MPT Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 This may sound a silly question but I hope to be running a Tuala Morn game in a few months time and I am uncertain what counts as a 'Goblin-folk' In the Troll Wars the goblins help the Trolls, but 'goblin' is not a specific creature in the bestiary. A Bogie is defined as 'goblin-like' but this is the only creature so defined. So, were the trolls helped by goblins as defined in Fantasy Hero, or were they helped by one or more of the creatures that are defined? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 I'd go with the option that "goblin-folk" is just a generic name for the less-attractive types of fae - bogies, hags, giants, trolls, flibbertigibbets, dearg-due, etc. First off, it's truer to the background and second, it's more fun: as GM you can add in whatever sort of monster you feel like. I'll admit to bias: this is exactly what I do myself. You needn't invest a huge amount of time in this: you can take (for example) the stat.s for a goblin from the regular fantasy bestiary, call it a bogle, give it a quick description, and off you go. It's just become one of the minor nasty "goblin-folk". My advice wold be to get a book on celtic myth, find some monsters you like the look of and either write them up yourself or steal something from the bestiary that would fit and just change the description. Point-in-case. For a Runequest game I ran (using Hero rules) the PCs needed to slay a giant boar that was terrorising a woodland (a good celtic-y sort of monster). Rather than work it up myself, I just used the stat. block for an elephant, and described it as a giant boar, with bristles of brass. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT Posted August 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I'd go with the option that "goblin-folk" is just a generic name for the less-attractive types of fae - bogies, hags, giants, trolls, flibbertigibbets, dearg-due, etc. First off, it's truer to the background and second, it's more fun: as GM you can add in whatever sort of monster you feel like. I'll admit to bias: this is exactly what I do myself. I was thinking along similar lines as it does give more variety and possibly leads to an informal version of the selee/unselee courts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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