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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6317912" data-attributes="member: 2067">All we know fo sho is that this is art with goblins in it in the Starter Set, and it matches the goblin concept art, and is presumably using FR goblins as the baseline.And FR goblins are a specific kind of goblin -- they are not the same things as Greyhawk goblins or Dragonlance goblins or Mystara goblins or Eberron whatever. Though there may be plenty of similarities. This means very little for what they might do in some hypothetical future world where they're exploring other settings and developing arts for the goblins for there. They might go with "all goblins have to look like this," but that would be a mistake on a LOT of levels, so they might get wise and not do that in the end.A lot depends on how they see the other D&D settings playing into their long-term publishing plans for 5e (if at all). If they stick with FR and mostly release adventures and point you at older books and conversion rules if you want other settings (which might be conservative, but would definitely be viable), they don't need to worry about this question much at all: goblins depicted are FR goblins because FR is the setting for the art in all of 5e. If they view the settings as mere adjuncts to the core game of 5e (a la the 4e philosophy), expect to see the same goblins, but perhaps dressed in slightly different clothes. If they view the settings as true opportunities for unique play experiences, then maybe we'll see every goblin get a different treatment in the art (and then they all meet in Spelljammer and fight!), where they have some similarities, but look different depending on their local identity.</blockquote>

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