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Troll, Hill
A hill troll has a large, hairless belly that drags
along the ground, and black claws on both hands
and feet. Their claws are sharp as knives, causing
substantial slashing damage per successful Brawling
attack (see Brawling in Chap. 8: Skills). Always black,
these claws resemble obsidian, even when broken.
Whenever a claw is broken from a hill troll, the edges
are always sharp. For this reason, ancient humans
sought the claws of hill trolls for arrowheads. The
claws of a hill troll significantly aid it in climbing.
Hill trolls either roam the hills or lurk in a
hiding spot, waiting to attack their favorite victim --
humans. When a hill troll gets ahold of a human, it
rips the flesh from the human’s body. This type of
troll is not petrified by sunlight, unlike the subterranean
troll. It will attempt to kill and eat any creature
it meets, including another troll, unless the troll is
the opposite gender.
Hill trolls consider armor and weapons useless,
unless trained as a gladiator. Hill trolls prefer
to brawl, wrestle, and claw their victims until they
are a bloody pulp. Most enjoy removing all flesh
from the victim, then eating the internal organs.
They are very selective, and will leave all muscle untouched,
but eat the internal organs instead. Almost
always, hill trolls save the brain for last, which
they consider a delicacy; it takes as long as an hour
to eat.
Although hill trolls crave the cortex and the
surrounding cerebrospinal fluid, they savor the taste
of the limbic system, most specifically the amygdala,
basal ganglia, and hippocampus. Oddly, they always
reject the thalamus, but devour the hypothalamus.
While tasting the limbic system, hill trolls will become
erect or wet with sexual excitement as well.
Sub-Ability Points: Physical Fitness - 25,
Strength + 100, Bodily Attractiveness - 70, Facial -
40, Kinetic - 40, Hand-Eye Coordination - 20, Agility
- 25, Reaction Speed - 20, Language - 90, Math -
60, Analytic - 60, and Spatial - 10.
Base Current Armor: 14.
Base Life Points: 27.
Physical Description: The average height
of a hill troll is 8’ tall. It is nearly impossible to
distinguish between males and females, unless you
are a troll. The belly is the distinguishing feature,
because hill trolls look skinny elsewhere, yet fat in
the middle. The belly of a hill troll is shaped like a
gigantic, drooping breast. Trolls have greenish skin
and brown hair.
Disposition Modifiers: Ethicality - 50 and
Morality - 50.
Temperament Modifiers: Sanguine - 25
and Choleric + 25.
Sociality: These trolls are solitary and inhabit
hills. Hill trolls do not have Social Class, since
they would rather die before submitting to another.
Language: None.
Occupation: Roll 1d100: (01-25) Bandit,
(26-50) Berserker, (51-75) Gladiator, and (76-100)
Slave. Trolls begin work at age 13.
Skills: Blindfighting + 5, Brawling + 5,
Climb + 5, Direction Sense + 3, Mangling + 5, Taste
+ 3, Weapon (Specific -- Claws) + 5, and Wrestling
+ 3.
Religion: Trolls have never considered the
existence of gods.
Names: Hill trolls do not name their offspring.
However, most who have contact with more
intelligent creatures acquire a nickname, such as
Head-Slasher.
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