Real-Life Weirdness

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by Luke Bunyip

Why you should be careful if you try to kill a goblin. They fight back, apparently.

It might (or might not) be helpful to GMs to know that in this context, the goblin is possibly a sort of spirit possessed fetish doll which may (or may not) be made with body parts stolen from human graves (especially targeted are albinos, who may be murdered expressly for making magic items out of them). If you've got a practitioner who's using human body parts, the magic will be more powerful but pretty dangerous.

IIRC the goblin doll thing is supposed to be a prison for the spirit, and is given to the client. Very much an example of a charm from Path/Book magic or RPM. I would not be surprised to find out that you have to keep bribing them to keep the spirit working for you, though.

I have NEVER heard of them exploding when angered.