Kobold

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Kobolds are a race of creatures from the Dungeons & Dragons series of games. In earlier versions of the game, they were described as doglike creatures, but in more recent editions they have become reptilian and possibly related in some way to dragons. In either case, they are small, weak creatures, generally serving in most campaigns as low-level cannon fodder for the adventurers to mow down, much like goblins and orcs.

Despite being physically weak, however, kobolds are also described as capable trapsmiths, and are known for creating traps to protect their lairs and dungeons (a habit that is usually ignored or underplayed by most DMs). This habit - combined with a penchant for lethal tunnel design and group tactics - were famously used in the tale of Tucker's Kobolds to illustrate that kobolds - and, indeed, any intelligent creature - can remain dangerous to high-level adventurers despite being statistically inferior in just about every way.

There is a market in 3.5 for kobold PCs, since their draconian/reptilian ancestry make them one of the only +0 Level Adjustment races capable of qualifying for much of the additional material in splatbooks like the Draconomicon and the Book of Dragons. Pun-Pun, for example, is a rather famous CharOp design that allows a kobold sorceror to attain theoretically unlimited abilities and attributes, using material from splatbooks and the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.

While 4e technically does allow for 0LA characters using the "racial features" rules in the Monster Manual, they effectively play like reptilian halflings, which get better bonuses. The lack of splat and reptilian-based bonuses makes them less appealing than 3e, but their inherent trap skills make them excellent rogues. That being said, Wizards has at least learned from their mistakes and kept these useless little pieces of looney bait squarely inaccessible via player-oriented materi- OH SWEET AZATHOTH THEY'RE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT PLAYER'S OPTION BOOK!

It is worth noting that if played with the intention of being dangerous, kobolds are far and away the hardest throwaway monsters to fight. It could be likened to a sort of sick, hardcore version of Home Alone, with the kobolds taking the part of a severely deranged and sadistic Kevin McCallister and the PCs taking the part of hopelessly underprepared thugs walking into a situation they cannot have possibly foreseen. If treated like cannon fodder, they are the absolute hands-down easiest things in any edition to kill, including housecats and electric iguanas.

Kobolds are often used as "weakling" monsters in games, particularly video games based on the pen-and-paper variety. Their actual versatility depends on the system, but like D&D runs the gamut of harmless to devastating in numbers to downright impossible. While D&D paints them as reptilian creatures, many make them more wolf-like (such as Dwarf Fortress).

Cutebolds

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Cutebolds are like Kobolds only incredibly cute.

They are pitiful and childish in everything they do, and are innocent enough to not know how to procreate. All they know is that rubbing their noses gives them a guilty pleasure. They are no less "harmless" when played properly, though. They tend toward the dog-like for extra D'aww.

This interpretation of the Kobold is thought to have been inspired by their depiction in Dwarf Fortress, where they steal your supplies, but seem to do it in the most endearingly stupid manner possible.

Cutebold stats:

+2 Dex, +2 Cha, -2 Int

Charm person once per day as a spell like ability

Low light vision and scent

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  There's no word in kobold for "keikaku"

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  Kobold Camp now with 3D rendering

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  Love can bloom under a battlefield

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  Aw, they think they're people!

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  Someone's got a widdle crush!

See also

• Kobold Camp
• Unified Setting/Kobolds
• Kobolds Ate My Baby!