Originally Posted by Stabbey
I noticed that the goblin child had human-like teeth, whereas other goblins had pointy teeth, but it might just be that goblins file their teeth into points in adulthood.


Most of them had exceptionally white teeth. I envy their dental hygiene! laugh


Originally Posted by etonbears
Goblins are people too! Don't be fooled by the fake-news-race-hate! Save a goblin now!

You are right that it is not that normal a depiction for Goblins. Often they are shown as dirty and primitive, with limited speech, which I think used to be their canon description. I have no idea what 5e goblins are supposed to be like but the game sort-of matches this link

https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/goblin

Beyond the physical depiction, I suppose they want to use speech that makes sense to the majority of the modern audience, just as humans no longer speak as Shakespear would have. It would be interesting to have each race with a distinguishable linguisitic culture, but it may not be canon, and would require a lot of thought.

I don't know about the other anomalies. They may have plot/story links that you can uncover, or may be accidental and will be fixed. It is still pre-alpha, after all.


I guess it might be a 5e thing! I'm not... Entirely against it, I just find it a little bit difficult to stomach. Either way we'll see when the game is out! It could also be that it was that particular tribe. Who knows?