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Uber-nasty kobold tactics?
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<blockquote data-quote="UniversalMonster" data-source="post: 37523" data-attributes="member: 1034"><p><strong>Kobold encounters</strong></p><p></p><p>Think like a PC group. </p><p></p><p>If I really had to mess with 15th level characters using kobolds, I'd start with a complex full of traps. </p><p></p><p>Kobolds are the trap-masters in my campaign- theyre the dark-side equivalent of gnomes as far as technological ability, and theyre dragon-blooded!</p><p></p><p>So first- lotsa traps, run by regular kobolds. Pits that dump the party into a pit full of scorpions and such.. all kinds of things like that. </p><p></p><p>Then you have the elite guards: A level 7 Kobold barbarian/half dragon is EL 9, right? so two would be EL 11, and 4 would EL 13...</p><p></p><p>So I'm estimating an elite group of (8) level-7 Barbarian Kobold half-dragons. Thats one encounter. (EL 15)</p><p></p><p>The dragon sire of the kobolds is another encounter. I'd make him old (CR 16). </p><p></p><p>I'd make a single level 16 Kobold Cleric dedicated to the Dragon-god. </p><p></p><p>If I *really* wanted to screw with a 15th level party, I'd have an encounter with the 16th Kobold Cleric RIDING the old dragon. </p><p>Thats about EL 18. </p><p></p><p>There's a lot of play in there.</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah! PS- I have a mere EL-3 Kobold encounter posted to my website today: it's an ambush. Normal kobolds attack the party from behind cover, while their tiefling boss jumps in to attack the party with a two-bladed sword and mirror-image. Here it is..<a href="http://the-never.net/cr3.html" target="_blank"> The Tornado Gang</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UniversalMonster, post: 37523, member: 1034"] [b]Kobold encounters[/b] Think like a PC group. If I really had to mess with 15th level characters using kobolds, I'd start with a complex full of traps. Kobolds are the trap-masters in my campaign- theyre the dark-side equivalent of gnomes as far as technological ability, and theyre dragon-blooded! So first- lotsa traps, run by regular kobolds. Pits that dump the party into a pit full of scorpions and such.. all kinds of things like that. Then you have the elite guards: A level 7 Kobold barbarian/half dragon is EL 9, right? so two would be EL 11, and 4 would EL 13... So I'm estimating an elite group of (8) level-7 Barbarian Kobold half-dragons. Thats one encounter. (EL 15) The dragon sire of the kobolds is another encounter. I'd make him old (CR 16). I'd make a single level 16 Kobold Cleric dedicated to the Dragon-god. If I *really* wanted to screw with a 15th level party, I'd have an encounter with the 16th Kobold Cleric RIDING the old dragon. Thats about EL 18. There's a lot of play in there. Oh yeah! PS- I have a mere EL-3 Kobold encounter posted to my website today: it's an ambush. Normal kobolds attack the party from behind cover, while their tiefling boss jumps in to attack the party with a two-bladed sword and mirror-image. Here it is..[url=http://the-never.net/cr3.html] The Tornado Gang[/url] [/QUOTE]
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