[The primary folkloric inspiration for these guys is a British folktale about a farmer who tricks a goblin three times when the goblin tries to bully the farmer out of his land. The primary game design inspiration was to make a grunt-type fey: something you could use as goons for a fey themed adventure.]
Bogle This bruise-colored humanoid creature
has a sloping brow, prominent ears and a muscular build. It wears the rough
clothes of a farmer and clutches a scythe in its meaty hands. It glares with
beady yellow eyes.
The institution of agriculture is one of the most prominent ways that
humanoids interfere with the natural order. Although some fey creatures
encourage agriculture and assist its works, others devote themselves to the
downfall of farming communities—these are the bogles. Bogles view farmers and
farming with destructive envy, simultaneously sabotaging farming activities
while stealing livestock and crops. A
bogle’s mastery of vermin gives it ample ability to spread diseases and despoil
farmland.
A bogle closely resembles a goblinoid creature, although they resent
that comparison (and may seek to exterminate goblinoid tribes in their
territories). Scholars of the faerie world suggest instead that bogles are close
relatives of mites, which share the bogles’ love of vermin and disdain towards
other creatures. Bogle lairs tend to be places such as abandoned barns and
grain silos; these abodes are typically filled with giant and mundane vermin of
all kinds. Due to their martial prowess, many fey nobles use bogles as foot
soldiers and shock troops—even goodly fey such as nymphs may keep a few bogles
on retainer, keeping them in line with threats and guile. A bogle stands about
six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds.
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