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Post by TavishArtair » Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:07 am

What's your favorite version of the eponymous "troll" in gaming (or just fantasy in general). Myself, I will always have a soft spot for the crazy, horned, blue-skinned trolls of Changeling: the Dreaming, especially because that basically gave you the ability to play a Nordic jotnar. I don't really favor CtD itself as a whole, though, for hopefully pretty obvious reasons, but the temptation to find a CtL game to play a CtD troll remains.
I don't really like the D&D troll much, since while it's a classic, it never really felt particularly "mythic." Scary, to be sure.
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Post by RobbyPants » Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:51 pm

I've played D&D long enough that I tend to think of D&D trolls by default when I hear the word. The other two versions I like are:
1) the smaller green trolls from Warcraft 2, which I think became neutral NPCs in Warcraft 3 (not the skinny blue ones the orcs could use).
2) the fat, stupid trolls in the Gnomes book by Wil Nuygen.
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Post by shadzar » Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:23 pm

Giant, not smart humanoids.
Something like the DDM mountain troll in size.
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Post by tzor » Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:16 pm

My favorite comes from the "Book of Gnomes" which always seemed to be the perfect example of the internet variety.
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Post by angelfromanotherpin » Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:18 pm

Tzor, I'm pretty sure that picture is of a Snotgurgle.
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Post by Judging__Eagle » Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:24 pm

I tend to think of the D&D version when talking about or on this board. But when it comes to other people, most of them play either D&D or WoW, and both types of trolls are pretty different.
I alternate between the two.
Other versions that I think about are the ones from The Hobbit.
I know of the trolls from book of Gnomes; but I also think of when I first read about them, in The Troll Book.
I tend to think of the larger trolls and isolated trolls, as being much more uncommon; while most trolls are more like the "Medium Giant" Jungle Trolls from MM3, that are mostly medium sized, and work in groups.
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Post by tzor » Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:27 pm

I was under the impression that the snotgurgle was a type of troll. Urban dictionary calls it a "realtive." I definitely remember the troll association in the book itself. (Actually I thought that was a specific troll's name, but my memory is exceptionally faulty here.)
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Post by Username17 » Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:35 pm

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Post by RobbyPants » Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:52 pm

> tzor wrote:I was under the impression that the snotgurgle was a type of troll. Urban dictionary calls it a "realtive." I definitely remember the troll association in the book itself. (Actually I thought that was a specific troll's name, but my memory is exceptionally faulty here.)

It's been forever since I've read the book, but I remember him having six fingers and six toes as one distinction, and they're much more malicious. They're also rare as hell (two or three in the world), but I think you're right in that they're a type of troll.
I almost included that picture, but I wanted one of the "regular" trolls.
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Post by God_of_Awesome » Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:04 pm

I tend to more less think of some odd combo of the Wow and DnD troll. I prefer the WoW visual cept green skinned and the DnD abilities.
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Post by Josh_Kablack » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:03 pm

I'm not a fan of Poul's Trolls - they show up in all of one novel before D&D.
I tend to think more of things like:
and this girl that I used to work with way back in the Kiltie dishroom, whose temperment (and nonconventional appearance) earned her the nickname of "troll"
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Post by RobbyPants » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:09 pm

I suppose there's always obvious troll too. It's not the first thing that comes to mind, but I am oft reminded...
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Post by Avoraciopoctules » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:12 pm

My favorite version of the troll is the magical bridgekeeper in the Races as Nations thread.
http://tgdmb.com/viewtopic.php?p=71150
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Post by sake » Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:16 pm

I know it's stupid, but I'm actually partial to the Warcraft style cannibalistic-Aztec-by-way-of-Jamaica-green-skinned-elves-with-tusks-and-big-noses Trolls
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Post by hogarth » Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:49 pm

TROLLS!
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Post by Maxus » Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:10 pm

I like both Pratchett's and Eddings's takes on trolls.
Discworld trolls are living rock and have to mind their body temperature or their silicon brains become less and less efficient.
Trolls in the Elenium and Tamuli are, well, cave-men. Big ones. And creepy sometimes, except in the Tamuli where they become
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Post by Torko » Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:58 pm

Danny Devito gobbling up a can of cat food and immediately falling asleep.
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Post by Silent Wayfarer » Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:08 am

Berserk's trolls amuse me.
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Post by Ganbare Gincun » Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:07 am

> angelfromanotherpin wrote:Tzor, I'm pretty sure that picture is of a Snotgurgle.

Wow. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I'm not the only one on here that caught that.
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Post by erik » Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:42 am

Visually I really like the LotR movie trolls. But they are barely sentient which is ultimately uninteresting. A bit smarter and individualistic (say like LotR book trolls) and I'm sold.
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Post by Tshern » Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:27 pm

> Josh_Kablack wrote:
> and this girl that I used to work with way back in the Kiltie dishroom, whose temperment (and nonconventional appearance) earned her the nickname of "troll"

Every Finn here would agree with the last one. There's no real troll in the series, but I'd still give my vote to my favorite childhood animation.
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Post by A Hammer » Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:40 pm

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Post by Thymos » Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:18 am

I'm really liking the Hordes trolls by privateer press.
http://privateerpress.com/hordes/galler ... /warbeasts
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Post by Psychic Robot » Thu Nov 26, 2009 2:06 am

I like trolls like Grendel. Their cruelty amuses me. I also appreciate their cunning and sneakiness.

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Post by Data Vampire » Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:47 am

All Trolls Are Differnt
Lots of trolls.
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