Goblin Dungeons Dragons

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, goblins are a common and fairly weak race of evil humanoid monsters. Unlike the goblins in Tolkien's works, the goblins of D&D are a separate race from orcs. They are a part of the related species collectively referred to as goblinoids, which includes hobgoblins, bugbears, and others. Goblins are presented as "evil" and "predisposed towards a society of brutal regimes where the strongest rule" in the game.: 48, 66, 134 . They have also been compared to German kobolds in the tabletop wargame Warhammer Fantasy Battle. They first appeared in the fantasy supplement to the original "Chainmail" set, prior to appearing in the original Dungeons and Dragons game. The goblin is detailed as a playable character race in The Complete Book of Humanoids (1993). The book notes that goblins cannot be wizards. The blue, psionic relative of the goblin, appeared in Psionics Handbook for this edition (2001). The goblyn of Ravenloft appeared in Unearthed Arcana (2004)