Goblin Errands Playbooks
Overview and Options
⦿ The Rowdy: You are courageous and resourceful.
You like to take things apart and sometimes even to
put them back together. You know your small body
can make things difficult so you found a way to
compensate: Clever tools or machines are your
specialty.
⦿ The Rascal: You are mischievous and nimble.
You like to explore the world, which often means
sticking your nose into places it’s not supposed to be
in. But no worries: You’re at least as good at getting
out of trouble as getting into it.
⦿ The Whiz-Wart: You are curious and literate.
You like to understand the world and its workings,
even if this means picking up a book or two. You have
accumulated enough understanding to have mastered
a small measure of magic. Okay, I admit: “mastered”
may be a tad optimistic.
⦿ The Rambler: You are affable and delightful.
You are a consummate entertainer and your antics are
often cute or charming enough to avoid unwanted
consequences. You love to make new friends and tell
stories, with word, song, or maybe even dance.
⦿ The Ratter: You are wild and watchful. You
have a knack for understanding beings and their
behaviors. It lets you track them, see what drives
them and it helps you make friends with the small
creatures of city and wilderness that are often
ignored. You can count on each other.
⦿ The High-Speaker: You are helpful and
honored. You can talk to a god, of sorts. Maybe Ur-
Gog, the old watcher, the Impossible Swan, the God
of the humans, or something even stranger. This bond
lets you perform miracles: To bless, to guide, and even
to curse those that would do harm to you and yours.
⦿ The Square: You are serious and steady. The
straight man in a company of fools - even if it’s
frustrating at times. Unlike most other goblins you
enjoy rules and structure. That makes you good at
withstanding change and interacting with the serious
and “boring” parts of the tall world.
⦿ The Nibbler: You are harmonious and hungry.
You’re in tune with your surroundings and know
everything is one. This lets you talk to the world
around you, but also lets you truly understand that
you are what you eat. If you devour something you
can transform yourself and gain new abilities.
The Rowdy
Courageous and resourceful
Name Titles & Merits
Dekka, Grizza, Loba, Bak, Izz-Izz,
Kutuk, Grum, Braz, Ribs
Stats Distribute 1, 2, 3, and 4 among the free stats and pick a description for each
Hands Eyes
Hairy, Capable, Calloused Inquisitive, Wild, Narrow
Legs Mouth
Solid, Tattooed, Wiry
Starting Feats
⦿ Unlikely Knowledge: Spend the Focus to
introduce an unexpected fact that adds to the story.
Explain its consequences and how you know this.
⦿ Harebrained Schemes: Spend the Focus
and explain your plan. If it sounds plausible, you can
roll with +2 dice. Otherwise, it can still be attempted
at normal difficulty, no matter how impossible.
⦿ Skillful: Add +1 to your Hands stat.
Advanced Feats
� Greasefingers: Spend the Focus and roll
Hands to assemble an impressive and haphazard
machine out of the items around you. Describe what
unfitting objects you're building it with.
� Percussive Maintenance: When you hit
a machine or contraption of any kind, even magical,
you may roll Hands to make it briefly sputter to a
stop or jolt to a start. Your choice.
� In a Pinch: When you overextend to pull
yourself or another goblin out of trouble, the TP rolls
two dice and takes the higher result.
� Danger Sense: When you enter a charged
situation, you may ask the TP: Who or what is most
dangerous here? This insight gives +1 dice, once.
Frame
0
Sturdy, Bandaged, Lumpy
∞
Heart
Scarred, Wet, Toothy Unruly, Calm, Loud
You begin play with all of these
⦿ Always Prepared: Spend the Focus to
produce a handheld tool or simple gizmo, however
unreasonable: A hammer, a crowbar, a pair of spring-
loaded boots…
Where Do You Keep Your Knickknacks?
A lumpy burlap sack, surprisingly deep pockets, an
oversized coat, or just behind your back. Pick one or
come up with your own storage method.
Pick one at the start and one whenever you earn a title
� Got Your Back: When you grab the Focus,
name a goblin. When something bad would happen
to them you can have it happen to you instead, once.
You can only watch out for one goblin at a time.
� A Little Leverage: Spend the Focus to
cleverly use your small body as leverage to push, pull,
or lift an object that would otherwise be just slightly
too big or too heavy, even for a tall person.
� Fail Forward: When you overextend and fail,
the TP will tell you something new and useful about
the current situation. This insight gives +1 dice, once.
� Dexterous: Add +1 to your Hands stat.
� Astute: Add +1 to your Eyes stat.
The Rascal
Mischievous and acrobatic
Name Titles & Merits
Emzi, Kala, Tig, Cham, Poz, Scev,
Gim, Ib, Rark
Stats Distribute 1, 2, 3, and 4 among the free stats and pick a description for each
Hands Eyes
Gloved, Grabby, Nimble Curious, Skittish, Masked
Legs Mouth
Slender, Energetic, Restless
Starting Feats
⦿ Unlikely Knowledge: Spend the Focus to
introduce an unexpected fact that adds to the story.
Explain its consequences and how you know this.
⦿ Harebrained Schemes: Spend the Focus
and explain your plan. If it sounds plausible, you can
roll with +2 dice. Otherwise, it can still be attempted
at normal difficulty, no matter how impossible.
⦿ Agile: Add +1 to your Legs stat.
Advanced Feats
� Tumble Trick: Spend the Focus to either
distract someone or get their attention with your
acrobatic antics. This even works on (magical)
creatures such as dogs, guardian spirits, or worse.
� Poise and Grace: Spend the Focus when
rolling for athletic or acrobatic moves to ignore all
complications from stumbles. Describe how you are
accidentally or purposefully graceful or clever.
� Deface/Debase: When you successfully prank
a person of some status or authority, one witness will
become a friend to goblins.
� Menace: You always have a handy slingshot, lock
picks, and a self-made grappling hook at your side.
Roll +1 dice on all attempts to use them.
Frame
0
Slim, Willowy, Shivery
∞
Heart
Thin, Quick, Cheeky Sweet, Rebellious, High Strung
You begin play with all of these
⦿ Slip and Slide: Spend the Focus to squish or
contort your body to fit through implausible spaces.
You might slip through a crack in the floorboards,
wriggle out of shackles, or slide out of someone's
hands like a wet bar of soap.
What Do You Always Have on You?
Too many water balloons, self-made firecrackers, a set
of markers and paints, or a wad of sticky spiderwebs.
Pick one or come up with your own prank tool.
Pick one at the start and one whenever you earn a title
� Shrewd Senses: When you observe someone
guarding something, you may ask the TP: What is
their blind spot? This insight gives +1 dice, once.
� Spot Shiny: When you search an area, you may
ask the TP: What is useful or valuable here? This
insight gives +1 dice, once.
� Teflon: Once per errand you can perfectly dodge,
evade or ignore the consequences of your actions.
That doesn't mean the others can.
� Quick: Add +1 to your Legs stat.
� Dexterous: Add +1 to your Hands stat.
The Whiz-Wart
Curious and clever
Name Titles & Merits
Asha, Enka, Wika, Gryh, Miz, Zixx,
Moog, Oiq, Wazzo
Stats Distribute 1, 2, 3, and 4 among the free stats and pick a description for each
Hands Eyes
Tiny, Clean, Trembling Tired, Calculating, Knowing
Legs Mouth
Gnarled, Shaky, Soft Crass, Pinched, Angular
Starting Feats
⦿ Unlikely Knowledge: Spend the Focus to
introduce an unexpected fact that adds to the story.
Explain its consequences and how you know this.
⦿ Harebrained Schemes: Spend the Focus
and explain your plan. If it sounds plausible, you can
roll with +2 dice. Otherwise, it can still be attempted
at normal difficulty, no matter how impossible.
⦿ Literate: Add +1 to your Eyes stat.
Advanced Feats
� Think Magics: You also know these spells:
• Conjure a simple, visual illusion out of thin air
• Send a brief, startling message to someone nearby -
they can reply similarly
� Thing Magics: You also know these spells:
• Make some minor changes to an item you hold, like
color, temperature, or level of cleanliness
• Briefly animate a small object you touch
� Magic Fingers: When you break a magic
object or spell, its energies surge out and briefly grant
you a fitting, useful supernatural ability.
� Overcharged: When you spend the Focus on a
spell, you can also overextend to increase its effect.
Frame
0
Wild, Plump, Hunched
∞
Heart
Kind, Capricious, Curious
You begin play with all of these
⦿ Masterful Magics: Spend the Focus to cast
one of the following magical spells:
• Summon a small ball of light into your hand
• Create a small amount of force with a gust of wind
• Fire off a slight but sudden zap of fire or frost
Where Does Your Magic Come From?
A “mystic” tome, a powerful “wand”, that strange egg
you ate once, or a glowing orb that enlightened you.
Pick one or come up with your own magical source.
Pick one at the start and one whenever you earn a title
� Fantastic Familiar: You have a mystical
animal spirit at your side. You can call upon its power
once per errand to re-roll a failed roll. Describe how
your familiar comes to your aid.
� Third Eye: When you observe a magical
phenomenon, you may ask the TP: What will happen
if I mess with it? This insight gives +1 dice, once.
� Well-Read: When you enter an important
place, you may ask the TP: What secrets do I know
about this place? This insight gives +1 dice, once.
� Astute: Add +1 to your Eyes stat.
� Glib: Add +1 to your Mouth stat.
The Rambler
Affable and delightful
Name Titles & Merits
Della, Gully, Muxi, Gin-Gee, Jigg,
Qeen, Bubs, Inke, Tokko
Stats Distribute 1, 2, 3, and 4 among the free stats and pick a description for each
Hands Eyes
Busy, Manicured, Greasy Honest, Smoky, Adorable
Legs Mouth
Clumsy, Dirty, Calm
Starting Feats
⦿ Unlikely Knowledge: Spend the Focus to
introduce an unexpected fact that adds to the story.
Explain its consequences and how you know this.
⦿ Harebrained Schemes: Spend the Focus
and explain your plan. If it sounds plausible, you can
roll with +2 dice. Otherwise, it can still be attempted
at normal difficulty, no matter how impossible.
⦿ Eloquent: Add +1 to your Mouth stat.
Advanced Feats
� Giant Eyes: Spend the Focus to make someone
recognize you as cute with a glance. They might be
inclined to help you or to adopt you as a pet. And
even if they are hostile they will at least hesitate.
� Mob Instinct: When you lead or coordinate a
group action, you can upgrade up to two stumbles
without complications, regardless who rolled them.
� Fool's Inspiration: As long as you have the
Focus you can motivate another Goblin with some
words and/or a suitable grimace. They grab the Focus
and gain +1 dice to their next roll.
� God's Jester: When you make the TP laugh
and are in the presence of a non-goblin, spend the
Focus to make them become a friend to goblins.
Frame
0
Colorful, Delicate, Starved
∞
Heart
Loud, Friendly, Sassy Sensitive, Wandering, Open
You begin play with all of these
⦿ Talespinner: Spend the Focus to tell an
exciting story and choose its effect on your audience:
• They are deeply engaged as long as you talk
• You evoke a strong emotion in some of them
• One of them will become a friend to goblins
How Do You Tell Your Stories?
With song and dance, hand-puppets, surprising
costume changes, or just with your words. Pick one or
come up with your own method.
Pick one at the start and one whenever you earn a title
� People Pleaser: When you watch someone
in conversation, you may ask the TP: What do they
want or need? This insight gives +1 dice, once.
� Well-Connected: Once per errand you may
remember that you know a goblin (or some other
outsider to the world of the tall folk) who could help
you out. Describe them. The TP will tell you how to
call them or where to find them, right now.
� A Friend Indeed: When someone becomes a
friend to goblins, they will share something useful
with you. If it's insight, then it gives +1 dice, once.
� Glib: Add +1 to your Mouth stat.
� Quick: Add +1 to your Legs stat.
The Ratter
Wild and watchful
Name Titles & Merits
Arri, Rowa'a, Spelta, Temi, Ide, Rog-
Rig, Driz, Stef, Urr
Stats Distribute 1, 2, 3, and 4 among the free stats and pick a description for each
Hands Eyes
Mud-caked, Weathered, Quick
Legs Mouth
Steely, Bent, Scarred
Starting Feats
⦿ Unlikely Knowledge: Spend the Focus to
introduce an unexpected fact that adds to the story.
Explain its consequences and how you know this.
⦿ Harebrained Schemes: Spend the Focus
and explain your plan. If it sounds plausible, you can
roll with +2 dice. Otherwise, it can still be attempted
at normal difficulty, no matter how impossible.
⦿ Keen: Add +1 to your Eyes stat.
Advanced Feats
� Truffle Pig: Spend the Focus to have your
animal companion find, forage, or fetch a nearby
object it believes to be useful right now.
� Squeak-Speak: Spend the Focus to use
grunts and chirps to speak to an animal. The TP may
require a Mouth roll to convince them to assist you
with something dangerous or without a clear reward.
� Follow Your Nose: Spend the Focus to
follow a set of tracks perfectly, by sight or by smell.
You can also ask the TP two questions about the
person or object that created these tracks.
� Smell of Fear: When you watch someone in
action, you may ask the TP: What are they afraid of?
This insight gives +1 dice, once.
Frame
0
Keen, Distant, Soft Rough, Tired, Light
∞
Heart
Crooked, Rude, Quiet Gentle, Free, Jumpy
You begin play with all of these
⦿ Animal Companion: Spend the Focus to
have your animal companion perform a task:
• Scout ahead and report back to you
• Briefly but swiftly carry you
• Comfort someone in emotional distress
What Animal Has Become Your Companion?
A scrappy pigeon, a curious rat, a squirrely ferret, or a
ravenous raccoon. Pick one and give them a name or
come up with your own little pest.
Pick one at the start and one whenever you earn a title
� Furry Friends: Once per errand you can call a
crowd of animals (pigeons, bugs, rats…) to your aid.
They will swarm an area and create chaos for a while.
Expect droppings.
� Cage Breaker: When you successfully help or
comfort a non-goblin creature in distress or need, it
will become a friend to goblins.
� Camouflage: Spend the Focus to camouflage
and hide static or slow people and objects. You also
carry warpaint and an assortment of debris that fits
your current location.
� Astute: Add +1 to your Eyes stat.
� Quick: Add +1 to your Legs stat.
The High-Speaker
Helpful and honored
Name Titles & Merits
Rakka, Issi, Zaga, Bug, Bassi, Jiki,
Jello, Renko, Nruz
Stats Distribute 1, 2, 3, and 4 among the free stats and pick a description for each
Hands Eyes
Precise, Soft, Deft Open, Luminous, Caring
Legs Mouth
Swift, Wrapped, Delicate Vulgar, Mournful, Flawless
Starting Feats
⦿ Unlikely Knowledge: Spend the Focus to
introduce an unexpected fact that adds to the story.
Explain its consequences and how you know this.
⦿ Harebrained Schemes: Spend the Focus
and explain your plan. If it sounds plausible, you can
roll with +2 dice. Otherwise, it can still be attempted
at normal difficulty, no matter how impossible.
⦿ Gentle: Add +1 to your Hands stat.
Advanced Feats
� Git Guidance: Once per errand, spend the
Focus to ask for guidance. The TP will give you a
vision with a definite, if roundabout, next step
towards your goal. This insight gives +1 dice, once.
� Hearty Help: When you take care of people
(feeding them, dressing their wounds…), they will
feel markedly better. You can also bless one of them
with an effect from Miracleworker.
� We, the Needy: When you see someone in
pain or need, you may ask the TP: How can we best
help each other? This insight gives +1 dice, once.
� Divine Ditch: Spend the Focus to sanctify an
area for a short time. Pick one: Dampened magic,
serene quiet, or drowsy dimness.
Frame
0
Doughy, Bent, Fragile
∞
Heart
Worried, Doting, Cranky
You begin play with all of these
⦿ Miracleworker: Spend the Focus to bless
someone deserving. Pick one:
• Luck: A brief bout of intense, good luck
• Vigor: Ignore adverse effects of the environment
• Fortune: Acquire an interesting thing (TP's choice)
How Do You Speak to Your Deity?
Through ecstatic dance, rolling dice, intoxicating
cactus juice, or climbing really high. Name your god
and pick one or come up with your own method.
Pick one at the start and one whenever you earn a title
� Cursecrafter: Spend the Focus to curse
someone deserving. Pick one:
• Bad Luck: A brief, intense bout of bad luck
• Sickness: A coughing fit or sudden ache
• Misfortune: They immediately get some bad news
� Turn to Undead: Spend the Focus to make
any unwanted beings (outcasts, the undead…) feel
welcome in your presence. They might confide in you.
� Divine Intervention: Once per errand, you
can roll Mouth to convince your deity to intervene in
a big but vague way. Make it rain, call up wind…
� Dexterous: Add +1 to your Hands stat.
� Glib: Add +1 to your Mouth stat.
The Square
Serious and solid
Name Titles & Merits
Pam, Jenn, Dottie, Alex, Charlie,
Olly, Norman, Bobert, Doug
Stats Distribute 1, 2, 3, and 4 among the free stats and pick a description for each
Hands Eyes
Tense, Nervous, Moisturized Suspicious, Calm, Grey
Legs Mouth
Sturdy, Able, Antsy Solemn, Pouting, Tender
Starting Feats
⦿ Frustrated: You can’t gain the Focus. You are
always focused. Instead you gain the Frustration
when someone laughs at your worldview or doesn't
take you seriously. You can spend it or overextend as
normal. Wear a grumpy face when you have it.
⦿ Reasonable Plans: Spend the Frustration
and explain your plan. If it sounds plausible anyone
involved can roll with +1 dice. Otherwise, the TP will
suggest a reasonable, if slow or boring, alternative.
Advanced Feats
� Hold Fast: Spend the Frustration to resist
changes by keeping definite hold of something, or
becoming utterly immovable and unbreakable.
� Hear me Bore: Spend the Frustration to share
incredibly dull facts with a few people. They will
either be bored to sleep, acquiesce to you just to get
you to stop, or they will try to excuse themselves.
� Flare-Up: Spend the Frustration to make
anyone present take you and the current situation,
seriously. Yes, even your goblin friends will try to
uphold decorum for a while.
� Stomp it!: As long as you have the Frustration,
you can roll Legs to stomp really hard and make
everyone stop and take a respectful step back.
Frame
0
Steely, Straight, Taut
∞
Heart
Serious, Placid, Irritable
You begin play with all of these
⦿ Solid: Add +1 to your Legs stat.
⦿ Stop it!: You can spend the Frustration to
interrupt, stop, or just plain ignore all complications
that currently affect you negatively.
What is your Big Dream?
Legally emancipate goblinkind, fix the terrible local
zoning and building laws, abolish the police or run
for office. Pick one or create your own laudable goal.
Pick one at the start and one whenever you earn a title
� Spoilsport: When you successfully use logic
and reason to point out to the universe (the TP) that
something doesn't make sense, get the Frustration.
� Why Me?: When a player upgrades a stumble
with a complication you suggested that also affects
you, you get the Frustration and they get the Focus.
� Deep Dive: Once per errand you can name a
narrow field of knowledge you’ve read all about. Note
it down. You, not the TP, can answer any and all
questions about it. Cross it off to act with surprising
competence in that field for a short time.
� Quick: Add +1 to your Legs stat.
� Astute: Add +1 to your Eyes stat.
The Nibbler
Harmonious and hungry
Name Titles & Merits
Nat, Kraa, Cotton, Duzz, Burlap,
Sharx, Tog, Hur, Lump
Stats Distribute 1, 2, 3, and 4 among the free stats and pick a description for each
Hands Eyes
Filthy, Tattooed, Beclawed Multicolored, Feral, Dilated
Legs Mouth
Willowy, Twisted, Furry Wide, Sharp, Unwashed
Starting Feats
⦿ Unlikely Knowledge: Spend the Focus to
introduce an unexpected fact that adds to the story.
Explain its consequences and how you know this.
⦿ Harebrained Schemes: Spend the Focus
and explain your plan. If it sounds plausible, you can
roll with +2 dice. Otherwise, it can still be attempted
at normal difficulty, no matter how impossible.
⦿ Hungry: Add +1 to your Mouth stat.
Advanced Feats
� Chimera: You can now have up to three (instead
of one) transformations active at the same time.
� Bite-Sized?: You can bite and swallow inedible
or poisonous things safely. You can even store one
uncomfortably large thing in your belly. For a while.
� Thing-Speak: Spend the Focus to talk to the
spirit in an object, mushroom, or plant. It will either
perform a service in its nature (doors open or close,
flowers wither or bloom…) or answer two questions
to the best of its abilities.
� It's Mine!: Spend the Focus to lick a non-
sentient object to claim it as your own. Anybody else
will find it difficult to use or to hold on to it. Maybe
because of all the drool.
Frame
0
Painted, Prickly, Soft
∞
Heart
Frenetic, Knowing, Mellow
You begin play with all of these
⦿ Gobble Up: Spend the Focus to eat something
and change part of your body to match. Shift one stat
point and gain a new ability at the cost of another
ability (flight for speech, claws for hands…). You can
have one transformation active and end it at will.
Where Does This Ability Come From?
The shifting moon, your understanding of nutrition,
your half-goblin-half-marshmallow blood, or a cursed
bite mark. Pick one or come up with your own origin.
Pick one at the start and one whenever you earn a title
� Vacuum: You can roll Mouth to try and inhale an
object towards your wide-open maw. Best pick
something you want to catch with your mouth.
� Vibe Check: When you enter an unbalanced
space, you may ask the TP: What is, like, disrupting
the vibe here, man? This insight gives +1 dice, once.
� Eat, Become, Repeat: If you swallow an
object completely you can also perfectly become it
(except for goblin eyes, ears, or a nose).
� Glib: Add +1 to your Mouth stat.
� Dexterous: Add +1 to your Hands stat.