Races of Faerun... ummm.. yawn?

[Xarlen]

Yeah! Why no kobolds??

Xarlen, we should team up and write a kobold book.

Heck Yeah! That'd be cool.

We can split the profits 60/40!

 

[Danzilla]

Gnomes

It looks like the gnomes have a pretty small section...we need more info on Gnomes...they’re an untapped resource (no vampire jokes)...


DanZilla


Though, now that I think about it...a vampire gnome...Hmmm

 

[Heretic Apostate]

There is nothing here I don't already have in a 2e or 3e book. Where are the Lycanthropes mentioned in old 2e Hall of Heroes?
(...[snip]Weredragons[snip]...)

Weredragons are already in print for 3E. Sort of. Check out Monsters of Faerun. Weredragons = Song Dragons.

 

[JPL]

Re: Gnomes

It looks like the gnomes have a pretty small section...we need more info on Gnomes...they’re an untapped resource (no vampire jokes)...


DanZilla


Though, now that I think about it...a vampire gnome...Hmmm

Well, they have fewer subraces than the others. I agree, however, that gnomes are underused.

And I am really stoked to play a breachgnome. I always like playing the guy who says, "Go on without me --- I'll hold them off." Especially cool when you are just three feet tall.

 

[Dark Psion]

Weredragons are already in print for 3E. Sort of. Check out Monsters of Faerun. Weredragons = Song Dragons.

Song Dragons are the 2e Dragonweres, dragons that become human. The Weredragons in Hall of Heroes came in Chomatic and Metallic flavors and changed into what would be a Half Dragon template in 3e, but as a Lycanthrope.

 

[Aaron L]

I think this book looks very interesting and I will be buying it.

 

[Richard Baker]

Short answer (no pun intended): How would we handle "negative" level adjustments? I guess you could argue that a kobold makes just as good of a spellcaster as a gnome or halfling (they're Small, and they see in the dark), but that -4 Str for a +2 Dex is a little rough.

Seriously, we had to draw the line somewhere, and kobolds just haven't figured in Realmslore as much as other creatures.

Thanks, Ashy. I'll have to check that out — that does sound like it could be really cool.

Best,
tKL

 

[Xarlen]

Small Size
+2 Dex, -4 str.
30ft speed.
+1 Natural armor.
+2 Trapmaking, Search
Light sensitivity
Darkvision
Free Language: Draconic
Favored Class: Sorceror.

Sure, the Light sensitivity is a pain, so the DM Could take that out. But, they make Perfect spellcasters. Fast, Hard to hit (+2 to AC for being small, and having nat Armor), not to mention Dex increase. As well, they can be underestimated *real* easy.

"It's just a Kobold!"
"Say that to my disintegrate."

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

Seriously, we had to draw the line somewhere, and kobolds just haven't figured in Realmslore as much as other creatures.

Proving once again that you underestimate the strength of the Kobold Revolution.

 

[takyris]

Man, I wouldn't inflict kobolds on a first-level party. And I think a kobold PC is far too powerful and gamebreaking. For crying out loud, if the tentacle attacks at +28 don't mess things up, the EIGHT arm attacks at +23, as well as a bite for 4d6 damange is a bit gamebreaking. Add in the ink cloud and spell-like abilities, and I think that the kobold needs an ECL of AT LEAST +2 or +3!

-Tacky