   |resistances=cold, sleep, poison, level drain
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 A '''gnoll witherling''', {{orange|Z}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[Zombie (EvilHack)|zombified]] form of [[Gnoll (monster attribute)|gnoll]] that behaves the same as zombies of other species.
-A gnoll witherling has a claw attack that can inflict the [[withering]] property it is named for, as well as a brain-eating bite attack that can cause a zombifying [[illness]]. Gnoll witherlings possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], and a [[vulnerability]] to [[Fire (element)|fire]].
+A gnoll witherling has a claw attack that can inflict the [[withering]] property it is named for, as well as a brain-eating bite attack that can cause a zombifying [[illness]] or [[drain intelligence]]. Gnoll witherlings possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], and a [[vulnerability]] to [[Fire (element)|fire]].
 ==Generation==

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   |nutr=300
   |weight=1400
-  |reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/master/src/monst.c#L2706 EvilHack - monst.c, line 2706]
+  |reference=[https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/blob/v0.8.4/src/monst.c#L2860 EvilHack v0.8.4 - monst.c, line 2860]
 }}
 A '''gnoll witherling''', {{orange|Z}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[Zombie (EvilHack)|zombified]] form of [[Gnoll (monster attribute)|gnoll]] that behaves the same as zombies of other species.
-A gnoll witherling has a claw attack that can inflict the [[withering]] property it is named for, as well as a brain-eating bite attack that can cause a zombifying [[illness]]. Gnoll witherlings possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], and a [[vulnerability]] to [[fire]].
+A gnoll witherling has a claw attack that can inflict the [[withering]] property it is named for, as well as a brain-eating bite attack that can cause a zombifying [[illness]]. Gnoll witherlings possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], and a [[vulnerability]] to [[Fire (element)|fire]].
 ==Generation==

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 Witherlings are undead creations that gnolls create to serve in their warbands, using abyssal energy in dark rituals and invoking the power of Yeenoghu. They are shriveled and emaciated hyena-headed beings with skeletal bodies and claws like sharpened horns; they are only capable of using simple weapons such as clubs, and many of their teeth are missing, but the remaining teeth are tough enough to pierce flesh. As undead, witherlings lack intelligence and tactical ability and simply try to relentlessly slaughter opponents with their claws, weapons and fangs - they are used as the vanguard for most gnoll warbands, attacking first to slow or harass prey before the core forces overrun the area.
-Witherlings still retain the tribal loyalty of other gnolls, lashing out if nearby gnolls are incapacitated; unlike most undead creations, they are also not driven by an unnatural urge to consume, leaving more for their fellow gnolls to devour. The first witherlings were created by Yeenoghu to be used against [[Orcus]], and other types have appeared since: witherling death shriekers are bigger, stronger and fiercer, versions with devastatingly loud screams and howls that can empower other undead and damage foes enough to send them flying; witherling rabble were the results of failed rituals by necromancers or cultists, and are quite nimble but also very fragile; and horned terrors are creations spawned from the preserved bodies of minotaurs that run down foes with with devastating charges, and represent Yeenoghu's spite towards [[Baphomet]], the demon god of minotaurs - the minotaur race views horned terror as blasphemous monstrosities.
+Witherlings still retain the tribal loyalty of other gnolls, lashing out if nearby gnolls are incapacitated; unlike most undead creations, they are also not driven by an unnatural urge to consume, leaving more for their fellow gnolls to devour. The first witherlings were created by Yeenoghu to be used against [[Orcus]], and other types have appeared since: witherling death shriekers are bigger, stronger and fiercer, versions with devastatingly loud screams and howls that can empower other undead and damage foes enough to send them flying; witherling rabble were the results of failed rituals by necromancers or cultists, and are quite nimble but also very fragile; and horned terrors are creations spawned from the preserved bodies of minotaurs that run down foes with with devastating charges, and represent Yeenoghu's spite towards [[Baphomet]], the demon god of minotaurs - Yeenoghu and Baphomet are bitter enemies, and the minotaur race views horned terrors as blasphemous monstrosities.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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	A gnoll witherling may [[revive]] after being destroyed if it leaves a [[corpse]].		A gnoll witherling may [[revive]] after being destroyed if it leaves a [[corpse]].
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		+	Gnoll monsters killed by zombies or their infection will arise as gnoll witherlings.

	==Origin==		==Origin==

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 A '''gnoll witherling''', {{orange|Z}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[Zombie (EvilHack)|zombified]] form of [[Gnoll (monster attribute)|gnoll]] that behaves the same as zombies of other species.
-A gnoll witherling has a claw attack that can inflict the [[withering]] property it is named for, as well as a brain-eating bite attack. Gnoll witherlings possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], and a vulnerability to [[fire]].
+A gnoll witherling has a claw attack that can inflict the [[withering]] property it is named for, as well as a brain-eating bite attack. Gnoll witherlings possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[drain resistance]], and a [[vulnerability]] to [[fire]].
 ==Generation==
-Randomly generated gnoll witherlings are always created hostile.
+Randomly generated gnoll witherlings are always created hostile, and may appear in small [[group]]s.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 	This is why we laugh.
 		[ The Gnoll Credo, by J. Stanton ]
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+}}<!--{{variant-36X}}-->
 [[Category:EvilHack monsters]]
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   |MR=0
   |align=-4
-  |frequency=1, appears in small groups
+  |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
   |attacks=Claw 2d4 withering damage, Bite 1d4 [[intelligence]] drain
   |resistances conveyed=None
   |resistances=cold, sleep, poison, level drain
-  |attributes={{attributes|A gnoll witherling|breathless=1|mindless=1|humanoid=1|stalk=1|hostile=1|infravision=1|m4_vulnerable_fire=1|mh_gnoll=1|mh_undead=1|nocorpse=1}}
+  |attributes={{attributes|A gnoll witherling|breathless=1|mindless=1|humanoid=1|stalk=1|hostile=1|infravision=1|m4_vulnerable_fire=1|mh_gnoll=1|mh_undead=1|nocorpse=1|sgroup=1}}
   |size=Medium
   |nutr=300
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 }}
-A '''gnoll witherling''', {{orange|Z}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[Zombie (EvilHack)|zombified]] form of [[Gnoll (EvilHack)|gnoll]] that can cause [[withering]], and shares the same brain-eating bite attack as other zombies.
+A '''gnoll witherling''', {{orange|Z}}, is a type of monster that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[Zombie (EvilHack)|zombified]] form of [[Gnoll (EvilHack)|gnoll]] that behaves the same as zombies of other species.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==