Funny to see the 'buffing up the kobold' thread, since i've been meaning to ask something related for a while now.
I don't have a problem with kobolds being weaker than the other races, in fact i think that's part of their appeal. I want them to be the bottom of the totem pole, all 'round--they should be weak, stupid, uncooth, etc. i think it's their schtick to be the rats of the humanoid world. Which jibes well with another idea i'd had: negative level adjustments.
What would a kobold race with a level adjustment of -1 look like? How would you make a LA -1 race that was still playable as a PC (i.e., not just tacking on such huge ability penalties as to cripple them as a PC)?
I don't have a problem with kobolds being weaker than the other races, in fact i think that's part of their appeal. I want them to be the bottom of the totem pole, all 'round--they should be weak, stupid, uncooth, etc. i think it's their schtick to be the rats of the humanoid world. Which jibes well with another idea i'd had: negative level adjustments.
What would a kobold race with a level adjustment of -1 look like? How would you make a LA -1 race that was still playable as a PC (i.e., not just tacking on such huge ability penalties as to cripple them as a PC)?