Rethinking the roles of Goblins, Orcs, Kobolds and so on

[alsih2o]

so, noone else is into chihuahagnolls?

 

[Desdichado]

so, noone else is into chihuahagnolls?

Not likely. Gnolls are hyena-men, not canid-men. And since the closest relatives to hyenas are cats, civits and genets...

 

[Xarlen]

Yes, nothing scarier then a roving pack of LEMURMEN!

 

[Kobold Avenger]

No Chihuahua Gnolls, but I have thought of Chihuahua Glabrezus based on Di Terlizzi's illustration of one.


So is it everyone's opinion that Hobgoblins will never approach the sophistication that goblins have? They will always be the bigger, tougher, yet not as impressive relative of goblins.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

For those interested in Goblins check out this

Goblin A Day

 

[alsih2o]

Not likely. Gnolls are hyena-men, not canid-men. And since the closest relatives to hyenas are cats, civits and genets...

i thought this odd and went and looked it up....and what do you know, it is odd

makes for the same general swing tho...tabbyhyena, lynxhyena, bobhyena, ocelyena..

thanks for the info dyal

 

[Utrecht]

RE: Hobgoblins - in a campaign world that never saw the light of day I had created a hobgoblin nation that was analogous to the Arabs of the 14 and 15th centuries with the standard races beginning the reconquista of part of the captured territories.

In this case the hobgoblins were neither good nor evil - just a different philosophy.

Now the yuan-ti and mindflayers were a different story....

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

so, noone else is into chihuahagnolls?

Q) How did the Chihuahagnoll and the GreatDanegnoll parents mate?

A) ...

 

[Fiery James]

Different Goblins?

Like this?

- James

 

[Vymair]

Consider the idea of using kobolds as associated with dragon types and calling themselves the Chosen stolen. I've used a ton of kobolds in my current dragon based campaign but didn't think of this. If I ever use dragons heavily again, I will definitely go this route...

In ForceUser's OA game, I know hobgoblins are in place of one historical human kingdom.

I'm definitely planning to use some significant non-human societies in my next game, so keep the ideas coming...