[RPG] How do goblins work for a ranger’s favored enethe

class-featurednd-5eranger

PHB, p91:

Choose a type of favored enemy: aberrations, beasts, celestials, constructs, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, giants, monstrosities, oozes, plants, or undead. Alternatively, you can select two races of humanoid (such as gnolls and orcs) as favored enemies.

My ranger is familiar with goblinoids. Can I choose that as a single type? Can I choose it as one of two humanoid types? Or do I need to choose specific goblinoids, say goblins and hobgoblins?

Best Answer

You can choose them as a humanoid race.

Goblinoids are considered a humanoid race. We can verify this by looking at their stat blocks in the Monster Manual.

Bugbear

Medium humanoid (goblinoid), chaotic evil (MM, 33)

Goblins themselves share the same trait.

Goblin

Small humanoid (goblinoid), neutral evil (MM, 166)

As a result, you can pick goblinoids as a race of humanoid, and then select a second humanoid race as well.