If I wanted to make a gnoll metavariant...

If you wanted to make a big two-legged hyena person, without having to rely on cybernetics to get the traits, how would you go about it? I think it would be a good idea to make it an orc metavariant, but I don't have the Runner's Companion to refer to at the moment. Any tips?

i do honestly think that it has already been made as a metavarient in the RC

Yeah, you could start out with Satyr, and take off the horns, then take SURGE and take the unusual hair, cat's eyes, and that's a decent start.

This is a cool idea. Not sure if you'd actually need a Metavarient to pull it off though. You could easily use the rules for Changelings in Runner's Companion (probably Surge II) or the gene tweaking rules found in Augmentation. Maybe even a bit of both, really, depending on your character's backstory.