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Half-Hobgoblin

The product of attempts to demoralize foes and conquered areas moreso than of either love or lust, half-hobgoblins are exceedingly rare due to both the mutual contempt humans and hobgoblins have for one another as well as their generally incompatible biology.

Half-hobgoblins have the broad mouths of goblinkind, as well as large and oddly-shaped ears. Their skin tone trends slightly orange with red patches that may resemble light birthmarks, and while they lack the prominent teeth of their hobgoblin parent, they possess the small, flattened nose that clearly distinguishes them. Half-hobgoblins have reddish-brown, brown or black hair that tends to begin graying very early in life; males begin balding in a very characteristic widow's peak pattern by age 20. Half-hobgoblins stand as tall as a human.

• +1 racial bonus on Dexterity-based and Constitution-based ability and skill checks. Half-hobgoblins are only slightly more enduring and agile than humans.
• A half-hobgoblin’s base land speed is 30 feet.
• Darkvision out to 60 feet.
• War Instinct: When wielding a weapon for which he has the corresponding Weapon Focus feat, a half-hobgoblin adds 1 to damage rolls with that weapon. He adds an additional point to damage rolls with that weapon for the feats Weapon Specialization, Greater Weapon Focus and Greater Weapon Specialization. Half-hobgoblins combine the best of human aptitude with an instinctive talent for combat.
• Weapon Facility: A half-hobgoblin takes only a -2 penalty when using a weapon with which he is not proficient, including improvised weapons. Half-hobgoblins instinctively take to swinging things and hitting targets at range, whether with sticks and pebbles or swords and bows.
• +2 racial bonus on Move Silently checks.
• +1 racial bonus on Fortitude saves. Half-hobgoblins are more hardy than humans.
• Goblin Blood: For all effects related to race, a half-hobgoblin is considered a goblinoid.
• Automatic Languages: Common, Goblin. Bonus Languages: Draconic, Dwarven, Infernal, Giant, Orc.
• Favored Class: Any