Murloc

well-known as the gnoll of the water the murloc is a fish-like species. Bipedal, amphibious, semi-intelligent, and aggressive they are almost guaranteed to attack you on sight. Murlocs possess bulbous bodies, large mouths lined with rows of sharp fangs, and slime-coated skin. Individuals range in coloration from turquoise to darkish grey.

Culture

as their nick-name would imply you can find murlocs anywhere there is water beaches, swamps, sewers, rivers, ponds, if you make it deep enough they are even said to be at the bottom of the ocean. when they arent attacking anything that moves and isnt a murloc they construct barbaric armor, weapons, and shanties from surrounding materials.

the murloc intelligence is the average of gnoll intelligence and while they have a language it is very difficult for an outside race to understand and writing is a rare and useless skill. while their intellect can be described as 'better' then gnolls they arent as skilled with repurposing of stolen items. they can use pretty much any weapon they get ahold of but armors and other non-edibles they will generally leave behind.

murloc tactics involving swarming their opponent, retreating to water if a couple of them fall and hoping the enemy follows them, then taking advantage of their superior movement in water to kill anyone dumb enough to follow them. if they are facing a race thats equal or better then them in water then they take advantage of their numbers to surround them then use hit-and-run tactics to hit them from behind then escape before they can hit back

murloc breed by laying about 200 eggs per female when fertilized these eggs hatch unleashing thousands of murloc tadpoles per tribe into the ocean that may either grow into adults and rejoin their tribe, join a different tribe, or start a new tribe

much like goblin the murloc has sub races based off its environment:

• in swamps some murlocs are more frog-like giving them an advantage in repositioning both underwater and above with their legs and allowing them to catch insects with their tongue.
• in the deepsea many murlocs are blind, have an illicium and esca, teeth that are twice as long, and are overall stronger then other murlocs.
• in sewers some murlocs are especially clever leading their brethren to the surface at night to steal weapons from surface dwellers as they sleep and even occasionally stealing and using non-weapon magic items