The power to use the abilities of goblins. Variation of Mythic Physiology. Not to be confused with Hobgoblin Physiology.
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Also Called
- Drow/Dtrow/Trow/Trowe Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology
- Gobblin/Gobeline/Gobling/Goblyn/Goblino/Gobbelin Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology
- Goblin Body/Form/Mimicry
Capabilities
User with this ability either is or can transform into a goblin (also gobblin, gobeline, gobling, goblyn, goblino, and gobbelin, feminine: Goblette, plural: Goblettes), a small, ugly creatures who tend to be evil, crabby, and/or mischievous. While they're small and weak, goblins may make up for this by being clever and cunning. They may manufacture clever traps to trip up the unwary foe, or overwhelm them through sheer numbers. Either way, goblins in folklore and fantasy fiction are highly variable lot in both appearance and behavior. Generally speaking they are smallish humanoids, with pointy ears and features tending to pop up repeatedly.
A stronger form of goblin (which may or may not be conflated with the orc) may be known as a hobgoblin, though the term originally denoted the friendlier variety of goblin (the word 'hob' being derived either from the shelf at the back of a fireplace and thus indicating 'hearth and home' or from a Middle English nickname for "Robert"). English Puritans later started using the word 'hobgoblin', originally meaning a friendlier variety of goblin, to mean 'demon', which probably is why Tolkien used the word 'hobgoblin' to mean 'a bigger goblin'. This usage of the word was then propagated, by Dungeons & Dragons. While annoying, goblins are also more likely to be comedic, bumbling, or simply harder to take seriously than their bigger relatives.
A more recent trend in modern fantasy is to make them a merchant race with a unique gift for managing your money, or separating you from it. Another trend tends to give excessive interest on fire and explosives.
In folklore, goblins and especially hobgoblins were diminutive household pests, or at best wild creatures, and were typically conflated with whatever trolls and/or faeries fit the trope. If they were viewed at all as a mythical race, instead of just monsters or diminutive faeries of the nasty sort, they would be generally viewed as the "dark" version of elves or dwarves in that culture.
Applications
- Enhanced Craftsmanship
- Enhanced Dexterity
- Enhanced Endurance
- Enhanced Instincts
- Enhanced Intelligence (varies)
- Enhanced Thievery
- Enhanced Wits (varies)
- Trapping Intuition
Types of Goblin
- Boggart Physiology
- Bwbachod Physiology
- Hitotsume Kozo Physiology
- Hobgoblin Physiology
- Knocker Physiology
- Kuri Physiology
- Redcap Physiology
- Tatty Bogle Physiology
- Trotterkopf Physiology
- Yara Ma Yha Who Physiology
Associations
- Bogeyman Physiology
- Classic Monster Physiology
- Fairy Physiology
- Goblinoid Magic
- Gremlin Physiology
- Imp Physiology
- Mythic Physiology
- Pukwudgie Physiology
- Trickster
Known Users
See Also: Our Goblins are Different and Goblins.
Folkore/Mythology
- Goblins (European Folklore)
- Nunu sa Punso (Filipino Mythology)
- Trows (Orkney/Shetland Folklore)
Literature
- Goblins (Discword)
- Goblinoids (Forgotten Realms)
- Goblins (Harry Potter)
- Goblins (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
- Goblins (Thea Stilton: The Secret of the Fairies)
- Goblins (Tolkien)
- Goblins (City of Devils)
Movies
- Creeper (The Black Cauldron)
- Goblins (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
- Goblins (Labyrinth)
- Goblins (Legend)
- Blix
- The Oomps (Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland)
- Green Goblin (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)
Cartoons
- Aziz (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
- Goblins (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Morris (Sofia the First)
- Goblins (Strange Magic)
- Goblins (Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia)
- Grundles (My Little Pony)
Comics
- Harold Osborn/Hobgoblin (Marvel Comics)
- Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (Marvel Comics)
- Harold Russell/Goblin-By-Night (Marvel Comics)
- Norman Russell/Goblin-By-Night (Marvel Comics); formerly
Manga/Anime
- Goblimon and variants (Digimon)
- Goblins and variants (Goblin Slayer)
- Goblins (Iron Knight)
- Teppei Ushizume/Iron Knight (Iron Knight)
- Kollekio (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Goblins (Re:Monster)
- Goblins (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
Tabletop Games
- Goblins (RPGs)
Video Games
- Naknada (Mortal Kombat)
- Goblins (Terraria)
- Goblin Invasion enemies
- Goblin Tinkerer
Other
- SCP-2523-1 - Goblin Market (SCP Foundation)
- Goblins (By the Books)
- Rath
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