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The Goblinoids still come into frequent contact with the degenerate remnants of the snake peoples, however, slithering amongst the stone ruins of their once mighty temple cities.
 
The Goblinoids still come into frequent contact with the degenerate remnants of the snake peoples, however, slithering amongst the stone ruins of their once mighty temple cities.
The most salient aspect of the Goblinoids is the Kshatriya caste’s approach to war, indeed to conflict of any kind. They spend huge amounts of time mastering the use of the composite shortbow which they use from the back of war chariots, and the various polearms that they use when the melee has begun.This focus means that the hobgoblins do not study the arts of stealth as their bretheren do, instead gaining feasome proficiency with their polearms. The range of weapons the Goblinoids favour is as follows
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The most salient aspect of the Goblinoids is the Kshatriya caste’s approach to war, indeed to conflict of any kind. They spend huge amounts of time mastering the use of the composite shortbow which they use from the back of war chariots, and the various polearms that they use when the melee has begun.Instead of the +4 on hide and move checks, hobgoblins gain +1 to hit with any polearm with which they are proficient
Composite short bow,Sword gauntlet,Katar, Glaive,Trident,Ranseur,Trident, Nagamaki,Naginata andVajra. As for defensive measures, the goblin smiths craft various armours from small scales of laquered leather and iron, or from larger iron lames witch they form into various "laced" armours.
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Goblin weapons
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Composite short bow
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Sword gauntlet
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Katar  
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Glaive
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Trident
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Ranseur
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Trident  
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Nagamaki
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Naginata
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Vajra  (1d6, x2, 1lbs, piercing)
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Goblin armours
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Footman’s (+3,+5,-1, 15%,light,20lbs)
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Leather Scale
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Lamelar vest (+5 , +3, -4, 30%,medium,35lbs)
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Lamelar and laced scale (+7,+2, -6, 40%,heavy, 45lbs)
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Goblins have very little in the way of decent metal in their lands, and have established rudimentary trade with the Dwarves to obtain high quality metal armours.
 
Goblins have very little in the way of decent metal in their lands, and have established rudimentary trade with the Dwarves to obtain high quality metal armours.
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== How the Goblins see other races ==
 
== How the Goblins see other races ==
  
'''Goliaths''' : The Goblins pay the Goliaths little official heed, proclaiming boldly that any culture that has not mastered the use of the wheel deserves no notice. That being said they are very polite when crossing goliath lands to trade with the dwarves of the lonely mountain…
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Goliaths : The Goblins pay the Goliaths little official heed, proclaiming boldly that any culture that has not mastered the use of the wheel deserves no notice. That being said they are very polite when crossing goliath lands to trade with the dwarves of the lonely mountain…
  
 
'''Dwarves''':  The goblinoids would dearly like to look down their collective noses at the stunted folk, but the dwarve’s craftmenship of weapons and mastery of metallurgy forces a certain dour respect from the islanders.  
 
'''Dwarves''':  The goblinoids would dearly like to look down their collective noses at the stunted folk, but the dwarve’s craftmenship of weapons and mastery of metallurgy forces a certain dour respect from the islanders.  

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