GNOLLS
He offers it first as a gift. Steely sinews and snapping jaws. Clean away the debts, the scars, the outlaw's brand. Tear apart your cheating wife, your treacherous brother, his sleeping bastards. A war-mask you don't need to take off.
2 HD, 9" move, AC 6 (scale armor, no shield.) 2d4 (jaws) or by weapon. Typical armament is the longbow, bardiche, or morning star.
He offers it next a fair bargain. Honor and regard. A warlord's red-flecked sable coat. The others follow your orders. The second-best pick of the carrion. Your master gets first choice.
16 HP, 3 HD, 9" move, AC 4 (banded armor, no shield.) 2d4 (jaws) or by weapon. Typical armament is the two-handed sword and the longbow.
He may offer it again as fealty. You may follow it straight along. Wealth and fame. Blood stains your gauntlets and gold frames your face.
20 HP, 3 HD, 6" move, AC 3 (plate, no shield.) 2d4+1 (bite) or by weapon. +1 damage for strength. Typical armament is the two-handed sword and the longbow.
He offers it then as a throne. The raven perches as well on great men as on little. All he asks is the world.
22 HP, 4 HD, 6" move, AC 3 (plate, no shield.) 2d4+2 (bite) or by weapon. +2 damage for strength. A magic weapon.
He may offer it as truth. Cut the fur to the skin. Cut the skin when that's done. Write it in the book. Know that your cause is freedom.
12 HP, 2 HD, 12" move, AC 10 (naked.) 2d4 (bite.) Cast as M-U 5. Burning Hands, Find Familiar, Shocking Grasp, Shield; Invisibility, Stinking Cloud; Haste.
Some may recoil at the task. Some bite the hand. Kindness is wasted on traitors. To waste a body is a terrible crime.
3 HD, 12" move, AC 8 (naked.) 2d4/2d4 (bite/bite.) Another 2d4 + grab if both bites hit. Built with a surgeon, commanded with whips. Alive, somehow.