“THEY HAVE SOPHISTICATED CIVILIZATIONS, VAST EMPIRES, AND POWERFUL ARMIES. ARE YOU SCARED YET? YOU SHOULD BE. BY NOAH KOE.MAN AND DON MORGAN WITH BRIAN JELKE AND DAVID KENZER What you hold in front of you is the definitive hobgoblin sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons® and the Kingdoms of Kalamaia campaign setting. Within this sourcebook you will find a wealth of detailed information on the hobgoblins of the Sovereign Lands, useful for D&D players and Dungeon Masters alike. Included are:
• FIVE HOBGOBLIN SUBRACES
• A NEW HOBGOBLIN VARIANT CLASS
• NEW HOBGOBLIN SPELLS
• NEW HOBGOBLIN WEAPONS AND ...Rama
• FIVE HOBGOBLIN exas-rma CLASSES
• FEATS FOR HOBGOBLIN PCs AND NPCs
• NEW Roacconna mans
• NEW VARIANT RULES
In addition, the culture and society of the hobgoblin subraces is described in detail. Each chapter has a discussion of a particular subrace's social caste system, the structure of their military forces, their tactics in battles and sieges, and their views on creation, religion, strength, honor, and myriad other subjects. It also includes information on their trading practices, their recreational habits, their diet, their clothing, and how they build their settlements.
Players will find the new skills, feats, classes, and prestige classes extremely valuable when making a hobgoblin or half-hobgoblin character. In addition, the description of honor practices, psychological beliefs, and societal interactions will aid immensely in role-playing such a character. With this book, a hobgoblin character can be fleshed out into a living, breathing person with real relevance and connection to the campaign world.
Dungeon Masters will find the information on hobgoblin battle tactics, military structure and city layout extremely useful for planning adventures in hobgoblin locales. In addition, the new hobgoblin prestige classes make for excellent adversaries or villains, the new spells and magic items are fine rewards for the players or devastating tools for the hobgoblins, and the social system is ripe with violence and intrigue. With this game aid, Dungeon Masters can make the hobgoblins into whatever they choose, be they interesting villains or a world shaking threat.
Completely compatible with the revised edition of D&D, this sourcebook provides players and DMs everything they need to know about hobgoblins, and more.”