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Language and Common Names Culture

e basic goblin language favors hard consonants and sharp vowels eir natural habitat o en brings them into con ict with elven
with short, clicking syllables. It is a far simpler dialect than those tribes. Given the elves’ a nity with the forest and the goblins’
of hobgoblins or bugbears, with which it shares a root, though the natural stealth and cunning, guerrilla warfare between groups can
three are able to understand one another even if some of the ner be a drawn-out a air, pitting generations of goblins against their
details are lost. long-lived foes, each more sneaky and savage than the last.
Names in that tongue are short and harsh, much like the creatures Forest goblins are the most ‘devout’ of their race. All goblins
bearing them. fear and cower from their gods, but the forest goblin pantheon
Goblin Names: Azkak, Daznak, Dizgik, Fikzik, Gezzik, Glakik, is exible enough to include thousands of things to fear, and is
Kishtok, Kripkik, Niktiz, Pizkrik, Pokzok, Razzag, Remmik, constantly growing. ey will worship powerful beasts and oddly
Rishkig, Roktik, Wezzig, Zimkrik shaped trees; it is not unknown for them to look up to a clear sky
warily with the memory of a particularly angry-looking cloud.
Forest Goblins Forest goblins are more capable with the magical arts than their
cave and hill kin, possibly due to the relative abundance of ambient
As a rule, goblins are uncomfortable in open spaces, preferring magic usually found in forests, and these magic users are o en
to dwell in darker places where they can easily escape the notice looked up to as prophets of their many gods’ wills.
of the multitude of potential threats facing them. Of all the
varieties, forest goblins spend the most time above ground, with Environment
the combination of shadow from the canopy and their own dark Forest goblins are the most in tune with their environment and, to
green skins allowing them to melt away in their forest home. eir a certain extent, live in balance as a natural part of the ecosystem;
wiry frames and particularly long, thin arms allow them to swing they have learnt that it is to their bene t to heed the signs of
ape-like through branches if they need to move quickly, although nature. Some troops utilize the root systems of larger trees as easily
they tend to creep silently through the undergrowth to draw less defensible lairs, while others make use of the verticality uniquely
attention unless need is desperate. available to them and string together precarious platforms just
Forest goblins dress in rough armor of hide and leather, below canopy level, hiding them from prying eyes on the forest
occasionally stitching in leaves and branches to aid their oor and giving them an excellent vantage point to scope out easy
camou age. eir ability to cra is limited, as are the materials prey. Many of these platforms will be rigged to collapse (preferably
available to them, so sharpened wooden spears are their most into a staked pit or similar) should anything larger than a goblin
available melee weapon, although they prefer to attack from a safe attempt to use them; “You rst” in goblin society is a measure of
distance with bows reinforced with bone, horn and sinew. well-founded paranoia, not politeness.

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