Goblin Minion

Monster Manual (2025) p. 142

Size
Small
Type
fey (goblinoid)
Alignment
chaotic neutral
AC
12
Initiative
2
Hit Points
7 (2d6)
Speed
walk 30 ft.
Skills
Stealth +6
Senses
darkvision 60 ft.
Passive Perception
9
Languages
Common, Goblin
Challenge
1/8
Lineage
Goblin
Environment
forest, grassland, hill, planar (acheron), planar (feywild), underdark
STR
8
−1
DEX
15
+2
CON
10
+0
INT
10
+0
WIS
8
−1
CHA
8
−1

Traits

Proficiency Bonus

+2

Gear

Daggers (3)

Treasure

Implements: The monster's treasure hoard features magic items with the noted theme. The Dungeon Master's Guide details treasure hoards appropriate for each theme. Individual: The monster doesn't have a treasure hoard, but it might keep monetary treasure.

Actions

Dagger

Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) Piercing damage.

Nimble Escape (Bonus Action)

The goblin takes the Disengage or Hide action.

Other data

description

Goblins are Feywild embodiments of recklessness and ruin. They delight in wreckage—the louder, the more energetic, and the more convoluted, the better. Goblin raids are often as much opportunities to enjoy setting fires and tormenting livestock as they are parts of more disruptive plots. Goblins obey those who accomplish the wildest plans. Such leaders might be goblin raid masterminds, bombastic magic-users, or those capable of making the loudest noises. Hobgoblins and forceful humanoids might also command ornery groups of goblins, directing their destructiveness toward banditry, sabotage, or war. The deity Maglubiyet claims to be the god of goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears, and on the Infinite Battlefield of Acheron, the deity commands innumerable goblinoid legions. In ages long past, Maglubiyet witnessed the destructive propensity of goblinoids and relocated a population of them from the Feywild to his realm on the Outer Planes. Since then, hordes of these more martial-minded goblins have flourished, with some finding their ways to Material Plane worlds. These vicious invaders seek to sow ruin in preparation for their god's conquest.

Goblin Minion: Goblin minions enjoy participating in the disruptive schemes of clever leaders but are quick to flee when confronted by their comeuppance.