Kobolds

[BiggusGeekus]

Now someone help me with this +2 chainmail; I think Biggus Geekus is about to come after me with a spoon!

 

[cmanos]

humanoids.....

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Whoever came up with the idea that kobolds are a subrace of dragon should be taken out and beaten with a spoon.

Of course, I respect the opinion of those who may disagree with me ... provided that they are taken out and beaten with a spoon.

I will defeat you with the superior weaponry of the spork.

 

[Henry]

I like the "distant relatives of Dragons" concept, myself -- Deviant, backwards, embarrasing distant relatives of dragons.

 

[Mystery Man]

Whoever came up with the idea that kobolds are a subrace of dragon should be taken out and beaten with a spoon.

Of course, I respect the opinion of those who may disagree with me ... provided that they are taken out and beaten with a spoon.

Why a spoon cousin?

 

[Tuzenbach]

I still like the first edition canine version, but the 3rd edition hybrid is growing on me...

I was under the impression that 1E portrayed Kobolds as, in fact, reptilian in appearance. For this, I refer to both pictures in the 1E MM plus that one picture in the 1E DMG showing Kobolds fighting a Green Dragon. The creatures were portrayed as having scales and scales nearly always equates to reptiles, no?

 

[Corsair]

Why a spoon cousin?

Because it HURTS MORE.

 

[lukelightning]

Reptilian humanoid with no more relation to dragons than lizardfolk or troglodytes do. They do not have the dragon type, so they are not draconic. Both dragons and kobolds are scaley and have horns...so what? I could say that as a human I am a kind of titan since both humans and titans have hair and nipples.

 

[Scharlata]

Well, which is it?!

Something completely different: ALL - REALLY ALL - EXTINCT

 

[radferth]

I always remember kobolds being described as rat-dog type guys. The David A. Trampier illustrations certainly looked reptillian, and I believe 1st ed MM entry mentioned eggs, but that is the only place I rember seeing kobolds as reptiles before 3rd edition. Having them be scaly, egg-laying rat-dog type guys works as well for me as any other. I did like the idea presented in earlier threads that they are egg-laying mamals (or near-mamals) like the platypus (now just give them a bill and poisonous spurs on their feet). Of course, the modern classification system for animals has existed for a relatively short time, so kobold (or anyone) need not even fit into any rational classification system; just let the rangers know what favored enemy they are covered by.