Gnoblars are fantasy creatures from the universe of the Warhammer Fantasy games. Gnoblars are goblinoids and are smaller cousins of normal goblins and orcs, of the size about halfway between goblins and snotlings. They are also of slightly darker skin than other goblinoids. They also have thin, droopy ears and large noses. They do not, however, live in the orc/goblin/snotling society, but instead they spend their lives as pets of ogres of the Ogre Kingdoms. Like all greenskins, Gnoblars are given to bouts of bickering with one another. Gnoblar also love to collect small objects scavenged from Ogre camps and defeated enemies; the shiny things they keep for themselves, while the more deadly objects, or "Sharp Stuff" as the Gnoblars call it, is often hurled back at enemies.
Though for the most part glad to be the slaves of Ogres, some Gnoblars eventually find their lifes too hard in the east and mass together in massive armies that travel into the known world. The Australian issue of White Dwarf Magazine #304 (US #303, UK #310) contained rules for just such a Gnoblar army written by Kevin J. Coleman, including magical items, Gnoblar "cavalry" (in the form of piggyback riders) and two sub-breeds of Gnoblar - Blood-Gnoblars (a high-mountain dwelling species, experts at trapping) and the amphibious Boglars (who can be upgraded to Toad-Gnoblars, with the strange ability to duplicate themselves when in contact with water, like Gremlins). Other units came from aspects of Gnoblar 'culture,' such as the Lucky Gits, who gain their position through surviving a fairly dangerous event through blind luck, and the Manbiters(likely a play on Ogre Maneaters), who function as mercenaries for those with more cash than good sense.
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