D&D Goblins 5e: What Character Class Should You Play
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2019
- D&D Goblins 5e: What Character Class Should You Play
Nerdarchy takes a look at the goblin, bugbear, and hobgoblin races all part of the goblinoid family in Dungeons and Dragons. All came out as playable races in Volo's Guide to Monsters in 5e D&D. They were listed under monstrous races.
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Yuan ti best classes.
Would a hobgoblin monk work?
A Bugbear Bard. He has a Heron as a familiar. His name is Banjo
Hellyeah
Is the bird named kazooie
I always thought banjo was more of a monk.
@@jordanwhite8718 Yeah, but he plays a banjo in the introduction cenematic
@@myneighborsnorlax3780 Yep
Playing a Goblin monk who runs around punching everybody in the balls... Absolutely glorious
I just built a pugilist to see how similar it would be. A 3ft guy with little guy syndrome... awesome
I use furry of the small and punch him in the dick.
Quivering Palm to send deadly vibrations into their crotch.
I played a goblin bard. I didn’t sing but nothing in the book says you have to, I told dad jokes. I was that terrible stand up comedian
That is amazing ! I am actually playing a half elf stand up comedian right now best spell is hideous laughter :p
Thats awesome.. dad joke telling bard.. haha. Love it..
What a great way to play the bard..
I love this so much! I play a goblin and was thinking to multi class into bard who inspires with dirty limericks 😁
I just feel such Fozzy Bear energy lol
I’m currently playing a goblin ranger beast master with a wolf companion that also serves as his mount. He calls the wolf harley and makes motorcycle noises when riding in town.
I feel like the dude in the thumbnail is missing a fedora.
I like Goblin Artificer. It's not the *best* mechanically since Artificers are mostly Int based, but Con and Dex are useful for everyone and "Goblin Grenadier" is just too much fun to play.
I've had a goblin artificer (alchemist) loaded in the chamber, waiting for the next opportunity to bring in a new character!
Best and fun aren't necessarily the same.
Nerdarchist Dave
Why not a hobgoblin artificers with their military mind they would defiantly respect the power of siege equipment?
@@dicorockhimself Yeah... that doesn't *quite* have the same feeling for me, but depending on the hobbos in your campaign, I could see it working.
@@GroovyLemming mine are most easily described as goblin india that controls half one one the continents making them the 3rd largest nation in the world
I personally love the Bugbear Rogue. Not just because the silly min-maxy potential, but because I love the idea of a 300+ lb, 7ft+ monstrosity sneaking about, hiding to avoid work and just poking people in the butt from 10 ft away.
They can totally just put an ally between themselves and the danger as well. The idea of a bugbear hiding behind any race smaller than them just makes me laugh so hard
Played a bugbear paladin in a CoS-turned-homebrew-setting game. One of my favorite characters that was launched because of "Simon Bugbearmont."
Lol nice! I ran a monster game for the folks at thinkgeek a couple Halloween's ago. The bugbear Harold the professional butler was my favorite.
Nerdarchist Dave
Goblin barbarian who specializes in charging.
Every you run in with the charger feet and use you goblin powers to disengage and then repeat.
Bonus points if you can use a horned helmet as your weapon.
I like Hobgoblins. I'm a dm, and I love throwing intelligent/organized monsters at my party, and hobgoblins are both.
Classic Goblin for life. Still, my favorite monstrous humanoid since I read the Hobbit as a child.
Playing a goblin mounted fighter with the guardian feat, he rides on a giant hyena, and uses the guardian feat to minimize damage to his mount it’s pretty near
Hey Nerdarchy, I really like the videos you create learn so much from them! really enjoy it! thank you for putting so much effort into creating these for us! you help DND fans all over the world with your videos! :D
I haven't watched your channel in a while, and I love your editing now. Feels great. Thanks for putting in the extra work.
I currently have a bugbear trickster cleric2/rogue1 in my party. Love him.
I’m playing a goblin moon Druid and absolutely loving it. You get to keep your race features in beast shape so being able to BA disengage to get a charge or move into a better position is amazing.
My sister is playing a goblin barbarian that is the captain of the pirate crew that the rest of the players are a part of.
Nice. The little goblin is all cute and cuddly until they rage and freak out.
Nerdarchist Dave
Hobgob Divine Soul Sorcerer! Saving Face and Favored by the God are pretty much the same ability but they can stack! Armor and two Martial weapons for a caster class is pretty solid.
bugbears are for some reason my favorite goblin race.
Bugbears has had place Nerdarchys heart through many editions of the game.
Nerdarchist Dave
Fuck me... I want to play Goblin Rogue :'( ... Fury of the Small sounds amazing !
Goblins being able to disengage as a bonus action gives great survivability for casters. When you're stuck in melee at low levels, running is often a choice between disengaging or casting a spell. And regardless of what you do, if the enemy wants to hit you, they're likely to get to you anyway. You end up standing there in melee because removing yourself from there means you still get hit and you can't do anything useful for a round.
There are of course other ways to deal with it. Misty Step costs a 2nd lvl spell slot and limits you to cantrips for your action. Shocking Grasp (a favorite of mine) costs your action and if you miss you're still stuck. A Rogue dip slows your progression. Etc.
All strong and valid points.
Nerdarchist Dave
*I love my fat Goblin Gloom Stalker sharpshooter*
Bugbear Way of Four Elements. So much range on unarmed
Funny you should mention that. We've got a build we just shot you might be interested in. It'll probably go up next week or the one after.
Nerdarchist Dave
@@Nerdarchy Nice. Well, I'm sure looking forward to it, as I am with all your guy's topics.
Bugbear battlemaster fighter, with a glave or halberd you basically have triple reach giving you 15-20ft melee attacks.
@@beastwarsFTW 20ft is ridiculous. A Bugbear Monk and Fighter party would be funny
Currently playing a Bugbear Gloomstalker. He took Sharpshooter at 4th level, and has just reached 5th. Turns out he can now do some pretty handy damage with his darts.
Bugbear cavalier with a glaive, your opportunity attacks are insane
Love the look of the Bugbear, it looks like a Wookiee!:)
Awwwww yeah Hobgoblin War Wizards!!!! Also once the Eberron content comes out, Goblin Artificers could be pretty cool, especially with the whole theme of crazy goblin tinkerers that are present in various games/media MTG being one game of note. Also I’m surprised you didn’t mention the Bugbear Cavalier with a polearm, from your guys’ review of the cavalier subclass.
Then there's the Verdan from Acquisitions Incorporated - Charisma based, Persuasive, decent healing capabilities, telepathic, and interesting size-change when they hit Level 5 from Small to Medium.
Hobgoblin Artificer was thematically very pleasing. He is more or less made for a Battle Smith or Artillerist with his desire for leadership and being a battle leader.
Hobgoblin makes me want to play a UA artificier.
Yea that would be a fun one to play. Loved playing kobold artificer as a former war merchant.
Nerdarchist Dave
I play a goblin monk with chronic anxiety. His name is Gobbo Brick and I love him.
I think Bugbears also make great Monks, specifically Drunken Master for thematic purpose, because I like the idea of a lazy drunken Bugbear, who kinda just hold his opponents just of their reach of him with his long arms, disengaging never letting get too close so he doesn’t have to work as hard to fight them.
I want everyone to look back at the videos from a year ago by these guys and see how much they have changed. It’s crazy
Great minds think alike. In one of my newly started campaigns, I'm playing a Hobgoblin War Wizard. He very nearly became an Evoker or Abjurer, but in the end I went with splitting the difference. :)
For Bugbear, I'd say Valor Bard for unexpected class for the same reason you guys mentioned trickery domain cleric.
I’m having fun with my Goblin Wizard at the moment. Being able to disengage or hide as a caster is pretty nice.
I like rogue for Hobgoblin. It's racial features can give whip and crossbow (the best weapons for rogues) proficiency, furthermore saving face is awesome for a skillmonkey and can make up for the lack of dex bonus. The best rogue subclasses are mastermind thematically and arcane trickster mechanically. Bard and order cleric mesh well with the hobgoblin's authoritative nature.
Also, a conjuration spellcaster build would be fun with saving face.
Wait a minute! You talked about bugbear classes and didn't mention ranger! With that sneakiness and surprise attack, you can melt enemies on your first turn.
Also, mine is multi-classed hunter/assassin, essentially he's a Yautjua. This build was on YOUR advice Nerdarchy!
You could play a ranged rogue class with hand crossbow expert and sharpshooter and do the same
Thematically though, Bugbears don't used ranged weapons. Like, they won't use them out of principle iirc. Players can do whatever they want, but that's a thing otherwise
@@AdamAtYourService actually, with the point in dexterity, they can. Also, javelins. I do a but of both.
@@AdamAtYourService True. I've only done a Bugbear druid. Was a load of fun.
… Bugbear druid, that sounds crazy. I dig it.
Bugbear synergizes very well with Assassin, Zealot or Gloom Stalker.
I'm slowly starting to love this class
i am going to play a goblin druid (Path of the Land) with the mind set of playing a shaman that's a bit touched in the head
CIRCLE of the Land
I've got a 5th level dex build goblin echo knight who just multiclassed to hexblade. He zips and teleports all over the place, hamstringing, hiding, flanking, and generally wreaking high speed havoc everywhere.
showing the new dnd beyond profile sheets looks much better, really gives you a better idea of what it is exactly your talking about
I am running a Goblin Paladin, that is amazing. Not as good as finesse fighter but similar idea with the paladin and it is working out great.
Which deity do you follow as a Goblin? Abadar?
Ooh! I wanna try one out with the oath of ancients!
Give me a Hobgoblin Paladin of Tyranny (3.5)/Paladin of Conquest (5E) any day of the week.
Thematically very appropriate.
Nerdarchist Dave
I'm playing an awesome Goblin Barbarian with a quick dip in rogue. He's my favorite character that I've played in a long time.
Sounds like a blast to play.
Nerdarchist Dave
@@Nerdarchy He is awesome! He is a mercenary hiered by the party as both muscle and a guide because he is the only native to the land we're in. So he calls the other party members "boss", he is also a remorseless killer that keeps sugesting to solve the party's problems in the most horrific of ways but it's still bound to follow orders so he only gives in to his murderous impulses when they let him lose on the bad guys.
Planning on being a wizard-goblin and seeing how that works out.
I had a Hobogoblin Gunsmith Artificer (Homebrew)
Nice can I see the homebrew for your gunsmith? I'm doing a bunch of stuff for artificer so I'd be thankful
@@dicorockhimself I'm still tinkering with it but I think I'm almost ready for other people to see it so I'll make sure to send you the Homebrewery link
@@nerdpocalypse5004 I'd love to see it I've been homebrewing stuff to make the artificer in 5e work as well so when your ready we can compare notes?
The trickster cleric for bugbear is perfect! Just send your duplicate out to do all the spellcasting for you while you hide😂
Goblin rune knight with strength based build. The disengage bonus action to remove opportunity attacks to get in the middle of a fight. Turn from smol munchkin to massive bahemoth.
Goblin Barbarian. Optimize? Schmoptimize. Actually, a barbarian with a high dex and the ability to disengage as a bonus action is pretty boss.
I’m currently playing a goblin kensei monk/trickery cleric. It’s quite possibly my favorite character I’ve ever played. Disguise self works wonders for the social situations. He was originally human monk based on the axe man gang from Kung fu hustle that died and was brought back to life by a nilbog. Its actually crazy how much 3 levels of cleric can give utility to an otherwise combat focused build.
Bugbear as a Gloom Stalker is great. they get a class boost to that first round of combat to _really_ maximize the ambush you pull. I was using a net and trident. with the backstory of them being an escaped pit fighter.
Goblin Kensei Monk is also crazy fun. I took the whip, blowgun, and spear as my first special weapons. the back story was that the grand master of the order was issued a challenge "if you're such a fine teacher, then train the untrainable." and they gave over a baby goblin to them. very fun. though Drunken Master would also be uber fun...
as to Hobgoblin, I went Blade Singer, with the backstory that generations ago their Clan captured and tortured the Elven Knight till they learned the way of it. then tossed a slight Samurai theme on there for aesthetics.
A Goblin Warlock would be a great class for a Goblin. All hail the power of Booyahg!
I think Wild Sorcerer fits the Booyahg theme better.
@@tomforge614 just multiclass them then
Most goblins dont have magic so the idea of one making a deal with some entity to get access to it would be a interesting background for a goblin character even if he/she did not really know what they are getting as all magic is just booyahg :)
Yeah I did that it really is fantastic
I’m currently playing in a 5e game where I’m playing a Cavalier Fighter/ Vengeance Paladin it’s so fun surprising something from 15 ft away with 2 lances while on a horse then it’s just curb stomping anyone who tries resisting
My pics bugbear bloodhunter /assassin, hobgoblin fighter battlemaster, paladin, goblin ranger beastmaster/ bard
hobgoblin life cleric is really nice cus you get that martial training to choose two of your favorite martial weapons but you also get heavy armor from life cleric! ive done 1 level life cleric and went evocation wizard and it was fun af
I am currently playing a goblin Artificer named Squig, going with the new Artillerist subclass, I'm liking the combo due to being able to spend the bonus action on the turret or using the hide/disengage feature
I play a hexblade Warlock goblin and it is one of my favorite characters I’ve played! Give them high dex with mage armor gives them high AC and you can go in, Booming Blade, and then Disengage out either preventing them from moving or dealing maximum damage if they do while keeping yourself relatively safe.
Combine that with a spear and pole arm mastery and then you are using you action, bonus action, and reaction almost every turn!
Hobgoblin artificer (battle smith) currently running. Going pretty well. Looking forward to enchanting weapons with the effects of elemental weapon and already happy about using INT for hit and damage.
Bugbear and Goblins tie for me in way of race; in fact I bought them both on DnDBeyond (goblin to play a goblin barbarian - druid and bugbear for a rogue - ranger )
Goblin and Orc for me. Yuan'ti come close
@@ashenwuss1651 Yuan'ti are alright but I never really got to much into them. I like the bullywug though and lizard folk
@@kaijukoopa1248 Yuan'ti Rogues are awesome. Their abilities to gain poison from snakes is nasty when combined with stealth and magic resistances combined with Evasion.
@@ashenwuss1651 that does sound very cool. Honestly I like the lizardfolk as a rogue, ranger or combo because I think they are great for ambush and they have the ability to make their own darts and such plus the natural armor. I will give the Yuan'ti another look though, would be kind of cool to have an adventuring group with a mix of grung or bullywug, lizardfolk and yuan'ti
@@kaijukoopa1248 I like both Yuan'ti and Lizardfolk for roleplaying. They're so hilarious to think about. I usually use "sassy" as a pun when naming my Yuan'ti. Zliv Mousassi was one. I played a Circle of Spores Druid that was Yuan'ti and had snake pets he called Sassy.
Also. My friend is currently playing a Lizardfolk Monk that's hilariously primitive in reactions and intent. He's freaking awesome
I currently have a Goblin Wild Magic Sorcerer. He rolled decent-to-good on every stat, except for one, which he rolled a four.
Made that one his Int; essentially, he's completely controlled by his Gods as a puppet, stumbling from adventure to adventure, heedless of danger and societal norms in the name of his deities.
Hobgoblin Abjurer is a really solid gish option, though diviner pairs well of you want to stack on the roll manipulation.
For sorcerers, divine soul and wild mage hive you even more roll manipulation means.
Giant soul also would be a good fit in that regard, since the archetype is bent towards melee combat, and hob makes you more survivable from the start
I'm currently playing a rouge samurai goblin in ghosts of saltmarsh campaign at adventure legume and we haveing a lot of fun I'm trying to play a charter who is trying to learn morals and what does it mean to do good and then finding that it's a lot more complicated than just simple good and evil. we are playing a very story/RolePlaying focused campaign. But it's a lot of fun.
I had a group who would never talk to anything they would just attack them at level 5 I used a level 20 goblin to change there minds about talking it never killed them outright but convinced them to be careful who you attack and maybe you need to tey and talk first, the adventure turned out to be much more fun for everyone
I'm currently playing a Goblin Wild Magic Sorcerer, the abilities Nimble Escape (able to cast a spell then hide made a lot easier, especially with Subtle Metamagic/able to get out of a sticky situation with disengage, not using a spell slot)and Fury of the Small (Extra Damage for spells is always good) help it a lot, and surprisingly, its stats, +2 to Dex (makes dex saves a lot easier) and +1 to Con (Sorcerers need that stat) help it out as well
Shoot, I haven't played, or even read a DnD book for many many years, but watching you guys' videos is inspiring me to want to get my hands on a sewt of the latest rulebooks and supplements so I can hunt down a decent gaming group! That aside, after watching this video, I have a feeling that, if I were to create &A play a Goblinoid character, I would likely create a huge Juggernaut type Brute of a Bugbear. Perhaps a Barbarian! But, a Goblin Rogue could be amusing, for sure! ;-) Wish you guys lived nearby so an old ex-gamer like me could shake your hands and perhaps join in on some of your games! (I suspect the two of you, and I are right about the same ages, give or take, maybe a few years..) Thanks for the great RPG Nerd videos, gents! ;-D
We appreciate you hanging out with us in Ted's basement. Do it! You won't regret getting back into the hobby.
Nerdarchist Dave
A bit late, but Ranger work super well on a bugbear. Especially a gloom stalker. You get pass without traces for surprise attacks and an extra attack on the first round.
Goblin wizard is very good. Bonus action hide make it hard to target them, and fury of the small turn magic missile into a boss killer (you multiply it by the number or missile)
I have an unexpected goblin character planned: A peace domain cleric.
He got spared by an adventuring party because he was holding a hegehog and didnt seem agressive at all. Little did they know that he was just wondering how the hell he would be able to eat the hedgehog. Still, this got him thinking, and he decided to actually care for the animal, and see if more people would leave him be. Most did, an some even gave the two of them some food scraps. A few revelations later he came to understand that he could bring peace to others as well, and he found himself serving some god (that probably had guided him for a while already).
The hedgehog is his arcane focus, which is the most important part.
Currently playing a ancestor barbarian bugbear which i will dip down 1-3 levels in rogue trying to to sneak up getting the suprise damage (with an appriopriate weapon) to then rage swinging my polearm with the extended rage of +10 feet and Sentinel to kite around the enemy protecting the Group by stopping melee combatans and reducing damage the spirit shield
Im going to be Playing as A Hobgoblin Celestial Warlock of Assuran with the Clan Crafter background and later on I will multiclass into Forge Cleric thanks to the Background, hopefully its a good build and itll be fun to play as. Wish me luck
I played a blue nosed hobgoblin named Vinnie voorhees. fighter/magic user. in earlier editions. so fun. I had a team of goblins, bugbear, and a blue psionic goblin.
Ever since I got ahold of Volo's I've been thinking of ideas for Monster Races in dnd.
Bugbear is one I haven't had much inspiration with. The idea of one that is a rogue that I could fudge the numbers of their hight and weight to max and then put (legally this time) all I can into stealth is as close as I've got. This individual that is 2 feet taller than most humans and at least twice as wide that can just....Disappear....Into the shadow behind that three foot barrel.
Goblin just seemed to write itself. Found on the steps of one of the lesser know "great" librarys of the world in a basket with a note saying "tastes like chicken" the people that found him did what anyone in their place would have. Made him a new project of studdy. At some point someone thought it would be funny to give him a lute. As the years went on he started doing some studdying of his own. In the end you have Mascot the NG Goblin Librarian Bard (College of Lore of course).
With Hobgoblins I had the fun idea to give in to that want to just play a game as someone that's here to do nothing else but "kill all the things" with Saabak the LE Hobgoblin Wizard (School of Evocation). The idea was mostly born from reading about hobgoblin devastaorts. His honnor stolen from him in a battle long pasted, but that didn't mean he was just going to lay down and give up. Since then he's been working as a Mercenary Veteran doing what he's best at. Making things dead with magic.
The idea of murderhobo-over-roleplay isn't something that appeals to me. A character that lets me roleplay a murderhobo? That sounds like it might be fun though.
Was recently playing a Storm Sorcerer/ Tempest Cleric Goblin who was an Is Scientist, rolled very well stat wise with 20 Dex and 18 Cha. Got to play for two sessions when he got possessed and killed by the party buttt he was very fun to play and was a bit of a glass cannon mono caster with low health during a boss fight got downed a few times and after like the 4th time and getting to attack got a nat 20 on a 3rd level Chromatic Orb got use Max damage and fury of the small on top was close to ~90 dmg on the boss was a great moment and turned the battle for us being on defense going full attack :)
I'm gonna play a Goblin beast master ranger. I know it's not really optimised, but I love the idea of a Goblin riding the back of a giant wolf spider, or Wolf.
My character is a level 7 oath breaker paladin and resently adopted a goblin and my DM told me that I could make a character sheet for it as my companion as I can train it as I see fit, and it starts off at level 5.
He did give me very low Stat blocks as it is a normal civilian goblin that has never seen combat before but can be trained to get higher and the highest stats he gave me was 2 11 Stat blocks wich I placed in DEX and WIS and bumping them up with the origin stats to 13DEX AND 12WIS.
As a respectable player to my DM I made it into a level 5 Ranger Hunter with Colossus slayer 1d8 and Favored foe 1d4. Also because rangers can half cast I also added in a hunters mark 1d6 and Cordon of arrows 1d6 with hand crossbows 1d6.
So while initiating combat the goblin is in the back casting hunters mark and stealthy sneak within 30 ft of range and cast Cordon of arrows and shooting with its hand crossbow 1d6.
If casted correctly on the second turn the Damage dies are 1d4+3d6+1d8+4 with DEX mod and Fury of the small.
Hey Ted, Dave I'm still watch'n the video. But I already know what character a goblin should play, Booyahg-Booyahg-Booyahg! The Sorceresses they get that dexterity & constitution bonus. For a PC you will have to take 2 levels of rouge. I don't think you start with proficiency with light armor & shields. After that you are good to go sorcerer the rest of the way.
Thanks Dave, Ted & have a great day.
My favorite is the bugbear shadow monk. The dude is basically a hit man. He has inherit stealth, a minor sneak attack, and the ability to cast spells like silence and pass without trace. He can give him self a +10 to stealth, drop a ball of silence, and then eliminate every target without making a noise.
I've played a Goblin Bard and I had a blast. Goblin has a stat block that calls for Barbarian, but their random outlook seems to call out to something else. Goblin Wild Mage just fits the "bouyaag bouyaag" outlook.
Bugbear just screams out Barbarian, but I really like the concept of the melee Ranger. Sneaky, vicious, and brutal.
Hobgoblins are all about discipline. Monk, War Wizard, War Cleric, Samurai Fighter all fit the bill. However, if there's something I'd LIKE to play as a Hobgoblin, it's Matt Mercer's Gunfighter. Why? Hobgoblins study the art and discipline of war. They want every edge. Every advantage. They want to bring honour to their banner. What better way than to be the race that invents guns. A hobgoblin that follows the heroes tale as told by "Eagle of the Ninth" where he seeks to reclaim a lost banner, and therefore his honour, and invents a new way to do it.
I'm currently in a campaign. And I decided to do a Goblin, Ranger, Criminal. Its the funnest character I've ever played with. Super small, stealthy, acrobatics, and nimble escape. Its 👌
I'm considering building a "zen" goblin kensei monk for my next character. I think that would be fun to play. A goblin's quest for katana martial arts and inner peace. Lol
I'm currently playing a Goblin monk using my GMs homebrew Path of the Bullet (it is a gun n gunpowder r common type world so he made at least 6 subclasses, tho the fighter is a tweak of the Gunslinger that I believe was made by Matt Mercer which mostly was just getting rid of the misfires) but anyway, I completely forgot I had Nimble Escape for the first 4 sessions n then when I remembered I tried to use it n my speed to safely distract owl bears but the GM decided our trigger happy wizard whose player wasn't there would come fight with me cuz I had tried to stay quiet n hadn't explained that I was a distraction. So actually trying to fight them n thinking they had less speed than me I got downed pretty quick n 3 of the 4 others went down too tho every got back up pretty quick n no one died
Doesn't matter what class you choose. You're just a goblin. A filthy little goblin.
And I'm..... Goblin Slayer.
For a new campaign I may be joining, I am considering a bugbear or goblin Artificer who will eventually multi-class into a war magic wizard.
I have been playing a Goblin Kensei Monk (6)/Rogue (1). She's got damage dice for days with her shortsword!
I love the word play shirt
Hey, you didn't ask permission to use my picture in the thumbnail!
Bugbear Gloom Stalker Ranger, maybe multi into either Inquisitive Rogue or Warlock (Blade or Tome) to set up surprises disguising yourself ambushing other night-vision based predators etc.
The goblin also takes the warlocks darkness+devils sight combo to the next level. Play it as normal, but as a bonus action hide every round. Now the enemy has not only disadvantage to attack you but has to find you to even attempt an attack! Weakness is of course you will be weaker then charisma races at casting but the potential cheese is worth it.
Also with free disengage at level 1 you make a good booming blade user for those who don’t wanna eldritch blast everything. Heck even without devils sight the ability to hide for free every turn can be so powerful and time wasting for enemies it’ll make darkness worth it!
I have a goblin barbarian. His backstory explains how its possible (considering the goblin is small)
Bugbear cleric assassin multi class healing trickery aaaannnnd option for instant kill
I really like the concept of a drunken master goblin monk
A hobgoblin barbarian- driven out due to their family shame, or bringing shame upon them. This led to them having unresolved issues and anger issues.
Advantage roll on that subscribe button. 13 and a 16. Still no crit hit! Maybe next time.
:( one day it'll happen.
Nerdarchist Dave
I have a level 3 hobgoblin forge cleric in one of my campaigns and a level 10 goblin lore bard in another one.
Goblin wizards are a lot of fun thematically, and by the time their lack of a racial +int mod comes into play you'll be getting your stat boosts and can probably afford a headband to up your intelligence anyway. I'm building one I plan to play as either a conjurer, illusionist, or abjurer and focus on supporting the party with buffs or debuffing the enemy and taking advantage of that bonus-action Hide ability, plus Fury of the Small will be a nice addition to any damage spell I cast once a long rest which makes it great for emergencies.
I love how Dave put so much emphasis on ki since he mispronounced it in a newer video and was probably corrected about it later.
Well I haven't played a goblinoid as a player yet, I have made a Hobgoblin paladin of conquest but haven't gotten to use him yet, although as a dm I'm painting army of goblinoids, I got a box of moria goblins and uruk-hai scouts from the games workshop middle-earth ttg to use and goblins and hobgoblins and I got a bunch of nolzurs bugbears for the bugbears
Goblin draconic Sorcerer. Get in, thunder wave, disengage. Sweet.
Also, bugbear moon Druid. Ultimate mamabear. Powerful build on a grizzly is intimidating.
Goblin Artificer, all day erry day