Ripnugget — Warchief of Thistletop

Identity

• Name: Chief Ripnugget
• Species: Goblin
• Class: Fighter 5 (CR 5, published source)
• Tribe: Thistletop / Razertooth
• Role: Warchief of the Thistletop goblins; controls the best lair of the five Sandpoint-region tribes
• Status: Unknown — likely still active at time of last recorded session

Description

Ripnugget controls the best lair among the five Sandpoint-region goblin tribes — Thistletop island, a fortified headland with an elevated compound and dungeon levels beneath. He rides a giant gecko named Stickfoot. His throne room (C19) features a dog pelt throne, horse skull armrests, and impaled human hands on the pillars. Has a broken arm (published source).

The Sandpoint Plan

Per GM notes (T2) and Featherbrain’s intel (T3): Ripnugget is forming an army to attack Sandpoint, intending to offer it and its inhabitants as a sacrifice to Lamashtu. He is operating under the command of an unnamed Hobgoblin — the “Leader of the assault.” The Hobgoblin visited the Birdcruncher tribe and recruited many of them for the Thistletop operation. confirmed — T2 GM notes, T3 session log

Status

Status: Unknown. The party’s assault on Thistletop does not include a recorded confrontation with Ripnugget in extracted T3 sources. He was alive and commanding as of the assault sequence in March 2025.

Notes

• Gogmurt was Ripnugget’s advisor but was bitterly opposed to the Sandpoint raid — and was defeated by the party in Razertooth Territory before the full Thistletop assault.
• The unnamed Hobgoblin commander is Ripnugget’s superior in the Lamashtu operation, not a subordinate.