You like kobolds? Meepo is the best kobold
Why did they turn kobolds from dogs to mini-dragons?
>>97791882Winged Kobolds are superior.Can fly, can have breath attack. There's no reason to be play a common kobold.
>>97791908>Why did they turn kobolds from dogs to mini-dragons?Because "kobold" has a broad definition open for interpretation, as opposed to one rigid standard.
>>97792028You don't play a kobold to be better than anyone else.You play one to be a plucky underdog
>>97791908Kobolds were described as dog-like critters with scaly skin to better distinguish them from goblins. In Japan, a translation error resulted in the dog form they have. Years later someone drew them as little dragon lizard people in 3e, and they've been that way ever since.
Kobos is for kissus
>>97791882Do you like traditional games?
>>97792198>You don't play a kobold to be better than anyone else.non dragon mentality.BEHOLD! 12 STR KOBOLD
>>97792216Crypto furry thread as expected, go back to furaffinity disgusting tourist.
>>97792290No u
>>97792232Yep, I have kobolds in mine.>>97792290Something Awful lost. Lowtax an hero'd. GR3 was changed to only ban furry porn. The only board that outright bans anthro is /mlp/, AND we have /trash/ now.You're on the wrong site, r/4chan immigrant
Kobolds!
>>97792290Buzzword more!
>>97792150We need to bring back the hats.
>>97792198Are you ever reeeally an underdog, though? Your stats (or the aggregate stats of your party) are likely superior to your enemies.
>>97793235There's nothing stopping you!
Kobold girls: with tits or without?
>>97793926Without!
>>97793926Kobolds can have boobies if you want them to
Rolled 18 + 10 (1d20 + 10)>>97791882I roll to kiss his snout!
>>97793926Nothing says you explicitly can't or explicitly have to ( >>97792150 ).
>>97792290Yes, and? Kobolds are sexy, we got a hot elf thread up, what's wrong with a kobold thread every now and then.
>>97791908Because even Gygax admitted they did a shit job describing them and the artwork was inconsistent for TSR AND the lore behind them was basically non-existent as well. WotC just fleshed them out and made the description consistent.They've been little dragon things for 26 years now which is the same amount of time they weren't.
>>97792028You trade being able to squeeze through tight passages, that no tall creature would fit into, for a questionable ability to be visible to everyone, and usually be the first one to take a hit, which is something kobolds aren't very good at.Being sneaky is what works best for them, wings only get in the way.>>97793309Aggregate stats give you only a very, VERY rough idea of party's overall strength.Any area attack will weed out the weaklings and glass cannons, i.e. wizards, leaving tough but less powerful members standing.A chase will leave paladin in his heavy armor panting up a storm behind everyone, temporarily taking party's meatshield off the board.Individual strengths and weaknesses are of far greater importance than the averaged stats of the party.You could be in a party of living gods, you'd still get wiped out due to being significantly squishier.
How do you feel about the current design which has allowed them to be canonically portrayed as more muscular?
>>97791882What about this one?
>>97793926Neither. Kobolds should be an all-male race.
>>97794640How do you feel about the folklore that says kobolds are the spirits of babies who died unbaptized?
>>97795049Yeah and some say they are small dudes with red hats and red beards, you know that those little people/house spirit folktales all eventually blend together, let us enjoy our cute little dog dragon people provided to us by niggers of the coast.
>>97792150D&D kobolds have nothing to do with real folklore kobolds
>>97791882>Kobolds>dogs>>>/a/catalog
>>97795049>unbaptizedI wouldn't trust whatever nulore christcucks came up with at the time to justify forcefully converting people.
>>97796055No
>>97794596Sure, but, like, see this guy? >>97796756He won because his combat stats were higher than the dragon's. He didn't overcome odds, the odds were in his favor.You win battles in TTRPGs because your stats are higher. Your build is better. Maybe you can play medieval SWAT but when you're playing a melee guy and you're in a head on battle there's not much room for anything more than being better than the guy you're facing.
>>97791908Uncreative troglodytes love dragon things
>>97796821he won because he's the kingsimple as
>>97796827Uncreative troglodytes love "human, but small"
>>97796899Indeed, anyone who hats hobbits can't be all bad. Given that, Sauron and Saruman cannot be that evil as we're told.
>>97792150thats a vapid non-answer that doesnt actually address the question of WHY>hey why did you do this thing>UH, because i CAN
>>97796821Characters aren't mere stat blocks anon.Combat isn't a slapping match to see who folds first.You'd know that, if you ever played a game.
>>97794640Kobolds should be muscular, stronger to carry bigger swords>>97793926With but they should be small
>>97797313I have played games. Not just D&D and it's derivatives. In all of them the strongest one wins the melee, sans the vagaries of fate.But if you've got a particular example in mind to share that proves contrary, do tell. Though I'll probably dismissively say that it's still related to having higher stats so maybe don't bother.
>>97794640Slightly negative. D&D Kobolds are mostly boring to me. I much prefer the Pathfinder designs; they're not endearing they're just generally unpleasant and aggressive looking. They look like they're going to throw rocks at small human children and then run off when an adult notices them. They look like they're going to sneak into your house at night and hide a nail in the sole of your boot. They look like they have nothing but malice and greed in their hearts. I like all of that.
>>97797491This one is 100% contemplating how best to ruin someone's day by being a huge dickhead and then how best to escape the consequences of their actions.
>>97797444Bombs, a jar of bees or spiders, thrown potions (poison or smoke clouds, alchemical fire, even the humble grease), crippling attacks, stealth and maneuvering, prepared terrain and traps - all are useful at reducing the raw strength advantage.The opponent isn't a stat block, they're a creature of some kind, with their own potential weak points in armor, physical dimensions, and vulnerable anatomy.If your DM can't be bothered to give a proper description, rather than prompting you with "X attacks, wat do?" that's their problem.Think outside of the stat box anon. This isn't vidiya, you can redefine things, like how you attack or use abilities/items/magic.Your abilities and skills aren't a fixed thing that can only ever be used exactly one way.>vagaries of fateThe above, arguably, falls somewhat into that category, but it doesn't make it any less valid.
>>97796756What stupid fucking dragon wears a crown
>>97797425>kobold can't lift 3 lbs
>>97797267Vapid questions don't deserve anything better.
>>97796821>when you're playing a melee guy and you're in a head on battle there's not much room for anything more than being better than the guy you're facingThat only applies if the "game" you're playing is just "I roll to attack" vs a save-or-suck AC mechanic.
>>97795857So what?You can still make your fantasy creatures however you want, because most of them are only broadly defined.
>>97798050Cute evasion, hopefully it compensates for being a dumb fuck
>>97798658Why the creators you can easily ignore of a system you can easily ignore made changes you can easily ignore is a vapid question, and you can't prove otherwise.Get bent.
>>97799420>garbled ESL nonsensenice try, kiddo
>>97793926Either>Yes, and also shapely hips to go with themor>No, but with extremely shapely hips to make up for not having them
What happened to that webcomic about fucking kobolds?
>>97801467The one with the dragon who nerds out over weapons? Where the main character is some kind of knight in a slavic or at least bohemian nation? And there's a brothel full of kobold chicks with a kobold matron, that the knight visits with a lecherous bard?It was called Trash Knight. It's been dead for ages. Didn't make it much farther than the brothel being burned down by what appeared to be invading mongols.https://imgur.com/gallery/trash-knight-dump-1-67-V9xpDnt
Meepo really is a much more koboldy looking kobold than any of the D&D kobolds. WoW kobolds are a close second.
>>97801585My heart weeps for trash knight
