Talk:Goblins/@comment-5728015-20181119021321

I'm guessing goblins in the "Goblin Slayer" universe reproduce like those in "Berserk", essentially filling their victim's womb with a massive quantity of goblin seed, but instead of merging with an egg-cell, the individual goblin seeds are omnivorous and need to rapidly feed once released from their goblin "parent", eating out the insides of their victim (as well as any of their brothers that get in their way) and rapidly growing at an unnatural rate until their host eventually starts to die, at which point they tear their way out of the victim's stomach; the exact number born dependent on how aggressively cannibalistic they were in the womb, and just how much their "mother" could take before dying. I'm guessing the entire process takes maybe a few days or so, given that anyone captured by goblins seems to be considered dead unless immediately rescued. Maybe a high-level priest can save them after impregnation, but there seems to be a pretty short time-frame involved.