Core Handbook Errors Discussion

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

The Hobgoblin archer has an incorrect History skill. It reads +6.
Hobgoblins get +2 History as a racial bonus. The base Int modifier for the Archer is +1. There is no way to get a +6 bonus from +1.

So, I guess it should be +3.

Yeah, I know. It doesn't matter at all. But still, an error is an error.

I think it might be that the Hobgoblin Archer does not use the racial write-up for NPCs, and is simply trained in History? After all, he's just following the monster creation guidelines, and there are no racial ability or skill modifiers in there.

 

[Simon Marks]

Possibly, but I checked the other Hobgoblins and they all follow the rule of either +2 or +7 over basic Int.

 

[silentounce]

I think it might be that the Hobgoblin Archer does not use the racial write-up for NPCs, and is simply trained in History? After all, he's just following the monster creation guidelines, and there are no racial ability or skill modifiers in there.

That begs the question of why all Hobgoblin Archers are historians. Too bad that OOTS isn't upgrading to 4e, because that would be an amusing strip.