We're gobs, we're gobs, we're the gobs 🐀

The goblin lore actually makes me think they make for a good warlock, selling their soul to a devil to escape the the afterlife fate demanded by their conqueror God, or to rejoin the fey court.

I feel like rabbit goblins should be a thing: - Big ears - Lives underground - Explosive breeder - Environmentally destructive (in Australia at least)

Fun Gobllin Lore is that when Maglubiyet took the goblin Pantheon they killed most of the old goblin gods, Leaving one or two. But one Goblin god survived, the Goblin god of stealth and trickery, It has no name for fear that if it is spoken Maglubiyet will find them

Speaking of how, in most folklore, Goblins are part of the fae, in Welsh mythology Goblins and Elves are the same thing. There aren't really any Goblins as we know them today, but the word for Elf is "Coblyn". So they're literally just fae.

I played a geriatric goblin who was a goblin folk hero, however now he has a walking stick (His legendary rapier that's stuck in its hilt due to not being used in years.) He was dragged out of retirement and had to regain his skills since he's old as heck now. It was awesome because we had another goblin player who played a much younger goblin and ended being trained by my old dude so he could retire permanently. The plan was too pass on his rapier to the younger goblin but the campaign ended early due to scheduling and burn out

Saving a Brownie gets you... Brownie Points. I'll get my coat.

I head cannon that goblin language mimics the sounds of nature- birdsong, wind, groaning branches, squirrel barking, etc- easier for stealth

Goblin lore in D&D is surprisingly consistent. Nilbogs existed in 1e and even back then implied that Maglubiyet had subjugated the goblins by killing their gods.

Goblins are my favorite race in the game, not in a mechanic way tho, I just love them mischievous little Gobblos

The first campaign I ever ran, the players "adopted" a gobin during the first session. According to them, there are 0 problems with goblins in D&D or anywhere else. Great video!

I always liked the WoW goblins; here they sit between DnD kobolds and DnD gnomes as being juuust inventive enough to get themselves into trouble, and juuust silver tongued enough to get themselves out… usually. Gnomes have engineering degrees, goblins are junkyard mechanics.

I really do wish goblins had actual sub-races. You could play them up as highly adaptable and be heavily influenced by their environment. Like your standard green skin would typically be found in heavily forested areas, while mountain dwelling goblins could have gray, rough skin akin to a Goliath.

I totally want to see a goblin cleric who is trying to revive his old goddess Queen you know the fairy goddess

Love goblins, I played a goblin named gob. He was raised by humans, when they died he was kidnapped and thrown into the gladiator pits. The party rescued him, and gob does tend to be cowardly and selfish but he is constantly fighting his nature. Literally becoming the party's frontline tank

So one of the things I added to goblin culture during one of my games is that they have mushroom farms, the thing is the mushrooms will only grow in a mulch combo of bone and wood. What kind of bone? Well if you're close enough to ask, probably yours

In my games I have "Pottery Goblins" Earth spirits kinda like small Gorons, with reddish earth-tone skin, long scruffy white hair, and they tattoo themselves with muds, they make lots of pottery especially pots to carry things and even hide themselves in, decorate with muddy cave-art, and they build giant earth fortresses like Mesa Verde. I remember reading lots of stuff about how goblins used to be considered masterful craftsmen before Tolkien, so I kept pondering like what the heck would goblins have to craft with? ...dirt... probably dirt...

ngl, I've only seen goblins portrayed one of two ways. Either manic pixie psychos, or caked up shortstacks.

I feel like this gives goblinoids a soul, this makes them a more complex race perhaps bugbears and hobgoblins also have these counterparts?

Not gonna lie, when I saw your brownie designs, my heart melted. they've got a mix of adorable and chaotic that hits me right where I live

A bit about the more general goblin in older editions, they used to be good at two things; sneaking and riding. So in the past they were significantly better at husbandry and especially proficient at handling creatures as mounts. In here, we can see a good angle for their nature aspect that goblins act in a very natural way, which is wild and untamed. Not the same kind of fuss a druid would make about some squashed mushroom, but that squirrel was too slow and very edible. So to handle regular goblins, you could lean into that "doesn't get society" angle where they think straightforward and less in 'should' or 'should not.'

So, MoM basically made "My goal in life is to kill god for all the shit he's done", perfectly slot into any goblinoid. Based

The brownies as an idea fits with some of the medieval ideas of the creature (when they're not a monstrous rogue), as well as the initial ideas relating to kobolds. For this reason, the idea of a household spirit being a subrace makes a lot of sense.

i made a space goblin named cupcakes in star finder. she was a pure mechanic and is chaotic good. One of the other players in this group was a dwarf that hated goblins, but after she freed a dragon race from being "interns" the dwarf and her became friends. She has a huge drive to freeing "interns" whenever she could being a former "intern" herself. Cupcakes is actually what her human "boss" called her and it just stuck. Now cupcakes is a space pirate that looks over the ship of her crew. She is very fun to play.

I used the Haunt Hag in a session I DM'd for three friends, one of them playing for the first time. They keep thanking me for such an amazing session but it was mostly thanks to you and the inspiration that hag gave me!! Thank you :D

Actually, versatile weapons being required to be wielded as two-handed for small creatures was a rule in 4E. in 5E, small creatures can use versatile weapons one- and two-handed like any other. The not being able to wield heavy two-handed weapons thing is true tho.

I'd love to play as a Brownie someday! It's such an interesting idea for a race and I love how they're inspired from actual Brownies in real world folklore. You really come up with such interesting ideas and concepts that lots of people (myself included) find fun and amazing. Thank you and keep up the incredible work!

As a HUGE fan of earth-mythology goblins, bronwies, lutins (etc.) I love this take on a playable fey-realm goblin.

If I had a nickel for every D&D content creator on KZfaq represented by a single-eyed creature and really awesome art, I'd have two nickels, which isn't much, but I really hope it keeps happening.

The whole "Grateful, loyal, until you mess up their fey concepts of contracts" you took directly from actual Brownie lore and I love it Also, with the Goblinoids being from the feywild, orcs literally being imported by the creator races or a portal left open for too long, mind flayers being time travellers, beholders being a dream of the outer planes, What monsters are actually native to Toril? Like if you think about it adventuring parties are slaying basically aliens who got stuck

The main advantage of small races is being able to mount smaller and much cheaper mounts

my DM decided to use the brownies in our game, 10/10 HIGHLY RECOMMEND. We enjoy our teeny tiny lil friend Parsley

Honestly I didn't expect Goblins to have this much depth. Really makes you sympathize with the little gremlins. I love the idea of Brownies as well! Also fun fact: Mağlubiyet translates to "defeat" in Turkish, so his name actually has meaning.

Fun idea: Chaotic Good goblin paladin dedicated to defeating the Conqueror god and remake the society of goblins to end hierarchy altogether. So yeah basically an anarchist goblin

There's also an IRL reason why goblins get Fey Ancestry; the term goblin way back when used to mean "Ugly Fairy," but this was back in the era when the words Elf and Fairy were interchangeable. Speaking of Goblinoids, Hobgoblins really got the short end of the stick in the Fantasy space. Hobgoblins were housekeepers that just wanted to help, provided you didn't do anything to anger them or get on their bad side.

Recently with baldurs gate 3 we got something that ties into this neatly - They were VERY very quick to abandon Maglubyet in favor of The Absolute after their shamans were tadpoled in the grand coup.

SMALL as a size category needs to just grant everyone who's small the Halfling Nimbleness feature. It's literally the only good thing being small gives in this edition. Anything more could be too complicated.

My man used Nekrogoblikon as real life Goblin footage, major respect

This was amazing and I love Brownies. Will definitely be adding them to my table. Got a question though. If the Goblinoids (Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Bugbears) aren't related to each other (meaning the god of conquest didn't just conquer some goblins which evolved into Hobs and Bugbears) and some Goblins turned into Brownies, then what about the Hobs and Bugbears? Could the Queen of Air and Darkness have saved a few of them, who then branched off to be their own Fey Hobs and Bugbears?

I mean this from the bottom of my heart, man. In less than a month since i came across your channel, you have risen to levels on-par with the best dnd youtubers out there. I am just as excited when I see that you've posted as i am when Colville, XP to Lvl 3 or The Runesmith do. Incredible work, I cannot WAIT to see what you do in the future.

In Scandinavian folklore brownies are called tomtar - same word as our word for Santa btw - and they were generally nicer than the irish version, but not by a lot. As far as I can tell they were thought of kinda like the local spirit of well managed farms. They helped out, a lot. And the only thing you needed to do was do your share of farm work, keep the place neat, take good care of the animals, be polite and respectful, don’t kill any tomtar by mistake and put out a nice bowl of rice porridge with a dollop of butter around christmas. But there was a flipside. If you were rude, disrespectful, lazy, untidy, or if you threw heavy stuff around you without looking, or if you messed with the christmas porridge - in short, if you pissed your tomte off - horrible things would happen. For some reason most folk tales about them are stories in the genre ”How to lose friends and alienate people” except with tomtar instead of people. An absurd and yet common version of ”things you shouldn’t do” was putting a turd in the christmas porridge. Usually it’s one of the hired hands on the farm. Maybe he’s resentful that he doesn’t get the good rice porridge, maybe he doesn’t believe that the tomte is real, or maybe just because he’s a total dick and this is a fairy tale … but he pulls down is pants, takes a big crap in the porridge bowl, and then he smothes the porridge over so it’s white again and his turd is hidden under the surface. I don’t know why, but the tales are usually specific about that last detail. There’s a dramatic pause when nothing happens. And then there’s a howl of indignation. Next morning all the livestock might be dead, with their heads cut off and stuffed up their behinds. Or some other gruesome retribution. Some times the farmhand makes it out alive, sometimes not. But any tomtar are gone for good, and the farm is never happy, lucky or thriving again. Just wanted to share that. Also, check out the web comic Goblins. It’s awesome. And about DnD goblins. Thanks for another great episode Pointy! Cheers

"Goblins are correctly green and if not you're wrong" "They're either cute or disgusting, like if you're a weirdo" "They're either three feet tall or one meter, if you use the right system." Damn one minute in and this guy is making enemies real quick with me ngl lmao

I am IN LOVE with this type of goblin you made! I actually wanna play it when I get the chance. Thank you very much for your awesome content, and the effort you put into all of it.

Dude this brownie twist is awesome. I’ve been watching your work for the last couple of days. And I love your twists. And your videos in general. Keep up with this amazing videos. You are great work

Love goblins. In grade school we had a Scandinavian teacher who I hated because at 12 she would treat us like we were 5, but she would tell us Scandinavian folk tales and creatures from their mythology. One of which was the goblins, which were like elf, helpful little creatures that if you pissed them off they would play jokes on you. Elf helped in house and goblins helped outside the house. Elf as a joke would burn down you house. Gobli s as a joke would leave a rake in some tall grass so when you stepped on it, it would smack you in the head. Tolkien altered goblin into their present form. I like how they look especially the PF goblins, but I tend to go more with the pre tolkien lore.

I really love the way you illustrated the Brownie! Very much hits that spot right between unsettling and cute!

I have shared pretty much every video I've watched (which is almost all of them) with my DM in anticipation for playing, and your ideas for different subraces or subclasses has inspired so many ideas which I'm sad I can only use a few of them. Keep posting!! You're amazing!

The moment you said they were called Brownies my eyes lit up cause i knew exactly where you were going with it. Thanks Fablehaven for properly representing Brownies and many other Mythological Creatures within your 5 Boom Series.

I like Goblins, though I like the Eberron Goblins where the goblins used to rule the main continent of Khoravaire before Humans showed up, and that they are only now able to create a new homeland for themselves. It makes playing goblins fun since, you can have say an indiana jones type looking to find lost relics to bring back to the goblin kingdom.

I recently started playing a goblin who escaped from her cave and saw the sunlit sky for the first time, and then became a light cleric of lathander

Absolutely in love with your videos, and more importantly, your imaginative approach to the storytelling. Thank you for all the hard work you have put into these videos and stats.

Here's the problem. When monsters that are intended to be evil cannon fodder become morally ambiguous, then the PCs kicking in their door, killing them, and taking their stuff become the VILLAINS...

I made a goblin a while back that was born in a human city as his parents escaped the cruelty of goblin culture. His shtick was to reflect from his father's teachings and struggles, but also to help out other goblins find a means to get away from Maglubiyet's influence. (The character was made before the MoM book) So far it's pretty cool despite not doing that great at convincing other goblins to join his cause (he's a ranger, not a talky type), but the DM put out a plot hook, so here's to hoping.

brownies being the representation of gratefulness honestly made me cry 😭

Goblins being tantamount to raccoons is the best analogy I’ve heard. Makes me want to build an inquisitive Goblin named “The Trash King”. Have him be a Dank Wood Goblin so he can talk to small animals, like raccoons, and give him expertise in Animal Handling and Investigation so he and his little band of thieving raccoons can find the best trash possible. Also, a glamour bard could be a really good way to incorporate the fey ancestry and the split between cute and ugly goblins. Use the fey-like abilities of the glamour bard to make your ugly goblin look like a chibi goblin with the subclasses’ features, inspiring your allies to protect the pug-looking goblin because they suddenly look very, very cute.

1:30 allow me to correct you, pugs are ugly too. In my games goblins are only beyond redemption when they are already grown up in goblin society, if you raise a baby goblin it will adapt to your morality (though it will still be chaotic in nature so its not gonna be a copy of you) that way my party was able to adotp 2 goblins that were the smallest more abused members of their tribe (they didn't got sad when the whole rest of the tribe was turned into xp)

The face you game the browny is such a bizarre, yet perfect balance between cute goblins and umsettling goblins.

Fun Fact: as a dm who has been playing and running games for wayyyy too long, this has got to be the best Dnd KZfaq channel to date. Thanks for making amazing goodies and videos. Keep up the good work 🤘

Possible homebrew benefits of being small: - 25% less damage from falls - 25% less damage from bludgeoning attacks, but every 1dmg reduced converts to 1 foot of knockback - creatures of large or greater size have disadvantage when making a melee attack against you

I love the idea that clans of goblinoids were hidden or saved, meaning we'd have new races of goblins, hob goblins, bugbears etc.

This is rad, in my own setting goblins we're created by the arch fey of the summer as a prank on his stuck up elven subjects, as little clique clanish balls of chaos to parody and inject much needed energy into elven society. They tend to go feral and become your typical goblin gangs and clans because their chaotic nature doesn't mesh well with their host cultures and the stresses of survival on the frontier. These brownies though are a really cool idea though, 5e is woefully lacking in fey in my opinion, and another race of the fair folk is more than welcome in my opinion

Wizards did miss an opportunity with Dankwood goblins, but glad to see them get some love here.😊

"I hope you like the Brownies" - last time i heard that the evening and the next day were a blur.

Quite cool video. I have my own spin for goblins and use my own variant in my games pretty often, but what you shared really piqued my interest and I will try to use it for my next oneshot with players playing as goblins, finding out about their origins. Thanks for inspiration!

Not many people know this but in the book Acquisitions Inc. there is another subrace of goblins that the PC can use, the Verdan

I love goblins as a concept. Their chaotic energy is very relatable. Also cute goblin art makes me happy

Brownies get mortified when they see the pastry brownies as they see cooking and eating something with the same name them as a threat

I somehow missed the MOM book, so thank you for talking about it, it seems really interesting. Also, your idea is brilliant and it struck me with a nat 20. I'm already writing something furiously in the notebook. Brownies will be so cool to add to the campaign.

I always love seeing how many cultural touchstones you use in cool mechanical or artistic ways in these twists. Someday I'd love to read a compilation of all your twists but in the meantime I'm always happy when new videos come out!

have you heard of the Verdan race? They evolved from goblins in the underdark, they don't really need a twist but your brownies reminded me of them just a little

I think Ive been here since your second or third upload and I just want to say that its really cool to see a channel as deserving as yours grow like that ^^. When I saw the first video of yours and then saw the 3 (or was it 4? Can't quite remember honestly) digit subscriber count I was really suberised cause the production quality was just so disproportionally high, the ideas creative and is was just overall entertaining, hilarious and informative. Long story short: I am really happy to see you grow, but not at all suberised :). Absolutely a channel deserving of its success.

Love the Brownie idea, I would really like to play one. The best thing you suggested was "they're really pleasant in light, but more dire in personality in darkness" that would be very fun to play

They actually make really efficient full casters with nimble escape for disengage and hiding (avoid notice and give your firebolt etc advantage) and fury of the small+ magic missile.

When MOM said they were fey, i was hesitant and upright against it. BUT honestly, just watching the first scene with Brennan & Aabria Iyengar in the Fey & Flower Season of Dimension20, convinced me that "yes, goblins should absolutely be fey or fey related" So this video is a beautiful treat to absorb

Just binged all of your videos today. Love these

I love the goblin lore -- their horrible afterlife is such fertile ground for character motivation. But it's worth noting, the whole "Maglubiyet conquering their original gods" is a pre-5e, pre-MoM lore nugget. Though I do love that, per 5e lore, nobody knows the maximum lifespan of a goblin so they are potentially immortal! I had a Goblin PC that began life as a random Goblin peon in our 5e game -- he was so beloved (by me), I brought him back as a shellshocked coward who had become a "Pendragon" (a homebrew class i found online which combines elements of Cleric & Warlock with a Draconic master giving a portion of their magical essence to a mortal as their servant). They can either slowly transform into a real dragon or raise a baby dragon, and I decided my gobbo had become a Bahamut worshipper and hoped that by serving dragons as an eggsitter he could avoid the terrifying Goblin afterlife. XD

I honestly had no problem with goblins, you've definitely improved them by quite a bit though, will definitely use them in my dnd game! If there was a race to improve I would suggest hobgoblins, I mean they should've been a faction for goblins at best lol

Can you do something with warforged? Since they’re robots I think we’re missing out customizing opportunities. Think about it you could make it so you can change parts like eyes for darkvision

I’m all for the Feywild origin, in various locations and times in history elves and goblins were kind of synonymous, plus there’s gotta be a pointy ear connection somewhere.

I once played a goblin barbarian and I rolled randomly for his height and he was 4’ tall. He was also kind of a himbo and I loved playing his inability to count.

Putting Nekrogoblikon on repeat in honor of goblins everywhere In the campaigns I'm a part of and run, we all have our own lore and worlds which makes ignoring forgotten realms content so easy. I'm a fucking goblin through and through

a character idea: a goblin oath of vengeance paladin who has sworn to avenge the old goblin gods

Shoutout to the big old kiss you give us all at the end of the video!! Makes my heart soar

Love this brownie reimagining, super cool design and really interesting RP opportunities. Your videos never disappoint!

Eladrin equivalent for the Hobgoblin & the Bugbear could be Blue Caps (Hobgoblin) & Bodach (Bugbear)

not me getting super excited every time you upload a video

OMG I LOVE HOW YOU USED THE MYTHOLOGY OF BROWNIES ITS SO COOL I PRACTICE CELTIC PAGANISM AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU INCLUDED THEM i just love how the fae are a part of dnd

Love the fey wild brownie art, the bigger the ears the better. And so much hope in those big eyes

Wasn't the goblin lore already stated in Volo's? The only thing that seems new is the part where they are fey.

The twist you put on the goblins is really cool, I like that you made them better beings (in a sense) and that you drew from actual folklore

love it! thanks for all the insight! also i hope you get to do vid on Kobolds soon or at some point. I just love the way you tackle these topics!

Character idea: chaotic neutral goblin folk hero on a crusade to free their kin of Maglubiyet’s dominion. They reject the evil ways imposed by the tyrannical god but also shows no mercy towards those in the way of their race’s freedom and welfare and always puts them first above all others. They hold in contempt those of races who are traditional enemies and subjugators (dwarves, hobgoblins, etc.), but can be swayed by positive interactions to become more tolerant and even become open to alliances.

Honestly i think Pointy Hat should read some Pathfinder 2E. All his ideas are very similar to what they have in that system. LOVE THE VIDS!

I LOVE this! As someone who has played a goblin before, this really appeals to me. Thank you (as always) for making this awesome content. I love how you tied Scottish lore into it and added to what was expanded upon in MotM.

Imagine like a brownie who once served the BBEG but he once stepped on his foot and so the brownie now goes with the party because he wants vengeance on the BBEG for that.

My first impulse would have been to create apostates from Maglubiyet, normal Goblins who have been broken out of the conqueror god's bondage. Depending on who did that and how you could have them either serve as some villain's personal minions, or as a faithful community to some more merciful deity. So you could have an organized shrine with effectively a monastic community that sneakily spreads the favor of their God. And the players find out about this when they catch a little green friar leaving cookies and prayer pamphlets on their baggage at night.

Looks like we have a new goal: hit 100k before the feywild video is ready so he has to keep moving further back at increments that make the release goal more and more arbitrary

The Brownies remind me of the English Bogart so imagine they share an origin in folklore on the British isles especially with their names both beginning with a B.

In my first dnd campaign we had a very wacky Goblin player character, he was a fighter with the second highest armor class of the party, had a small dinosaur as a mount, and managed to beat a evil dragons god pact by simply being unaware of it.

Very nice video. I love your positive and cheeky vibe sir. Im gonna have to watch all your vids now.