#goblinoide

[randomencounters]

Encounter: the Slu

#goblinoids #i think?

[zephyrbug]

Mezu the genie warlock! Head of research and proxy for the Halcyon Flame, she’s a force to be reckoned with!🍊🎍🕯 This was just a little break for me, Mezu is a character i’ve had in my head for a while and a great chance to experiment with color combinations! Also I’m a big goblinoid fan and think they deserve more love <3

#art #dnd #illustration #dungeons and dragons #oc #fantasy #dnd5e #warlock #genie warlock #elemental #goblin #goblinoid #dnd art #character design #my art

[dungeonmalcontent]

In d&d, goblinoids are in this weird place.

They're crafty and cunning, but most lack intelligence (representatively, at least). They're in tune with nature in a weird way, and they're technically fey, but they're almost never portrayed as fey. They're capable of industry and wickedly clever designs but are not masters of craft or artisans.

They are the creatures originally intended for cannon fodder that players of ttrpgs kinda fell in love with. They represented a lot of bad tropes, and so we tried to change them but we were not fully capable of washing away the complicated history on them.

When I run goblins as a society. They aren't lesser. They aren't stupid. They aren't bad. They just haven't been given opportunity as a culture. They're outcast as a race of beings, never welcomed in to communities where they'd learn things and have resources due to how different they are. They also tend to be what happens when you get a very diverse heritage (in a sort of roundabout description way). Elves and orcs and dwarves and gnomes and everything. You get fey pointed ears, you get darker green and brown skin tones, you get this thin figure that's surprisingly durable and hardy, they're short, they're nimble, they're good with they're hands, they can work iron. The list goes on. Heck. Sometimes I give them horns.

I also like to rule that they do the best with what they're given. They can't get access to raw materials, so they scavenge what they can. They get metal from slag dumps and pan out the useful bits. Thier cloth is a mixture of scrap hide and recycled trash. Goblin alchemy is slightly more refined because they can gather most of what they need from nature, but glassware is almost always unavailable and so they are limited in what they can make.

And this whole thing makes goblins frustrated. Why are they the ones left out? Are they just monsters to the rest of the world? They have aspects of every other type of humanoid to them, but they just don't have enough of any one thing to be welcome among the other cultures. But when given the chance to shine, goblins can really show that they're diamonds in the rough. And not really all that rough to begin with. Not rough at all. Just a diamond cut another way.

#d&d #dnd #dungeons and dragons #5e #ttrpg #fantasy #writing #goblins #goblinoids

[primordialcore]

repost from a request on another site for more goblins so i took that chance to update one of my goblins, Zog A very fail rogue

#goblin #goblinoid #fantasy art #just punch and stretch him like a stretch armstrong toy

[dnd-smash-pass-vs]

Apparently I forgot to actually queue the poll on some of these, so you're getting extras. I hope this doesn't COMPLETELY screw up the poll orders.

On the left, Weretiger. Can become a tiger, a person, or a larger tiger-person hybrid with a husky voice and tendency to roll thier R's. They like to keep tidy little cottagecore cabins in the woods, full of herb gardens and cats and poultry and such. They tend stay near people because they like occasional company and have favored mates, but not too close because they value privacy and don't care to spread thier curse (why make more hunting competition). Look I've seen how y'all react to Tony the Tiger, I don't have to explain this one.

On the right, the bugbear! 7 ft (2.1 m) of lanky muscle, and just as dexterous as they are strong. They live for pleasure and an easy life, so they're relatable too! Many tend to be impatient, but the more patient ones do tend to be quite nice!...if only because they've realized being nice to others tends to make life easier and better in the long term.

#weretiger #bugbear #smash or pass #dnd 5e #dnd #d&d #5e #d&d 5e #I'll follow my fellow goblinoids to the grave #but I know how this one ends

[orcbardneeul]

And closing out Hot Gob Summer, we have Roth showing off a…oh my. Roth, I think you're supposed to wear more than that on a public beach. But I suppose they'll make an exception for you.

(🎨 @syrupmandraws )

#Bugbear #Roth #my OC #dnd oc #goblinoid #hot gob summer

[thecreaturecodex]

What's your options on bugbears in Golorian being all serial killers or atleast obsessed with fear? I think that has room for, improvement. Definitely feels weird for them though.

I love it.

It's one of my favorite lore changes between D&D and Pathfinder. It makes bugbears feel less like "goblin, but giant". And Paizo has made it clear that some goblins mutate and just grow to Medium size, so you can have giant goblins if you want 'em.

@monstersdownthepath suggested that bugbears have a demonic taint to them. Despite their CE nature, I'd suggest sahkils instead. Bugbears are the Fear of Marauders, of Banditry, of Murder. Only they're mortal. But I bet a lot of their souls end up in Xilbaba when they die.

I imagine that small groups of bugbears are somewhere between bandit gangs and terrorist cells, roaming around and striking for maximum psychological impact as much as to get material goods. Larger communities would be like Halloweentown, only much less friendly. With running competitions for "most blood drained in a single evening". And adopting more terrible monsters into their numbers as Honorary Bugbears. Life's no fun without a good scare! If the Thing Hiding Under Your Stairs and The Shadow on the Moon At Night really wanted to kill you, and then looted your supplies and took over your village until the well runs dry or next year's crop doesn't plant itself. That's a bugbear clan.

I also love the implication in Ironfang Invasion, through characters like Scarvinious and Scabvistin (great naming convention too, IMO), that some, but not all, bugbears are envious of hobgoblins. They like the idea of civilization, of order and rigidity. And so they enlist. And because of their strength and power, they can succeed. If they "beat the bear" out, in Scabvistin's words.

So if you want to give bugbears another hook, here's my alternate, but not necessarily incompatible take. They're brood parasites. Because what's scarier than a baby that's not yours taking over your life?

We know that in Pathfinder canon, goblins and hobgoblins are both communal breeders (thanks to nursery locations in both Rise of the Runelords and Jade Regent). A mother bugbear sneaks into a goblin creche and leaves her baby behind, after killing one of the young and either eating it themselves or feeding it to Junior. The somewhat addlepated and mutation-prone goblins won't notice or mind a slightly hairier infant, right? And then the bugbear baby takes more than its fair share of resources, maybe knocks off a few of the other kids, and then either leaves the goblin colony at a young age in order to find more bugbears, or stays and muscles his way into a leadership position.

Doing the same to a hobgoblin community is riskier. The hobgoblins are much more in tune and observant. But in this case, it becomes more of a mutualistic relationship that could tip into parasitism on either end. Maybe the bugbear can get along in the hobgoblin village by learning discipline, or be content with the role of scavenger or brute. Or the bugbear could try to take over, if the hobgoblins are weak. And if the bugbear doesn't have the resources to survive and thrive, the hobgoblins send them off on a suicide mission.

And even though they only rely on other goblinoids for raising their young...most of the time, there are rumors that they do this to other peoples. Even if it happens once in a hundred years, everyone will know the story of how the Munson boy got very hairy and very big very quickly, and then slaughtered and spit-roasted the family dog when he was only 4? That kind of fear keeps the bugbears powerful. And makes the bugbears very happy.

#bugbear #pathfinder rpg #pathfinder 1e #pathfinder 2e #D&D #goblin #hobgoblin #goblinoid #ecology #brood parasite #plot hooks #did you hear the news about eddie munson? #could have been a werewolf of how keen his nose was and how big his sideburns grew #and then he burned down the family house and disappeared on his eighth birthday #you can still hear his laughin on the anniversary of that night #go to the ruins of the ol munson house if you don't believe me

[thebeardlyben]

Day 3 of #GOBLINWEEK baybeeee! Gonna keep on rolling with the bugbear druid and lord of good vibes, Jerry Goodberry!

#goblinweek #goblin week 2023 #digital art #jerry goodberry #good vibes only #bugbear druid #stoner druid #bugbear stoner #bugbear #goblinoid #weed #shrooms #mushrooms #illustration #fantasy art #dnd art #dnd character #dnd5e #dungeons and dragons

[hobgoblinsupremacy]

Blurg, because every named hobgoblin NPC must be cherished.

He looks a bit different, since I based him more on the hobgoblins running around in my DnD groups setting.

Also his squid husband, as he must also be cherished and they are not supposed to be separated.

#bg3 blurg #hobgoblin #blurg #bg3 omeluum #omeluum #omelurg #traditional art #hobgoblins in this settings are a lot more cat like #as are all the other goblinoids #but as they are not my favorit children they are less fleshed out #basically goblins have chaotic cat energy #bugbears lazy big cat energie #and hobgoblins are what would happen if lions had an military

[fleshwizard]

In Scottish and Northern English folklore, a shellycoat is a type of bogeyman that haunts rivers and streams. The name comes from the coat of shells these creatures are said to wear, which rattle upon movement. Many places on the coast of Scotland have names that reference the shellycoat. Supposedly, shellycoats are particularly fond of the area around the River Hermitage.

Shellycoats are considered to be relatively harmless; they may mislead wanderers, particularly those they think are trespassing upon the creature's territory, but without malice. A common tactic of a shellycoat would be to cry out as if drowning and then laugh at the distracted victim.

#text from wikipedia #i didnt expected to end with a clownlike goblin but uhm i guess im okay with that ahahah #it was fun to design the coat #illustration #crayon #chimera #fashion #clothes #shell #goblinoid #shellycoat #Scotland #Supernatural in Scotland #monster #creature design #bestiary

[cdnein]

gay

#cd9art #artists on tumblr #digital art #digital illustration #dnd art #dnd #dungeons and dragons #dnd goblin #goblinoid #procreate #sketch #green #dnd artificer #artificer #ttrpg #oc: tav #goblincore #green goblin #goblin girl

[dreamer-2000639]

Hello, I'm a new artist on here and this is my first post.

Decided to kick things off with a character (now professional NPC) that I hold near and dear. This is Damon, a half-elf and half-hobgoblin.

He was a wizard for a campaign I briefly played and now serves as a butler for my players, managing the home base and taking care of them during rests.

I hope to be able to post more soon. Happy to be here ^^

#artists on tumblr #artwork #digital art #goblin aesthetic #purple #hobgoblin #goblin oc #goblinoid #d&d 5e #d&d character #dnd npc #npc #dnd art #dnd #dnd oc #drawing #aesthetic #servant #wizard #magic #fantasy #original character #oc #oc art #dungeons and dragons #5e

[zephyrbug]

Completed commission for padenunderscoreanderson (on Instagram) of their wonderful goblin blood hunter Sage!🗡🩸🍏 Drawing goblins is always such a treat and Sage is such a cool combination, I never get to see blood hunter goblins so getting to bring her to life was very fun!! I was also tasked with a pose that was a bit tricky but in the end it was really good practice and I like how it turned out^^

#art #dnd #illustration #dungeons and dragons #oc #fantasy #dnd5e #blood hunter #order of lycanthropy #goblin #goblinoid #dndart #character design #my art #dnd commission

[bonemaggotsludge]

Im so normal about goblinoids rn

#artists on tumblr #art #sketch #bugbear #dungeons and dragons #doodle #forgotten realms #dnd #goblinoid #goblin #hobgoblin

[teddie-laundrybear]

ep. 45

Gid telling his story to the Lion Lady statue I'm CRYING

#once upon a witchlight #gideon coal #legends of avantris #he sounds so upset #and so mad #he's so ashamed to say who it was because his friends are goblinoids #Kremy supporting him the whole time #crying

[rupertbbare]

Big catch by Denis Zhbankov

#denis zhbankov #lizard #lizardman #reptilian #fish #humanoid #goblinoid #fantasy #fantasy race