**Goblin Scut** **Rank:** Troublesome (3 progress per harm; inflicts 1 harm) **Features:** - Gnarled fingers and toes - Long, lanky limbs - Unhinged muttering - Ragged tattered clothes **Drives:** - Hide from danger - Do as told - Abject cowardice **Tactics:** - Strike from ambush - Slip in behind - Flee and watch - Raise alarm Goblins are the lowest of the low in Hobgoblin society, and scuts are the bottom of even that hierarchy. They are the ones who scrub the floors, even if they're made out of dirt. They are the ones who sew the makeshift clothing—poorly. They are the ones who often do the cooking, which explains why it's so often inedible slop. The average goblin is about three feet tall, hunched and gnarled, looking like nothing so much as a child with exaggerated, pained features and long ears. Their muttering is constant, a litany of complaints that never seems to matter enough to them to do anything about. It's almost redundant to say how they engage in combat, because given the choice, they certainly won't, preferring to run away, to hide, and to scream at the top of their lungs. However, corner one in a group,[^5] and they can be absolutely vicious with aggressive swarm tactics intended to disorient and dismay the target, often just long enough to get away, but sometimes they're out for blood.