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The latest insane thought that came to my mind, was for a character to use Sleep and / or Color Spray to round up some Goblins, and start up a club with a fighting pit in it for people to gamble on!
Top tier fighters;
Count Victor von Victor Goblin with highest strength, taught to fight Unarmed. Wears a cape and acts like a vampire, has Intimidate and can sometimes cow other Goblins. Might also have trained rats (not dire rats, just plain old rats) he calls ‘children of the night?’
The Taldan Dandy High Dex Goblin who dresses in Taldane swashbuckler finery and uses a Small Rapier and Main-Gauche. Acts pretentious and bows and flirts with any human ladies watching.
The Chelaxian Fire-Priest Goblin wielding a Club two-handed that is also a torch (appears as a long-handled torch-staff, does club damage +1 hp fire damage), and also carries lamp oil to splash on other goblins (1d3 fire damage, +1 hp in second round unless Reflex save is made). Care must be taken to prevent him from burning down the establishment!
'Jobbers;'
The Andoran Freedom Fighter Goblin dressed in Andoran colors, face painted blue, shouts ‘Freedom!’ before every fight, attacking like a crazed berserker, swinging a Small sized longsword two-handed. Clumsy and incompetent. A 'jobber' that usually loses (cheap to replace if it dies).
The Ulfen Viking Goblin in a horned helmet and furs and scraps of chain, using a Small Battleaxe, held two-handed. Has a big red fake beard that always gets pulled off / set on fire / etc. during a fight. Also a 'jobber,' and easily replaced if killed.
The Sultan of Ishkabibble Qadiran-dressed goblin who spins around with a size medium scimitar (held two handed) in a ludicrous attempt at 'dervish dancing,' usually ending when he collapses in a heap, too dizzy to stand up any longer.
Random Goblins, each with distinctive names (Stripe wears a helmet with a big mohawk that flops all over the place and is a famous coward, running and screaming and blubbering for mercy and trying to climb out of the pit in most fights, Crazy Eight has a spiked chain that he usually is more likely to knock himself silly with rather than hit anyone else, Porky-Pine wears spiked armor and spiked gauntlets and spiked everything else, and runs into people screaming).
The Girls - pair of Goblin females that act like seductresses, slinking about their male opponent, and then viciously laying into him with knees to the groin, thrown objects, biting, etc. The male Goblins are never seriously hurt, and always 'fall for it' and get clobbered by the girls.
Riding Dogs – the usual, sent in to terrorize the Goblins.
Small Dogs – also sent in to terrorize the Goblins. Sometimes the Goblins win and they get to eat the offending animals!
heh...count me in I will make the time
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Totally not a PbP, just an idea for a set piece or even a player-run business opportunity. (Although, *obviously,* it will all go to hell, with oddly dressed goblin 'gladiators' running amok and burning down the place, 'cause that sort of thing could never end with a happily ever after for the business owner...)
Sounds like it's a pbp, whether you want it to be or not...;)
*yoink*
(not volunteering to run another pbp; just will prolly yoink th' idea for my own spurious ends).
I've had a very similiar thing happen in a game with some *less than reputable* pcs, although not quite aswell thought out or even as grandoise, they were more like dog fights with kobolds and goblins, and the occasional hobgoblin or annoying npc. It went decent until one pc tried to use it against another.... never a good idea....
*yoink*
(not volunteering to run another pbp; just will prolly yoink th' idea for my own spurious ends).
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Saltmarsh version of an arena? I think changing them to kobolds or something could work too. Reptilians in the swampy area and all that...
Yeah; it might work....when this goblin army is scattered to the wind,....yeah. It's kinda gnarly, if you think about it.
IDK though; I'm thinking there might be a bunch of goblin pow's, but that seems to be kinda like a potentially politically charged issue right now with all that's going on in the real world; don't know if I'd want to touch the issue.
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Add in:
Dee-Dee. Goblin wielding a busted guitar (2 handed club, basically) screaming out warchants and being all "metal"
Toki. Loves wolves, hates dogs, wields a bright green club he calls his "pickle". constantly eating anything dipped in brine.
'Splosion. Big-ish goblin throwing all manner of things, often tied to/placed around thunderstones. constantly laughing loudly, and stone deaf.
for the big set piece fights, let 4-6 goblins out into a large arena and set out 1-2 light warhorses (or heavies, or regular horses). goblins get no weapons but there are bunches of random things to grab/throw/utilize as imp weapons.
also: get a pit of fighting dogs (regular medium riding dogs), split it into 4-8 smaller cages, all about 8' tall and open topped. goblins have to run an obstacle course atop the cages, thin balance beams, gaps to jump, ropes to climb/swing, etc. losers fall to the dog pits.
kind of like mario bros + maximum elimination challenge + goblin executions.
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I'm thinking this might end up in my Riddleport PbP campaign...
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Sounds fun. I might thrown in a few other surprises for the goblins, like some half-demon giant rats, an Abyssal giant crab, or maybe even a troll-blooded yeth hound.
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Sounds fun. I might thrown in a few other surprises for the goblins, like some half-demon giant rats, an Abyssal giant crab, or maybe even a troll-blooded yeth hound.
You'll burn through goblins at a prodigious rate, with opponents like those! (Unlike kobolds, they don't lay eggs in batches...) Even a mundane giant crab might kill two a round. Creatures with only a single attack, or weaker long-term attacks (giant centipedes) and exotic appperances, would be crowd-pleasers, as they would prolong the bout. (Nobody wants to place bets on something that's going to last less than six seconds...)
Normal dire rats, trained dogs, etc. will probably be adequate challenges for the little buggers, although the occasional bit of fun like an angry armored pig, or a dozen trained fighting roosters (chaos!) or an ornery off-white mule with a cheesy-looking fake 'unicorn horn' attached to it's forehead could be fun.
Ultimately, Gobblin Fite Klub was meant to be less 'Spartacus: Blood & Sand' and more 'World Wrestling Federation.' :)
Actual challenge-matches between serious (non-goblin) contenders could occur in separate matches, with the goblin matches being like the clown antics that occurs between rodeo exhibitions.
For the more serious competitions, yeah, giant crabs and such could be fun. (I'd skip the yeth hound, since it's area effect bay would panic the patrons...)
Ahh, just the thing between bouts of BLOOD PIG!
I will be sure to sacrifice some pigs... goblins... and Odin willing, a PC to your greatness Set.
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The Token Wizard A goblin whose head is oversized (for a Goblin) and carries around a pile of "spellbooks." Very high Dex, throws the books as improvised weapons. High Int as well, so manages to set traps and ambushes using his books and other items (throwing flaming books, opening a book causes falling rocks, etc.). Occasionally tries to pile books on top of each other to escape the pit. Draw spell ideas from this:
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Oh wow, this thread is back from the dead. Fortunately, I'm a huge fan of necromancy. :)
The Token Wizard A goblin whose head is oversized (for a Goblin) and carries around a pile of "spellbooks."
There is an imp at the venue in question. Having it hover invisibly above the goblin 'Wizard' and training the Wizard to hold up his hand and scream "Magic!", and the Imp to deposit something into his hand (caltrops, 'magic dust of sneezing' (pepper), a net, flaming oil (1/3rd strength alchemists fire), a live snake or tiny vermin, etc.) to throw at his foe could be fun.
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RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 16, RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32
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You should throw the goblin skull bomb into the middle of the arena. Of course, you would be prone to lose many gladiators from it.
Leo the Rock
A goblin trained in phalanx like combat. Really, he only has a light wooden shield and a short spear. He often uses them wrong too, mostly by smashing the spear shaft down onto the heads of his opponent.