D&D General Goblins Eat Pickles???

MonsterEnvy · Aug 24, 2019

I think your in the wrong branch of threads. As Pathfinder Gobs are different from D&D gobs.

digitalelf · Aug 24, 2019

The very first Paizo AP, in the first book (Rise of the Rune Lords: Burnt Offerings - book 1 of 6), it had an encounter where the goblins were eating pickles stolen from the pantry within their lair. Back then, Paizo products were written for 3.5 D&D.

Paul Farquhar · Aug 24, 2019

Yup, this is a point where Pathfinder goblins and 5e D&D goblins diverge.

Pathfinder goblins are comic relief with huge round heads that eat anything, especially any human food that they can steal.

mach1.9pants · Aug 24, 2019

Paul Farquhar said:
Yup, this is a point where Pathfinder goblins and 5e D&D goblins diverge.

Pathfinder goblins are comic relief with huge round heads that eat anything, especially any human food that they can steal.

They're also a core book race. From evil horse & human murdering evil pyromaniacs to cute pickle eating PCs in one edition change

Fanaelialae · Aug 24, 2019

The illustration for the goblin ancestry in the PF2 CRB (pg 46) shows a goblin eating a pickle.

Hriston · Aug 24, 2019

This has been true since 1937 when JRR Tolkien wrote in The Hobbit that the Great Goblin tried to eat Thorin Oakenshield’s head because he thought it was a pickle.

Dausuul · Aug 24, 2019

It's a defense against rogues.

billd91 · Aug 24, 2019

Paul Farquhar said:
Pathfinder goblins are comic relief with huge round heads that eat anything, especially any human food that they can steal.

Well, they're partly comic relief. Burnt Offerings did an awesome job of making goblins a go-to race in Paizo products. They were vibrant, they were funny, but they were also a bit dark as one of the follow-up encounters to the original Sandpoint Swallowtail Festival raid illustrated.