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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 498426" data-attributes="member: 5137">I have based the kobold on a mixture of the D&D dragonkin and the older myths from which the name is stolen. The original kobolds were more similar to the house elves of Harry Potter than the strange cavern dwelling humanoids they have since become.March of KoboldsThe kobold is a small humanoid, reptilian in nature and slender of build, that socialize in small social groups called a march for their tendency to stay on the move.A kobold standing upright is a hair under three feet tall and 20 pounds, with a beak-like snout, large yellow eyes, and a very flat cranial profile. A small ridge of horns overhangs the sides of the skull, with a particularly impressive pair sweeping rearward from the back of the skull. Their necks are slender and delicate, with a heavy fold of loose skin. Their torsos are not entirely upright, and their skinny arms and legs look better designed for running on all fours. They possess a stiff tail that has two positions: horizontal and 45 degrees upright. Kobolds have the same coloration as dragons, and are believed by many scholars to be the results of experiments in the bioessences of dragons.Kobolds are masters of stealth and trickery. Tracking them is almost impossible, and they are cunning as foxes in leading an unwary hunter into treacherous obstacles, ambushes, and worse. Like their dragon kin, they can make themselves almost impossible to spot in natural settings.Despite their small size, kobolds are swift runners: they move 15 feet on two feet, or 30 feet on all fours.Socially, kobolds are best suited for the service of others. They are clever, efficient and hard-working, but often lack personal initiative or drive. In the service of a Great Cause, they can be almost fanatical, but lacking such, they tend to do the bare minimum required to get by, settling into sub-agrarian poverty.Amalan's KoboldsThe dragon Amalan is known to have a march of kobolds in his service, but it is unknown how many. They hunt the wilder areas of the valley woods, and occasionally raid grapes and the rare chicken.The kobolds are more fond of wines than grapes, however, and many farmers have found that if they leave a bottle every so often, the kobolds can be helpful in an unseen, quiet manner. Typical aid is difficult to pin down, but claims range from herding forest predators away to weeding vegetable gardens in the dead of night.The only real contact Theralis has had with the kobolds was thirty years ago, when Amalan warned the city to clean their water more thoroughly - he sent a kobold representative named Urmrat to give the warning. The city wisely heeded the diminutive creature's advice, and nothing more was ever heard.</blockquote>

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