Goblin Grenade

"According to accepted theory, the Grenade held some kind of flammable mixture and was carried to its target by a hapless Goblin." -Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV*

Description
The "Goblin Grenade" is basically an explosive carried to its target by a doomed goblin. A goblin grenade will never be found alone but will always be in a group with 1d6-3 orcs, 1d6+3 goblins and 1d3 goblin grenades. A goblin shaman creates a special potion that a goblin, usually a prisoner from a rival tribe, is forced to drink. The potion all but kills his free will and the creature is left with nothing but blood lust. An explosive charge is strapped to the goblins back an he is handed the trigger. A safety latch is in place and will be removed by another goblin or orc before a battle. Once the group leader sees a threat he will order the safeties are released and the mad goblins charge toward their targets. As soon as a goblin gets adjacent to a warrior they will pull the trigger chain and detonate the bomb. Once the goblin pulls the pin roll a 1d6. On a 1 the bomb is a dud and the goblin will fight as normal. If the bomb detonates the goblin is killed instantly. Roll another 1d6 and this is the power of the blast. Everything adjacent to the goblin takes power+4 damage. The blast will continue out from the center losing 1 point of damage each square it moves until it does 0 damage. See the following diagram. In this example a 4 was rolled for power. This is normal damage and is modified by armour and toughness but it can not be dodged. The blast travels in a straight line and can not harm something that does not have a line of sight to the target. Note:I realize an actual explosion in an enclosed area would have much different effects then those I present here. I am simply tying to make an explosion like effect without slowing game play.

GM Note:You can increase the deadliness of the grenade for use with higher level warriors by simply changing POWER from 1d6 to 2d6 or 3d6.

Miniatures:I took a plastic goblin and affixed a small plastic tube to his back. I filled the bottom end with putty and placed a small wire in the other end. I cut the goblins sword off and drilled a small hole in his hand. I placed the other end of the wire in his hand and glued it. I then filled the tube with glue to hold the wire and let it dry. When it was dry I topped the tube off with putty. The gobo then was ready to paint with his new cargo. As soon as I finish painting mine I will post a picture.

*taken from the MAGIC card of the same name