D&D General Kobolds

[Perun]

I seem to remember them being described as lizard-likenin 1e/2e, but yipped like dogs (as others mentioned), and also smelled like wet dogs... I expect that's where the artists drew dogginess from.

That's how those lesser yugoloths (can't remember the name) got their extra pair of hands in 3e (or was it in 4e?), the artist got the description text wrong.

 

[MarkB]

That's how those lesser yugoloths (can't remember the name) got their extra pair of hands in 3e (or was it in 4e?), the artist got the description text wrong.

Did someone mis-spell "forearms"?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I seem to remember them being described as lizard-likenin 1e/2e, but yipped like dogs (as others mentioned), and also smelled like wet dogs... I expect that's where the artists drew dogginess from.

In the very early adventure "Caves of Chaos" there is a rumor that describes kobolds as dog like.

 

[Perun]

Did someone mis-spell "forearms"?

No, nothing so funny

IIRC, the description said they had four insect-like limbs or somesuch, and the artist got the impression they had four arms instead

 

[PJ Coffey]

That's pretty much the World of Warcraft kobold.

Is it? This was circa 1991, so I'm quietly confident they are not the same but I've never played WoW so can't comment.

 

[MarkB]

Is it? This was circa 1991, so I'm quietly confident they are not the same but I've never played WoW so can't comment.

I've no idea about the precedence here. They could have been in the original Warcraft in the 90s, or WoW could have picked up the concept from elsewhere.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

At first I didn’t like the switch to draconic kobolds, but over the years, I’ve come to prefer it. To me, it gives them more character than being just another part of the kobold-goblin-orc-hobgoblin-bugbear-ogre goblinoid hierarchy.