Quote Originally Posted by fortuona View Post
Inquiring minds have wanted to know for 12 years now. Surely they have to take them off at some point.
It's mentioned, both in FFXI and FFXIV, that goblins wear the masks because the air we breath is toxic to them just as I'm sure their air, which they are accustomed to, is toxic to us. Goblins can't survive on the surface without their masks.