Tainted

Goblins are an interesting creature to feature in your games.  Too often they are seen as cannon fodder (much like kobolds and orcs) and I think some creativity on the part of a good referee can make the most "common" foe uncommon.

In my own Briarmoor game, goblins are dwarves who were twisted and mutated by the magic of the Titans.  The foul spells used to create goblins and the goblins having spawned continually for centuries in weird under mountain tribes, mutating, cross breeding, worshiping dark gods and practicing darker magics have led to an infernal taint that marks goblins as a race.  The standard dark folk from fairy tales are found in the greener lands, but among the mountains and deeper wells of the world no such uniformity is found.  To provide some inspiration for your own tainted goblins, below is a d66 chart. Be inspired, be creative, be anything but expected!

 

d66	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	green teeth	sharpened teeth	acid saliva	leech mouth	beaver/buck toothed	tusks
2	orange eyes	all white eyes	black eyes	eye stalks	one eye	three eyes
3	black claws	tentacles	three fingers	pincers	mantis/spike arms	four arms
4	sulfur scent	rotting scent	sweet scent	earthy scent	flower scent	smoke scent
5	gray and slimy	black scales	fuzzy	stone skin	thorny skin	diseased skin
6	cackles	hisses	barks	growls	silent	screams