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Urizen wrote:
Why the Charisma penalty if they're leader-types?
Goblins have a Cha penalty. We wanted to keep as much of the crunch of high goblins the same as goblins as possible. Goblins have a net +0 on their ability scores. So we added a +2 Wis bonus. (It was either the Wis bonus or an Int bonus and we couldn't believe that any goblinoids would have an Int bonus.)

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DMcCoy1693 wrote:
Urizen wrote:Why the Charisma penalty if they're leader-types?Goblins have a Cha penalty. We wanted to keep as much of the crunch of high goblins the same as goblins as possible. Goblins have a net +0 on their ability scores. So we added a +2 Wis bonus. (It was either the Wis bonus or an Int bonus and we couldn't believe that any goblinoids would have an Int bonus.)
This comes very late, I know but I think an Int bonus would have been more suitable actually, wisdom suggests clear thought, sanity and common sense, which is a very VERY unlikely trait for a goblin, especially the kind you see in the pathfinder world.
Intelligence is just the ability to calculate, make connections, analyze and learn, these things you are much more likely to see a goblin do. There are examples even in goblin characteristics that suggest wit, for example to use fire because it does a lot of damage while you dont need any physical strength to wield it.What do you think you would be more likely to see? A mad scientist goblin, or a zen master goblin?
I think it would be the mad scientist.