Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Let’s Read Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 8668671" data-attributes="member: 53176"><p><h3>Nilbog (VGtM)</h3><p></p><p>Nilbogs are yet another metaphysical oddity presented to us in this book. When Maglubiyet killed the goblin gods (save for Khurgorbaeyag) he didn’t quite account for exactly how hard it is to get rid of a god permanently. As a result, an unnamed trickster god had their essence shattered, but not destroyed or subsumed. Instead these shards of essence find their way to where goblinoids gather, and sow chaos against those who goblins would call their masters. Fey Courts who have goblins in their service often employ a goblin jester (who gets free license to do as they please), just to ward off the wrath of a Nilbog. Because killing a Nilbog is an arduous task to say the least, and even then the Nilbog will just possess another goblin in response.</p><p></p><p>Nilbog is the pseudonym to both the spirit possessing a goblin, and the goblin being possessed by said spirit. Names are a tricky thing, especially for fey creatures, and the goblins will not give a proper name to the unnamed trickster god, lest Maglubiyet somehow weaponizes it.</p><p></p><p>As fitting for perhaps the trickiest of fey creatures, a Nilbog is kind of hard to pin down. They are simultaneously some sort of jester (which implies bard) and an agent of a god (which implies priest). However, said god isn’t very godlike anymore (which could imply a warlock), and yet again they are also the spirit possessing the Nilbog (implying a divine being). Personally, I would love to see Nilbogisim as a Player Option in the form of a Subclass perhaps. It could be a campaign in and of itself to restore and empower the nameless trickster god back into full divinity.</p><p></p><p>Or if you want to ignore all of that, you could simply use a Nilbog as a magical clown. Everyone is terrified of magical clowns, and for good reasons.</p><p></p><p>In combat, the Nilbog is a frustrating combatant. Any creature that is attempting to harm them must save VS charm or spend their action praising the Nilbog. Furthermore the Nilbog can use their reaction to negate all of an attack's damage, and instead heal from it. For offensive options, the Nilbog has <em>Tasha’s Hideous Laughter</em>, and the Mocking Word attack (Which is the first instance of <em>Vicious Mockery </em>being turned into a magical attack! I knew they could do it!). They can hide or disengage as a bonus action, allowing them to get away easier. I honestly wish they had a bit more HP, if only to properly utilize their reaction healing power.</p><p></p><p>In the changeover, the Nilbog lost the <em>Confusion</em> spell, and had their<em> Vicious Mockery</em> spell swapped for the Mocking Word power. They were also changed from Humanoids into Fey creatures.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leatherhead, post: 8668671, member: 53176"] [HEADING=2]Nilbog (VGtM)[/HEADING] Nilbogs are yet another metaphysical oddity presented to us in this book. When Maglubiyet killed the goblin gods (save for Khurgorbaeyag) he didn’t quite account for exactly how hard it is to get rid of a god permanently. As a result, an unnamed trickster god had their essence shattered, but not destroyed or subsumed. Instead these shards of essence find their way to where goblinoids gather, and sow chaos against those who goblins would call their masters. Fey Courts who have goblins in their service often employ a goblin jester (who gets free license to do as they please), just to ward off the wrath of a Nilbog. Because killing a Nilbog is an arduous task to say the least, and even then the Nilbog will just possess another goblin in response. Nilbog is the pseudonym to both the spirit possessing a goblin, and the goblin being possessed by said spirit. Names are a tricky thing, especially for fey creatures, and the goblins will not give a proper name to the unnamed trickster god, lest Maglubiyet somehow weaponizes it. As fitting for perhaps the trickiest of fey creatures, a Nilbog is kind of hard to pin down. They are simultaneously some sort of jester (which implies bard) and an agent of a god (which implies priest). However, said god isn’t very godlike anymore (which could imply a warlock), and yet again they are also the spirit possessing the Nilbog (implying a divine being). Personally, I would love to see Nilbogisim as a Player Option in the form of a Subclass perhaps. It could be a campaign in and of itself to restore and empower the nameless trickster god back into full divinity. Or if you want to ignore all of that, you could simply use a Nilbog as a magical clown. Everyone is terrified of magical clowns, and for good reasons. In combat, the Nilbog is a frustrating combatant. Any creature that is attempting to harm them must save VS charm or spend their action praising the Nilbog. Furthermore the Nilbog can use their reaction to negate all of an attack's damage, and instead heal from it. For offensive options, the Nilbog has [I]Tasha’s Hideous Laughter[/I], and the Mocking Word attack (Which is the first instance of [I]Vicious Mockery [/I]being turned into a magical attack! I knew they could do it!). They can hide or disengage as a bonus action, allowing them to get away easier. I honestly wish they had a bit more HP, if only to properly utilize their reaction healing power. In the changeover, the Nilbog lost the [I]Confusion[/I] spell, and had their[I] Vicious Mockery[/I] spell swapped for the Mocking Word power. They were also changed from Humanoids into Fey creatures. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Let’s Read Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse.
Top