The ideal level of abstraction and prep for a D&D dungeon is a graph that looks like this:

My personal D&D goblin lore is that most of their whole deal can be explained by the fact that they have a LOT of children, mature at about twice the rate as humans, and have about half the lifespan (if they live that long, which is rare), so they’re essentially to humans what humans are to elves.

Elves look at humans as unpredictable and hot tempered and violent and childish, and humans think the same things about goblins.

Prussia Enters The Chat

In the early 1800’s, Prussian nerds got involved in das taktische kriegsspiel.

pictured: Prussian nerd.

The Default Fantasy Genre doesn’t always do it for me.