I was hunting the gnolls at the Spires in SK when I learned something
about them which others may find useful.

My current technique for gnolling is to find one by himself, and hit
him with Creeping Crud. That dot gets his attention, and begins doing
damage. I then begin running away from the Spires, to get some
distance from any possible gnoll back-up. Once I have the distance I
want, I root him and hit him with another dot, Incinerate in this
case. I then rest to regain mana. I will run, root, and dot him until
dead. With luck I have enough mana left to rest only a short time
before I go get another.

I was talking with my son-in-law while taking one gnoll, and rooted
the thing at the spire rather than pulling him away. I guess I was
distracted. A second gnoll came along and agroed on me, driving me
away. I knew I did not have the mana to manage both, so ran south for
Lake Raithtear. I reached the zone well ahead of them. I rested to
full capacity, with no gnolls in sight. Didn't even zone.

I went back to get some more gnolls, but found someone camping the
spire I had been working. I started to leave, honoring his claim to
an abandoned camp, when a gnoll hit me from behind. I lead him on a
fatal chase. The camper sent a tell regarding a perceived violation
of camp courtesy, for which I appologized.

It seems that the gnolls will abandon a chase after some time and
distance, but remember you well. The second gnoll I had been involved
with agroed on me from a considerable distance from the Spires.

So, gnoll hunters, keep in mind that an injured gnoll has a long
memory, and even longer agro range.

Barto Proudfoot