AD&D Kobold picture

[Qualidar]

How it saw them during the Compendium era prior to the Monstrous Manual.

If someone gives the ok I will get the MMII and Monstrous Manual images placed up here for people to see, but don't want to violate copyright on it if it would not be fair-use for the discussion to use the image in this thread.

I give you permission. Post the damn picture.

 

[jdrakeh]

They're associated with goblins in Chainmail and OD&D (i.e., they're classified under the same heading), whilst early (non-TSR) RoleAids books describe them as little lizard men.

 

[Vegepygmy]

While it was a mistake according to Gary, I like the original scaly dog-like yippers...

For those who haven't see it before...

 

[Zustiur]

For those who haven't see it before...

Wow so that's where Pool of Radiance got it from...

http://www.mbnet.fi/pelihalli/kuvat/kolumni/mike1/kobold.jpg
Funny, I never noticed the horns till now.

 

[Plane Sailing]

For those who haven't see it before...

I'm not sure where "dog like" came from, but that is the kobold I grew up with. Always pegged them as little reptilian critters, but always considered them as 'little demon things' more than anything else (scales, tails, horns etc).

It's how the original minifigs kobolds looked

Cheers

 

[diaglo]

I'm not sure where "dog like" came from, but that is the kobold I grew up with. Always pegged them as little reptilian critters, but always considered them as 'little demon things' more than anything else (scales, tails, horns etc).

It's how the original minifigs kobolds looked

Cheers

check out the nose/ muzzle on the pic. very dog like.
another version of them can be found in the DDG (1980) under the nonhuman pantheon. a pic with their deity.

 

[billd91]

There's also a picture of a dragon wiping out a bunch of kobolds in the DMG, I believe in the section about playing monsters as PCs. I found that their look on that page was very dog-like as well.

Based on the dog-like look from 1e and the scaly look and draconic relation of 3e, I have them speaking draconic in yappy, barking voices and panting in my campaigns. Good fun.

 

[Raven Crowking]

check out the nose/ muzzle on the pic. very dog like.
another version of them can be found in the DDG (1980) under the nonhuman pantheon. a pic with their deity.

I believe the "dog-like" meme also came from Keep on the Borderlands, where they are described as such.


RC

 

[Klaus]

It's odd that Kurtulmak's picture in the 1e Deities & Demigods was so different from his kobold worshippers:

 

[Tewligan]

It's odd that Kurtulmak's picture in the 1e Deities & Demigods was so different from his kobold worshippers:

Yeah, but remember that Kurtulmak was drawn by Otus, who makes everything he draws both crazy and awesome.