A Hob is a hairy relative of the goblin that typically stands around 3-3.5 feet tall. Each has a skin color that ranges from yellowish through orange tones, to a red hue, with the occasional wart of a deeper, darker color. Eye colors range from gray to brown to black, with the red glow of a nocturnal animal in them when light reflects off of them. They may have hair coloring ranging from red to brown.

A hob often wears old ratty clothing but otherwise takes great pride in its appearance. However, if you give a hob a set of new clothes, it will go away forever. Likewise, a hob takes pride in its work and is often found in civilized homes helping with chores. The only payment it will accept is a bowl of porridge with a slab of butter on it. This pride also carries into the hob’s personal life, though, and if it is offended, it will become a great nuisance until one makes amends with them.

Hobs have been known to serve in the night watch of cities and villages. In this capacity, the hob is as tenacious as their goblin cousins in defense of their home. A hob makes an excellent scout, and their skill with a short bow or crossbow matches that of any goblin.

Hobs are also very clannish among themselves, and such clans will often form a community within a city or caves or catacombs below such settlements. This clan lair is called a “hob hole”, and the hobs will choose a clan chief to run the operations of the clan.