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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Endur" data-source="post: 2380539" data-attributes="member: 3346">Humor!Goblins are Great for Humor!Gnomes and Halflins are good sources of Humor, but they are so close to humans that you can be afraid to laugh too much at them.Goblins are a little further away, so it makes it easier for players to laugh at them.When I gm goblins, the Goblins NEVER attack the PCs.  The Goblins are terrified of the PCs.  They are whiny cowards.  They bow, they give big gifts to the PCs.  They promise them anything, just let us live types.  My goal when GMing goblins is to try and make the Players laugh the whole time.If I want a deadly small race, I use Kobolds.  Same size as goblins, but they are alien reptiles and I give Kobolds lots of traps and maybe a Dragon ally.For goblins, though, humor is the key.  Now, I might have other big bad evils that bully the Goblins.  So the PCs may end up fighting the Big Bad Evils (dark priests, orcs, Barghest, etc.).  If you want something nasty to lead a goblin tribe, Barghests can fit the role well.  Evil priests and Orcs are the traditional bullies.  If the goblins actually get driven into a combat, they mostly rely on missile weapons and allies (worgs, war machines, etc.).  Any goblin that finds itself in melee automatically flees.</blockquote>