Green Goblin

Translating a pop culture character to Pathfinder is an exercise in compromise. Every character has a list of fantasies we want to hit – some class options will let us hit a few of them, a different class might let us hit others. The job is to find the combination of ancestry, class and dedications that hit the highest percentage of that fantasy.

All this to say, there is a class that makes and throws bombs baseline.The Alchemist. Hits the Green Goblin fantasy, right? Yes, but that's not the class we're building our Green Goblin around.

We're building an Inventor. Why? Because an Inventor with an Alchemist Dedication will let us throw bombs at 60%-80% effectiveness, but an Alchemist with an Inventor Dedication will not let us make a flying rideable glider. And we really, really want a flying rideable glider.

We accomplish our glider through the same method as our Doctor Octopus build, with this nuance in the rules: Riding an Animal Companion requires the "mount" special ability to use Fly Speed, but Riding a Construct Companion has no such restriction.

And so the build with the highest hit rate on the fantasy comes to life: an inventor who throws bombs while he zips around the battlefield on a glider – which is firing bullets and electric zaps. Green Goblin, check.

Norman plays the role of a skirmisher on the battlefield, using his ridable construct to get the best angle on enemies. Once he's found it, he bombs them, shoots them, blasts them and escapes to favorable positioning once again. It's annoying, it's safe, it's effective... it's Norm Osborn.

Outside of battle, Green Goblin can intimidate anyone into doing his bidding, and his crafting skills are so high that the group never finds themself needing anything. And if he can't craft it, why not steal it?

Charhide Goblin

This isn't just a clever little fun choice. It really is the ancestry that makes the most sense for the build... especially because Green Goblin needs to be Small sized in order to ride his construct from level 1.

Besides just size, Goblins get access to a ton of chaotic, fire-based feats. Which is great when you want to cause chaos with fire.

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Tech Reliant

If this pick is too controversial, there are several other Intelligence backgrounds that fit either Norman Osborn or his green alter ego: Tinker, Noble, etc.

But Tech Reliant gives us some flavor that feels a lot like the Goblin Serum. He becomes hard to affect with all spells... but at a cost. No magical healing. Luckily, Green Goblin has an alchemy dedication to make his own healing elixirs.

Sure, allies won't be able to heal him – but let's be real, does he have any allies?

Inventor - Construct Innovation

It was covered at length above, but Inventor is required in order to get a flying glider mount at level 15. And that's what this is all about, right?

Before then, Green Goblin is still a ton of fun to play, riding his land-based construct around the battlefield as it fires projectiles powered with lightning damage.

Outside of the glider, the Alchemist Dedication at level 2 is the star of the show. Most feats are from this archetype, reaching as high of a mastery in Advanced Alchemy as possible to keep the bomb throwing effective.

But really, even though the bombs never reach the highest level for Quick Alchemy, the glider is the star of the show. Shooting, zapping and zipping around.

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As an inventor, legendary crafting goes without saying. Which is good, because it's kind of hard to hear Norman through the goblin mask.

Speaking of the mask, that gruesome look gives him a legendary intimidation skill. It comes in handy when he's using his extreme acrobatics to fly in off his glider and spook people before bombing them.

Finally, you don't found an enterprise without understanding society somewhat. What good is all that power without the feats to show it off?

Legendary: Crafting, Intimidation, Society

Master: Acrobatics

Expert: Medicine

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