Kobold
Description
What this people is, and the time it is given.
Small reptilian humanoids of distant draconic ancestry, kobolds live in tight-knit, disciplined tribes — often in the shadow of, or in service to, a dragon.
- Size category
- Small
- Speed
- 9 m
- Stature
- 0.61 – 0.76 m
- Weight
- 11 – 16 kg
The ages of a life
Traits shared by the whole people
Prismatic Vision
In dim light, the character sees up to 36 meters without any disadvantage on perception-based tests, and perceives color normally.
Trapper's Cunning
Once per day, the character can rig a simple trap using materials at hand (snare, deadfall, tripwire); the first creature to trigger it must succeed a Dexterity saving throw or be knocked down.
Small Size
+1 to Defense and +2 to Stealth tests. Disadvantage when using heavy weapons.
Usual names
Szarax "Rockbiter" Kipik, Vixxorak "Not-Dead" Snix, Prazzik "Treasure-Sniffer" Zok-Zok
Kessirik "Nestfall" Tipsi, Szarax "Too-Many-Teeth" Missa, Vixxorak "Great-Brave" Nixi
A kobold carries three names, in this order: clan name, childhood nickname, personal name. The clan name is each clan's corrupted attempt to echo the name of the great dragon it claims descent from (e.g. Szarax, Kessirik, Vixxorak, Prazzik) — spoken with emphasis, though the distortion betrays how far short of the real thing it falls. The childhood nickname, unlike a dragonborn's, is kept for life and worn with pride no matter how ridiculous; it commemorates an exploit, an accident, or a childhood habit (Rockbiter, Not-Dead, Nestfall, Treasure-Sniffer, Too-Many-Teeth, Great-Brave — rarely without irony). The personal name is very short, one or two syllables, sometimes doubled like a child's word (Kipik, Snix, Zok-Zok). Dominant consonants: S, Z, K, X, with hissing doublings (ss, zz, xx); vowels favor i, then a and o; syllable doubling adds a childlike touch. Male names end on a hard consonant (-ik, -ix, -ok, -zz); female names end on a vowel (-si, -sa, -xi). Note: the dragon names used here for clans are placeholders and will need further worldbuilding work.