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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lalato" data-source="post: 6318372" data-attributes="member: 9171">As long as we're going to talk about Mr. Pozas work... I do like his hairless bear take on the bugbear...<img src="http://www.claudiopozas.com/Concept%20Art/bugbear.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This then informs his hobgoblin which you can also find amongst his concept art pieces.  I don't see a goblin there, but I'm guessing hairless, feral bear cub creature.  Anyway, it's an interesting take on the goblinoid. Perhaps a little too far out there for some... but it gets to the "ugly" nature that I was talking about up thread. Goblinoids shouldn't be symmetrical.  They can be brawny, but they should have some essential ugliness to them. This doesn't mean that they should always be evil, but most other creatures will be at least slightly repulsed by them at first meeting them.  Think about something like the Ferengi in Star Trek.  In your first meeting, you might be put a little off by their misshapen heads and untrustworthy mannerisms.  Now imagine a short Ferengi in leather armor, with teeth that appear to be a little too sharp for eating civilized food.  This feral Ferengi has 10 friends, and they're eyeing you like you might eye a krispy kreme donut.</blockquote>