Embrace the vitriol of the Troll and make them into a foe your players will have a great time destroying.
Trolls have the potential to be some of the most disturbing monsters out there, yet are unfortunately the easiest monster to let sit as a never-ending bag of hit points. A monster whacking slog to end all monster whacking slogs. If we examine them a little closer, and look at how their unique abilities can be used to greater effect, then we can avoid that sloggy fate, and create monsters that horrify in new and terrible ways.
This episode is just one big Kinship Camp to explore how to roleplay the troll. We start with a grand recap of what the Troll is in 5th edition. Wild Con and strength, low intelligence, some furious bite and claw attacks, and of course, that famous ability to regenerate. Then we consider how a Trolls mind works, so we can roleplay them that much better. Their exclusion from Giant culture, which we discussed in Episode 83. Roleplay Giants with Culture and humanoid cultures alike, mixed with its chaotic evil alignment, likely make them hate filled outcasts. This is followed by a dive into their physical attributes and how we can flavor those for maximum effect, in a way that makes describing their abilities visually a little easier.
Finally, we mold it all into a horror framework, which you can download for free on our website. It always helps to structure all of our ideas into a playable horror based adventure, which is the whole point of this thing, right? The one we come up with for trolls is gruesome, nasty, and shouldn't be enjoyed by those looking for a wholesome time.
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