#koboldposting

[kobold-wyx]

time to kick off pride month early with the classic

trans rights forever, baby

by @ovaettr

[sylveons-butt]

kobold that sits on your dashboard and bites chunks out of all your posts

[neldu-nak]

A surprise gift from @sneakykobold !!! This art was a pleasant surprise to my day!

[panic-at-the-dm]

thanks furries for telling me how to draw kobolds

[druzysaur]

so you guys know how sometimes lizards can have two heads

my idea now is to make a two headed kobold for a future campaign. they are a paladin/champion both following the same deity (i have not decided which! suggestions welcome!!!) but have very different interpretations of what being a champion of so-and-so actually means. Neither of them are wrong but they will often argue with themselves over what to do and what a true champion of whoever should actually value. ofc they do agree on some things and both can agree that the most important thing ever is protecting their friends and those who can’t protect themselves! i probably won’t get to play this guys for a long time but i’m excited to make them

[hecho-a-mano]

that kobold's scales may look red but in reality they only look like that cos he's blushing all the time.

[toasterpip]

A "movie" poster made in response to a post from @koboldpost-generator on the bird site that read "Kobold: the movie".

I styled it after the classic TRON poster. It's the shiniest rock!

[nikitaw99]

i dont think a kobold would mind if they got coal for christmas. they could just eat it

[bedlam-moon]

"kobold of the ceiling what is your wisdom?"

"yipyipyipyipyip"

[the-world-annealing]

To add to all the above, the origin of kobolds as mischievous mine-spirits is why cobalt is called that! Cobaltiferous ores are common, but they can't be easily smelted and release arsenic- and sulphur-based gases when heated, causing miners to swiftly conclude that these rocks had to be the work of malevolent supernatural tricksters.

This is a question that’s been bothering me, and after looking into it I think I get it

So kobolds first appear in Germanic folklore as domestic spirits. Kobolds are also considered mine spirits, causing cave-ins and tapping on things in the dark to scare miners

Think the elves from The Elves and the Shoemaker, but bastards

This association with mines and caves and bastardy gets them into the world of tabletop RPGs when Gary Gygax adds them to his fantasy supplement of Chainmail. Kobolds are later added to Dungeons & Dragons as a subterranean race of monsters

Here’s the important thing: due to a throwaway line in the rulebooks about the kobolds having doglike voices, the first artist to depict a D&D kobold gave it a dog nose

This is the beginning point in the divergent evolution

Kobolds in western TTRPG will notoriously become more and more reptilian with each generation, leaning on the interpretation of “chihuahua dragons,” but it’s at this time, heavily inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, that the video game series Wizardry begins

They brought the dog kobolds with them

Wizardry becomes extremely popular in Japan, inspiring JRPG series like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy as well as manga series like Dungeon Meshi. And while in the west the kobold has become increasingly reptilian with each edition, the Japanese kobold has become increasingly canine

And this is why in the greater fantasy genre, kobolds represent everything from

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[kobold-wyx]

[minty-chips]

Happy New Yip!

Do something nice for yourself today!

[neldu-nak]

A surprise gift from @sneakykobold !!! This art was a pleasant surprise to my day!

[dracatty]

These little creatures are the beings that inhabit my mind. When my mind goes blank it’s because the little kobolds get really busy vibing

brain scrambled, have some kobolds

[cyrantonthecold]

May Hanseath one day find you worthy of growing your own facial hair.

Rock and Stone! By Moradin's beard, this kobold will find his place in the great dwarven halls.

[druzysaur]

I’m gonna do it… I’m gonna fly!