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| Shadowsoul |
Posted - 20 Nov 2016 : 17:24:53
According to Volo's guide there are academies that hobgoblins are sent to if they posses a talent for arcane magic. In all my years of dealing with the Realms I have never heard of such a thing. Can anyone remember any mention of this in past products?
It seems like a good idea because I really am starting to love Hobgoblins the more they are fleshed out, but what I don't like is this sudden injection of Realms lore that never existed before. I could understand if this was a new thing, but from what I've read, it sounds like it's always been.
Anyone have any knowledge on this? |
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| Gyor |
Posted - 23 Nov 2016 : 21:49:55
I'm going to point out alot of stuff in VGTM is for generic D&D in 5e and not everything applies to FR, although its bot clear what does and doesn't. |
| Matt James |
Posted - 21 Nov 2016 : 17:02:47
I love Hobgoblin spell-casters, especially of the Sorcerer variety. Learned spell-casters, in my estimation, would exist, but just not as common. |
| Markustay |
Posted - 20 Nov 2016 : 22:18:14
On the the other hand, I've swapped-out the Tuigan in the Hordelands for Hobgoblins. Not canon, of course, but far more creative than 'Realms Mongols'.
One of these days I should get back to my own Hobgoblin lore - The Drummers. I have it where Hob-culture is basically 'stolen bits' from other cultures they encounter, which isn't such a bad way of doing things. They see something they like and they copy it. A little more sophisticated than what the other goblinoids are doing.
I'm not sure how I'd fit 'academies' into all that. Maybe one central one somewhere - I just can't picture them all over Faerūn. |
| Ayrik |
Posted - 20 Nov 2016 : 21:13:39
To underscore GK's comment: this Volo's Guide product is non-canon, but equally important, Volo himself is an "unreliable narrator" notoriously prone to exaggeration, elaboration, and fabrication of truths and facts he himself doesn't always fully understand. I could easily imagine a chance encounter between Volo and a hobgoblin with a hobby escalating into half-drunken fanciful tales of a hobgoblin hogwarts. |
| George Krashos |
Posted - 20 Nov 2016 : 17:30:43
Volo's Guide to Monsters isn't an FR product IMO, so take it with a pinch of salt re what is and what isn't in the Realms.
-- George Krashos |
