Monster Monday: Goblins

[@wearygregory9827]

1 person really doesn't like Goblins...

[@ArcaneForge]

Haha! There is pretty reliably one person who dislikes most of my videos. I'm not sure if it's the same person every time, but generally speaking there is a person resolutely against my videos :P

[@wearygregory9827]

Arcane Forge maybe it's an accident, Lord knows you deserve such a bigger following for your top notch content

[@ThePKMNTrainerAndrew]

Its the Goblin Slayer.

[@minecraftkid50978]

It’s been an entire year and nobody has fucked this up

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Machio Naruzo Goblin Slayer

[@FacelessPorcelain]

Talking about how goblins rarely get magic reminded me of one of the first antagonists I ever ran with my current group. He was a goblin that had gotten a hold of a magic cursed artifact, a page of an ancient demonology book that was possessed by the power of all the fiends whose true names were written on it. Though unable to use its full power due to not being able to read the text, the goblin who got it was able to call upon the power of a demon lord of fire to become a potent pyromancer, becoming known as The Flamecaller. This goblin had previously been the lowest of the low among his tribe. Smallest of the lot, malnourished and riddled with disease. He was neither charming nor clever, struggling to make the simple traps most other goblins could make with relative ease and preferring straight forward conflicts over trickery. As such, he was the whipping boy of the entire tribe, which of course bred a strong resentment within the goblin that reared its ugly head when he gained his new powers. He violently took over his tribe, sadistically burning his old tormentors alive with his magic. It did not matter if they surrendered, fell to their knees and groveled, he burned them all. Half of their number survived, though left with horrible burns and nerve damage that left them crippled. He would keep them as personal slaves for him to beat and burn at his leisure as he began conquering the surrounding goblin tribes and, eventually, human settlements. As stated before, he was not smart, and had a chip on his shoulder. He drew a lot of attention to himself very quickly, and many of his underlings were so miserable under his rule that they were more than willing to cooperate with adventurers to see him dead. As such, naturally, his rule would come to a swift end, but only after building a legion of goblins numbering in the thousands. He burned fast, but he burned bright.

[@kaiklose6172]

This series is chill as hell

[@ArcaneForge]

Haha, cheers! So is this comment!

[@andiebrown7792]

This is a awesome proxy birthday present. One of my favorite KZbin series on my favorite day.

[@ArcaneForge]

Awh! Happy Birthday, Andrew! I hope you have a wonderful and goblin filled (from a safe distance) day!

[@andiebrown7792]

Arcane Forge thanks for the themed birthday message. If I may ask when I requested Grimlocks could I ask where on your list that my request is ?

[@ArcaneForge]

Of course! It's 13th on the list at the moment, which is about a 3rd of the way into the list! It's getting ever longer.

[@theDMLair]

Great drawing as always, man! Keep up the great work!

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Luke! Really appreciate it!

[@taigerus4418]

With heavy rain outside, monster mondays and coffee goes great with each other. These videos are pure art

[@ArcaneForge]

Awh, thanks taigerus! I spend my mornings with a coffee, going through these comments, and they honestly make my day. Thanks so much for watching and for your kind words!

[@WoM]

Great work!

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, WoM! Thanks so much. I love the look of your channel. Definitely subbed! Cheers for watching.

[@miles6283]

I was unsure when I first saw this, but I really like this drawing now. I've always imagined the oblivion style goblins, so the ears and long nose kinda surprised me, for a minute I thought it looked like a Santa elf, but now I absolutely love it! From now on this will be how I see goblins in my games

[@jasondowd4685]

OK, I knew you were good, but this was a great drawing and I didn't know half of this info about goblins! Thanks, Josh. Awesome job!

[@ArcaneForge]

Awh man, Thanks very much! Really glad you liked it!

[@zuzumarc]

Great stuff as always. That dagger in particular is gorgeous!! I've been experimenting with your style myself because it's beautiful. Goblins have been the centrepoint of our campaign since day one, I love them.

[@ArcaneForge]

Awesome, that's so cool, zuzumarc! You'll have to show me some of the stuff you come up with! The dagger was really fun to draw. I love thinking about what all of these creatures might build in their isolated cultures. Cheers for your kind words and for watching the video!

[@zuzumarc]

Can I ask: how do you layer your colour and greyscale? I struggle with that colour layer because I either lose the shading from the grey or the colour is washed out...

[@ArcaneForge]

No worries. So I make sure to turn my colour layer to a "multiply" layer so that it shows through. Then, if it still looks a little washed out, I change the brightness of the greyscale layer until it feels right. I hope that makes sense?

[@kyliepoe6231]

I fell in love with goblins based on the pvc goblin and bugbear 2 pack of toys from advanced dungeons and dragons in the 80s. I feel the main draw of goblins is that, I think, they are based on our own toddlers. Maddenly frustrating and somehow so loveable at once. AJ Pickett mentioned that they may be a mutation of the hobgoblin race, and 13th Age calls bugbears "goblin giants". I'd also recommend checking out Pathfinder's We Be Goblins supplement for playing them, and a light hearted look at their community.

[@theDMLair]

Scott Po Great analogy! LOL Yes, goblins are fun. I’m not familiar with 13th Age. Is that a tabletop game or computer game?

[@kyliepoe6231]

13th Age is a Dnd clone, made by Jonathan Tweet from 3e and Rob Heineso from 4e, it's got some very cool advanced DM tools like Icon relationships and the escalation die.

[@ArcaneForge]

Haha! You're going to have me picturing murderous toddlers whenever I pit my players against these guys now!

[@theDMLair]

Looked up a bit about the escalation die. It has me thinking, now... Maybe there is a cool way to incorporate that mechanic into my D&D 5e games. 😀👍

[@kyliepoe6231]

Heck yes, 13th Age does encourage lifting some of their mechanics if you like them. You can probably get a basic version of the core off free out there. The montage is another awesome mechanic. It's a free story telling way to play out a scene, let's say a travel montage. Then you go around the table, first player makes up a difficulty, second player describes how they dealt with it, then the next player describes another problem. Go around the table twice so everyone gets to state a problem and solve a different one. It's fun, invests the players and can create new stuff for your game.

[@NegRiskr]

Ah Goblins, first time I used them ended with the Barbarian on trial for putting a Gob settlement to the torch. 2 hours latter and he rode off into the sunset, Bill the Drow got kidnapped by Asmodeus, and one of the Goblins shows up in every game I run in the Forgotten realms ever since. All hail Gobthor the Goblin!

[@ArcaneForge]

Praise be to Gobthor!

[@NegRiskr]

Hail! Hail! All Hail Gobthor, he who has such luck as to make Gods jealous!

[@rickytimmons5294]

LOVE your channel, man .. You’re is the trifecta of my interests Fantasy Lore ...DnD....and Art. So happy to subscribe ...keep up the great work

[@danieldeihl8237]

Very good episode. Can't get enough goblin lore.

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Daniel! I loved making it. Maybe I can find a way to get more goblin based videos on the go at some point!

[@haroldtchicken5871]

I like the finger on the necklace, nice touch

[@ArcaneForge]

Haha! Thanks very much! Cheers for watching!

[@telenNG]

Ok I was kinda hoping you'd get to goblins in the game I'm running for my son when they got to the city of waterdeep I'm running a half homebrew version of hoard of the dragon queen btw the players were very surprised to see Goblins out and about in public doing menial work the reason for this is the goblins Once Upon a Time try to attack the city of waterdeep but we're partially annihilated by the five Lords of waterdeep and ever since that time they have been trying to pay back the damage they did by doing menial service in and around the town which lead to some hilarious NPC player interactions the whole idea behind that was it's not just the big bad that get the opportunity to use these things as they mindless underlings poor goblins

[@theDMLair]

telenNG hey, that’s a great concept right there! Nice. I use Waterdeep as the hub for two of my games, but I never thought of doing something like that. I’ll bet it greatly increases the role-play opportunities and a feeling of immersion. Gives things more life than just another ho-hum humanoid city. :D

[@tp_nomad6627]

Good job once again mate! Always enjoying the content!

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, TP! Lovely to have you here as always. Thanks for watching and for the support!

[@EslocoSoldado]

I am loving this series so much and have binge watched most of it in one night (sick and can't sleep.) I am in love with this channel and just wanted to suggest a Doppelganger and/or Mimic for your next drawing. I have always been a huge fan of John Carpenters "The Thing" and I am running a campaign pretty soon where the main threat is a Doppelganger army. Well enough rambling I love your work man and I will be back every week regardless what you draw, stay awesome.

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, EsLocoSoldado! I'm sorry you're feeling unwell, but I'm glad that you're enjoying the channel! Make sure to get plenty of rest and a healing spell of at least 3rd level or higher. I'm pretty sure that Dopplegangers and mimics are somewhere on my "to draw" list, but if they've not been suggested, I'll 100% put them on there for you! Your adventure sounds really great, so let me know how it goes! Cheer for watching and for the support. Get well soon!

[@ericmilligan6603]

I think one thing that makes Goblins more likeable than Kobolds is that goblins overall feel like they have more personality. Compared to Kobolds (who are very group-oriented creatures) goblins feel more like individuals. Some of the best scenes in the Lord of the Rings are not when the heroes are fighting goblins but when the goblins are fighting each other.

[@ArcaneForge]

Thant's a really great point, Eric! I think you've found the secret there! Cheers for taking the time to comment and for watching!

[@kingrexy1047]

Man I'm here on Saturday wanting nothing more than for it to be Monday keep up the good work. As a dm I love your videos and much prefer the way you drawl d&d monsters compared to the way they look in the books

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, Zach. That's such an enormous compliment on so many levels, so thank you so much! My day has officially been made. P.S. Monday's video is about a particularly awesome creature, and I really loved the drawing, so keep an eye out!

[@kingrexy1047]

Arcane Forge well I just appreciate hard work and I use your art in my current campaign to beef up the look of the normally vary odd tarrasque but with the one you did it looks much more like a monster of legend. Also can't wait for Monday even more now

[@marshjrdPO22]

I freaking love Goblins!!! Bye the way, that's a nice drawing bro!

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much Darrell! That's really kind of you!

[@Randomizer411]

Best way to start the week! Looking forward to your eventual episode on nilbogs :3

[@ArcaneForge]

Haha, I'm really looking forward to that too. The Nilbog was the highlight of the most recent campaign I played in. Instant classic. thanks for watching!

[@ThetrueDrnastyflaps]

Just passed through the first section of mines of phandelver so an incredibly appropriate choice this week sir. Great video as always.

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much! Lovely to see your name in the comments again! Always brings a smile to my face! Cheers for watching.

[@zacklecuyer]

Loved the video! I've been eagerly awaiting the goblin monster Monday

[@ArcaneForge]

Same here to be honest, Zack! Thanks for watching! Let me know if there's anything else you'd like me to cover and I'll pop it on the "to do" list!

[@zacklecuyer]

Arcane Forge could you perhaps add slaads to the "to do" list if they aren't already? I find them to be pretty cool looking creatures but I don't know a whole lot about them

[@fiercemushroom4840]

Well done as always. Keep up the good work!

[@AustinKazda]

How about doing a monster Monday on a Questing Beast?

[@ArcaneForge]

I'm super unfamiliar with that one, so that'll be a treat to research! Thanks for the suggestion and for watching, Austin!

[@roamingcelt]

"Rat swarm". More to add to your Cthulhu love. (ie "The rats in the walls")

[@jhfh3112]

My next character is going to be a goblin gunsmith. Another thing they share with kobolds is being the most likely creatures to get their hands on some tech, it seems

[@ArcaneForge]

That sounds like a great character, jhfh3112! Cheers for watching!

[@fiercemushroom4840]

I know you already did one of my request but I'd like to suggest an Animated Armor for one of the Monster Mondays.

[@ArcaneForge]

Awh yeah! That sounds brilliant, Fierce Mushroom. Don't worry. A lot of people have suggested multiple things. I'll stick Animated armour on the "to do" list!

[@thegametroll6264]

I don't know if you'll ever see my comments seeing as how these posts were several years ago however i loved your video and artwork on the troll and the goblin is no different.

[@Contempl8Tech]

Another excellent video good sir! I have nearly killed level one adventures a few times with a horde of these guys lol.

[@ArcaneForge]

Damn! It's a humiliating but hilarious TPK if it's caused by goblins. I recently nearly died to a goblin attack in the sewers of a city in a campaign I was playing in. They're so easy to underestimate! Really glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks so much for watching.

[@Contempl8Tech]

Arcane Forge lol damn sewers, If you die in sewers no one will find your stinking body. Lol.

[@CraftyTabletop]

Another good one, Josh. Cheers!

[@ArcaneForge]

No worries, Crafty! Thank you. I'll give you a heads up when I get on the Gith btw.

[@CraftyTabletop]

Arcane Forge Cool man! I'm looking forward to it!

[@punkpinata7062]

I love Goblins. One of my Charakters is a Goblin Barbarian called NaCk McFeegle (yes inspired by Terry Pratchett) and he is a Barbarian with the Path of the Ancestor. His Body is tattooed so much that his skin seems to be blue and whenever my DM asks me how I want to do this (granted its not very often the Dice don't really fall in my favour that much) he breaks the knees and then Snaps the neck. He is a super cheery dude.

[@BlackPenzo]

Our party was once attacked by a pack of goblins and our priest ended up converting one to her religion and he ended up becoming a local paladin. During the fight he was also stabbed in his hands which is why the priest gave him the name Chesus Jist.

[@miles6283]

Chesus Jist

[@theDMLair]

BlackPenzo Cool story. It’s always fun when the players do something different than just killing the monsters. In this case, converting a goblin to your religion..... LOL, just excellent role-playing right there. :D

[@Kara_and_her_cat]

I had no idea that goblins were playably and could even use magic! haha thats awesome its so funny cuz I've always favored Kobolds over Goblins~ I guess it's just because I'm such a huge fan of dragons and reptiles. Gotta try playing a goblin at some point though! Should be interesting!

[@ArcaneForge]

Definitely! They're in Volos guide, which is full of amazing stuff if you have the chance to pick it up. There's playable Yuan Ti, bugbears, all sorts! Remember to email me some information to get your runner up prize for the 3k video by the way.

[@annebird9195]

My group keeps trying to bribe and adopt goblins. We have like 3 now. It's becoming an issue and I'm trying to think if I should do something to make them regret adopting these or not...

[@ArcaneForge]

I definitely think that an army of goblins could get up to some extremely chaotic stuff to make your players regret their choices, while keeping it lighthearted too. Let me know what you end up coming up with! I love hearing adventure stories! Cheers for watching!

[@sharkoj]

Can you please make a video about the Oni?

[@ArcaneForge]

Absolutely, Roy. I'm really looking forward to that one!

[@robinfreeman1810]

Damn you're so good at art if I were rich I'd buy a house and pay you to hang artwork in there. Like that's the only thing I would use that house for.

[@ArcaneForge]

Nawww, that's really cool! Thank you so much! Also, if you do ever make a house exclusively for goblin based art; let me know, cos I'd be all over that! Cheers for watching and for your wonderful compliments!

[@theDMLair]

Aqua Avis I think you're on to something! A house full of D&D wall hangings, murals, frescoes... Now that's a house! 😈👍

[@ArcadeNeon]

Can you make a video on the Slaadi/Slaad?

[@ArcaneForge]

Absolutely, ArcadeNeon! Great suggestion!

[@ArcadeNeon]

Sweet, I'm look forward to seeing it.

[@garretturban1071]

Love the video. What program were you using to draw in?

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Garrett! I use photoshop CS5 and a Wacom Bamboo drawing tablet. Thanks for watching!

[@miles6283]

garrett urban he uses the one true photo-editing software: Microsoft Paint

[@theDMLair]

Miles LOL - yeah. After using PhotoShop, I don’t know if I could ever go back to Paint or something like that. Spoiled I guess. :D

[@paraptorkeetcreations434]

I accidentally ripped you off. I've been drawing d&d monsters on a parchment background for fun and your videos popped up while watching my own videos. You're way better than me though. I feel bad for asking but I'd love to see your take on the Glabrezu.

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, Paraptorkeet! Hey, don’t worry too much about it. I just had some tea stained pages lying around and a need to draw monsters, but as they say, “great minds think alike” :P Just watched your Formian video. It was so good! Don’t sell yourself short. It was very soothing and interesting to watch you draw. I’ve never heard of your suggestion which has got me intensely excited to do some research!!! I’ll add it to the “to draw” list. Thanks for watching, and good luck with your videos too!

[@MrLordOfNightmares]

I. Love. GOBLINS!!!!

[@emmanuel8679]

Can you please do a Monster Monday on frost giants. They appear in Norse mythology. Ymir

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, Moses! Don't worry, I think they're next on the list!

[@ImThe1stCoolest]

I'd like to see a Siege Beetle or Succubus/Incubus.

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, ImThe1stCoolest. Great name for a start. Secondly, great suggestions! I'll definitely add them to the "to draw" list! Thanks for watching!

[@rappletek2955]

NILBOG! NILBOG! NILBOG!

[@evonnelittle959]

Rapple Tek draw a mister

[@ArcaneForge]

It's just the same video but in reverse. There's a hidden message in the video if you play it backwards. :P

[@theDMLair]

Rapple Tek Yes! I’ve yet to deploy them in one of my campaigns, but gotta do it someday. Actually, got one group at level 3 now; that might work! :D

[@NumbSkull2602]

I just thought “Green Goblin” ya know?

[@adumbedgyname7158]

I didn't know Tim Curry had a KZbin channel. Or that he liked goblins.