Talk:Hobgoblin/@comment-139.0.92.129-20150606081640/@comment-4784862-20150606091637

Also note that Subspecies appear to be  DIFFERENT  from Variant, because Variants do normally get blessings from gods, but subspecies are basically things like Mages, Riders, Shamans, Clerics, etc. (not sure if there are others, heh).

They're "the same" as others of their species, they just have a specialized skill...whereas Variants aren't quite the same as the rest of their species (see Rou's black skin when he becomes a Hobgoblin Variant w/a great god's blessing, etc).