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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8122974" data-attributes="member: 2629">In retrospect, my answer should be Pinky the Goblin.&nbsp; There is a magical item in my game that dates back to the 1980s.&nbsp; It allows the owner to cast a monster summoning spell that summons a single goblin.&nbsp; The goblin has to follow your verbal commands, but it only speaks goblin and in the absence of a clear instruction, it runs away.&nbsp; The item has been owned by dozens of PCs and treated quite differently by different owners.&nbsp; Some treat it as an ally, other as an expendable automaton, others like a pet (and quite a few soon forget they have it).&nbsp; Pinky was a goblin that tried to pull a fast one on a powerful foe and was cursed to spend eternity being abused as a tool.&nbsp; In 5E terms, he comes into play frightened of anything hostile, and has been known to immediately cover his ears and close his eyes while he runs away so that he can't be ordered to face off against those hostile foes.&nbsp; This has resulted in him running off cliffs, etc... No player ever has asked where he came from, or discovered his curse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8122974, member: 2629"] In retrospect, my answer should be Pinky the Goblin. There is a magical item in my game that dates back to the 1980s. It allows the owner to cast a monster summoning spell that summons a single goblin. The goblin has to follow your verbal commands, but it only speaks goblin and in the absence of a clear instruction, it runs away. The item has been owned by dozens of PCs and treated quite differently by different owners. Some treat it as an ally, other as an expendable automaton, others like a pet (and quite a few soon forget they have it). Pinky was a goblin that tried to pull a fast one on a powerful foe and was cursed to spend eternity being abused as a tool. In 5E terms, he comes into play frightened of anything hostile, and has been known to immediately cover his ears and close his eyes while he runs away so that he can't be ordered to face off against those hostile foes. This has resulted in him running off cliffs, etc... No player ever has asked where he came from, or discovered his curse. [/QUOTE]

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