All Trolls Are Different: Difference between revisions

* The troll in [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''[[Three Hearts and Three Lions]]'' is subterranean, larger and stronger than a human, and is [[Healing Factor|almost unkillable]], regenerating from any injury and being able to move its severed limbs. Only [[Kill It with Fire|burning it in a fire]] killed it. (This is where [[Dungeons and Dragons]] got its regenerating trolls from.) Trolls also turn to stone in sunlight, but the [[Doing in the Wizard|transmutation of carbon into silicon]] makes the area highly radioactive.

* In Robert Lynn Aspirin's "[[Myth Adventures]]" series, the male inhabitants of the dimension Trollia are [[Genius Bruiser|trolls]]. The females are [[Ms. Fanservice|trollops]]. While the male trolls fit the big and ugly (but ''not'' the stupid) stereotype, trollops are [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|gorgeous]].

* Trolls in ''[[The Spiderwick Chronicles]]'' are massive, vicious, hideous swamp-dwelling monsters. Arthur Spiderwick himself has got... a bit of a beef with them.

* The trolls who appear in Jan Brett's picture books are little furry people with onion-shaped heads and long, lion-like tails. They're mischievous but nice guys.

*** And with the right templates, can have ''no'' vulnerabilities. Laying a template which grants immunity to acid on a war troll leads to a monster that cannot be killed by hitpoint damage, although it can still be (temporarily) knocked out, and killed by drowning, Constitution Damage/Drain and Energy Drain. See [http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101587 Emerald Legion] for an example of extreme templating that tries to cover these weaknesses as well.

**** Don't forget about death attacks and suffocation.

*** Ahem. Warhammer ''World'' -- there are others out there in the [[Recycled in Space|sort of related]] [[Warhammer 40000]] galaxy, the most famous of which are probably the Ice Trolls of Fenris who are not made of ice but are vulnerable (slightly) to fire.

* The trolls of ''[[Changeling: The Dreaming]]'' are big and strong and have horns... and that's mostly where the similarity to an "average' troll ends. They're not necessarily dumb or ugly, and they're some of the best warriors of Changeling society. Their major weakness is that they're bound by honor; if they break an oath, [[Kryptonite Factor|they lose their strength]], and if someone else breaks an oath they made with a troll, well... [[Unstoppable Rage|they'd better get out of the way]].