Cragmaw Goblin
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Yesterday morning, I was drinking my coffee and prepping for next week’s D&D sesh when I realized my crawling claws needed a bite attack – inspiration brought about by the Santa Cruz “Screaming Hand” on my coffee mug. But where to insert this into my Along the Triboar Trail game that I run for my…
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Volo’s Guide to Monsters was published in November of 2016, two and a half years after Lost Mine of Phandelver – and there’s some good stuff in Volo’s about the Goblinoid worship of Maglubiyet that came after the publication of El Mop: “Maglubiyet’s holy symbol is a headsman’s axe, and the block is where it is blessed by…
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I’ve never been a fan of the Goblin Trail encounters in Chapter 1: Goblin Arrows. They feel like incomplete encounters or, dare I say, lazy game design. Yeah yeah. The game was designed with new Dungeon Masters and players in mind, so why not introduce both parties to the Wisdom (Perception) mechanic by tossing a…
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If you’re going to encounter goblins along the Triboar Trail, it will likely be along the western half of the trail, or as I like to refer to it: “Cragmaw Country.” As one of the stealthiest creatures in the Monster Manual – further blessed with darkvision to make their sneaking in the dark even more…
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I often feel like the Patron Saint of Seldom Used Rules, Mechanics, and Fluff in Dungeons & Dragons. If it’s there, I want to use it! If nobody at the table has ever had cause to don or doff their armor, rest assured that the character with the heaviest metal armor is going for an…
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If you’re currently running Lost Mine of Phandelver or that…other adventure that contains LMOP within its pages, I have a question for you: Are you in a Dungeon Master mindset, or a player mindset? If you’re a new Dungeon Master running an adventure that was initially designed for new DM’s and players, it’s totally understandable…
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How would you feel about your 5 year-old child riding your Pyrenees around the neighborhood? I mean, with the largest of the breed weighing in at 160 pounds, sure, the dog could probably tolerate your 40-45 pound child climbing onto its back for a minute or two while you nervously glance over your shoulder to…
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If I say “goblin” three times in the title of an article, is something weird going to happen? I sure hope not. Anyhoo, yesterday I wrote about Sildar Hallwinter’s tale of how he and his friend Gundren Rockseeker were ambushed by the Cragmaw goblins laying in wait along the Triboar Trail. But what will the…
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Darvin gazed blankly at the sword in his trembling hands. The tip was sheered off. Its blade was badly notched and the steel was spotted with rust. But it was a sword. How many seasons had he toiled in the fields, filling the tedious hours with dreams of adventures where there was always a blade…
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It has always struck me as odd that Cragmaw goblins, named so for the tribal custom of honing their teeth into sharp craggy points, do not have a bite attack. Let’s fix that, and throw some tactics into the mix for funsies. If you had the same thought, I like the cut of your jib.…