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A '''Red Cap''' or '''Redcap,''' also known as a ''powrie'', is a type of malevolent murderous [[goblin]] found in Irish and Scottish folklore. ...s a pikestaff, and wears a red cap upon his head. The latter is the source of his name, and Redcap periodically redyes his cap by drenching it in human b

[[Image:WotC Dungeons & Dragons.jpg|right|frame|The ''Dungeons & Dragons'' logo]] ...y regarded as the beginning of modern roleplaying games, and by extension, the roleplaying game & MMORPG industry.

...Spriggans, Welsh Knockers, Cornish Knockers, German Kobolds and Wichtlein, the Irish Phooka and even Shakespeare's infamous Puck . ...to some traditions, ''goblin'' comes from ''Gob'' or ''Ghob'', the king of the [[gnome|gnomes]], whose inferiors were called ''Ghob-lings''.

...ntasy literature and role-playing games, trolls are featured to the extent of being stock characters. ...ad the originally meaning of ''supernatural'' or ''Magic'' with an overlay of ''malignant'' and ''perilous''. Another likely suggestion is that it means