Kobold as Viable PC Race?

[Darklone]

Thus the joy of the Dragonfire Adept (Dragon Magic). All the fun of a Warlock, but with loads of draconic flavor. True, the kobold Con penalty is a bit painful for your breath weapon's DC, but who plays a kobold and worries about that sort of thing.

Or Dragon shaman plus Draconic Heritage feats. Somewhat redundant but nicer than playing a full score dragon.

 

[Klaus]

Ah, perfection! You get all of that just for dumping the familiar? It's almost too awesome! Yeah, I'll take a pass on a cat; give me spell-like abilities, new spells, bonuses to skills, and Draconic Heritage anyday! I was never going to use Craft or Profession (seriously, who puts ranks in Profession) anyway. And when you say Use Magic Device is a class skill only for those levels, you mean I can only take it with 1 point for 1 rank at levels 1, 4, and 7, right? And I only lose Craft and Profession at those levels too? Wow, that's weird.

And, since my heritage will be Red Dragon, that gives me Charm Person, Darkness, Resist Energy, AND Suggestion at seventh level, right? Wow, perfect for a Charisma-monkey like me. I'll bet I can put those ranks in Knowledge (Arcana) to good use, huh? Oh, and for the record, since it's a class feature, it goes under Miscellaneous Bonuses (as opposed to ranks), correct? Just want to be sure, so I can max it out from level to level in addition to those bonuses.

So, that's the complete Dragonblooded Sorcerer, I suppose. Sounds great, I'll put it to excellent use! Fire evocations and enchantments, here I come... KOBOLD DRAGONBLOODED SORCERERS FTW!!!

Read my description again. You give up the familiar at 1st level, you have to give up a spell known and a spell slot at 4th level and you don't get to choose your spells known at 7th level. For the familiar alone, you get +2 to Know (arcana) and a Draconic Heritage feat.

 

[Nazhkandrias]

Read my description again. You give up the familiar at 1st level, you have to give up a spell known and a spell slot at 4th level and you don't get to choose your spells known at 7th level. For the familiar alone, you get +2 to Know (arcana) and a Draconic Heritage feat.

Yeah, I'm definitely going with Kobold Dragonblooded Sorcerer. One final question - in the description of the Draconic Heritage (Red) feat at Crystalkeep, it lists the class skill for Reds as Intimidate, wheras in RotD, it says Appraise. Which is right?