Kobold thread

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I adoooore kobolds.... but seriously, there has been loads of kobold threads lately...

>tfw never let a kobold fag in my game or if it's over DRoll20 i'll shit on them the entire game and shut down all their ideas

>>53440858
May I invite you to my game? I wanted test how fast tribe of kobolds of light can kill a fighter.

>>53440872

I'm the GM so no lol

>>53439516
What they are trying to tell the dragonling? Toilet train him?

>>53440914
Too many GMs here XD

>>53440944

Do you have brain issues anon?

>>53440836
This reminds me - Anyone got ideas for enemies for a campaign set underground with kobolds as main race?
Thinking giant rats, oozes and something like moles, any other suggestions?

>>53440977
gnomes
humans

>>53441097
And non-humanoids?

>>53441126
Spiders.

>>53441163
Those could be nice mounts for kobold rangers.

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I love the little bastards, but I'm somewhat concerned with a lot of people downplaying their nastiness, viciousness, and ugliness, and turning them into shortstack moes.

I mean half their appeal to me is how a kobold PC would be this vicious fish out of water, easy to hold a grudge yet also cowardly and easily scared, and has to face gradual character development before he becomes a hero and actually sort of adorable.

Anyone else think I might be on to something?

>>53441193
Yeah - kobold should be played as a monster with few small traits that evolve to turn them into heroes.

>>53440977
Adventurers.

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>>53439516
Cutebolds were a mistake.

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>>53441578
Would make for a nice meat grinder these

>>53440918
They're trying to convince a silver dragon to be the new god of their evil cult.

>>53444431
Given how silver dragons are, that cult probably isn't going to stay evil for long.

>>53447809
>"Guys, I told you I wasn't doing the human sacrifices. I don't care what your last dragon ate."
>"I'm really sorry about this. They didn't hurt you, did they?"

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>>53450121
>>53450181
Why would you bother censoring them when they don't show anything anyway?

>>53451011
Because it's funny.

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Under what circumstances could a kobold live in a warren full of his own kind yet still start with a good alignment?

>>53451613
The kobolds worship a good-aligned dragon maybe?

Why are you guys calling them kobolds theyre called dragonborn

>>53451613
In 3.5 the book Races of the Dragon, on page 143 it gives a table for determining the predominant alignment of a warren.

Roll a 1d100
01 - 65 Lawful Evil
66 - 75 Lawful Neutral
76 - 80 Lawful Good
81 - 85 Neutral Evil
86 - 90 Neutral
91 - 94 Neutral Good
95 - 97 Chaotic Evil
98 - 99 Chaotic Neutral
100 Chaotic Good

So, that means your kobold has a low but still surprisingly good chance of simply coming from a good aligned warren. If you add all of the Neutral alignments, and just say that he came from a Neutral warren and was just a little nicer than his neighbors, then that number goes up quite a fair bit more.

>>53451613
play without alignments?
Not run races as having set or predominant alignments?

>>53451011
On the first its pretty implied although the second one is "clean" although both are transformation which is objective trash

>>53451613
Does he feel loyalty or love towards his fellow kobold? "Good" can grow from pretty much any positive trait so long as it's nurtured. Just like Evil can grow from any negative trait.

It could be as simple as having a pack mate that saved his life, or vice versa. Doesn't matter if that guy is evil, a good deed can become a defining feature. Protecting kin is good, even if your kin is evil. All it takes is for you to be removed from the warren full of evil kobolds and put into the wider world. Wanting to protect those close to you suddenly puts you deep into good territory.

It doesn't have to be like Dizzle Durdo where he's a shining paragon of virtue who hates his own race because he recognizes they are evil and he could never be evil. It could just be that he's a pretty good dude in a bad situation surrounded by terrible people. Lots of people with shitty families end up as nice people. Just replace "evil kobold race" with "shitty abusive family" and you've got an excuse for why a good character can come from a bad background.

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>>53452003
Dragonborn don't have tails XD

I posted this before, but since this is particularly about kobold PCs, what does the hivemind think of this concept:

A kobold born and raised in the underdark gets driven out and makes it to the surface half dead. He's found by a troupe of good-samaritan type monks who aid him and offer him a roof in exchange for work. Had never seen the surface before, Kobold didn't know acting this kind was even an option, and sees it regularly and people acting this way instinctively during his stay at the monastery.
Grows to believe EVERYONE on the surface acts this way, and the underdark is some sort of subterranean hell of cruelty and cold that folk like his are purposed to live in. Dedicates himself to wander the world and unlearn this cruelty. Due to sunlight maladaptation, believes the sun is some sort of protection for this realm of kindness that berates him for daring to walk around outside the underdark. Is determined to learn the kindness of these people and earn a place beneath the sun. Campaign spent tearing between natural kobold instincts and half-learned monastery good-samaritan lessons. Give DM free reign to turn the 'paladin falls' routine up to 11

>>53455684
I saw this one before, and think I commented on it then: I think it's ridiculous in the good, fun way, even outright wholesome and adorable. 8/10 Would DM for.

>>53455684
>Reptile
>Harmed by the sun

I'd be okay with the concept if he's given a parasol and refers to it as his 'protection from the belligerent hate orb in sky roof'. It has a happy kobold face painted on it.

>>53455751
The mental image is adorable.

>>53441193
I'm with you.
In my setting, they pretty much run the spectrum from mostly harmless and docile humanoids living in the shadow of more powerful beings to wildly feral and dangerous packs vicious killers fighting tooth and claw to survive.
They vary as much as dogs do.

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>>53439516
>KOBOLDS
HP 4
Attack Power 1
Defense Power 0
Loot Minimal
Special Power : Charm

>BLUE SLIMES
HP 20
Attack Power 1
Defense Power 1
Loot Minimal
Special Power : Appearing every three goddamn steps


Slimes > Kobolds as the basic enemy.

>>53450029
That should be a kobold with a swat outfit on, a riot shield on the back and a big ass fuckoff nightstick for his weapon.

>>53457855
>HP x5
>Actual defense
>Appearing all the fucking time

If both are same level enemies, either kobolds are worthless or slimes are broken.

I wanna tongue fuck a qt Kobold gals booty hole

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>>53439516
So a band of pesky adventurers enters a kobold enclave when suddenly pic related yells "FOR THE DRAGON LADY!" and owns them all.

How many proposals did he get from the female Kobolds?

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>>53460589
All of 'em

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/westfaliaminiatures/strongsword

>>53452003
Dragonborn are to kobolds, what orcs are to goblins.

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>>53441193
Can confirm- I actually ran a character that fits your description to a tee in a campaign about a year ago, and to say it worked out great would be an understatement.

He hated everyone in the party at first- almost got into a fight with the Gnome PC on the second session- and had refused to stick his neck out for them on multiple occasions. Over time, the squabbling with the party started to turn into a begrudging respect as they started to learn more about each other. When they finally reached civilization, they hit the bar together, had some laughs, got smashed, and the party's sorceress, uh... Introduced him to mammaries. From there it became a more touching story about this angry little gremlin learning trust, friendship, and love (for the sorceress).

It was a great time, super memorable, and it had a Disney-tier heartwarming ending in which he finally drummed up enough courage and compassion to attempt to sacrifice himself for the greater good, which Bahamut rewarded with dragonhood- which was a huge surprise to me, because I totally expected him to die making that sacrifice.

It was a fantastic session and the single most memorable character I've ever played, so I would absolutely say that you are on to something and would recommend that you give the archetype a shot sometime.

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>>53452003
Oh look, a newfag who doesn't play ttrpgs.

Kobolds are small size. They are vaguely reptilian with minor draconic features.
Dragonborn are 7 foot tall fuckers who look very draconic and lack tails.
Lizardfolk are human sized bipedal lizards.

Lots of fucks on /tg/ seem to be utter idiots and can't tell the difference between the three.

>>53466615
Accurate.

>>53466819
How'd he end up falling in love with a human? That's a couple more steps removed than with, say, humans and orcs.

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>>53474064
Not a human. Tiefling, actually. Not that it would likely make much of a difference, really.

It was more strongly based on their good chemistry with one another than anything else- despite his claims that her tail and horns are what made it acceptable. She was the playful type, and would tease reactions out of him. She could get away with it while other party members couldn't (see; the gnome from earlier) because deep down, he liked it.

Not that he would ever admit it, of course.

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Please rate my kobold.

>>53467390
>kobolds, dragonborn, lizardfolk
In my setting, I had dragonborn and kobolds develop from dragon lineage.
I still can't quite figure out where lizardfolk fit in, since they really aren't very draconic and every humanoid race has a clear evolutionary development.

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>>53441713
is that some fucking age of wonders?

>>53474924
>ears
0/10

>>53474924
Dragonborn are high elves
Lizardfolk are wild elves
Kobolds are halflings

>>53475280
>ear-hater
Opinion noted.
Can I ask why you feel this way?
Personally, I like the variation from reptilian physiology and the nod towards the "dog-like" aspects of the original description.

>>53475906
>Dragonborn are high elves
>Lizardfolk are wild elves
>Kobolds are halflings
My issue with this is that I'd prefer a greater physical difference between dragonborn and lizardfolk than there is between high elves and wild elves.
Otherwise I'd just have different kinds of dragonborn.
In fact, in my setting, there is only one race of elves, although there are many cultures.
And there are no halflings.

>>53476446
>Can I ask why you feel this way?

I'm fine with both dog and lizard/dragon varieties of the kobold, but I'd like them to be firmly one or the other: the middleground just looks kind of ugly to my eyes.

>>53476516
>the middleground just looks kind of ugly to my eyes.
Fair enough.
To me, ugliness isn't a bug, it's a feature.

>>53477961
Wrong kind of ugly, I mean.

Not monstrous-ugly, like with orcs or gnolls, that'd be fine, but... ugly-ugly.

>>53478062
I was shooting for pathetic-ugly, the kind that supports idealized cute-bold-ism if the viewer wants to see them that way, but also perfectly "gronk".

In my setting, friendly kobolds exist, primarily as a method of survival.
But the wild ones are vicious and unforgiving as hell.

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>>53440918
>>53444431
>>53447809
As a guy from the campaign those two were from, that's... not too far off. Though the dragon was red and recently Awakened. So while they were teaching it concepts, they were also trying to teach the hatchling not to eat kobolds from their clan.
considering they were the last two, they managed to at least sell that second lesson fairly well.

>>53479215
That thing's way too adorable for a red dragon!

>>53479307
Dragons are like alligators, they're cute until they grow up.

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>>53479307
Well, it was originally a king's pet that we stole, so... being doted on probably made it cuter.

>>53474924
I've always liked the idea that Kobolds and Dragonborn are pretty closely related to Dragons, since the idea of "families" of races is cool to me. So, in my setting I made it so that Io created Dragons, Dragonborn, Lizardmen, and Kobolds, with Drakes being to Dragons as Bees are to a Queen.

One big happy family of lizard things :D

>>53440977
Telephone monsters
A gigantic skeleton pinball machine
Rock men with no face
The egg of a psychic monster, already deadly and hostile before it is even born
Goblins, drunk on a strange alien alcoholic booze
A flying skull who spouts riddles
A cabal of extremely violent thieves trying to steal from the dragons the kobolds revere as their gods

And the strange denizens of a magical Chemical City

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>>53487087
Please, let me come to one of your games.

>>53487612
I don't actually run games, and all of those concepts are stolen, but they're just stolen from things that won't miss them, like the lyrics to an obscure song

I want to run games, but I'm scared of putting other people's enjoyment in my hands

>>53487670
>I don't actually run games
I don't think anyone here does.

>>53487670
You should run games.

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Have you ever had an all-kobold party? How'd it go?

>>53495065
I personally prefer having a single kobold in an otherwise human or human-sized party. All-kobold parties easily slip into evil campaigns, and I'm not a fan.

>>53498284
Just use silver dragon that is trying to make them good.

Or make them warlocks of some good fey dragon.

>>53498361
Or any of the metallics really. Could make a good party composition with the kobolds emulating the personalities of the different metallics.

>>53488770
I do - and it so happen my campaign is reptile only due to curse that turns all other races into mutants

>>53498389
One should be a warlock of a ancient fey dragon - for something a bit silly XD

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I want to run an all-kobold campaign in the same manner as Pathfinder's Kingmaker adventure path: Youngster kobolds sent out to start a new lair. How do I keep it fresher than "oh no the monster of the day is attacking your lair"? In Kingmaker there was all kinds of diplomacy and politics between nations that I don't really see Kobolds having.

>>53502171
>In Kingmaker there was all kinds of diplomacy and politics between nations that I don't really see Kobolds having.
Maybe not kobolds, but add in dark elves from the depths, a bunch of dragons you might want to attract setting up shop in your warren, maybe some human villages to extort and bully - and if you're not low-key enough and they decide to send some level 1 adventurers to deal with it, you could take it as an opportunity to weed out the stupid and weak in the tribe.

>>53502171
I had planned on running something just like that a while back and came up with a number of plot hooks and potential story archs that I might use. Not sure if I'll ever make use of this now, so I'm dumping a rough outline of my notes and plans here.

A Friend in Need:
Assisting the Lizard folk in their time of need and potentially winning their full trust.

Invasion:
At some point, Through the players actions or inaction, the eyes of the established nations turn upon the new growing kobold "threat". Spurred on by the political intervention of the *Gnoooooomes Hissss* The neighboring forces must a force to nip the growing kobold empire in the bud. The players must find a way to stop the armies march through strategy and tactics, diplomacy, or stealth and subterfuge and sabotage.

The Enemy of My Enemy:
Enlisting the aid of the dwarves, be they Hill Mountain, Deep or Drouger. Main goal of this event is to highlight the striking similarities and common ground between Kobold and Dwarven culture. Depending on player actions, this could result in an alliance, sink the Dwarven nations into war with each other, or inadvertently unify them against the kobolds.

Bring Out Your Dead!:
A great plague is ravaging the new kobold kingdom, the team must now seek aid from other lands to find a cure. The isolationist followers of Kurtlmak are greatly opposed to this, believing that as the superior race they do not need the aid of the other lands. (The population will drop by a percentage for every month the players are away. If the players are unsuccessful, or take too long, the Plague will lift on its own after roughly 35% of the population dies.)

>>53502171
>>53503272
Great White War:
An evil white dragon hears of the growing kobold empire and decides that they would make great slaves. The major problem is that the traditionalist kobolds within the kingdom hold firm to their perceived duty of service to dragons. The traditionalists who want to cling to their own ways, and those looking to free themselves from draconic dominion. This creates a division in the kingdom that could lead to a civil war if the team does not resolve it in time. Resolution through slaying the dragon, or otherwise.

Hope in the grave:
After the civil war an opportunistic Kobold takes this opportunity to start a death cult. Popular among those that are dismayed by the kobolds lot in life they join and are unwittingly turned into shambling undead for his growing coup against the nation weakened by war.

Dance of the White Raven/(rat):
Political intrigue. Through the setting the kobolds are made aware of a Kenku (Or ratfolk) spy network. Should the party make us of it for information then as the double edged sword of the spy network swings back upon the kobolds, opening their own secrets to other nations.

The team must travel to the Kenku central command to address the issue. I am uncertain as to what the issue might be, but the consequence should be dire, possibly sparking the invasion stated above.
The issue could be a number of things. For instance the kenku could learn of how rich with priceless minerals the mines sitting below the main city are. Perhaps the mines contain minerals that were thought to be under the exclusive control of the Gnomes or Dwarves. Perhaps it is something that the party or the Followers did, and if the information got out about it, then it could mean dire consequences for there standing in the eyes of the other nations.

>>53502171
>>53503297
I read this one plot hook for just such a setting a while back and saved it. Can't remember where I saw it but it sounded cool.
The Balance:
The eternal war between Bahamut and Tiamut finally reaches the kobolds, and they are now given the ultimatum to choose a side. Will the evil which lurks in their peoples hearts win out and join Tiamut? or will the justice of Bahumut Triumph?.... Or will they discover that there is always a third option... Depending on what the party chooses, this has potential to spark a civil war within the growing kobold nation.

Kurtlmaks Reckoning: Potential End game arch
The team somehow strips Kurtlmak of his godhood, and they must now fight the mad god that failed them. In the end, if the players are satisfied with the game ending here, then they are raised as the new kobold gods to watch over their people. If not then an NPC will be assigned the task (... Pun Pun?...), and the players will become their champions and heralds, allowing them to continue exploring the world.

>>53493357
How much would a kobold prostitute even cost?....A bag of oranges?

>>53505919
How much you got

>>53506004
I have 42 cents and a tic tac.

>>53506275
That'll get you Old Grungy, the gap-toothed cronebold. She's missing a few scales here and there, but it's not contagious.

>>53506314
I've got a watch and five dollars.

>>53506372
That, my boy, will get you Giddy Curling-tail, one of the younger ladies of the cave. Her scales have a lustrous shine to them, as she cares for them meticulously. Recently, she's grown in a small pair of wings, much to the envy of the other girls.
You're in luck, since next week she'll be sent up the mountain to serve as the dragon's attendant.

>>53506314
Sounds good.

>>53506004
I got...
12 coppers
15 feet of moldy rope
A little bag full of broken glass
A shiny pebble
and
an old boot with no laces
What can i get for that?

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I have a bronze sculpture of my kobold's head. Making it was fun but I really don't know what to do with it now.

>>53509762
Make the body.

>>53509791
With a huge tail

>>53509791
The head alone was like 90 bucks worth of bronze. And that's just for the casting, I did the carving and cleanup myself. I'm not gonna waste more money on a dumb trinket.

>>53509806
Either put it on a stake or make a wooden body maybe?

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>>53509820
Maybe. Right now I'm using it to hold my tablet pen. Maybe I'll put it on a staff or something. probably not though.

I also tried making a comic about a kobold. But it turns out drawing is hard so I gave up. I have a problem with starting things and then giving up on them. In my defense, things are usually difficult and not doing things is way easier.

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I just like kobolds a lot.

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>>53509957

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>>53509905
Damn dude, I love the last few panels. They are rad as shit! D'you have more stuff stashed somewhere?

>>53510203
Source? Reverse image search just pops out more kobold threads.

>>53510246
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/14433983/
Guy does lots of really simple, cutesy art.

>>53510203
not really. There's some more to the comic but not much. Even that low quality turned out to be too much effort at my skill level.

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What're your thoughts on 5e kobolds?

Personally I find the whole grovel ability pretty dumb. It basically stereotypizes the entire race into a bunch of whiny cowardly comic reliefs, which is almost the opposite of how I like my kobolds. I mean a bit of grovelling is all very well when it really fits the situation, but it shouldn't be their bread-and-butter.

>>53510617
Eh. Nothing's stopping you from just not using it.

>>53510617

Volo's guide did them super dirty with the strength penalty AND no second positive stat adjustment. They're no weaker than Halflings or Gnomes, but for some reason only THEY take the penalty. It's bullshit and fuck wizards for it.

>>53510617
Honestly, at least a +1 to charisma so they can also Sorcerer a little tiny bit would've helped.

And Fluff grovel as something less shit.

>>53510617
The time you spent bitching about kobolds on an anonymous imageboard, you could have just made your own kobolds.

You fucking child.

>>53510617
I hated it. I was so looking forward to it, and they completely shat on it for no reason:

Small and Daylight Sensitivity? Sure, the former is tradition, the latter meshes up with the monster version, it's not like they aren't existing racial penalties?

Bring back racial stat penalties literally just for them? Oh, fuck no! Why! I mean, why! We already got the "you're small and puny" thing handled by being Small sized! Halflings don't get it, Goblins don't get it, Gnomes don't get it, why should fucking Kobolds get it?

Grovel... oh, gods, I want to beat the head in of whoever thought this was a good idea. I mean, it's not a weak racial ability, but the forced fluff is appalling - it shoehorns them into useless, snivelling comedic relief, and what happens when that's not what your setting's fluff for them is?

In my setting, kobolds are stone-cold wanna-be dragons who experiment on their own unhatched children to try and mutate themselves back into being dragons, who will gladly risk death and madness to evolve themselves into something fiercer, and who will chew your face off if you provoke them. Does that sound like a race of snivelling toadies to any of you?

Hells, I created two different kobold PC statblocks and even if they are probably unbalanced as shit, they're both better than what WoTC gave us.

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>>53516926
It's your fault for having bad fluff

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>>53444155
>the yellow one in the top left
I recognize that lizard...

>>53518451
Man, now that you mention it, so do I.

Small world.

>>53459709
Think about it tho.
The heroes in d&d get rekt by kobolds ezpz at 1st level.

Meanwhile the dragon warrior dude just chews through those blue slimes without batting an eye, levelling up to at least level 12 before venturing out into the world.

>>53506792
robbed

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>>53509991
That picture pisses me off.

>evil white HUman is the bad guy. Brown gypsy looking woman is the victim.

>it drops all pretence of us just trying to revise the kobolds from a race of generally assholeish gutter rats into being lil scalefriends.

>>53520151
Operative word being "generally". Maybe this guy's just one of the exceptions? The picture doesn't really give much greater context one way or the other.

>>53510617
Suicidally Overconfident Kobolds > Cowardly Kobolds

Have them be hilariously proud berserker warriors, like the Warboys except somehow more drug fueled and less competent.

>Druggie kobolds that snort the gas of fermented rust monster glands before charging in in wild paint, covered in sharp objects and explosive shit
>A pair of two kobolds, one carrying a jug of super strong booze, the other carrying a torch. The booze kobold tries to toss it on the party, the torch kobold tries to ignite them
>bungee-cord kobolds using rope and elevation to get the drop on people, except they cut the ropes too short and are falling from a super great height. Half will be vomiting, half will be clawing, slashing, tail-whipping pinatas gliding stupidly along the room like a low-chromosome cirque du soleil

All things should be memorable, even trash encounters. Parties should learn to fear what stupid-yet-dangerous-to-everyone-in-the-immediate-area plan is being cooked up by the Kobolds.

>>53510617
I'm guessing Wizards had them to be pathetic trash mobs in mind rather than to be playable. a lot of things in Volo's guide are shit though so, it's best to make your own adjustments to better suit them as PC race or fix them where it's needed. it's more if a guideline anyway rather than something you have to abide

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>>53520151
This.

Even worse, it's implying women (especially brown women)0 need fucking KOBOLDS to fight their battles for them.

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made this for a while ago. have a bump, thread

>>53519981
Can't argue with that. Especially walking round the side of town with a kobold brothel.

>>53521808
How much demand would your average fantasy setting have for one of those things anyway? I can't imagine there to be that many degenerates like us.

>>53521823
Depending on the setting, more than you might think. Xenophilia is, like, one of the most mainstream fetishes, and in a world where you can have sex with actual xenoforms who can give consent - as opposed to our world, where all you got are animals, dolls and people in costume... well, there'd logically be an explosion in the fetish. Especially if it leads to true-breeding couples.

>>53521823
A brothel of nothing but kobolds? Very few if any given how xenophobic they usually are. I know sex slaves could be a thing but still.
Now, brothels With a kobold or two. I'd say uncommon except in areas with (somewhat) civilized lizard folk or in citys of great wealth where the bored overfed social elite would pay for exotic poontang on a regular basis or keep their own harems. In the latter most case exotic and unusual races could be something of a status symbol, especially if taken from races whom were in conflict with said city/state. Some puffed up noble would probably be delighted to have trophies of conquest to show off to his piers, especially if he fancied himself the warrior type, regardless of weather he actually did any of the fighting or just tagged along to battles and watched from a safe distance while drinking wine in his battle regalia.

>>53522200
Give yourself over to absolute pleasure with Kobold Kompanions, servicing those with interests beyond the mundane for over 60 years. We offer all the services you could ever want, from a simple one on one rough and tumble to a whole tribal swarm of warmth and pleasure.

Perhaps a little roleplay is in your favor? Perhaps you wish to be the princess, kidnapped from her sterile court life by a rowdy bunch of tough and dangerous thieves and deflowered by their gentle, dexterous touch or be the warrior, come to clean out the warrens only to be captured by the clan chief to be used at his pleasure or perhaps turn the tables on him and dominate he and his concubines before the tribe and take his place.

Our pleasure administrators are open to many suggestions and have ideas of their own you may not yet considered. Why bother with boring, unclean brothels? Clerics on hand for accidental injuries, poisonings and treatment of sexual diseases. All Kobold Kompanions are 100% inspected and certified by paladins of the pleasure goddess. So come on over, we have such sights to show you.

>>53522200
also what >>53522001 said. With literally hundreds of races running around and the human brain being what it is I'd say that xenophilia would be even more common than in the real world. Think about it. Our brains work off observation and association. Even with just tv, stories and the internet niche fetishes regarding imaginary beings is fairly common. If even a kid in a farming village could get his first why boner to some non human race, grow up and satisfy that urge with a real living member of that race. Social pressures to fit in would still exist and if such unions were frowned upon or actively shunned it would limit it somewhat and keep most settings from devolving into a fuck-a-palooza of every conceivable hybrid. Still, there would be a greater than real world percentage of folks that wanted to bone a 'bold.

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>>53522318
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

>>53520873
>>53520151
>>53520180
>Maybe this guy's just one of the exceptions? The picture doesn't really give much greater context one way or the other.
This.
Context matters.
The second quote is from the artist, the other two from the anon who created him.

>Your standard Kobold wearing "Paladin armor" that's actually just made of scraps, giant pauldrons and all. A "warhammer" made from a stick with various bits of metal stuck to it. A bunch of scars and such on dark grey scales from years of "bravely" charging into the fray, only for the fact that he's a two foot tall lizard to prevent any real "Paladin" work. Maybe a poorly scribbled "holy symbol" on his "shield" and some goggles to protect his poor, sensitive Kobold eyes from the sun.

>Ive narrowed it down to these two ideas... a "mah legs aint broke yet nigga" situation as he protects someone from a dude 3 tines his size.

>The story behind his paladin obsession was from when he was a little whelp that left his burrow and ran into a group of traveling paladins. They thought he was cute (and he didn't immediately try to gut them at first sight) and shared stories of their exploits. He became enthralled with the romantic notion of traveling the world, fighting for right, defending the weak and the glory of it all. Everyone loves a paladin, they're heroes. Nobody likes Kobolds, even their draconic cousins view them as little more than servants at best. So, what better way to be loved by the people than to become a paladin. So, he crafted his own "armor" and "weapon", filled a book with inspiring stories, rules and other general information on paladinhood, then dubbed it his "Paladin Kodecks" (written on the cover) and began his own quest. It didn't work out too well, as people still pretty universally loathe Kobolds, but didn't deter him and he still maintains a selfless outlook on life and will be the first to stand up to injustice. His name is Dugh.
>Dugh is pretty far removed from his Kobold roots.

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>>53522642
See? Sometimes a girl being protected is just a girl being protected.

Quit getting your jimmies rustled over nothing.

>>53522318
...continue.

I find myself wondering what a half-kobold might be like, appearance/stat wise.

...What? Canonical D&D races have included half-dwarves, half-tinker gnomes, half-goblins and half-kender. Half-kobold is mundane by comparison!

>>53524297
Not to mention that they have the blood of the most fecund creatures in dnd running through their veins. Dragons can make half breeds of Aaaaaaaanything...

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> Be Kobold leader
> females come back from outside
> see pic related
> doesn't want to eat it, wants to keep it
> Willing to share

Wat do?

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>>53524297

>>53524297
We have half-kobolds in our campaign. A wizard was involved.

I think the idea was to take the human versatility and capability for working in a lot of enviroments and under a lot of different sort of people, and combine it with the kobold ingenuity for traps, draconic blood, and work ethic and loyalty. It didn't work out that way at all: instead what was combined was the human side's diverse sexual tastes and willingness to try anything, and the kobold side's insatiable energy and instinct to sleep around as much as possible - essentially, kobolds fuck all the time and with everyone but only within the confines of their warren, but add a pinch of human to the mix and take that to the outside and to everyone.

As kenders are curious pickpockets, just as much half-kobolds are the biggest horndogs in any setting or adventure they're dropped. No one wants to publically admit to liking them much - kobolds especially despise them as mutants and race traitors - but in privacy a lot of folks tend to acknowledge that half-kobolds are actually pretty damn good at what they do, carrying by now generations' worth of accumulated bedroom skill.

>>53527878
Train it to do things we can't, like reaching middle shelves. Use them as a hostage if we ever get attacked.

>>53510617
I like the effect of grovel, but I usually fluff it differently - my kobold taunts everyone, while one of my friends has her kobold tell jokes to distract enemies.

>>53532085
Won't it be too big for cave? takes more food too. Maybe useful as bait for adventurers?

>>53531879
>Half-Kobolds are the ultimate Bards
I can't believe how erect I am right now

>>53533741
Half-kobold stats (in 3.5, since it was where they were introduced):

-2 STR, +2 either DEX or CHA (Player's choice)
Land speed 40 ft. (Kobolds are fast for their size, and half-kobolds retain the double-jointed feet allowing this: helps fleeing fathers and husbands)
low-light vision
+2 to bluff and sense motive
WIS 13 or higher allows the use of the psionic ability Empathy 1/day ("Your mouth says No, but your heart says Yes.")
Favored class: Bard

>>53510617
I love the flavor and content written about them in Volos

I hate the player stat block. >>53513691 is exactly right. By no means should they have a negative penalty that Halflings and Gnomes don't, but Wizards decided to really fuck them.

I don't mind playing a weak under-dog sort, but goddamn did Wizards make a point of fucking them over hard.

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>>53521715
I adore your work.

>>53441193
Sounds like a goblin to me

>>53537001
A goblin applies in all those ways but it's got a pretty different fluff otherwise. Kind of like both humans and elves are tall and generally nice enough.

>>53534965
Cute!

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What even is the difference between a Goblin and a Kobold, aside from appearance?

>>53539956
Goblins are generally considered less intelligent but otherwise slightly more formidable, more headstrong, more likely to just swarm over you rather than hiding somewhere and using traps and shit, and tend to work with orcs. Kobolds are often associated with dragons and sorcery, but even without that they tend to carry grudges far more and have an immense Napoleon complex.

>>53540008
I asked because I want to add kobolds to my setting, but my goblins already are the trap and cunning scavengers types, Goblin Slayer style. I'm afraid of making their tactics too similar

>>53540107
Make kobolds use the other kind of trap then.

You know the kind.

>>53540167
Do not lewd the kobold.

>>53540107
Well, kobolds are typically the ones working with the traps, so if you've already got goblins covering that niche, you could have kobolds go down the draconic sorcery road instead.

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>>53540167
It works.

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/k/obold invasion!

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>>53545297
Hah, that's pretty good. Don't think I recognize that artist.

>>53457510
I still find it adorable

>>53445973
eye lashes ? are they there just to make us know it's a she ?

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>>53548385
With kobolds it's hard to tell.

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What's up with kobolds and weasels, anyway? Kobolds tend to follow and revere dragons: they have little connection to weasels that I can see.

>>53479368
And then they get even cuter.

>>53553737
Leftover fluf from back when they were kinda like weasels themselves, I presume.

i made a kobold npc. it was being used as a servant for a knight. the PC's killed the knight and are now on a dedicated mission to train koran the kobold. they want him to become a knight himself.. not sure how to handle it. at the moment im not really feeling giving him a PC class though.. but they sure do love that kobold.. hes fun to play too because sometimes he uses his grovel ability to help the party out.

>>53558423
I can't imagine him going completely knight without losing that grovel thing, or at least refluffing it heavily. Also, knighthood would probably require him be about twice his height.

>>53558515
yea i was thinking that if they are really dedicated to this idea i will have to come up with something fun/funny.
if he wants to be a real knight recognized by the kingdom i dont know if that would be possible.
he could be a fake knight somewhat like the story of Don Quixote??

>>53558515
a Knight-errant if you will?

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>>53498501
>bring draconic patron with you while adventuring
>people assume it's just a familiar
>dragon plays along, hiding in plain sight while committing acts of lighthearted mischief on everyone you meet
>and sometimes on you, if you don't take it anywhere interesting for a while

>>53559067
Great job censoring the sfw version

>>53559561
It's a hobby.

>>53559857
An especially silly one.

Where can I see the original?

https://discord.gg/zyyPc a Kobold discord. Join if you choose.

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I don't like what 5e did with kobolds. They're too muscular and tough looking. The have pecs. Kobolds shouldn't have pecs.

>>53564944
And some people think kobolds should still be dogs, so... there you go.

>>53564210
Invite has expired, my guy. This is not good!

>>53559857
Please?

>>53562775
>>53565332
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/nyhgault

>>53565390

I'm already watching you