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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 9253405" data-attributes="member: 4937">One of the first things a DM should do before running a sandbox campaign is to decide on their demographics of their world and answer those sorts of questions.In my game worlds the typical stat block of a goblin or hobgoblin represents the equivalent of a human commoner.  They are typical members of their species and have the typical martial skills of a member of their species.  But they are far from the only thing out there.  Depending on how close you get to the center of goblin power, there are whole units of goblins that are 3rd or 4th level fighters - goblin "heroes" of renown among their own race.  Twenty goblin can go from being a pushover for a 6th level party to something truly terrifying depending on where in the world you are at and who you are dealing with.   Are you dealing with random hunter gatherers living in human lands, or a clan raiding party, or a goblin king's highly trained standing army.   And that's not even getting into the fact that goblin merchants are their adventuring class and as such it's like encountering an NPC party.  And likewise a goblin guard of a typical small tribe that has invaded human lands is probably 1HD, whereas the goblin bodyguard standing around guarding the lair of a of a major goblin king is probably a 4HD fighter.The reason this is important is invariably you are going to find yourself dealing with encounters on the fly and asking questions like - what should a normal town guard be like?  What are the stats of a normal pirate?</blockquote>

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