billd91
Not your screen monkey (he/him) 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
I like me a comic-relief goblin or kobold, I really do. They can lighten the mood of a campaign. But then, so can a comic-relief ogre.
Making the entire species comic relief really is missing the point of them.
Fortunately, nobody is really advocating that in the Wandering Monsters article in question - rather that they can be seen as comic relief, being pathetic little buggers who adventurers will eventually mow down like they were grass. I have to admit, I've seen them and used them as comic relief often enough for mid to higher level adventurers. I don't think the way James describes them is particularly controversial.
When did playing become such serious business?