D&D 5E Kobolds are also from the Feywild now?

[Weiley31]

Eh I'll just keep Kobolds as mini dragons/related to them in my 5E games.

Also, when can everything start coming from the Shadowfell? I'm sure we filled the "Positive Energy" aspect of stuff via the Feywild, bring on the Shadowsfell races.

Like the Gnomes, Dragonborn, and Volo.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I think kobolds should make heavy use of cobalt in their culture, since the element is named after them.

My kobolds in Twilight Fables (5e supplement) do just that.

 

[Weiley31]

Kobold, gnome, brownie - all basically the same thing.

D&D: I can get maybe... 27 monsters out of this.

Pawn Stars: Best I can do is the Feywild.

 

[Divine2021]

It is all just getting to be embarrassing.

 

[Vaalingrade]

It is all just getting to be embarrassing.

We pretend to be elves in our free time.

We passed 'getting' sometimes in the early 80's and have been accelerating ever since.

 

[see]

I'm going to hope it's a Dragon+ specific screwup. However defensible making kobolds fey might be on its own, it's a good idea to maximize story distance between kobolds and goblins to avoid a relapse into the situation where many writers for the game had a hard time keeping them straight.

 

[Weiley31]

DM: So, the evil wizard casts "Hold Person" on your Kobold Fighter an-

Player: Doesn't work.

DM: Confused look?

Player: According to Crawford, Kobolds are from the Feywild, and that makes them Fae. Therefore, that spell is useless.

DM: That's not............that's not how that works. That's not how ANY of this works. gets shot by Crawford who appears from underneath the table.

Player: Thanks Jeremy.

Crawford: No problem player. hears the DM's mom's footsteps approaching the room. You should really dispose of that body.

Player: O___O

The Mother as the door starts opening up: Timmy, are you and your brother enjoying your new TTRPG?

 

[Vaalingrade]

IF this somehow leads to the extinction of 'X Person' spells that are just inherently useless against everyone you meet, it would be the hero we need, but not the one we deserve.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

I think at this point a fresh explanation of what 5e’s “Feywild” is is in order, just so people can set appropriate expectations.

I mean, I’m perfectly willing to accept “Feywild origins” as not equal to “fey”, that the plane called Feywild even has its own population of dragons-that-are-not-fey and all that.

 

[Charlaquin]

Their half breed Fey/Humanoid mutts...................at least in 4E. (in which they were also JUST Edgy Goth Fey in 3E.)

Shadar-Kai? They weren’t Fae at all in 4e, they were the descendants of a tribe of humans who got trapped in the Shadowfell because of a raw deal with Nerull.