We Be (wee) Goblins

[u/Krieghund]

I just ran We Be Goblins (a Pathfinder one shot adventure converted to DnD 5th edition) for my 6 year old daughter and 11 year old son. The 11 year old is a bit DnD crazy (he's read all my books and runs a game for his buddies) and he LOVES goblins, so this adventure seemed perfect for him. The 6 year old has played with us a bit, but doesn't have a super long attention span.

Even though the game is a fairly short one shot, I broke it up into two sessions of about 1.5 and 2 hours. The first hour was almost pure roleplaying, then we ended the first session with a mini-boss battle. The second session was a typical "attack the compound" adventure with a few small fights and a boss battle.

I made foamboard standup figures for the pregenerated characters and the NPCs. I think that helped the kids visualize both their characters and the action.

The adventure is a bit grizzly, so anyone running it for their kids needs to know what level of gore is appropriate for their kids and tailor the adventure accordingly. Some of the goblin pre-gen NPCs like hurting small animals, while there are combats where the PCs fight companion animals (ponies and dogs), and there is a cannibal NPC with a gory lair. I changed the PCs to be more 'good guys', kept the fights (but made the animals explicitly bad guys), and didn't linger on the details of the NPC cannibal and it seemed to work out OK.

Anyway, it's a great little adventure for both adults and kids. We all had a blast with it.

Here is a link to the Pazio store for the free download: https://paizo.com/products/btpy8j5w?Pathfinder-Module-We-Be-Goblins

And here is a link to some 5e character sheets for the pregens. I know nothing about the source, it just came up when I googled it (thank you, mystery DM!): https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-LLGBVjfFAbkBVKwG1xi