Kobold#
The dragon will come back. When it does, it'll remember who kept the candles lit.
Kobolds come of age at six and are old at thirty, so they live fast and loud. They worship dragons, fight each other constantly, and Narsis is the only city that puts up with them.
How they live#
Kobolds stick together with other kobolds, even though they’re always fighting and arguing. They get into more trouble than quicklings do, and their history of dragon worship gives them a bad name. The story goes that they’re the misshapen children of an ancient draconian who bred with dragons in rituals to steal their power.
Whether that’s true or not, kobolds have an instinctive tie to dragons. If they had the wisdom and the drive, they’d make fearsome draconians. They don’t.
- Temper
- Quick-tempered. In hard times they turn on whoever is nearest, kin included.
- Leaving
- When a city turns bad they leave as warbands behind whoever is strongest.
- Money
- Save little.
- Crowds
- Feel crowded long before anyone else does.
- Tongue
- Draconic, spoken from birth and known perfectly, besides common.
- Children
- Only with other kobolds.
What others say#
A kobold will betray you, but it has three other kobolds to betray first, so you've got time.
I watched a kobold sing to an empty cave for an hour. Then something in the cave sang back.
Where they live#
How kobolds feel about settling in each of Sedia’s provinces. Each links to the province’s page, and Home Province covers what it takes to become a citizen of one.
- Glad to live in
- NarsisNew Saellem
Body and blood#
- Era
- The under-races (About 1,000 BB)
- Lifespan
- Comes of age at 6 and can live to 30
- Height
- 3 to 4 feet
- Weight
- 40 to 70 pounds
- Genders
- Female (6 in 10) and male (4 in 10)
- Favored stats
- Dexterity and charisma (the game's race menu lists these; they don't change your scores)
Playing a kobold#
Any race can take any class. These are the ones kobolds start closest to, with the race’s starting score in each of the class’s two stats.
Scout
Dexterity and charisma, a scout's two stats, both start at 12.
Minstrel
Charisma 12 and luck 11, and a kobold always has a new grievance to sing about.
Pickpocket
Dexterity 12 and luck 11, and they were going to take it anyway.
Something sang back
The kobolds of Narsis are leaving in a hurry for a cave in the Bleak, sure their dragon has woken. They might be right.
Names#
Hissing and sharp, on s, sh, k and x. Kessira Ashwyrm, Zekix, Vashara Venomhatch.
