Why exactly 1st level kobolds are scary (Smackdown)

[Angelsboi]

using 25 point buy, give the kobold a 18 dexterity and at LEAST a 11 Intelligence. Hes a kobold so he gets a +2 to dex making it 20

Make him a wizard (You can do this with a Sorcerer too).

Wizards get automatically 3 spells: Shield, Mage Armor and Magic Missile.

So far :

AC = 10 + 5 (Dex) + 1 (Small) + 1 (Natural) = 17.

Now add Shield and Mage Armor

AC = 10 + 5 (Dex) + 1 (Small) + 1 (Natural) + 7 (Shield) + 4 (Mage Armor) = 28.

If you take Dodge, its 29 to one person

 

[James McMurray]

Well, you'd have to do it with sorcerers unless you don't want to be able to cast all of your daily spells wizards only get 1 spel castable at first level. If you made him a specialist and then upped his int to get a bonus spell, it could work.

I'd probably go for sorcerer though. Take Shield and Magic Misile (or Flame Bolt from Relics and Rituals) and you lose 4 AC, but gain an additional round of spell blasting (assuming a bonus spell from cha). A 25 AC (26 with dodge) is still pretty good against 1st level PCs.

 

[Angelsboi]

My NPC is 2nd level kobold with mage armor and shield and magic missile with Bloodburn from Spells and Spellcraft. She can still cast when shes out.

 

[Xarlen]

Who needs magic missiles?

With a +5 dex, that's a +5 to ranged attacks.

Give your kobold some cover room, and let him shoot them down.

 

[James McMurray]

Even with +5 to hit, he's sill not going to be hitting fighters except on a ten or higher (at least). With Flame Bolt he's doing ranged touch (2 per spell) or with MM he's autohitting. After he runs out of spells he can switch to a bow (or more likely run away to atack again another day.

 

[Xarlen]

That's why you don't shoot at the fighter types.

Let's look at it. Fully decked out, he has a 25-26 AC.

A 1st level fighter, with Weapon Focus, and a nat 18, has a +5 to hit him. Now, that means that this fighter is only going to hit on a nat 20. And that's *IF* you're not also using mage armor.

With this kind of defense, I'd find me a good place to snipe, and go after mages and rogues with my crossbow. Then run like the dickens.

 

[Jack Haggerty]

Well, you'd have to do it with sorcerers unless you don't want to be able to cast all of your daily spells wizards only get 1 spel castable at first level. If you made him a specialist and then upped his int to get a bonus spell, it could work.

That's what Scribe Scroll is for. 0th and 1st level spells are so cheap to make into scrolls or wands, there isn't a single Wizard who should be casting those low level spells from memory, except in the most dire emergencies.

 

[BMF]

Well, you'd have to do it with sorcerers unless you don't want to be able to cast all of your daily spells wizards only get 1 spel castable at first level. If you made him a specialist and then upped his int to get a bonus spell, it could work.

If he has a 12 Int, he gets another bonus 1st level spell, for total of 3 if he's a specialist.

There is no need for scrolls, unless he wants to pull the combo off more than one time per day.

 

[James McMurray]

But if you can't take out the fighter types, your clan will still die. With a sorcerer MMing the fighter, you'll drop him to half hits fairly easily (average damage 5). With Flame Bolt, you'll need to hit AC 10-12, but you've got a +5 to hit, so you'll do an average of 7 damage. That plus a single crossbow bolt should drop the fighter.
Then you fade out and snipe the rest of the party.

 

[reapersaurus]

That's what Scribe Scroll is for. 0th and 1st level spells are so cheap to make into scrolls or wands, there isn't a single Wizard who should be casting those low level spells from memory, except in the most dire emergencies.

But it takes a day to make each scroll....