D&D General Are goblins the backbone of the economy?

[Shades of Eternity]

Well are.they?

 

[Krachek]

I can save you time, the Thread will be closed soon!
The official trend is that humanoid race can adopt any culture, any behavior.
The goblins in the monster manual are described as lazy and undisciplined, not useful as economic backbone.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

They're definitely the backbone of the Hobgoblin, Bugbear, and any other thug who wants to boss around a bunch of goblins economy.

In settings where the entire economy seems to revolve around treasure acquisition by low level adventurers, goblins are also generally important job creators.

 

[payn]

All I know is that every great campaign starts with 1D6 of them falling out of a crashed wagon.

 

[Tonguez]

Structural unemployment is a necessity for DnD economics to function and thankfully goblins as an undisciplined and lazy race are perfectly formed to support the needs of their mercantilist overlords.

and of course in this more enlightened age we dont mention coerced labour as a form of slavery

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Maybe, as food source for sentient undeads who eart humanoids.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Pretty much.

They're clearly the only ones working to earn/recover all the gold from whatever much better civilization existed before the main setting, collecting it so they might then be harvested by the Home Invasion Patrol, who then bring it back to their lairs where merchants gouge them for the basic necessities of invading homes, and then distribute it to the rest of their filthy stone and wood warrens, which are then raided by orc, hobgoblins and undead, who are themselves then home invaded, only for those home invaders to get taken out by dragons who hoard the treasure until society collapses completely again and then intrepid goblins start the cycle anew.

 

[aco175]

I tend to give 2sp for each set of ears turned in. Price goes up for other monsters, but this may make them the backbone of this economy.

 

[bedir than]

In settings where the entire economy seems to revolve around treasure acquisition by low level adventurers

The only official setting where this is true is Acquisitions, Inq, right?

 

[Reynard]

It's cute OP thinks there is an economy with actual underpinnings.