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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5924314" data-attributes="member: 87792">From <a href="http://blogofholding.com/?series=mornard" target="_blank">Blog of Holding's game with Mike Mornard</a>It turned out to be a bad question: despite their lousy hit points, the&nbsp; badassification of kobolds started on day 1 in D&amp;D. Gygax's kobolds&nbsp; were deadly. Mike said that they collected the magic items of the&nbsp; characters they killed, which meant that besides their fearsome tactics,&nbsp; they also had a scary magical arsenal.
Kobolds have always been the smallest, weediest monsters in the dungeon that have remained unconquered.&nbsp; They might have the size and strength of 8 year olds, but these 8 year olds will destroy any orcs, ogres, or human slavers that try to take them over and can more than match dwarves at tunnel fighting.&nbsp; That's not pathetic.&nbsp; That's major levels in badass.&nbsp; Goblins are subservient.&nbsp; Kobolds are just physically weak and more than a bit paranoid (for very good reason).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 5924314, member: 87792"] From [URL="http://blogofholding.com/?series=mornard"]Blog of Holding's game with Mike Mornard[/URL][INDENT]It turned out to be a bad question: despite their lousy hit points, the badassification of kobolds started on day 1 in D&D. Gygax's kobolds were deadly. Mike said that they collected the magic items of the characters they killed, which meant that besides their fearsome tactics, they also had a scary magical arsenal. [/INDENT]Kobolds have always been the smallest, weediest monsters in the dungeon [I]that have remained unconquered[/I]. They might have the size and strength of 8 year olds, but these 8 year olds will destroy any orcs, ogres, or human slavers that try to take them over and can more than match dwarves at tunnel fighting. That's not pathetic. That's major levels in badass. Goblins are subservient. Kobolds are just physically weak and more than a bit paranoid (for very good reason). [/QUOTE]

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