To unsual parenthood! Thoughts.

[iceyfire]

Well from what i gather the instincts are the key here, food is the number one concern if they are well fed they will not attack around anyone them, without other gnolls around it is likely they will not be acting on any of those base instincts dealing with terroritorialism.

I admit sab has her work cut out for her and i dont claim to know yet how it is going to turn out as its possible it may become attached to a cdq or two *cough pseud*.

Who is to say a gnoll could not cover itself completely like a ranger does so that they may quietly join in with society without to much interest.

One thing i can say with certainty is that Sabrissia would not give up on this creature until the day she dies or it dies, she feels responsible now, so its a time thing *Grins*.
Its interesting because gnolls have been known to learn common and make alliances with humans if it suited them....
So they are not entirely without complex intelligence...

True enough it would be a fun race to place being such a rarity but i serioulsy dont see the creation of a race to suit 1 or 2 players hehehe, can dream however cant i?

[Acacea]

I don't really agree with the blanket good/evil assessment, Lonn - maybe if we were talking strictly common society's interpretation of good, but the key things in your example in my opinion are ones I myself addressed as well, that I don't think have anything to do with good vs evil, but the attempt to heavily change or suppress its natural instincts. A good ranger does not take his wolf to church or try to dress him up, eh?

Of course, it's nothing like an animal companion either, but I'm just saying You don't have to be evil to let something be itself at its basic level; even in the evil example, its instincts were being guided/forced to serve someone else's ends. I'm not sure trying to totally destroy a person's nature to recreate them into something YOU want is even really 'good', except that they do it unthinkingly and without conscious malice.