Goblin

Goblin Troop (Swarm; CR 1)

Pure Evil - Small - Fey (Goblinoid)

Lore:	Know (Nature)
2		16
Basic DC		Full DC

Initiative

1

Perception:
13	+3
Passive	Active

Ambush:

10+

on a d20

Senses:

• Standard Senses

Movement Types:

• Walk 30 ft.

Defense

AC

14

Man Def

15

Monster Health
62	31	2
Hit Points	Bloodied	Hit Dice

Saving Throws
Fort:	+5
Refl:	+0
Will:	+0

Strong Against:

• (Swarm Role) Hardened (½ damage): slashing (physical, common), piercing (physical, common)
• (Swarm Role) Immune (no effect): Critical Hits and Flanking
• (Swarm Role) Immune (no effect): Any attack that targets Maneuver Defense
• (Swarm Role) Immune (no effect): Any spell that targets a specific number of creatures, except mind-affecting spells (if this creature has an Int score).

Weak Against:

• (Swarm Role) Vulnerable (1.5x damage): area of effect spells (including Channel Divinity)

Offense

Size:	Small
20 ft.		5 ft.
Space		Reach

To-Hit

+3

Man Off

+3

Action

0

Points

• (Component Creatures: 5 ft. / 5 ft.)

Standard Attack (Melee):

• 1x Goblin "Sword" (Swarm -- Auto-Hit) (1d4/19-20 x2)
  as slashing (physical, common)

Full Attack (Melee):

• 3x Goblin "Sword" (Swarm -- Auto-Hit) (1d4/19-20 x2)
  as slashing (physical, common)

Standard Attack (Ranged):

• 1x Goblinov Cocktail (Swarm -- Auto-Hit) (1d4/19-20 x2)
  as fire (energy, common)
  (Increment: 10 ft.; Max Range: 50 ft.)

Full Attack (Ranged):

Siege Damage:

• 1x Goblin Gnaw +3 (1d2)
  

Statistics

11

STR

15

DEX

12

CON

10

INT

9

WIS

6

CHA

Skills:

• Perception: 3
• All other skills: 0 (no ranks)

Languages: Goblin

Feats:

Special Abilities

Goblinov Cocktail (Ex) Standard Action

Goblins can throw a ball of alchemical goo at nearby enemies which explodes on contact. The goblin rolls a ranged attack, and if the attack hits, the target takes 1d4 points of fire (energy, common) damage, and all adjacent squares take the minimum possible roll in fire damage. If the attack misses, the cocktail fails to explode and simply bounces off the target and rolls into a corner.

Flamboyance (Su) Automatic

In the all-too-likely event that a goblin suffers fire (energy, common) damage, their loose clothing, stuffed with straw, alcohol, and other accelerants and combustibles will easily cover the goblin in flames, even if the effect which exposed them to fire damage was an instant effect, or doesn't normally light things on fire. Once on fire, goblins become even more excited about attacking nearby enemies, as they are goaded by the proximity of the thing they worship. This has the effect of adding 1d3 points of precision damage to each of the goblin's attacks. However, each round after the first, at the start of the burning goblin's turn, the goblin suffers 1d6 points of fire (energy, common) damage. If a goblin is reduced to zero hit points by fire damage, either due to this power, or due to attacks made against them, they are slain as normal, but their bodies can be the subject of a peculiar ritual if they can be retrieved.

Darken the Sky (Ex; Swarm Role) Standard Action

As a standard action, the troop launches a volley of projectiles into a 20' cubic area (4x4x4 squares) within 100 feet of their space. Creatures within the affected area must make a reflex save, DC 14, or take 1d4 points of piercing (physical, common) damage from the savage strikes of this deadly rain. Those who succeed on the save take only half damage.

Sum of the Parts (Ex; Swarm Role) Always On

Swarms, troops, and hordes follow the squeezing rules based on their component creature size, NOT the size of the swarm, troop, or horde as a whole. This means these groups of creatures can easily move through doorways that are sized appropriately to their component creature sizes. They can even stop in such spaces without suffering squeezing penalties. In such cases, the swarm's shape is unaffected, except that its space excludes any blocked spaces. That is, its space doesn't deform into a non-square shape, it's just treated as not occupying any blocked spaces within its space. This means it cannot threaten through blocked spaces, since it isn't technically occupying them. Multiple swarms, troops, and hordes can share the same squares without squeezing or movement penalties. They can move through, and even stop on top of (or within) the spaces of other swarms, troops, or hordes. Swarms, troops, and hordes can also move over, through, and into spaces occupied by enemy creatures without provoking attacks of opportunity, even if they pass through or leave a threatened square. Furthermore, creatures inside the space of a swarm, troop, or horde are treated as flanked while they remain in that space (though this doesn't usually matter much, since swarms, troops, and hordes automatically hit with their attacks). Finally, a maximum of two swarms, troops, or hordes can attack a single given creature in a round, even if more than two swarms, troops, or hordes are threatening that creature. There simply isn't enough surface area of the enemy creature for more attacks to be inflicted.

Goblin Troop

This creature possesses the Swarm role, and therefore counts as 2 monsters for purposes of encounter size, XP award, and treasure.

Small green humanoids with oversized heads brimming with sharp teeth, goblins are known for being aggressive, and, above all, a bit crazy.

Goblins can be found nearly anywhere that food can be had, but like caves, ruins and abandoned areas since they prefer not to have to build stuff if they can avoid it. That is not to say that goblins are stupid, merely lazy. In fact, goblins have been known to lay traps so elaborate that they forget how they work and fall prey to them themselves.

Goblins are not welcome in civilized areas, as they behave somewhat like drug-addled children on their best days. However, they have a fondness for elaborate, tricky things such as clocks and wagons, so they are often found around the edges of towns hoping to steal something interesting when no one is looking. Their wretched ability to gnaw their way eventually into just about anything means that most cities have bounties on Goblin heads, no questions asked, as a Goblin infestation will eventually lay waste to about anything. Goblins rarely make massive raids against villages, nor are they prone to large-scale warfare. Instead, they count thievery, stealth, traps and ambushes to be the most honorable way to gain status.

Goblins have a love-hate relationship with fire. Goblins adore fire, but no matter how much it is worshiped, it keeps biting them. That doesn't prevent them from trying, of course. Most goblins will take any opportunity to play with fire, and believe fire to be the greatest of all forces in the Universe (it makes food tasty AND can destroy things!).

In addition to fire, Goblins can be quite manic about any number of things, individually, and can take these ephemeral obsessions to such extremes that they will forget to eat or sleep for days in their quest to master their new fancy.

Combat Tactics

Goblins are mean and aggressive until they get scared, then they go sneaky. If they are taking heavy casualties, they might run...unless there's fire on the battlefield. If there's fire, then they are more likely to fight to the death, over-excited by the battle and failing to think in their normally cowardly fashion.

Out of Combat

Goblins love fire-based attacks so much that they hold fire in awe and ascribe magical properties to it. Given a chance, a goblin will always go out of its way to set things on fire, use fire as a weapon, or generally cause fiery mayhem. If the goblin finds a source of fire, they can spread the fire to flammable materials more quickly than less motivated races, and putting out the fire always takes a little longer than it should. Maybe it really is magical....

Rewards

XP: 800 (Swarm role included.)

Treasure: Sellable Goods worth 438 gp.

Weight: 20 lbs.     Volume: 0.8 cu. ft.

Optional Treasure Rules: Roll a d20 on Table 1 below once per encounter (NOT per creature). Any items discovered are in addition to the normal treasure for the encounter.

Table 1: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 10	Nothing Found
11 - 14	1 Languid Remnant (tier 1)
15 - 17	1 Pale Remnant (tier 2)
18 - 19	1 Bright Remnant (tier 3)
20	Roll on Table 2
###	Nothing to see here!
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 2: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Languid Remnants (tier 1)
6 - 10	3 Pale Remnants (tier 2)
11 - 14	1 Intense Remnant (tier 4)
15 - 17	1 Blazing Remnant (tier 5)
18 - 19	1 Vital Remnant (tier 6)
20	Roll on Table 3
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 3: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Bright Remnants (tier 3)
6 - 8	3 Intense Remnants (tier 4)
9 - 11	3 Blazing Remnants (tier 5)
12 - 14	3 Vital Remnants (tier 6)
15 - 17	1 Prime Remnant (tier 7)
18 - 19	1 Mythic Remnant (tier 8)
20	1 Empyrean Remnant (tier 9)