Art by Lex Cazimi
In Hodas, one of the races who ended up on the table after Wasteland Without Epithet was goblins. They were detailed as inventive, curious, communal, and just a little destructive. When we talked about what made them different from goblins in popular fantasy we came to the conclusion that these leaned into the brighter aspects of them, their communal nature, their inventive side. We talked about their love of rain storms, their struggle to think about the long term, their use of communal workshops, and their restless creativity, their names being adjectives. They still felt like goblins but they were our goblin, Hodas goblins.
They ended up being one part spell caster, one part mad bomber alchemist. They get some magic but it's limited, they aren't full wizards. they get the ability to make bombs that they keep on them and throw. Their intelligent and crafty nature is reflected in their ability to pull together scraps. Their short lives and brilliant minds have left them with an impressive ability of recall. They were the first class I wrote for Hodas and said "yeah, that hits all the flavor notes and I'm happy with it.
Keep in mind, in Hodas humans are greatly diminished in number, so race as class is much more common than in a normal DCC game, so things like The Minotaur, The Ooze, The Kobold, and The Goblin are much more commonly found and fill out their niche in a group.
If you like free goblin class below and want a look at a more martial version of them check out the Goblin Bigheart over on our Patreon along with a long ranged version of The Minotaur called the Bullista.
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