Goblin Cohort


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I have a Player who is considering taking the leadership feat, and for his cohort he wants to take in a goblin, I read that there are penalties for conflicting alignments and he is a Chaotic Good character, do all Goblins have to be Evil? or is he going to just have to suffer the penalty to his leadership score?


Mathias Litchfield wrote:
I have a Player who is considering taking the leadership feat, and for his cohort he wants to take in a goblin, I read that there are penalties for conflicting alignments and he is a Chaotic Good character, do all Goblins have to be Evil? or is he going to just have to suffer the penalty to his leadership score?

No, not all goblins have to be evil. Though most will be. And the only effect a different alignment would have is that his Leadership score takes a -1 penalty if he is trying to recruit a cohort with a different alignment than his.


I'm currently playing a LG Goblin Paladin (and he's awesome), so I think a LG character trying to help a goblin become civilized and heroic is a great idea. Just remember that goblins adore fire, hate dogs of any kind, and will generally get a very bad reaction from pretty much everyone. That could be lots of fun to play out.

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I have allowed a goblin cohort and it worked out great. The goblin in this case was evil but since the game was mostly killing in a dungeon it worked out fine.


Sorry to bump an old thread, but the LG Paladin of Serenrae is trying to convert the birdcruncher goblin tribe. He's already made a friend with one of the goblins and saved the little bugger from exection at the hands of a Magnimarian council. He'll be level 7 by the end of next session and he told me that he plans to take leadership feat to take in this little friend as a cohort. By level 8 he'll be capable of taking 5 followers. It'll be interesting to see how things go with 6 goblins following the party around singing the praises of Serenrae. I just wanted to know if anybody else has much experience with this.

So far I know that our halfling who rides a dog will probably have to put up with dog hate, but goblins have hatred for horses too. What a thorn in the side that will be. Also, almost every single person in every single settlement hates goblins worse than rats. Would this prove to be a huge stumbling block for story progression?


Remember, the followers are level one NPC classes.
Those don't tend to be very combat capable, and I think that it actually states that they don't follow him into battle.

So, that shouldn't be a big problem.


Also keep in mind that Paladins can only have henchmen, cohorts or followers that are lawful good. If you're going by RAW, anyways.


I mistyped Paladin. The character is actually a Cleric.

No of course it wont be much problem in battle; that's the least of my worries. My worry is that this heroic Cleric will be shamed by nearly everybody everywhere for having a band of blathering goblins following him into the temples and shrines and parading around the cities and towns. He tends to be one of the decisive leaders in the party as it is, and without him in town, the party loses a a lot of favor. Aside from him there is a gruff and rude Dwarf Inquisitor of Torag, a burly but silent Half-Orc giant slayer, a troublesome Gnome Bard, and an equally mischievous Elf Druid. Everybody but the cleric tends to get themselves into more trouble than their antics are worth, and now the cleric is just putting nails in his own social coffin.

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