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S E C O N D C H A N C E S (An Isekai Adventure)

New potential gob lore. Gobs don’t actually get names when they’re born, because it’s so rare for them to actually survive childhood. They only get to have names once they’ve made it to a year old, and usually they end up having to come up with it themselves.

Also, because of their ridiculously short life cycle, natural selection works on them at hyperspeed, so you can run into all kinds of weird goblin subspecies depending on the surrounding environment. Hell, it’s probably how the other goblinoid species like Hobs and Bugbears became a thing, although I imagine Hobgoblins would consider it a grave insult to suggest it around them.

S E C O N D C H A N C E S (An Isekai Adventure)

@Dark Cloud
Shouldn'tve been so good at hiding...

S E C O N D C H A N C E S (An Isekai Adventure)

Chatak Claybitah

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@Thinslayer

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Chatak decided it would probably be best to walk into the city as he approached. Sure, just walking alongside Patches might seem a little odd compared to the usual animals a human might see around these parts, but at least this way he might just seem like a halfling or gnome with an exotic pet. Riding into town on a hyena's back though just seemed a little too gobliny to not get called out. Then again, it's not like the rest of his appearance wasn't at least somewhat suspicious too. He had to make sure none of his skin showed, but that fact would have thrown him off in itself if he was one of them...

Still, not like there was much he could actually do about it. Gobs weren't particularly appreciated by most other races, so he had to do his best to hide his identity until he knew the people he got help from wouldn't get scared off. Honestly though, it wasn't like he could actually blame them if they did. The vast majority of gobs weren't exactly pleasant to be around, and up until he started putting his ideas into action, the Claybitah Clan wasn't much better. However, after his suggestions had started to show results, the gobs of the tribe had started being able to focus on other things than just surviving from day to day, and he felt it marked a significant improvement on how bearable they were to be around. They actually had time to make things instead of stealing them now. But that had led to the realisation that his knowledge was only going to get them so far. If he wanted the tribe to keep growing as it had, he was going to need to know how to take that information further. That meant finding experts on the subjects, and either getting notes from them or taking them to Claybitah territory himself.

Preferably the former, because it was entirely possible the empire might send someone to wipe them out if they heard of a goblin tribe getting too advanced. Might pose a threat to the nearby villages, after all.

Either way, the point was that he needed experts, and that meant he needed directions. He'd already started getting weird looks from a few of the people in the streets, and nervously adjusted his mask just in case it might've accidentally left a bit of green exposed. When he was mostly sure it hadn't, he hurried along to the massive tower in the middle of the city, one he still had a few very, very vague memories of from his childhood, where his brother had brought him to be saved from the verge of death. Twice actually, though he doubted most would ever know that. He wasn't entirely sure why he was drawn to it now, but as he approached, he caught sight of a nearby guard by the entrance.

Great! He was sure they'd give him directions!

"Ey, Guardman?" He asked, still having trouble with the hume language. "Me Chatak. Chatak need smart people. People who make building, or metal, those type. You know where?"

S E C O N D C H A N C E S (An Isekai Adventure)

@Thinslayer
So new question, what's the deal with the towers location? Is it near a city or something I can have Chatak be travelling to, or should I just have him stumble across it on the way to one and smell something weird or something?

S E C O N D C H A N C E S (An Isekai Adventure)

@Thinslayer
Oh no, it's less about the way the tribe seems to think he's a super smart genius and more about the fact that most of what he's doing is actually working. The recognition he gets from the other Claybitah's is actually a big part of what brings it down, because they treat him like a genius when really he's nothing special. But he's pretty good at making plans, and when those work out he starts to get caught up in his own momentum, making him a lot more confident.

Also go for it, I'm game.

S E C O N D C H A N C E S (An Isekai Adventure)

You know it occurs to me that Chata’s personality might actually be pretty different after for years as a Gob than what I wrote in the personality section, which was still mostly based on my idea of him when he was human. He’s probably a fair bit more confident now, even if the idea of being the smartest member of his clan is still pretty terrifying to him.

S E C O N D C H A N C E S (An Isekai Adventure)

I mean, so far I’m pretty sure most of the group is waking up in the same place, so they’re already probably gonna be travelling together, and my gob is conveniently making his way to that town for totally unrelated reasons, so he’ll end up with them as well.

S E C O N D C H A N C E S (An Isekai Adventure)

@Thinslayer
Do you mind if I still control the Claybitah Gobs, or at least some of them?

S E C O N D C H A N C E S (An Isekai Adventure)

@ERode
As someone who holds absolutely no authority on this, I can at least say that I think the isekai cheat powers might be what the power section is for, and Yakeru at least got naturally good swordsmanship from it, though that could also be from the original person whose corpse he ended up possessing. For NPCs, I’m sure it’d be fine outside of the especially important quest related ones.

S E C O N D C H A N C E S (An Isekai Adventure)

@Thinslayer
Ok, you’ll have to be quick though, because I’ll probably get to work on my post later this afternoon. It’s still only morning now though, so you’ve got a good few hours if you do decide to.