Quote Originally Posted by danielxcutter View Post
As has been said though, that really doesn't matter at this point. The goblins did get a pretty short end of the stick one way or another and the PC races largely treat them as XP fodder.
Yeah, though the question is now what? The gods can tell their worshippers not to slay goblins anymore (least, as XP fodder, self-defense still applies), but that would require getting most of the gods on board, including the ones that actually run the land, environment, winds and so on. And that's a process in it of itself. The mortals, by and large, have to be the one to solve this one for this world.

Then again, they are the ones who ultimately made goblins "XP fodder". The gods just didn't tell them no. That's the thing with free will and self-determination... cleaning up your mess and having to clean up other peoples' messes when they get too big and or too numerous and or too stinky to tolerate.