Kobolds revere Dragonborn as verifiable demigods, and
Kobold
"Rare is it when us Kobolds are found intimidating, often
being looked down on by surface dwelling creatures. Little
does the surface know what goes on beneath its small portion
of the world. Underneath the minuscule part of this existence
is a large thriving community of us Kobold people, making
dens larger than they could possibly imagine. We have a
natural skill for building winding dirt made corridors and
stone halls. We have managed to learn to tunnel so well that
the mere thought of something along the lines of a collapse is
considered a joke. People consider us Kobolds to be a
primitive, dumb creatures; however, what they don't know is
the fact we have mastered survival. From our years of fighting
back against our predators, we have learned that our size can
be used as an advantage. It has allowed us to slice at their legs
and set up traps where they can not see us, to better gain an
upper hand. We have learned how to hunt in packs, negotiate
with surface dwelling scum, and to expertly craft traps, for
those dumb enough to peruse our massive dens."
Physical Description
Kobolds are small bipedal reptilian creatures with scales that
offer little or no defense. They range from two to three feet
tall, and the average around twenty five pounds, being about
forty five pounds at their absolute heaviest. They have a lean
build that doesn't offer any benefits to their strength, but
allows them to be fairly agile.
They have multiple colors of scales that they can have, but
only one color at a time. They share similar colors to
Dragonborn, and depending on the clan determines their
scale color. They vary from shades of rosy red, to the muddy
colors of swamp green, or the beautiful colors of the sky. The
full list of colors they can be is blue, red, green, white, yellow,
black, or any color in between those.
The varying colors they have serve no purpose except the
fact that it helps them all distinguish what clan they hail from.
The scales have no actually effect on how they deal with
elements, but is from their years of seclusion from the other
clans that makes them segregated to those colors. Ateirn are
red, Edar are green, Leirith are yellow, Mejir are black, Neitl
are white, and Tihuirl are blue.
A Kobolds Life
The life of a Kobold is one where they are surrounded by a
community that cares for the protection of every Kobold. The
Kobolds weak physical builds they have to make sure
everyone within their community is fine or else they may be
doomed. Kobolds do not have husbands or wives, instead
when they find it necessary for survival they will breed, and
have eggs. When they lay the eggs, they put them in a
community nest. Once they hatch from their egg, the Kobold
is raised by the entire society and people specifically tasked
with looking after the small children. As soon as they are
born, they are assigned a name, either from their appearance
or for whatever job they are lacking people in currently.
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Dragons as the most powerful beings in existence. They fear
no Dragon, and if it chooses to kill them they see it as them
having done something to upset the god and take it willingly
as punishment. They would never willingly hurt a Dragon, but
would hurt a Dragonborn if they were from another clan of
Kobolds. They hope to be able to somehow gain the power of
becoming one of these gods.
Kobolds would get annihilated if they were to live their lives
on the surface, because of enemies who have far more
strength then them. So instead, they take refuge under the
ground. Making elaborate tunnels and rooms that are filled to
the brim with traps meant to combat against intruders. After
enough time of making tunnels, people have recognized their
skill for even a fraction of what it's worth. Kobolds send
diplomats and negotiate with surface dwellers to do tasks for
them, such as make irrigation systems or help them with cave
ins, for a price of course. However, the one thing they will
never deal with, is Gnomes.
A short temperament
Centuries ago, there was a Kobold who was aspiring to be
exhausted to Godhood. He was seen as the one who would
ascend all other Kobolds and become one more powerful than
any other. In his time in the world he had expanded the
Kobolds across more faces of the Earth than any other Kobold
before him. He seemed to be unstoppable in his exploration
capabilities. His name, was Kurtulmak.
However, one day arose when he came across a new
territory of land. It seemed like it had recently been inhabited,
but the Kobold people couldn't find anyone in sight. Once they
left the area, the Gnomes came out of hiding. The gnomes had
hidden themselves out of fear of this Draconic race, and in
doing so the Kobolds were now planning to take their land. A
leader of the Gnomish people, Garl Glittergold, devised a plan
to rid their people of the Kobolds.
On one of the following days, Kurtulmak scouted ahead to
make sure there were no inhabitants there. He saw one
person around his height, and he chased after them. He
wanted to take their land, but he wanted to see if he could be
their ally before he plundered their lands. The gnome ran into
a cave, and he chased in after them. The Gnome took a right,
and Kurtulmak followed them, but they suddenly disappeared.
He turned around, and saw the exit was sealed off. Before he
had realized what had happened, Kurtulmak became
entrapped in a maze to stay in for all eternity.
Without their leader, the Kobolds fell into disarray. The land
they had stolen or explored into was taken, and in a last ditch
effort they split into several groups to run into the nearest
caves or holes they could find. Seeing no better option, they
decided to start digging, and deeper they went into the Earth.
All the groups believed they should handle this situation
differently, so they all separated into clans and started
worshiping different Gods from one another. One thing was
common among all them however, they hated Garl Glittergold
and any Gnome in their path. Some say that Kurtulmak is still
wandering that maze to this day, searching for a way out to
sick his revenge upon Garl Glittergold, the Gnomes, and his
gods for abandoning him to that maze.
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Kobold Names
Kobolds revere the Dragonborn people as demigods, because
of their powerful builds and close relation to actual dragons.
This means that because the Kobolds want to be as close as
they can to the Dragonborn and dragons, they use their names
to name those who are heroic in their eyes.
The Kobold people can be revered as heroes with either
gender, and can be given any job. This leads the particularly
legendary Kobolds to have more powerful names, despite
what their gender is. They see no shame in the rankings of
what their jobs may be, since it is purely based off of what
they were assigned to at the time with what was needed.
At birth the Kobolds are given a name based on whatever
role they may be possibly assigned to, being based off of
what's needed. If they have ever done something particularly
heroic, their name will be replaced by that of one of their
believed demigods or gods. They attempt to use creativity
when naming them based off the job, though some of them
may be far too literal.
Kobolds give their names in order of Clan names, then
either their birth name or their heroics name, depending on
which they have been given.
Birth Names: General names are defining features of what
they look like, such as; Tallone, Oneeye, Greenskin, Ahkchoo,
Snaggletooth, Tailless, or Softscale.
Hunter Names: Hunter names are other predatory
animals, usually related to lizards (with some exceptions)
such as; Raptor, Gator, Komodo, Cobra, Deinonychus, Hawk,
or Viper.
Digger Names: Digger names are different minerals, rocks,
and gems. Such as; Ruby, Emerald, Bloodstone, Carnelian,
Sunstone, Jasper, Agate, Alabaster, Diorite, Granite, or Cobalt.
Trapper Names: Trapper names are typically linked to various
forms of traps, such as; Conibear, Snare, Steel-Jaw, Pad, Cage,
Cable, or Foothold.
Negotiator Names: One of the most uncommon type of
Kobold, these ones talk with surface dwellers to keep the
peace. Names are usually be more straight forward such as;
Peacekeeper, Humanspeaker, Quicktalker, Silvertongued, or
the very literal Negotiator.
Scavenger Names: The Kobolds that are given these
names are assigned to collecting the food from the hunters,
and 'Scavenging' from surface dwellers. They are given the
names of what they might be collecting such as; Venisonhide,
Shelfitem, Bearmeat, Smallbook, Berrybush, Throwrug,
Wolfpelt, Onesock, Lizardscale, Lessercoin, or Cowleather.
Miscellaneous Names: This group is the types of Kobolds
with the smaller more oddball jobs, such as; Eggkeeper,
Foodmaker, Watcher, or tasks of that sort.
Heroic Names: These names are only given to those who
have done something of high regard, or to the newest hatched
Kobold. Kobolds believe in reincarnation for the great, so
when a Hero has died it is believed he is hatched again. These
names are those of dragons or Dragonborn, but not limited to
them. They could be any of the following; Bahamut, Tiamut,
Aasterinian, Chronepsis, Faluzure, Kurtulmak (This one can
be used positively or negatively, depending how the Kobold
did), Gaknulak, or Dakarnok.
Clan Names: The list of the main Kobold clans are as
follows; Ateirn, Edar, Leirith, Mejir, Neitl, or Tihuirl.
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Kobold Traits
Kobolds are experts at traps and creating tunnels. They use
their brains, numbers, and agility to outsmart stronger races.
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by
2, and your Intelligence score increases by 1.
Age. Kobolds reach adulthood at age 6 and can live up to
120 years but rarely do so.
Alignment. Kobolds are fundamentally selfish, making
them evil, but their reliance on the strength of their group
makes them trend toward law.
Size. Kobolds are between 2 and 3 feet tall and weigh
between 25 and 35 pounds. Your size is Small.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision. Your races years under the ground have taken
effect on your eyes, they have adapted to being in the
darkness. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it
were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You
can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Trap Master. From years of trapping your underground
tunnels, you now are able to better recognize and deal with
traps. You gain advantage on creating and disarming traps. On
top of this you gain the Dungeon Delver feat (See PHB
Pg.166).
Revised Pack Tactics. If at least one of your allies is not
incapacitated and within 5 feet of your target, you ignore
disadvantage on your attack rolls.
Nimble Hands. You gain proficiency with Tinkers Tools
and Thieves Tools.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and
Draconic.
Other information
Some text (Size, Ability Score Increase, etc.) are all from the
officially text, while other parts I made.
Version 1.1.2 version of the race. Changes include:
-Removal of Sunlight Sensitivity.
-Removal of Burrowing and an increase of 5 ft. to Speed.
-Rebalancing of Pack Tactics.
I did run the changes by a group to work on balancing.
Dragon names are from the Dragon D&D Wikipedia page,
and the clan names are from 3.5e except Ateirn.
Done with help by the people of the Pair'o'dice and Discord
of Many things discord communities.
I am in no way claiming I created the concept or lore of the
Kobold, I simply created what is in my opinion a better
balanced and flavored version of the Volo guides to monsters
version of the race.
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