On occasion a traveller will walk through the woods, and take note of eight small eyes staring at them from the trees. Experienced adventurers knows this is the sign to turn back, but most continue. Yeah, it's as big as a cat, but surely that's as large as they get, and it didn't seem hostile did it? And so they move on, oblivious to the hundreds of eyes watching over them, unseen in the treetops, and oblivious to the eight-legged crawling death waiting ahead. Instinct: Grow in strength

• Run across strands of web
• Use webs to call for their parents

Ecstatics are gangs of men and women driven to a state of frenzy through their worship of carnal deities, and indulgence in wine and various magically-infused narcotics. In this state, they lose all self control, begin shouting excitedly, engage in uncontrolled sexual behavior, and ritualistically hunt down and tear animals (and sometimes men and children) to pieces, devouring the raw flesh. Instinct: to revel and rave

• Rampage around in a state of bestial euphoria
• Engage in uncontrolled sexual behavior
• Hunt down animals or men
• Devour flesh

Instinct: tear to shreds

• Drag them down to the ground
• Infect with a bite
• Posture and snarl aggresively

Gnolls are feral, demon-worshiping marauders, attacking communities without warning, and slaughtering without mercy. While the body of a gnoll is that of a large humanoid, the details are those of a hyena. They wear animal furs or patchwork armor, and wield weapons taken from the dead. Gnolls decorate their armor, lairs, and encampments with the bones of their victims. Tribes are led by alphas, or by shamans who send forth wild-eyed gnolls on brutal raids in the name of the demon lord Yeenoghu. When gnolls attack and pillage a settlement, they leave little behind but razed buildings, gnawed corpses, and befouled land. They drag captives back to deep caves for sacrificial rituals too horrible to describe. Gnolls detest physical labor, so a few captives may be kept as slaves. Guarded by merciless gnoll youths, these slaves' only hope of living to the next day is to show strength and to obey. Because nothing pleases a gnoll more than wanton slaughter, gnolls don't bargain or parley, and they can't be bribed. Instinct: To slaughter and destroy in the name of Yeenoghu

• Show and enemy no quarter
• Doggedly track bloodied prey

An extremely tall and lean dog like creature, the Gnoll is a fierce warrior. A Gnoll leader or chief however, is far more dangerous. Instinct: Destroy and reap. Instinct: Reap and destroy

• Bark orders
• Howl for the pack
• Lead the pack

An extremely tall and lean dog like creature, the Gnoll is a fierce warrior. Instinct: To feed on it's kill

• Hunt in packs
• Howl for the pack

Krus leads a massive band of hammer dwarf warriors. He seeks to slay his ancient foes the axe dwarves, and to live a life full of treasure, ale, song, sex, and violence. Instinct: to take what's rightfully his

• Bash something with overwhelming force
• Strike from surprise
• Call in dwarven and elemental reinforcements

Seven-foot-tall suits of blood-drenched armor wreathed in unnatural shadows, these terrible creatures were born of some dark god in times forgotten. Their purpose is to terrify and brutalize, before killing their prey. Their true names long forgotten, they're called now after their massive blades which cut not just flesh, but hopes, thoughts, memories, and bonds. When a grimcleaver approaches you, roll+wis. On a 10+, you overcome it's aura with nothing more than base uneasiness. On a 7-9, the GM picks one. On a miss, both. * If you immediately flee, mark XP * If you don't flee, take -1 ongoing while you're near it When you look right at a grimcleaver's face, roll+cha. On any results, it knows what you fear. On a 10+, it's also locked in gaze with you, fascinated, doing nothing for a moment. On a miss, you're overcome by visions of your fears. Instinct: To terrorize

• Sever something
• Vanish into or appear from shadows
• Pursue beyond all odds
• See fears