Crom, Kobold King @vahnj@awoo.space

@Efi i guess maybe if you're explicitly locked in D&D terms

anyway reminder that i built a pathfinder-inspired kobold generator a ways back

i should........ work on it more some time

http://orteil.dashnet.org/randomgen/?gen=vq8MbHjc

@AdalwinAmillion the characters i play are D&D or Pathfinder kobolds usually so scalie

i keep forgetting about the image description feature :(

anyway have this rad kobold design i found
10/10 would headpat

https://awoo.space/media/eDp3ILa14szFzmqPZc0

me: i need to clean up and get ready to jam
also me: but what if i gushed about kobolds again

@Gaypow who's this asshole

@Malachyte@mastodon.art @Weavrr@mastodon.art @Metaph@scalie.business @LensaMoon@mastodon.art @anthracite the kobolds in FF14 revere Titan, a mythological god that they can summon avatars of into the world and the kobold storyline is one of tragedy and suffering :(((((

@anthracite @LensaMoon@mastodon.art @Metaph@scalie.business @Weavrr@mastodon.art @Malachyte@mastodon.art

!! oh then! let me share some images

i can't wait for Blizzard's Hearthstone expansion, Kobolds & Catacombs!!!

Final Fantasy 14 also has a different take on mouse-y kobolds and they are ALSO very adorable

first two are WoW, 2nd two are Final Fantasy 14

https://awoo.space/media/74qqct0tMF8egDpRr-I https://awoo.space/media/2PjxpsGDDmzae4g3krY https://awoo.space/media/VcFU-koYOgpMNlWPce0 https://awoo.space/media/iIKN3kUwxlzwNYN-jX0

@KitRedgrave@glitch.social same. hang in there buddy

@richardgoodness ooh i like this

i read one china mievelle short story a long time ago i always thought he did cyberpunk/futurist stuff, not fantasy. i might have to pick it up

i had a concept for a sentient golem once; it was not smart like other golems at first but could slowly learn, but was really cool in that it was really just a magical bauble that when surrounded by a diffuse material could absorb it and compose a golem-like body

i called it "the elemental sieve"

@brass@monsterpit.net i tried to make a joke around this in my @planar_ebooks account on twitter but i ran out of inspiration eventually lol

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ofc there's also the mouse-like kobolds of WoW but everyone knows those and they aren't my favorite (but are equally valid)

@Malachyte@mastodon.art @Weavrr@mastodon.art @Metaph@scalie.business @anthracite @LensaMoon@mastodon.art

here's OD&D kobolds, a Japanese kobold from Suikoden, Pathfinder kobolds, and a cutebold https://awoo.space/media/MYq5AY8iWVNI3rXk2dw https://awoo.space/media/Vy9H9BMO5nmLJakZHFg https://awoo.space/media/MKwTW2x5S4p6Jej-UF4 https://awoo.space/media/W3NZjYz9YbcI10MLky0

@LensaMoon@mastodon.art @anthracite @Metaph@scalie.business @Weavrr@mastodon.art @Malachyte@mastodon.art

obvs the ones i really like are the dragon-like ones, but the dogbolds are great too

then there's a modern rendition that softens them and makes them kind of like bangaa from the FF Tactics universe, which are known as "cutebolds" - still scaled, but soft

@Malachyte@mastodon.art @Weavrr@mastodon.art @Metaph@scalie.business @anthracite @LensaMoon@mastodon.art here's where they diverge: japan picked up on kobolds around this point and took them further down the dog path, and then D&D took them and decided "hey, what if dragon servants with dragon blood but super weak?" and went the full scalie route

there is no wrong way to go with kobolds, they are cute in pretty much every facet

@LensaMoon@mastodon.art @anthracite @Metaph@scalie.business @Weavrr@mastodon.art @Malachyte@mastodon.art kobolds originally a goblinoid spirit that is often a servant of manual labor of some kind - commonly household workers and miners were what they were known for, depicted as childlike (read: toddler) in germanic folklore

over time several folks picked up on this, particularly d&d and they were originally "humanoid dogs but with scales" and kinda had both in OD&D

Good night

@Efi a truly powerful Elemental. It would have slain most men but fortunately

You neither most, nor men. Good job

Here's some new ones:

- sofa elemental

Oops I forgot the rest. I should go to bed