DMs: What's a bit of world building on the micro-scale you're proud of?

[prabe]

When did gnolls become fiendish in nature? I always thought they were just hyena-inspired humanoids. I mean, yes, their god is a demon, but in 2E at least, they are purely natural beings.

I gave them hyenadon mounts/pets when I placed them on the Isle of Dread, a matriarchal society (same as real-world hyenas, as I understand it), and made them rivals to the Rakasta tribes.

They turned into the literal spawn of Yeenoghu in 5E, if not 4E (never played 4E, not session-warring, just saying I don't know if they changed for that).

OTOH, that sounds like a cool take on them, if you want them not to be fiend-spawn (I ... kinda wanted fiend-spawn, so I used 5E lore).