Troll

A group of trolls
Troll
General Information
Vision	Darkvision, Low-light vision
Homeland(s)	Cold mountains
Language(s)	Giant
Appearance
Average height	9' (2.7 m)
Average weight	500 lbs
Skin color(s)	Moss green, putrid gray, or mottled gray and green
Hair color(s)	Iron gray, or greenish-black

Trolls are massive, predatory species of giant-kin, they are considered "stupid bastards" by other species of giants except for ogres, who are treated the same way. The most distinctive feature of trolls is their ability to regenerate. If any part of a troll's body is cut off, it will grow back after a while and the felled limb has a chance to evolve into an entirely new troll. The only things that can stop this are fire and acid, both of which trolls fear greatly.

Physical description

The average troll stands 9 ft (2.7 m) high and weighs roughly 500 lbs (227 kg), though females tend to be a bit larger than males. The hide of trolls is rubbery, and usually either moss green, putrid gray, or mottled gray and green. Their coarse hair is typically iron gray, or greenish-black. Trolls initially seem to be somewhat shorter, due to their sagging shoulders and tendency to hunch forward. They walk with an uneven gait, and their arms dangle and drag the ground when running. Despite this apparent awkwardness, trolls are quite agile.

Ecology

Trolls are most often found in cold, mountainous regions, but can be encountered nearly anywhere.

Society

Trolls speak giant, and usually worship Vaprak the Destroyer. Troll dens are filthy places; ruled by a matriarch called a trollop, who is often a shaman in possession of some magical power. These females have a greater appetite for sentient flesh.

Subspecies

Black troll

Also known as demon trolls, these horned trolls reside in the Abyss and possess powerful magical abilities.

Blood troll

Lawful evil red-skinned trolls who often serve devils.

Cave troll

Powerful, feral trolls that often live underground.

Crystalline troll

Charismatic trolls with crystalline skin.

Deep sea troll

These trolls have a primal connection to water. They terrorize the oceans and coastlines.

Desert troll

Chameleon-like, intelligent ambush hunters.

Fell troll

Huge, two-headed troll.

Fire troll

Immune to fire and acid.

Forest troll

Includes variant "muskwart".

Giant troll

Giant trolls are the result of trolls breeding with hill giants.

Gray troll

Having been nearly energy drained to death by undead creatures, these emaciated trolls forge strong ties to negative energy and have venomous spittle.

Ice troll

Cold-dwelling trolls.

Mountain troll

Massive trolls that prowl mountains. Includes variant Halruaan mountain troll.

Mur-Zhagul

Planetouched creatures descended from the mingling of trolls and demons.

Phaze troll

Mutated by great concentrations of magic or Underdark radiations, these trolls possess some magical powers and are more intelligent than their brethren.

Pseudo-troll

Troll from the Far Realm with the pseudonatural creature template.

Rock troll

Trolls with an affinity for earth, they possess natural camouflage in areas of stone. Rock trolls sometimes are found on the Elemental Plane of Earth.

Scrag

These are aquatic cousins of the troll.

Slime troll

The bodies of these underground-dwelling trolls constantly secrete acid.

Spirit troll

Spirit trolls are a crossbreed of troll and invisible stalker.

Stone troll

Stone trolls have rough, somewhat rocky skin and are generally native to mountain ranges.

Tree troll

small arboreal trolls created by magic gone awry.

Troll wraith

A Troll killed by a wraith that rises as undead.

Two-headed troll

These creatures are a horrendous crossbreed of troll and ettin.

War troll

Trolls bred for war that form mercenary companies.

Wasteland troll

Found in mountains and badlands of the deserts.

Related Creatures

Llort

A creature visually indistinguishable from a troll, with similar methods of attacking.

Thoul

A combination of a troll, hobgoblin and ghoul.

Trollhound

Wolf-like creatures that share many of the same traits as trolls, including the powerful regenerative capabilities. They often associate with trolls.

Further reading

• Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 247–248. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
• David "Zeb" Cook et al. (1989). Monstrous Compendium Volume One. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-8803-8738-6.
• Don Turnbull (1981). Fiend Folio. (TSR Hobbies). ISBN 0-9356-9621-0.
• Gary Gygax (December 1977). Monster Manual, 1st edition. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-935696-00-8.
• Szarmach, Sharp, Morgan, Bennie, Sloane, Hankins (January 1989). “The Dragon's Bestiary: Nonhuman creatures - with human form”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #141 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 16, 19.
• Alec Baclawski (November 1993). “The Dragon's Bestiary: Those terrible trolls”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #199 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 23–28.
• Template:Cite dragon/The Ecology of the Troll

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