Why you should Play Kobolds - Spurt the Kobold, Critical role Fanart RPG art

Why you should Play Kobolds - Spurt the Kobold, Critical role Fanart RPG art
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Transcript
So Let's talk about Kobolds, Historically Kobolds are tiny creatures that are mischievous, mean and usually hard to see if not completely invisible. Both Goblins and Elemental Cobalt have their roots in the Germanic word for Goblins. I Think this might have something to do with garden gnomes as well but I’m still working on that one.The Greeks even have their own mischievous pests call kobalos. Based on that we can see why if you were looking for something more ancient and devious than goblins you might find your way to a Draconic type creature.
Kobolds are crafty, love to tinker and make traps for wayward adventures and above all Jealous and spiteful. They are easily subjugated by Those they would consider superior and are often found at the beck and call of dragons or monstrous beings. Mind you to a Kobold half the fun of being subjugated is plotting and scheming to free yourself from the people you freely agreed to serve. Makes sense i suppose….
To get the real feel of a kobold you need to look at what they are. Both pathfinder and D&d have them as small creatures usually not breaking 3ft and while they are incredibly quick denoted by a +2 dexterity bonus they are inherently weak. Dnd does this by reducing their carrying capacity and giving a minus to strength which is fairly rare in the fifth edition. And pathfinder gives them a whopping -4 to strength and a -2 to constitution. So if that doesn't tell you something right there i don’t know how else to convince you. These things are squishy. They do have 60ft of darkvision but at the cost of sunlight sensitivity.
High dex and low constitution score which can work really well for fitness rogues or soccorers that don’t rely on their strength to much. But really what I should have done was embraced the weakness and built a character focused around the traps. They are small and deceptive and happy walking around in the dark. That’s actually pretty good for a party of larger armor wearing creatures. This does mean that you might end up in a tight spot from time to time but Where there's one kobold to join the party I’m sure the DM could find one of their cousins to join in. And this brings me back to the Goblins. I love goblins, across the board from dnd to Magic the gathering their greed and love of explosives just makes me laugh every time. I really think that while kobolds may not be as greedy as goblins they make up for it with their tenacity to Move things right along. If you get my drift. Set up the trap, trap fails, taunt the adventures and cower by the trap until they come back and spring the trap yourself.
Kobolds are weak and they are meant to be so, They can be a lot of fun to play because they have a different mindset than most playable races in the Dnd/pathfinder universities. They are very small and aware of this but there are many of them and they are spiteful. Sure a goblin will blow itself up from time to time but that's usually because it seemed like a good idea at the time. But a kobold will blow itself up because it might be inconvenient for you. Overall I wouldn’t play on in a super serious game, and very specifically I wouldn't play one without talking to my gm or my other players for that matter. Now if you have a cleric that is constantly trying to keep your energetic lemming from throwing itself in to danger. Or the party is payed a large sum of money to transport a Kobold through enemies lines on a secret mission.. Then this might be the right time to play one. Sometimes it's fun to play a weak character.
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[@CrazyIkeGaming]

I played a kobold Barbarian in a Pathfinder campaign. We had an alchemist that kept chugging potions down his throat of enlarge person. He had a dream of becoming a dragon, so every time the alchemist made a potion he would declare "this is my dragon potion" as he grew and raged. It was a blast to have a tiny kobold hulk that got angry.

[@Rookzer0]

Dragon potion! Thats great, you could almost get away with slight of handing the potions and just "I'm going dragon!"

[@GeebzGBZ]

I am playing a Kobold rn that is a Rune Knight Fighter, and one of the abilities is of the class is growing to large size, he however is more... lawful evil and tends to be p sadistic and manipulative, so he likes to use that ability to scare people by going from 2'3" to 10' in an instant... Then he murders them usually, if the party doesn't say no that is.

[@screamingopossum7809]

I had a kobold wizard who took the dragon ascendant archetype. She was a divination wizard and was convinced that she gazed into the future and saw herself as a dragon so therefore she MUST be a dragon confined to a kobold body due to some bad experience.

[@entity1566]

YOU ARE DEAD, I WIN! -Spurt the kobold (RIP)

[@Rookzer0]

"MY BEAUTIFUL BOI" - Nott the Brave

[@SolomonCaineReaper]

I'M REALLY QUIET!

[@RandomTomatoMusic]

"How long do kobolds usually live?" "ELEVEN DAYS"

[@samuelurbina4027]

i'm playing this meat grinder type of campaign, where the DM told us to have at least two back up characters, and i made a kobold exactly for that reason. But so far it's been surviving all kind of shit, while the other PCs are dying pretty hard. It's so ironic.

[@lie-rose]

No one attacks the kobolds first. By default, the other players become your meat shield.

[@lionelwhiskerknot]

@@lie-rose They make great archers so long as they are not in direct sunlight. With advantage a fighter or gloomstalker ranger kobold can do ferocious damage with the sharpshooter perk. Shortbows limit your range but doubling the chance of a critical hit because of pack tactics can really change the tide of battle and helps against high AC opponents.

[@lionelwhiskerknot]

@Aidan Giese Yeah. Unfortunately my DM rules is is a skin condition too like vampires

[@RyuSpike]

I have a kobold artificer who uses science to solve her problems. She uses a Gauntlets of Ogre Strength infusion to make up for her pitiful toothpick arms. My biggest mistake was telling my who group all the different things she can do so my DM was able to have me get literally crushed underneath my own petard with an anti-magic field. We all had a good laugh when my kobold was in the middle of demonstrating one of her inventions only to be smothered underneath her large pack that she is no longer strong enough to carry. She spends most of the adventure either being carried or have somebody carry her stuff.

[@Rookzer0]

Thats great! I love having character faults like that, really well done

[@ShinGallon]

Kobold Artificer seems to be a popular thing, our party has one too. I hope yours survived that situation.

[@LizardOnAMushroom2358]

Soooo, you made Peridot from Steven Universe

[@vasudeanguy8523]

Battle Smith and Armorer are both good ones because they can supplement your low strength.

[@flamingvictory]

I remember making a Kobold wizard, then I fell in love with this character, so now I have a small lizard wizard named Maljha, who writes, lives in an alleyway, has asthma, and has a magic parasol (she’s not really a d&d character anymore, she’s just my go to for a role play bc who wouldn’t love her?)

[@Rookzer0]

What does her parasol do? Id love to know what lizard folk wright about.

[@flamingvictory]

Rookzer0 oh, I made the parasol to fire a concentrated beam of magic, it has recoil- and she usually just writes about things she finds (gems, books, etc)

[@hyenamage1538]

Hello! I am new to D&D and wanted to make a Kobold wizard myself. His name is Vatrue who is a Green Scaled Kobold. I was thinking I'd be the support type. I don't have a Character sheet yet, so I am trying to get ideas of how to create one. I have a fair idea of balancing Vitality and Intellegence, but what magic should I learn? I will make this work!

[@flamingvictory]

@@hyenamage1538 If he's meant for support, abjuration works well, as you can shield yourself and allies

[@hyenamage1538]

@@flamingvictory Ah, ok. Thank you

[@havochaos9790]

My go to PC race is actually Kobold. I usually end up running a kobold rogue by the name of Dek'Val, he's a stout and dark colored kobold that ends up finding his way into a thief's guild and manages to be a good fit considering their size and cunning. He uses a hand crossbow as his main weapon but it's a human sized one so he ends up using it more like a regular crossbow, the thought of him running around with it is my favorite part. He's always the lowest damage dealer in the party of course but what he makes up for that is his ability to open just about any door or box and disable traps with his knowledge from both the guild and his tribe in trap making. Kobolds are my favorite race in npc/enemy/player purely from their anesthetic and how they work.

[@Rookzer0]

I like that idea. I would talk to you Dm about getting a heavy crossbow that someone in the party has to load for him. As a one time use blaster. Kolbold gunslingers are really fun too.

[@havochaos9790]

@@Rookzer0 I'm glad you like it, I appreciate the new idea and the reply, this was the first video of your's I've watched.

[@Rookzer0]

@@havochaos9790 Great! I hope you find my others helpful and entertaining.

[@tootyfrooty7604]

I currently play "Blixx" the female Kobold Sorcerer. As part of her backstory she has Blue Dragon lineage & ancestry, She does indeed have Blue Dragons blood pumping in her body. Her scales are mainly Cobalt Blue with different lighter and darker shades of blue flexed throughout her scales to make up her markings. With the help of the DM what little combat spells she does know are all lighting based, for example "Magic Missile" has been renamed "Zap" for her & instead of doing Arcane damage it does Lighting damage. other than small minor flavour tweaks like that her spells work exactly how intended in the books. Blixx has a personal favourite spell that she loves above all others that she knows, this being "Lightning Bolt" which she casts from her mouth to mimic a Blue Dragons lighting breath attack. She wears a special set of goggles that comfortably fit her eyes & head to help protect her eyes from the sunlight when above ground, she is very very protective of them. Her Familiar is a small Bearded Dragon Lizard named "Skarrak" and her mount is a Riding Dog named "Bandit" because of the colour & shape of his fur markings around his eyes. She has been a lot of fun to play and RP with. Sadly as I can't draw to save my life I don't have any artwork of her that I can share. If she stays alive for long enough I might get a commission piece done of her.

[@Rookzer0]

Super cool, I really like the augmented lightning magic missles. Nice touch.

[@jakubbarczyk4310]

I have a Kobold character waiting to be played eventually. His name Kviatek, he lived in a big forest with his kobold brethren serving a Green Dragoness, he was truly devoted to her like to a goddess. At one time a band of hill giants raided the forest in search of the dragon's eggs. In the process a lot of kobolds and the dragoness herself died. Kviatek lived and for a month he buried his kin. Now this is where he gets his life back on track, you see when a green dragon dies its body radiates energy which makes the nature go wild, giant trees, flowers, fey magic etc. Seeing this he thought his mistress transformed into the nature itself, with time and work he did to help the forest grow he gained druidic powers. With them his goal is to wild shape into a dragon and kill all hill giants he can in the name of his dragon goddess.

[@Rookzer0]

That sounds like a solid starting point. Let me know how his adventire unfolds.

[@willow7715]

any updates on the character?

[@Delwift]

Kobolds are legit my favorite early game monsters to send at my PCs. They're scary if done right and will have your party thinking twice before messing with them

[@Rookzer0]

Im a big fan of the kobold trap rooms. The players now that the kobolds are around and every step gets intense.

[@brenndanmcdonaugh1672]

I'm playing a Kobold cleric of Pelor named Krag, he's pretty wholesome and just wants to be a friend. But he's also as dumb and stealthy as a raging barbarian. He is also looking to ruin the rogues reputation by making him out to be a Robin hood figure. The rogue tried and failed to steal from a temple of Pelor. But due to chaotic good shenanigans from the bard mr. Rogue ended up donating his coin purse (which had 1000 gold) to said church for the orphans. Krag Nat 20ed the performance for spreading the word about the Robin hood rogue, who was supposed to be a tragic edgelord. And is now swarmed by people looking for handouts and favors. Never fuck with Pelor around Krag.

[@Rookzer0]

that's pretty great, nice work.

[@SolomonCaineReaper]

Brave, brave, brave sir Robin!

[@brenndanmcdonaugh1672]

@@SolomonCaineReaper brave Sir Robbing rogue cried all day.

[@brenndanmcdonaugh1672]

Update. Krag has died. He got his head cut off by an undead knight, unbeknownst to everyone both in and out of character it turns out the bard had a secret crush on the optimistic little guy and now carries around a handmade Krag puppet. We now make Krag jokes constantly, he was fun to play and much beloved.

[@HaughtyToast]

Another thing that I don't often see people lean into is the lore about the kobold's work ethic. Kobolds, in the d&d lore at least, live and die by serving their colony. So much so that it effects their average lifespan. They are incredibly serious about pulling their weight and being useful to their community. It is something that they take a lot of pride in even if they have shoddy craftsmanship and all their stuff is made from trash. That's kind of a big thing that differentiates them from goblins since goblins will force someone else to do the work whenever the opportunity arises. Goblins don't tend to care for their communities because they're made up of jerks and work is for the lowest ranking jerks.

[@corpselight7989]

Im building a kobold cleric who is trying to break his koboldian habits of theft in the pursuit of serving Selunê xD Im hoping he doesnt die right away, but he's a cowardly little sap, and honestly MIGHT live longer due to it!

[@Rookzer0]

I think a kobold cleric could be a lot of fun! I really like the idea that hes trying to break being a theif but hes struggling with it :) Did you use a stat block oe roll your stats

[@corpselight7989]

@@Rookzer0 I usually wait to see if a DM wants to watch me roll on roll20 since i dont have a local group. Otherwise I use the standard. I think he'll be some fun (although a cowardly kobold will piss some folks off if they're way outgunned xD )

[@lie-rose]

I heccing love kobolds. I have a kobold bard named Benny the Bard. He has the personality of a chiahuahua, I.E. he dosn't realize how over his head he is until it's too late and he's facing down an enemy twice his level. He also likes explodys and his dream is to invent the nuke.

[@Rookzer0]

That sounds about right for a kobold, does he ever find someone "bigger" than him and cower until he gets the upper hand or is he always trying to be the big dog?

[@Itatsu1998]

I ran a kobold travel cleric and he was actually my favorite character I've run to date.

[@Rookzer0]

Very cool, what domain did you choose?

[@Itatsu1998]

@@Rookzer0 travel

[@Itatsu1998]

He was the most chaotic cleric my DM had ever had in one of his parties and just loved to use inflict wounds at every opportunity.

[@Rookzer0]

@@Itatsu1998 Nice, missed that the first time. Very cool!

[@Rookzer0]

@@Itatsu1998 YES! BATTLE CLERIC!!!!

[@apsol18]

It's also good to know that kobolds are actually very loyal. Kobold tribes often are heavily mining orientated and almost solely devoted to the betterment of the tribe. If a Kobold willingly joins an adventuring party, they are almost always putting full faith and trust into those people and would help them if that benefits and helps everyone.

[@Rookzer0]

I'm a big fan of helpful kobolds, but I also like to think they are always looking for an angle to get the better of taller folk.

[@Thesandman1254]

I made a kobold fighter/rouge who uses a flintlock pistol. The DM gave us a bag of holding and due to the difficulty of the campaign gave us infinite ammo/gunpowder. I have abused infinite gunpowder. By throwing it on an orc that was set on fire and destroying and enemy bases cache of weapons. Also pocket sand but I threw gunpowder at an orcs face instead.

[@Rookzer0]

Nice. A tip for your dm, i like to give gubslingers a bandoleer or infinite ammo. Basically always has 6 + bullets ready to go. But doesnt refill untill those bullets are used

[@elliscor001]

kobolds are fun, i like playing kobolds as the little demons they are, often times in ways that make players go "Holy Sh*t" because of how chaotic it can get. My current favorite PC is Trillo the Blue Dragon Heritage Sorcerer, he has two dump stats and a dream to make his own library, and he will work with whatever unsavory characters he can to get his way and is fierce fully loyal to his party members because he fears fighting alone.

[@Rookzer0]

Very Cool character trait! I really like how they can scatter into the darkness but still have a plan set up to throw at a party.

[@daamlop8946]

Currently playing a campaign, next to my Kobolds squad. A ranger, a fighter and a rouge. We use the environment a lot on whih, we find ourselves and if we have time, we use from wells with stakes, explosive traps and landslides. In our last work, "we clean" a camp of about fifty bandits. What did we do it? We set fire to that section of the forest.

[@davidpotts7116]

I have this Kobold character that’s just basically a lovable little cinnamon roll. She’s a beastmaster ranger, and my DM allowed me to have a dire wolf instead of a regular wolf as her animal companion. This Kobold to this day remains one of my favorite characters I’ve ever made. I made it so the two are basically inseparable - during day travel she lays face-down, burying her head into the wolf’s fur so the sun doesn’t burn her eyes and just sleeps the whole time. She constantly grooms her wolf’s fur, and even taught the dire wolf some tricks that we decided would give us (Kobold and wolf) a small inspiration bonus if we practiced them during a rest. Even at night my Kobold would curl up on the ground and the dire wolf would surround her, using its body and tail like a warm and fluffy blanket.

[@Rookzer0]

that sounds adorable, I like the idea that during the day you basically play as the wolf. Kind of a Twilight princess vibe.

[@davidpotts7116]

It was always funny walking into a new town. NPCs would just be kinda freaking out that a wolf the size of a horse was just walking through the gates, especially when my Kobold was awake and they were just confused as to how a 2 foot tall lizard wasn’t immediately devoured by a wolf that size.

[@vasudeanguy8523]

I played several Kobolds. My first was a Nature Cleric Eena Threeclaw who's big schtick was that he was obsessed with animals. Had a Bag of Tricks for that very reason. In the campaign, he started up a pet store for them, usually just cats and dogs, but he actually managed to get his claws on a Panther(after it chewed off his leg, but he didn't mind that), but the players made him release it(With a lot of pouting). By the end of the campaign, at level 10, his strength was 29(Belt of Fire Giant Strength) and adopted a half-kobold girl as his daughter.

[@Rookzer0]

Sounds like a nice character arc

[@kingkurok3149]

Shit I think my spirit animal is a kobold XD

[@Rookzer0]

Do you often feel more confidant that your Hit points allow for.... Wait.... Shoot maybe mine is too...

[@kingkurok3149]

@@Rookzer0 I like to also set up traps, and taking opponents down with me if I get the chance

[@RobT192]

I played a Kobold adventurer in a campaign and it was a lot of fun. I was able to sneak around to gather information or steal valuable things to sell for supplies then a night at the Inn for the party. I used a custom crossbow (my Kobold was 4ft) that used smaller bolts so I could carry more ammo, I described them like the size of a pencil. Also had a custom sword that had a matching dagger and some smoke bombs.

[@Rannulfus]

"Draconic Goblins". Well, that explains why I enjoy playing them so much.

[@griffincrump5077]

I still like the “trap happy” interpretation of kobolds, which was part of the party’s kobold member, knebinerk who was a rogue more focused on making traps than disarming them

[@goldtoothslair3052]

Like I told a lot of people I'm currently in a campaign where I'm playing as a kobold and I will say that it's quite enjoyable. I think that I love is pretty much a lot of enemies don't see me as a threat so they pretty much ignore me and just go on to the more Heavy Hitters until they realize I know the spell blight and start draining the living life force out of them. My kobold is named goldtooth and he is a druid he has a whole long backstory of things so I'll just try to keep it short gold tooth was born during the time of what I would call the gold age for the kobolds and a mountain owned by a brass dragon go to Foods happy the work in the mines and make a good profit the kobolds were taught culture and literature learn how to speak some good common and so forth one day the brass Dragon challenge the kobold to a game of chest what surprisingly goldtooth succeeded by only dumb luck and once he won he was given a wish and what do you wish was to marry the brass dragon's daughter what a dragon was not happy about that but the daughter agreed to it so the father came up with a scheme by getting the kobold and telling him that he will have to go out into the world to try proving his strength the daughter seen that this would be a Death Wish talk to kobold how to be a druid so what the powers of nature behind this little kobold he goes out into the world to try proving his strength. With certain events that happened right now the dragon that sent him out is dead the daughter is currently with gold tooth being guarded by him while his people is enslaved by a barbarian that killed the father. Gold tooth is a neutral neutral character so pretty much he doesn't really get his hands involved in a lot of stuff and just likes to sit there and observe the world and he's been around for a good while. Been to Straub's place and took him on. Escape from the drow from the underdark . toke on xanathar in the tower of the Mad mage. But now his biggest challenge would be this Barbarian and getting revenge for his dragon lord.

[@Rookzer0]

Great story, great character! I like that his wish became an achivable sidequest for the character instead of just being very backstory flavor. Let me know what happens with the barbarian! Keep up the game play and keep up the storytelling, nice work.

[@goldtoothslair3052]

@@Rookzer0 thank you and I will tell what happened last whan it plays out more. You keep up with the great videos and hey you have a group Discord or no?

[@Seignil]

Funnely enough there is a Kobold origin which depicts them as tiny hous dragons by night who protecz it and black cats at day who lay around an do cat stuff ... so many different origins in the mythology

[@eeveelovr133]

In the campign im currently im playing a Kobold Sorcerer named Zabi Stormscale! She’s been a lot of fun to play as this grouchy yet mischievous little sorcerer. Last session we were facing off against a BUNCH of spiders and a couple ettercaps. Zabi managed to cause ones head to explode with shocking grasp while galloping past on the back of a horse. It was awesome!

[@Rookzer0]

Shocking grasp, do not apply directly to the face: May cause explosions

[@isaacchristensen659]

One of my favorite campaigns is where I played a Kobold fighter named Snuv. He focused on using finesse weapons so he could get the most out of dex and ignore strength. His whole deal is he escaped slavery in his backstory and throughout the campaign he try’s to sneak back into the city to free his partner and their kids. It was a blast!

[@ThatNewDude29]

My first ever character in pathfinder was a kobold draconic sorcerer. Now i have been playing d&d for quite a few years now, but hand’t touched pathfinder before this. Now, i hadn’t set out to play a kobold initially, but i rolled horrendously for my stats and decided “i’m gonna go all in on the awful and play a kobold.” I had 4 strength, 7 con, 10 int, 11 wis, 12 dex, and 14 cha. Now, as a kobold, i only knew draconic, and wasn’t smart enough to know any other languages, so i actually couldn’t communicate with the rest of the party for a good while, making use of comprehend languages ever now and then so i could at least understand THEM, when i talked in character i just started yapping and going “ack ack”. We all loved this character, and he was actually the star of the first combat, critting and melting the “boss” with an acid splash, while our cavalier struggled to not die while going toe to toe with him. And believe it or not, despite my abysmal rolls for stats, i just kept rolling well for just about everything, i mvp’d most combats, and while i couldn’t actually engage in the conversations, everyone loved him regardless. Basically became the party mascot up until i had to stop playing. Now i plan on reviving him for the next pathfinder campaign i play in.

[@Rookzer0]

Thats sounds amazing, there is always a place for low stat characters im glad you were able to have such a great time with it. Leaning into challenges like language and low str can be a lot of fun for dnd

[@vinokai]

Rest in Pieces...Spurt...

[@rei6078]

my party member: are you ugly on purpose? me, a kobold: AAAAAAAAAAA

[@Rookzer0]

[@talradlandheart6075]

Most of my D&D characters are either dragonborn or kobolds. For me, kobolds are especially fun to play as I love to roleplay my characters. I do tend to find them a little OP at times, courtesy of pack tactics. This was especially true when I had to add an NPC for the party when we were short on players. I added a kobold monk who soon became the bread and butter of the party when it came to encounters. In any case, kobolds have always been one of my favorite races to play in D&D so I was really happy when they added them to playable races in Volo's Guide to Monsters.

[@Rookzer0]

I'm glad you enjoy them! I think the kobold dragonborn comparison should be closer than Volo gives the credit

[@Schmingle38]

I have a Kobold character named Magpie (i’ve never played him though) hes a little thief and steals absolutely everything. Hes basically a little, nonchalant goblin lizard and he takes pride in his collection of stolen treasures. Hes still a work in progress but i love him to bits

[@Rookzer0]

I do love the "goblin liazrd" type of kobold

[@jangmo-othewarrior3602]

I want to make a Zealot Barbarian Kobold who is extremely spiteful that keeps running into danger just to spite everyone around him. He may not last long, but man do I want screech loudly while throughing myself into battle.

[@Rookzer0]

You never know he may outlive the party lol

[@jangmo-othewarrior3602]

@@Rookzer0 True, True. Your vids are amazing btw! I've been bingi g them for a bit :)

[@michelveilleux1275]

This is a new favorite of mine right next to Warforged. Recently made my own Kobold, Lulz; a mix of wizard/artificer/thief. She's a blatant little psychopathic blend of a pyromaniac and a kleptomaniac, as she loves watching shit explode, casting things at people that make them explode and shiny things gain her attention almost immediately. I figure I'd use Wild magic for Lulz cause she has no formal training and was just really really blessed with magic ever since she was born. Similar backstory to that being when she was born, her tribe wanted to sacrifice her to the dragon that they worshiped only for her to escape and find herself traveling towards the largest port city in our new game. Not knowing anything about where she was or the inhabitants, she was found by a florist and taken in before the city's more zealous guards could get to her. What ya think? Still working out the kinks obviously 😅

[@Rookzer0]

I think it sounds like a great idea, I think its a good reason to have wild magic, being as she's untrained. I do always suggest you sit down with your DM/GM and set up a custom wild magic sheet because "LOL RANDOM" usually isn't fun for anyone else in the party. A little random can be quite fun though.

[@michelveilleux1275]

@@Rookzer0 Yeah pretty much. Custom sheets for how powerful Lulz magic can be and so on and so on. Gonna be good. 😁

[@FacelessPorcelain]

I remember running a short homebrewed adventure where the main villain was a kobold. Basically, in the mountains near the town where the player characters lived there was a massive warren of kobolds, but though they had the numbers they were disorganized and fractured due to all the internal conflict they had from just constant political coups and with new self proclaimed "kings" rising every day. One kobold saw this situation and went "hey, there are a lot of us, but we can't move forward because we aren't united." This kobold dreamed of uniting the kobolds of the warren together under one ruler, but knew he himself did not have sufficient power or cunning to be the one to unite them. Instead, being a little draconic creature and, as such, revering big draconic creatures, he figured the best ruler for them to have would be a dragon. But not just any dragon. He still wanted power, so it had to be a dragon he could groom and manipulate to his own ends. So the kobold went out and stole a dragon's egg. The dragon, enraged, threatened the surrounding towns with immolation if its egg was not found and returned to it, which was the plot hook that got the players into action.

[@Rookzer0]

great story hook. did they ever find the kobold? or end up fighting the dragon?

[@FacelessPorcelain]

@@Rookzer0 The players found the kobold by hiring a diviner that lived at the outskirts of town (a wizard with next to no offensive capabilities but who did know Locate Object) to help them in their search (I had placed him as an easy out if the players weren't getting anywhere in their investigation). They got delayed because they had to convince one of the kobold "kings" to vouch for them so they could search the warrens accosted, which ultimately came down to intimidation and a show of force (this would bite them in the rears when the same kobold king ambushed them on their way out of the warren at the end of the adventure out of spite). The found the kobold protected by a group of other kobolds who had already been converted to the cause, who really only served to delay the party long enough for the main kobold to, in a panic, down some stolen potions. These potions made the kobold more dragon-like, giving him functional wings, a whip-like tail and a wyrmling's fire breath. The kobold stole these in the hopes off solidifying his spot as the dragon's right hand once it hatched, perhaps hoping to fool it into thinking the kobold was its mother. Regardless, it made for an interesting fight, especially as the cavern the fight was happening in had a lot of vertical space. Ultimately the party took advantage of his low strength and clumsy flying to jump on the kobold while he was high in the air, defeating it with the resulting fall. The party was able to return the egg to the dragon, and would later get help from the dragon about 10 levels later. The dragon flew the party over enemy lines during a war (they started) and even used its breath weapon to breach the walls of a city they were sieging. They also got to meet the dragon's wyrmling after it hatched.

[@GeebzGBZ]

One of my fav characters ever that I have played is one I am playing right now in a 5e campaign, Kleek the blue kobold, he's got a p troubled past fraught with mental trauma, and in the end he sorta was left with a pretty horrible disposition and outlook on others, he's for one hyper aggressive for a kobold, but when he is scheming, he resorts to manipulation of others purely because he knows he can trust no one, albeit that isn't true, and he is slowly figuring that out himself. Right now he is pursuing his real passions of rune magic, which were undesirable to his tribe back when he was a wyrmling. Overall Kleek is a really well rounded character and I've enjoyed playing him, from his goofy ploy to try and put on a poor act to become a party mascot in the beginning, which in character was sussed out in maybe a day, to his actual heartfelt moment where he started to connect and trust someone for the first time. Still a murder lizard, but he is my lil murder lizard, and he is a character I've fallen in love with.

[@shadowcard3998]

While it's true that kobolds love traps. Only some of them actually put effort into learning how to make them. Most kobolds spend their time mining. So I don't really think you played your character wrong. While it is true that they cower when they feel overwhelmed. This only applies if they are clearly out gunned. Otherwise they are probably braver than most (as long as it's for the good of the tribe of course).

[@Mumblesvideos]

I have never played Kobolds but i have heard good things about it, I may have to give it a try sometime, I loved the art you made it really really fun to watch you work on it. Nice video!

[@Rookzer0]

Thanks man always good to hear from you

[@redroadrebel7049]

I play a kobold who fund his way to the surface world and explore it further, he's very fun to play especially since this is a campaign about gods and he's just a kobold who always manages to surprise the team with ideas, like using an in game mechanic to slingshot a ship and scare an all-mighty being to death and masquerading as a monkey and asking pirates for bananas. I also seem to always get on the teams bad side, running away or hiding from the shadows whenever a big challenge arrives and pissing off almost every single god/all-mighty being we've met with my goodbyes being a death threat. He's extremely fun to play and everyone love him behind the curtains .

[@sayerkobersmith5104]

My friend plays a really fun Dex based Kobold Bloodrager.

[@Rookzer0]

I could see that working pretty well. I would like to Rage! ::Quietly Hissing while setting up a bear trap::

[@aidanthornton173]

I have three kobold I have or plan to play that are/will be fun. 1. Stitch the paladin, he has no idea what a paladin is (He thinks he is naturally powerful), he also doesn't know what his God is and just thinks some dragon ghost is haunting him. 2. Nibs the rogue, played him during the dragon heist, he has a fixation with copper coins (he wants his own dragons hoard and will convert gold to copper if he can). 3. Glitter tail the draconic sorcerer, he's a red kobold who was kicked out of his clan who worshipped a red dragon because his scales are turning gold as he levels up.

[@Rookzer0]

I like the scale transition as you level thats pretty cool. Gold dragon ftw

[@jameswilliams2075]

You could attribute the squishyness of them to having shallow bones like birds witch are easy to snap but makes them lite and quick but also they could make something like wingsuits for the non winged kobolds to fly with

[@Rookzer0]

I do enjoy the idea of a kobold with a glider suit.

[@Truex007]

Currently doing a long term pathfinder campaign. Our first adventure was vs. a group led by a kobold. Halfway through, we managed to rescue a half fairy dragon kobold paladin, called Chweibe, and she is ADORABLE. My Wyvaran Bloodrager Drake rider is absolutely head over heels for her. She has a massive family, and there is a sibling for each of the different major classes, all of which we've worked with. They're all awesome!

[@callmeb.o.b.824]

Love the videos as always! Enjoy hearing lore and your thought process during your works. Quick question about Reddit. Am I missing something or overlooking the "Follow" option on your page? I'm not seeing it. Just wanted to double-check in case you didn't have that set up or if I'm goofing and overlooking it. Can't wait to see your next video and your hard work! Hope you have a blessed day!

[@Rookzer0]

Hmm yeah thats odd its something to do with the new beta for reddit but it doesnt seem to be working for me at the moment I will keep you posted. Thank you for your support again :)

[@AverySadBear]

I had a Kobold Sorcerer named "IronJaw!" (you can't say it without emphasis) the most fun I've ever had playing a character. He and his buddy Nardok the bugbear are just waiting for a game where we can play them again.

[@Rookzer0]

Pretty tough sounding combo

[@boxovitch5218]

Honestly I want to make a character that becomes the king of a group of kobolds. Love your work btw. Keep encouraging new ways to play!

[@Rookzer0]

Great to hear! I think that could become a really cool campaign goal maybe one you don't tell the players about at the beginning

[@Starfloofle]

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[@00784865]

Arix Irongutz is a rebel, a hero, a rogue, but first and foremost he is a kobold. A brave kobold that led a revolution against his red dragon master. He and his tribesmen defeated the vile beast and are now in the world fighting for the freedom of all kobolds. The freedom to choose their masters, to be treated fairly, to have a shar in the loot, to be free. VIVAL LA REVOLUTION! VIVA LA KOBOLD!

[@Rookzer0]

Nice, Does he have a beret, berry.. hat thing?

[@PatricioINTP]

I recently move to Pathfinder 2e and preordered the APG for the Kobold. As long as you share a common enemy with a Kobold clan, you can set up a treaty and use them as long as you treat them well and keep your promise. Goblins rather just eat all your stuff and burn the rest than make temporary alignments. I am toying around the idea of a sorcerer of draconic bloodline befriending some and (depending on how 2e kobolds change from 1e) shifting them from LE to LN. But break your promise or treat them horribly (unless you are a dragon) be afraid. Be very afraid.

[@Rookzer0]

Cool idea!

[@TristinYoutubeArts]

I recently made an amazing Kobold for a dnd campaign that has become best friends with the parties Goliath. His name was Squiq and he was a Rogue that the party grew to love very much. The Goliath ended up gifting the Kobold a Silver dragons tooth and with excitement he shoved it into his satchel that was filled with assorted shiny buttons, coins, jewelry, rocks and silverware. He ended up gifting the Goliath his most prized possession an agate he found in a river. From that point onward the Kobold ended up becoming an unofficial member of the party as both him and Goliath couldn't be separated, and they would continue to go onto many more adventures together after the one shot.

[@Rookzer0]

That sounds like a pretty great way to include a monster pc to the party. Really well done

[@TheNerdRoom99]

I started playing D&D a year or so ago and half the fun for me is making up characters wether I’m a player or the DM. Haven’t had a chance to use kobolds yet but I think I’ll have fun with them when I do. Awesome artwork by the way!

[@Rookzer0]

Oh yeah they are a hoot. I like them to act really tough until one of them explodes then they all scatter and surrender until they can betray their captors. Classic kobold move.

[@Werebat]

First kobold NPC I ran as a DM was a barrister in the undercity of Sharn (Eberron). Enjoyed the thought of a grumpy, bookish kobold lawyer.

[@GamingImperfectly]

Super awesome info! Kobolds are one of my favorite bad guys in D&D. Really great commentary my guy!

[@Rookzer0]

Thanks i alwayz love running my dragons with kobold deciples. My players freek out when they encounter them.

[@mysketchyfriends6091]

I have been in love with Kobolds for years. I've been writing a CYOA type book for a while now and the protagonist is a Kobold. I also just started a Pathfinder game where I'm playing an Urd. I'm very excited. Loved this vid.

[@Ad-im1ne]

I played a kobold for my first game of DnD in years. Was some of the most fun RPing I ever had, and it turns out 5e's kobold+rogue synergizes really well! Pack Tactics... what a trait, man.

[@Mister_Cy]

Rook what do you think about the different depictions of kobolds like the eastern and western kobolds/ kobolds with fur and draconic kobolds as well as the germanic kobold which was a goblin-like creature do you think there is a one and true kobold or do you think they are all subspecies of an ancient kobold or have a linked ancestry, I'm just curious on how you see it.

[@Rookzer0]

I'm a fan of thinking about them as dragon goblins. I traditionally like to draw them with the long shoots. The older the kobold the more they feel like goblins at some point.

[@maggintons]

Both me and a friend playing Tomb Of Annihilation died at the same time so we had the fun idea to play two Kobold brothers (The Kobro's) We even retroactively said that our Kobolds were responsible for a previous wierd and pointless trap in the kobold mountains. In the end my Kobold's brother got disintergrated by Acerack, Leading to my Kobold becoming bitter, plotting for the demise of certain party members who saw his bro as disposeable.

[@Rookzer0]

Oh no, interpatty plotting... this is going to be nuts. You should make the revenge and elaborate as possible.

[@robertsilvermyst7325]

I have played a Kobold Drakewarden Ranger in a Rise of Tiamat game. His story is that the bronze dragoness he and his clan served was under attack from an ancient black dragon. He and several of his clan were tasked with saving her eggs. Ixen succeeded and the wyrmling hatched under his care. End game I had my kobold riding in the sky on a bronze dragon, firing arrows down on enemies with a Dragon Wing Bow before the fight against Tiamat herself. Hilariously, my Kobold Ixen landed the final blow! We laughed that a dragon goddess just got wrecked by a kobold!

[@sdbegotist]

Played a Kobold Rogue called Soggs-Sockhunter, very much a support character for the group, and despite being Chaotic-Neutral, was probably the nicest member of the group. Had a soft spot for the Dragonborn Assassin, who he nicknamed "Big 'bold", and even prior to her inevitable Betrayal to the rest of the party, still had hopes she could be better. Soggs was very much focused on assists, or buffs where applicable.

[@Rookzer0]

Wait wait wiat... inevitable betrayal! What happened

[@sdbegotist]

@@Rookzer0 So the Dragonborn Assassin eventually wanted to break-off from the rest of the party. Early in the campaign, most of the group (exception to members who joined later) were cursed, and had a limited time before they would succumb to Vecna's influence. Each of us had an encounter with a god, and our allegiance to them allowed a counter to the curse (Soggs became a disciple to Bahamut, which also gave him the wings), while the DB instead took on Vecna's offer to steal back an artefact we were trying to cleanse of his influence (and in turn cure us of his curse) The fight initiated with the DBA shooting Soggs in the wing, and later seeing the traitor decapitated by the Half-Orc Barbarian (who midway through the campaign became a good friend to the Kobold)

[@Rookzer0]

That sounds like a great adventures

[@Shadeogray1113]

I've been DMing for years and hardly get to play as a player very often, but today my friend offered to run a one shot and maybe make it more. He's learning to DM and wants more experiene with it... so I decided to play a Kobold Sorcerer. I've had so much fun building him up to be this little devious, greedy, spiteful, malicious turd of a creature that just keeps with the group because they can protect him. "Yes, I am your best of friends and I will stay besides ALL of you." (As long as you survive anyway.)

[@Rookzer0]

I dig it, im currently playing a kibolt ninja its silly as all hell.

[@Richard-jx5xg]

I have a kobold named Nyxxl who was originally just for a one shot. At the time, he was a slightly larger than normal kobold rogue thief with a love for shiny stuff that was just for picking locks and sneaking through the dungeon. But as the one shot progressed I quickly enjoyed making an actual character out of him. After the one shot, we decided to do an actual campaign and I was able to bring back the lizard. His basic backstory that I came up with was his clan was attacked by mercenaries and most of his family had been killed so Nyxxl goes out on adventures to bring back the wealth that his clan originally lost. Due to this, I made him the most thievish kobold I could, constantly sneaking off to houses to take money and anything shiny, saving up ALL of his gold, and just generally doing things just to get paid. Because of team balance, we didn't have any "official" tanks so I didn't have much of a chance to play him so much as a stealth creature but more of a nimble dual-wielding fighter. Unfortunately, I had to stop because of activities conflicting with DnD, but I'm hoping that in a later campaign that needs a rogue, I can play him again and make him the sneaky thief that I plan him to be.

[@Rookzer0]

Cool story, I hope you get a chance to play him again, Have you done anything with traps or mainly stealthy stuff

[@Richard-jx5xg]

​@@Rookzer0 There was a part in the campaign where we had to infiltrate a mercenary camp to destroy it from the inside by first taking out a caravan. We managed to stop it with a fallen tree in a valley type of location. I was able to drop from another tree onto one of the mercenaries instantly killing him, slide under one of the wagons, then climb up the side a wall to escape the rest of the mercs from getting me. Later I talked to a random kobold merc in the camp and got them to light up the main building with two scrolls of firebolt that I robbed from the armory. And for the one shot we found the main chamber of the BBEG using a ledge overlooking the room. I hopped down to try to get a cheeky sneak attack and as I was making my way over to him, the fighter also dropped down making a lot of noise and ruining my stealth.

[@appollyon99]

I made the coolest Half-Dragon kobold ever for a campaign a few years ago in Pathfinder... It was a Sorcerer (draconic bloodline) with the Dragon Drinker Archetype! He was kicked out of his tribe as a heretic for "betraying" their evil Draconic patron (and accidentally resulting in its death - he used a magic item from its horde against it... which summoned a Sphere of Annihilation inside the dragons gut!) because he was trying to stop it from wantonly killing his tribemates, but his tribemates would rather die to a cruel master, then be free, so he was cast out. Now he travels the land, seeking to gain power, because he plans to 'free' all the tribes, by killing their draconic overlords! He believes in the right to live a free life, and as such warships Milani (the God of all those who fight against oppression and unjust rule)! And his power (a gift from Milani to help him fight against dragons) allows him to drink dragon blood to gain their breath weapon type/ energy resistance for a short time, so that he is more resistant to true Dragons (and better suited to fighting them too)!! He was an absolute beast in that game!! He was the only character to survive all the way to the end of the game!

[@Rookzer0]

Breath weapons are always a good choice! Changing their type is super fun!

[@7thBatallion]

Gonna run a Kobold Gunslinger, torn on whether he should be a Gunslinger/Bard or a Gunslinger/Cleric

[@icewolf9067]

i was playing a gripple (frog/geeko person) and he was from a jungle tribe. He had no clue what normal animals were other than things you would see in the jungle or on the road. He is currently trying to get in the mayors favor so he can see a cow for the first time.

[@Rookzer0]

Thats an awesome character choice. "What the hell is a cow????" Love it

[@kreganf]

My favorite Kobold i ever played was A Cavalier of the cockatrice school in pathfinder named Kibble, and he had a pet velociraptor mount named Bits. I managed to play from level 3 to level 7 without being hit a single time, even though i was constantly in melee challenging people to duels for insulting me.

[@Rookzer0]

Kibble and bits nice

[@Karagianis]

I made a Kobold artificer (armorer) in 5e in a campaign I played last year. It was very funny because he was one of the smallest guys in the party, but due to wearing what was basically a magic powered version of the Ironman suit, quite tough and became the party tank! :D Oh and of course took 3 levels in fighter so I could make him a Rune knight. If something large picked on him, Boof, giant's might activated! Kobold is now 12' tall! Oh and artificer can cast enlarge/reduce, this stacks. 24' Kobold! Jokingly called him the pocket Jaeger.

[@logancole5101]

Ok. Hear me out, a young Kobold that has survived many terrible things that often happen to Kobolds especially by the much bigger Humanoid folk or "Not Dragons". He goes through life with his sister barely getting enough food for the two of them after the death of their tribe. They stumble upon a dwarven mountain and watch as they go about their day forging great weapons. That is when the young Kobold decides to use the enginuity of his own people to make the Great Equalizer and the broomstick. A.K.A two guns. That's Right! KOBOLD GUNSLINGER! No one can stand up Dreval Dead Eyes!

[@logancole5101]

*Boomstick. Also I absolutely love Kobolds.

[@Snak-Pak]

I'm currently playing a Kobold Artificer, and he was kicked out before he could go on expeditions with his tribe. So he's scared of alot and he is fasinated by just about everything. I absolutely love my little guy. I'm gonna be heart broken if he dies. By far my favorite PC I've been.

[@Rookzer0]

Get him up high enough to get some clones, SURVIVE!

[@isaacgraff8288]

At one point I made a kobold paladin who found a belt of giant strength. That was amazing.

[@Rookzer0]

Sounds like a good time

[@jrsqueky]

Awesome art, great video, just gives me more inspiration for kobold characters

[@Rookzer0]

Thank you! Let me know if you come up with a good one!

[@_Crimon]

paladin throws explosive wraped kobold at enemies

[@Rookzer0]

Did the paladin ask the kobolds permission first? Or was that part of his order?

[@_Crimon]

@@Rookzer0 note : the enemies are dragonborn

[@gazzmaz8830]

I have a bad idea A kobold with real dragons blood Self asteam at maxem mega kobold ready

[@mattiarimola2357]

My current carachter is a kobold named vhes who was a royal guard of the evil king akal the deathless who eslaved all his tribe whit his necrotic powers .During a war ,or a sort of massacre, against a city of necromancers, vhes killed akal because he planned a sacrifice who included all his tribe in order to obtain advanced necrotic powers and enlarge his reign of terror. After his murderer akal wasn't anymore the deathless, so the grim reaper who can finally claim his soul,rewards vhes whit a wish. Vhes wished that his tribe would prosper and have along and happy life. But the reaper want him as his servant ,because of his courage and good heart. Now vhes is a medium who helps lost souls find their way , punish the souls of his enemies ,and also he fights monsters and undeads if the pay is good

[@mokko759]

I have a little, filthy, until-recently-legless kobold alchemist by the name of Irk, that is essentially attached to my actual PC. He's a few fries short of a poutine. He lives in a cauldron strapped to the back of a massive crocodile lizardfolk Barbarian. He is absolutely convinced she is actually a dragon and adores the ever livin' crap out of her. He'll sand her scales, bring her gifts of questionable sources, feed her, herald her arrival with all the pomp and circumstance of a princess at her court debut. What kobolds lack in size, they make up for with personality.

[@Rookzer0]

I totally read that as actually attached to your pc... a dragon born with a kobold attached...

[@mokko759]

@@Rookzer0 If he could be eternally glued to her, he would. I don't think Irk could actually survive on his own without her any more. Barbarian is a crocodile lizardfolk so just imagine a mother croc with her baby riding on her head. That's how Irk clings to his "dragon".

[@elfmonster1476]

I have a Kobold character that is waiting to be played. Her name is Nelko, and she's an Artificer. She left her warrens because they decided that they need alliances among other races, both for trade, and to have other races to be able to come to their aid if they were raided. Her clan doesn't have the luxury of something like a dragon, see. And so, Nelko was reluctantly chosen, and she accepted the task for no other reason than she wanted to assist her warrens. And so, on her "diplomatic missions" she will be at the right place at the right time to join an adventuring party. Where she will have the role of boobytrapping all their valuables to prevent others from accessing them, making various tools (mainly assorted types of bombs), and doing her best to come up with strategies and stuff like that, to make a difference in combat, without actually joining the fight at the front lines.

[@magicbeetle2292]

I think one of the things about kobolds that someone said that sticked with me, they're just as smart and inventive is gnomes. they just don't have the materials or the social ability to be great inventors so they make all this stuff from trash because that's all they have

[@veggiedragon1000]

I had a kobold dex barbarian once called Bonerattle. Any time she helped kill an enemy she would cut off a toe bone and string these bones from her tail. She would rattle them as an intimidation tactic. Bonerattle used a sword and shield and ran around completely naked, the only good part of the build was high AC. She came from a reptilian society ruled by a dragon where kobolds are the lowest of the low and live in sewers. She decided she wanted to prove herself by joining the army, normally the job of dragonborn and lizardfolk. She went through boot camp and became the unofficial mascot of her legion acting as a general annoyance and ankle cutter to enemies. Bonerattle meets the non-reptilian party in prison after she was separated and captured. Though unreasonably warlike and frightening for a kobold, she kept the race's general dickishness and hatred of tallfolk. Things really heated up once she got infected with a sentient evil super serum, became the first kobold herald of Tiamat(she thought), and obtained a gun. Considering herself an invincible prophet of a dragon God(she was not, in fact, invincible), Bonerattle got drunk on power and started constantly screeching about the divine right of the dragon folk and holding people at gunpoint.

[@Jgpgames]

Kobold level 1 rogue, high dex low strength BUT, he had a vision of Bahamut the dragon god during a fever dream. He awoke with a newfound purpose. To serve the god as a paladin of redemption. Thankfully dm let me bypass multiclass requirements to play the best character idea I've had

[@Rookzer0]

Kolbod pally is a lot of fun!

[@Noksnonsense]

I’m currently character building a character who lives in the slums of a city and loves tinkering/building stuff. Useful, explosive, or otherwise. And they have a passion project of making a robotic companion to compensate for their frailness. Artificer class. While also shooting a crossbow at max distance cuz they’re definitley not ready for any fight. Would you recommend having this character be a goblin or a kobold?

[@Rookzer0]

Kobolds would fit the frail archetype and they are classic trap makers and tinkerers. If you wanted to focua on explosives and fire i would definitly go goblin. But if you're wanting to focus on the battle suit/companion I would definitly go kobold

[@Noksnonsense]

@@Rookzer0 Yeah its definitely more focused on having that companion, while the character takes crossbow pot shots from a safe distance. Maybe cast a utility spell every now and again. Thanks for the input, and loved your video. Got some ideas for allies and background additions. Here's the homebrew class if you're curious (tbh It's just one of my favorites and I like letting people know about it): img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/image/1493/78/1493789345926.pdf

[@RyuSpike]

Kobold is the way to go if you want to fight from a distance. Have your friends take care of melee and you use your crossbow to get free advantage with every attack roll. Night time is your friend, but you have less to fear in daylight as long as an ally is near.

[@wulfie1199]

I am playing a Kobold rogue who opened a magical case out of curiosity in this dragon overlords lair and was transported in a large purple flash to a random foreign land before before the dragon overlord tried to kill him seeing him looking in the case. Now in a new uncharted lands and only holding a tattered unknown map in his hand he got from the case he is in the run from a large ancient dragon and his minions.

[@Rookzer0]

That sounds like a pretty grand adventure. Is the party following?

[@wulfie1199]

​@@Rookzer0 well I met them in a tavern I snuck into to try and steal some food my kobold is fluant in draconic (to which none of the party is fluant in) and only have broken common speaking abilitys so they party can get the jist of what I am trying to say with added motion actions from me but none of them know my back story or the empending doom following me haha

[@Rookzer0]

@@wulfie1199 nice

[@ShinGallon]

Our D&D party captured a kobold in order to have it lead us to the enemy encampment and tell us about traps/ambushes/etc. In the process of being nice to her to get her cooperation, she ended up kinda bonding with our Teifling Druid and my Dragonborn monk. Long story short she ended up becoming a party member/NPC the DM plays. He named her Hup after the Dark Crystal character. Turns out she’s an Artificer and built a steel defender bear, as well as some dragonscale armor from some black dragon eggs we found. She’s now the party tank. Naturally I had to do art of her: fav.me/ddma7lq

[@Rookzer0]

SUPER COOL! Great job and thank you for sharing the art with us, Feel free to share it with the discord group as well!

[@meyatetana2973]

I love playing Kobolds and if you are a wizard! just squishy no matter what species you are so why not Kobold! :)

[@Rookzer0]

Thats the spirit. Plus fireball traps

[@wanderingfirbolg6738]

My friends and I are actually trying to start a kobold party based campaign..... where we are the Kobold Knights of the Order of Wax.... don't ask why! Can't wait!

[@Rookzer0]

awesome, I hope your party goes well! you can keep your waxy secrets.

[@wanderingfirbolg6738]

@@Rookzer0 Thanks! Much appreciated!

[@peachibread1983]

I'm playing a kobold named stick! He's chaotic neutral and just really wants to help

[@Rookzer0]

Sound fun

[@MagnustheMage]

I certainly didn't need more convincing, but please, continue.

[@Rookzer0]

Kobolds are great, that's all I got.

[@MagnustheMage]

@@Rookzer0 Cheers, I'll drink to that bro

[@robotdude2206]

The campaign hasn't started yet, but I've made a kobold character for a friend's homebrew campaign, partly because he suggested that we all play non-common race characters. My kobold's deal is that he's a genius with the clever inventiveness cranked up to 11, making him an Artificer. The problem is he's so obsessed with human ingenuity and science that he fully rejects faith and religion, even blaspheming Tiamat. This obviously makes him a pariah in his tribe, so he leaves and joins an artisan's guild, where he meets a dwarf armorer who helps him grow into an Artificer. In a lot of ways, he's basically a kobold only in appearance, but I really like the angle of him still being largely selfish, but more in his relentless pursuit of his craft. And he's autistic, so clearly his behavior will be different from how kobolds are supposed to act. I guess the adventure will determine how he develops, if he reverts to his natural ways or becomes properly civilized. Or maybe he's just mad.

[@Rookzer0]

Mad scientist kobold sounds like a lot of fun. Sounds like you have a good baseline for a character let me know how it plays out

[@CaptainJoystick]

I made a Kobold summoner for a Curse of the Crimson Throne campaign (sort of an atypical serious outcast type who'd sold her soul to some extraplanar monster in order to rescue her son) with the rationale being that the famously underpowered kobold stats would offset the famously overpowered summoner abilities. Didn't work out so well. By the time we hit level 6 battles were a race to see if the rest of the party could kill something before her Eidolon sauntered over and flattened everything, and I was getting access to spells like haste well before the campaign lets the DM prep for that kind of stuff. So due that, I did a respec into Unchained Summoner and that helped flatten the curve. In general the party treated her like a pet - with its own, terrifying pet. Sometimes treating her like a child - insisting on using coded 'grown up' language when discussing sensitive topics, covering her eyes when we found anatomical books, that kind of thing - she'd had to remind the party more than once that she was the only one among them that had, to their knowledge, had kids - jeez. I wish they had treated her kid with that much care and consideration, we left him behind at a Shoanti camp to keep him out of danger, and came back to find him covered in shaman paint leading a procession of some kind.

[@Rookzer0]

The eidolons are really meant to Bypass the stats and tend to be over powered regardless of the user. Sorry to hear they treated her like a pet. that's never fun in a dnd game. I hope you enjoyed the Super smashing abilities any ways.

[@CaptainJoystick]

@@Rookzer0 Oh it all turned out ok in the end. At the end of the campaign the DM gave a quick blurb about how each character went on to lead a happy successful life, and closed it with a scene set many thousands of years later, as a last alliance of men and elves get together in their space ships in a last ditch hope to stop my eidolon from eating the galaxy.

[@rustyshaculford1882]

Pyro is the Kobold of TF2

[@Rookzer0]

I thought that said Spyro and Team fortess 2.... Video games have dissolved my brain.

[@Soupprobablycan]

Step 1:be a kobold Step 2:be a rune knight Step 3:become big kobold You are now the dragon

[@Rookzer0]

Step 1 be a kobold with dragon lineages. You are now a dragon. I'd allow wings or breath weapons for my dragon kobold.!! Dragon goblins for the win!

[@matthewsimmons9277]

Orange kobolds would probably also love explosions.

[@Zeno11Salazar]

I actually want to make a kobold for a more serious game and plan to have them get into higher levels, I don't need level 20 out of them. But there's a certain kind of story I want to tell with said kobold that not only has an interesting twist on how the race is viewed but how their culture affects them as an induvial. Honestly, kind of the similar base idea with my lizardfolk character but going in two very opposite directions.

[@Rookzer0]

Sounds like a really fun idea. I hope you get get to tell your story

[@Zeno11Salazar]

@@Rookzer0 Oh I plan to. I actually weighed my options for a future campaign and I figured the kobold would fit the setting and had far more at steak than the lizardfolk.

[@shanerooney7288]

I recently rolled stats for a new character. My rolls were VERY Min-Max. So what's better than having a Kobold with 18 CHA and 3 STR. I've decided to play as a warlock with the invocation that lets me add my Cha to Eldritch Blast. He'll sit on the back lines and go Pew-Pew-Pew all game. (also he is smol and cute and says "Rawr" a lot)

[@Rookzer0]

sounds pretty good, Let's hope you don't have to lift anything to heavy.

[@thomasrobson6370]

Hey, nice drawing of a kobold. Do you have PF's "Crown of The Kobold King" module? I'm personally not an artist, and was wondering if you could redraw the Kobold King on page 23? The changes I'd like to see for this picture to represent my P/C from top to bottom are: loose the "crown", primary color black with the secondary color being grey, White eyes (blind Oracle of nature), loose the earrings, less of a or no snarl, loose the red cape, replace the chain that held the cape with an "amulet of Natural Armor", replace the golden bracers with "Bracers of Armor", a "ring of protection" on the right hand, replace the belt its wearing with the combined "belt of giant strength" & "belt of physical perfection", a mace hanging from the left side of the belt, the handle of a "Fiskars Billhook steel clearing hook" (I'm calling that a "sickle") showing from behind the right side belt, single or two tone loin cloth that contrasts its black/grey color, no legging/chaps/armor on its legs.

[@Rookzer0]

I havent seen that yet, i will have to look it up. Im taking commissions this week if thats something youre interested in let me know.

[@thomasrobson6370]

@@Rookzer0 emailed you :-)

[@shadowhunter1429]

I'm currently working on a semi-serious Kobold Character, uh here's his story. Sav, a Kobold hero (For those who don't know, or do know. I found something talking about Kobold heros and this is what I know. Basically a rare Kobold that when born, gets a mark and is destined for greatness. A full grown Kobold hero can unite their tribes and focus them on almost anything, their commands are basically honored as if they were from the dragons and god the tribes worship.) grew to the age of 8 before he tried to unite a neighboring Kobold tribe... that went up in flames completely as a group of adventurers charged into his own tribe's lair and managed to kill everyone he knew, not even sparing the eggs. With his home gone, he decided to live with the tribe he went to unite with his own... yea, they were also raided by adventurers. He barely managed to protect a small group of Kobolds before making a journey to find a home for himself and the ones he saved, looking for a tribe to take them in due to how defenseless they were at their old homes. Each tribe was destroyed and after his 5th tribe was all gone. He was the only one left of all five. In his hand was a dagger from the rouge he killed that attacked his second home, on his back was the black robes of a healer that was with those who attacked his third tribe, and on his side was a adventurer's bag. His hopes of becoming a great Kobold hero, one that was destined for greatness, one that was gonna bring together tribes... was all and gone, he left the ruins of his 5th tribe to wander, soon began living in a neutral town that accepted most races as a unknown beggar. He lived on rooftops and carefully took food and water from the market place whenever he could. Living in sunlight is not an easy thing for Kobolds due to their sensitive eyes and their "dark vision" so he mostly sleeps during the day... He changed his name from Sav to Gemstone at some point, but rare people he trusted would know his original name. And that's all I got about Sav/Gemstone, the ruined Kobold Hero. btw, his mark is a Kobold's claw-print on his chest in mix of red and brown... -mud from near his original tribe's lair and blood from a rat- ..... Hope you enjoy reading that, whoever you are who's reading this. I'm going to go back to working on Gemstone

[@Rookzer0]

Really good backstory. Is he happy with his new life or does he aspire to become the hero he was born to be? Maybe find a new family? Enact revenge? I think you have a really good base for a fun character arc. Well done

[@shadowhunter1429]

​@@Rookzer0 So far me and a friend actually managed to give him a happy new life, well. Group of friends. After slaying a evil Necromancer who had managed to raise a dragon's corpse to do his bidding. He and the other three (btw, Gemstone is a Arcane rouge, one other was a Kobold Warrior, the next one a dragonborn paladin and the last a Kenku mage [Side information. The person who was the Kenku actually tried doing a full on 'Roleplaying' thing with his character, did a great voice and overall was a rude mage, though he warmed up to having a group watching his back]) ended up resting up for about a couple years (at least, that's my take on it) And settled down for a while due to the nasty wounds they got from the battle against he Necromancer and his pet undead dragon. Gemstone got to live a long, happy kobold life, and became the hero he was born to be. The Neutral town he lived in welcomed him back with open arms and everything. Though I'm still working on him in that aspect. I'm thinking on bringing him back into an adventure next time me and my friends play DnD. The only thing that I'm working on is what happened to him between his first adventure, and his second one. Edit: Just wanted to clarify, When I said the Kenku player had a great voice, I meant he was actually pretty good with making sound effects, and could probably pass off for... almost anything he mimics.

[@shadowhunter1429]

@@Rookzer0 sorry if replying again is annoying ^^; I just wished to ask if my reply to your question went through.

[@eros5420]

Might be a stupid question, but what is the program he is drawing on?

[@Rookzer0]

It's all good, I use photoshop to draw, and OBS and premier for the videos

[@Focusphobia]

Not mine, but Task the Kobold Ranger of the Unexpectables.

[@lizzarddoggo8775]

Kobold is best race, definitely not biased. -My Rouge/Wizard Kobald

[@Rookzer0]

Seems legit 100% not biased

[@Theorelo]

I was today painting some kobold miniatures my son who is 15 and very new to dnd asked if it was possible to play one.. As I am going to DM an upcoming game. I responded I can make it work, Having loved Deekin Scalesinger in neverwinter knights 1 and 2 I suggested why not play an offspring of Deekin , perhaps a couple generations out.. I am glad that he chose something other than an elf..

[@Rookzer0]

Super awesome, I hope he enjoys it! Has he chosen a class yet? The kobold bard is definitly a fun build. I have had new player not enjoy bard as much as other classes. It can be a little allover the place. Let me know what he ends up with! Thanks for shareing

[@SolomonCaineReaper]

I am fixing to run a kobold alchemist in a 5e campaign. Looking forward to it.

[@Rookzer0]

Looks super fun! I love the alchemist from pathfinder so I hope the 5e is also a blast!

[@anonkiba]

My lvl 5 Kobold cleric hates chromatic dragons she sees them as an affront to her god Bahamut... she threatened an adult black dragon telling him she was gonna wear his scales as armor, the party escaped but only after my DM let us not die. She currently has three small kegs of black powder and I'm trying to think of a way to bomb the dragon without killing my self lol

[@Rookzer0]

That's not the kobold way.... Get a wagon and a torch and take that dragon down!