Oh no! the last remaining soul who knew the hiding place of a holy avenger… guess it’s lost forever.

“The goblin is pointing a small dagger at you, but you see fear and sadness in his eyes. This is because-”

“I cast immolate!”

rolls a 20

Well, technically all goblins have backstories. Most of them just don’t have backstories that involve getting proficiency in dex saves.

The best thing I’ve heard about when players murder your darling NPCs is to just retcon anything you haven’t given away yet. That wasn’t the mouthy barfly who was about to drop a paragraph of expository dialogue, she’s actually right… Here!