D&D 5E Make Up a Goblin Fact

[Tinker-TDC]

Like it says in the title. Making a table of random goblin traits to roll on so they're not all generic cannon fodder.

1. A goblin's traits reflect its diet. If a goblin eats dog it might grow patches of hair over its body. If it eats fish it may have random scales on it.

 

[Greenstone.Walker]

Goblins are like bees, with a single queen per nest. The little gobbos we see running around are all worker drones.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

2. Goblins can breed with other races, but the spawn will always be another goblin without any traits from his other parent.

 

[Eltab]

3. Inspired by the Storm King's Thunder "goblin-thrower":
There are goblins who practice their Athletics (gaining proficiency in the skill) so they can get thrown, crash-land, and still get up and fight. You can encounter these guys a few in-game months after the first goblin-thrower is introduced ... if the PCs don't wipe out the throwers first.

 

[Tinker-TDC]

5. Goblins can climb ropes faster than ladders. No one is quite sure why.

 

[Slit518]

6. Goblins love to dig holes for the sake of digging. They never know what they are going to find!

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

7. Goblins can look directly at the sun without any pain, but it changes the color of their eyes.

 

[Pathkeeper24601]

8. Goblins have a profound fear of rocks.

 

[Caliban]

9. Goblins are incredibly vulnerable to magic. Casting any spell on them, even a normally harmless or beneficial one, causes them to die...and then their body explodes in a fountain of blood and viscera.

 

[Slit518]

10. Goblins taste great, and are best boiled.