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<blockquote data-quote="QuietBrowser" data-source="post: 6900655" data-attributes="member: 6855057"><p>[h=1]<span style="color: #434343"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Kobold</span></span>[/h]</p><p>Now, I'm not that set on having a homebrew kobold race myself, because there is a good chance it'll be made playable in Volo's Guide, but since we already got Gnolls explicitly called out as "no PC writeup" in that book, despite their long tradition of being playable monstrous humanoids, best not to make assumptions. I deeply want to make the racial feats work, but I'm just not sure of how to do so.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Ability Score Increase:</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> +2 Dexterity</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Size:</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Small</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Speed:</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> 30 feet</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Darkvision</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Sunlight Sensitivity:</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> A kobold suffers Disadvantage on attack rolls and Wisdom (Perception) checks made whilst the kobold or the object of its scrutiny is in direct sunlight.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Pack Tactics: </span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A kobold can use the Help option as a Reaction if it is within 5 feet of an ally.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Subrace: </span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Choose between the Groundling, Winged or Mystic subraces.</span></span></p><p></p><p>[h=2]<span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Groundling Kobold</span></span>[/h]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Ability Score Increase: </span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">+1 Constitution</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Tinker:</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> As per the Rock Gnome racial trait (PHB).</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Trapmaster:</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> You have proficiency with Thieves Tools. You have Advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made to detect traps and double your Proficiency bonus for checks made to disarm Mechanical Traps.</span></span></p><p></p><p>[h=2]<span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Winged Kobold</span></span>[/h]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Ability Score Increase:</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> +1 Strength</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Flight:</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> You have a Fly speed of 30 feet, but you cannot fly if you are wearing Medium Armor or Heavy Armor, or if you are Encumbered.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Winged Warrior:</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> You have Proficiency with Simple Ranged Weapons and Javelins.</span></span></p><p></p><p>[h=2]<span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Mystic Kobold</span></span>[/h]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Ability Score Increase:</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> +1 Charisma</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Dragon Magic:</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> You can cast the Blade Ward cantrip with this trait. At 3rd level, you can cast Chromatic Orb as a 2nd level spell once per long rest with this trait. At 5th level, you can cast Levitate as a 3rd level spell once per long rest with this trait. When casting a spell provided by this trait, Charisma is your spellcasting ability score.</span></span></p><p></p><p>[h=2]<span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Kobold Racial Feats</span></span>[/h]</p><p>[h=3]<span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Kobold Sorcery</span></span>[/h]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Some kobold mystics display a greater level of magical power than others, invariably rising to command their tribes as powerful shamans.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Prerequisite:</em></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Kobold (Mystic subrace)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Effect:</em></span></span></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your Charisma immediately increases by +2 points, and your racial maximum for Charisma increases to 24.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your Dragon Magic racial trait gains further spells; Prestidigitation as a cantrip, Cure Wounds as a 1st level spell at level 3, and Darkness as a 2nd level spell at level 5.</li> </ul><p></p><p>[h=3]<span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Wyvaran</span></span>[/h]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Some urds grow larger, stronger and fiercer than others of their tribe, becoming mighty aerial warriors. Rumor has it that such urds draw their power through a connection to wyverns, leading to dark rumors of blood magic and bestial crossbreeding experiments.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Prerequisite:</em></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Kobold (Winged subrace)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Effect: </em></span></span></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your Strength immediately increases by +2 points, and your racial maximum for Strength increases to 24.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You gain the Powerful Flyer racial trait, which means you are only rendered incapable of flight if wearing Heavy Armor or if you are Heavily Encumbered.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You gain the Lashing Tail racial trait. This gives you an Extra Attack, which does stack with other Extra Attacks, that can only be used to deliver a Tail Whip. This is treated as an Unarmed Strike that inflicts 1d4 Slashing damage plus Poison damage equal to the kobold’s Strength modifier (minimum of 1).</li> </ul><p></p><p>[h=3]<span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Dragonwrought</span></span>[/h]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Most favored of all kobolds are those that display clearly draconic traits, elevating them above the rest of their tribe. Though kobolds boast that such individuals merely rekindle their draconic ancestry, many suspect that they are instead the result of dragons magically augmenting their slave-stock to make it more useful.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Prerequisite:</em></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Kobold (Groundling subrace)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Effect:</em></span></span></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your Constitution immediately increases by +2 points, and your racial maximum for Constitution increases to 24.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can immediately select a Draconic Ancestry as per the Dragonborn racial trait (PHB pg 34).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You gain the Dragonborn Breath Weapon and Damage Resistance traits determined by your chosen Draconic Ancestry.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietBrowser, post: 6900655, member: 6855057"] [h=1][COLOR=#434343][FONT=Arial]Kobold[/FONT][/COLOR][/h] Now, I'm not that set on having a homebrew kobold race myself, because there is a good chance it'll be made playable in Volo's Guide, but since we already got Gnolls explicitly called out as "no PC writeup" in that book, despite their long tradition of being playable monstrous humanoids, best not to make assumptions. I deeply want to make the racial feats work, but I'm just not sure of how to do so. [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Ability Score Increase:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] +2 Dexterity[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Size:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] Small[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Speed:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] 30 feet[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Darkvision[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Sunlight Sensitivity:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] A kobold suffers Disadvantage on attack rolls and Wisdom (Perception) checks made whilst the kobold or the object of its scrutiny is in direct sunlight.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Pack Tactics: [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]A kobold can use the Help option as a Reaction if it is within 5 feet of an ally.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Subrace: [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Choose between the Groundling, Winged or Mystic subraces.[/FONT][/COLOR] [h=2][COLOR=#666666][FONT=Arial]Groundling Kobold[/FONT][/COLOR][/h][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Ability Score Increase: [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]+1 Constitution[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Tinker:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] As per the Rock Gnome racial trait (PHB).[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Trapmaster:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] You have proficiency with Thieves Tools. You have Advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made to detect traps and double your Proficiency bonus for checks made to disarm Mechanical Traps.[/FONT][/COLOR] [h=2][COLOR=#666666][FONT=Arial]Winged Kobold[/FONT][/COLOR][/h][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Ability Score Increase:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] +1 Strength[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Flight:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] You have a Fly speed of 30 feet, but you cannot fly if you are wearing Medium Armor or Heavy Armor, or if you are Encumbered.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Winged Warrior:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] You have Proficiency with Simple Ranged Weapons and Javelins.[/FONT][/COLOR] [h=2][COLOR=#666666][FONT=Arial]Mystic Kobold[/FONT][/COLOR][/h][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Ability Score Increase:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] +1 Charisma[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Dragon Magic:[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] You can cast the Blade Ward cantrip with this trait. At 3rd level, you can cast Chromatic Orb as a 2nd level spell once per long rest with this trait. At 5th level, you can cast Levitate as a 3rd level spell once per long rest with this trait. When casting a spell provided by this trait, Charisma is your spellcasting ability score.[/FONT][/COLOR] [h=2][COLOR=#666666][FONT=Arial]Kobold Racial Feats[/FONT][/COLOR][/h] [h=3][COLOR=#666666][FONT=Arial]Kobold Sorcery[/FONT][/COLOR][/h][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Some kobold mystics display a greater level of magical power than others, invariably rising to command their tribes as powerful shamans.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][I]Prerequisite:[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] Kobold (Mystic subrace)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][I]Effect:[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [LIST] [*]Your Charisma immediately increases by +2 points, and your racial maximum for Charisma increases to 24. [*]Your Dragon Magic racial trait gains further spells; Prestidigitation as a cantrip, Cure Wounds as a 1st level spell at level 3, and Darkness as a 2nd level spell at level 5. [/LIST] [h=3][COLOR=#666666][FONT=Arial]Wyvaran[/FONT][/COLOR][/h][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Some urds grow larger, stronger and fiercer than others of their tribe, becoming mighty aerial warriors. Rumor has it that such urds draw their power through a connection to wyverns, leading to dark rumors of blood magic and bestial crossbreeding experiments.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][I]Prerequisite:[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] Kobold (Winged subrace)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][I]Effect: [/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [LIST] [*]Your Strength immediately increases by +2 points, and your racial maximum for Strength increases to 24. [*]You gain the Powerful Flyer racial trait, which means you are only rendered incapable of flight if wearing Heavy Armor or if you are Heavily Encumbered. [*]You gain the Lashing Tail racial trait. This gives you an Extra Attack, which does stack with other Extra Attacks, that can only be used to deliver a Tail Whip. This is treated as an Unarmed Strike that inflicts 1d4 Slashing damage plus Poison damage equal to the kobold’s Strength modifier (minimum of 1). [/LIST] [h=3][COLOR=#666666][FONT=Arial]Dragonwrought[/FONT][/COLOR][/h][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Most favored of all kobolds are those that display clearly draconic traits, elevating them above the rest of their tribe. Though kobolds boast that such individuals merely rekindle their draconic ancestry, many suspect that they are instead the result of dragons magically augmenting their slave-stock to make it more useful.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][I]Prerequisite:[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] Kobold (Groundling subrace)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][I]Effect:[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [LIST] [*]Your Constitution immediately increases by +2 points, and your racial maximum for Constitution increases to 24. [*]You can immediately select a Draconic Ancestry as per the Dragonborn racial trait (PHB pg 34). [*]You gain the Dragonborn Breath Weapon and Damage Resistance traits determined by your chosen Draconic Ancestry. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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