Brothers and sisters! Friends and neighbors! Squiggs and Nobs! Lend me your ear, for the Goblin Defense Fund needs you. Yes, you, the guy sitting in his underwear browsing the web with a bowl of Cheetos and a bottle of Michelob that was looking for Tenjo Tenge prons. As Wizards of the Coast goes into its final months of preparation and polish in anticipation of the May 2008 release of 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, we have have an opportunity to set right the wrongs of the past 33 years. No more denigration of the noble Goblin. No more casting of aspersions at the Goblin moral fiber. No more elf-loving propagandist slurs against our little green buddies.

Sign the petition. Comment on the developer blogs. Take up the banner in any RPG-related forum you may participate in. We can make a difference, folks!

*Hat tip to Wolfgang Baur, whose livejournal page brought this movement to my attention. I must note, however, that Mr. Baur participated in the creation of a scandalously bigoted, anti-Goblin adventure called Pathfinder, published by Paizo Press.