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[scriver]

Is sunlight sensitivity just about sight? As I understood it it was also about being under the sun in general.

[Persus13]

Is sunlight sensitivity just about sight? As I understood it it was also about being under the sun in general.

That's generally how I've understood it as well.

There are magic items that mitigate Sunlight Sensitivity in some of the adventures, and generally dim light is not enough to trigger in most games I've seen. Generally sunglasses is not enough in most games I've seen or played in.

[GiglameshDespair]

I know about orcs, but that doesn't mean my statement is false. The 5e Eberron book coming out in 2 weeks will have a new version of orcs without the -2 Int penalty.

Ah, I see.

Is sunlight sensitivity just about sight? As I understood it it was also about being under the sun in general.

It is about sight, yeah.

The malus of sunlight sensitivity revolves entirely around sight:

You have disadvantage on attack rolls and Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of the attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Both being almost exactly the same, it's clear that sunlight sensitivity is all about sight; they don't get burned, injured or exhausted by sunlight, or anything like that. It's not a metaphysical weakness, it's just dazzlingly bright for these darkness-dwelling creatures. 

Considering the draconic nature of kobolds, I'd find it hard to believe that they'd get sunburnt, and even if they did that would just require robes to fix.

Note something like a vampire which is harmed by sunlight is "sunlight hypersensitivity".

[Cruxador]

What are these Eberron kobold stats? What do they get to counter the lost attribute values?

Mammalian kobolds > Reptilian kobolds

I like armadillo kobolds. Both furry and scaly. Both cute and unsettling. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[Eric Blank]

I thought of kobold-dillos too. Or kobold-pangolins. Adorably horrifying.

[Persus13]

What are these Eberron kobold stats? What do they get to counter the lost attribute values?

Eberron won't have new kobolds, it has new orcs that are less dumb.

[pikachu17]

What are these Eberron kobold stats? What do they get to counter the lost attribute values?

Eberron won't have new kobolds, it has new orcs that are less dumb.

Why? I don't know Eberron. Why are orcs there special?

[Persus13]

Personally I think they're taking advantage of the new setting to revisit unpopular racial mechanics, but most races in Eberron are different in some way or another from the usual depiction. Orcs tend to be less "dumb evil tribal brutes" and more "an ancient race of druids and paladins holding back supernatural threats in the far corners of the world" in Eberron though.

[Trekkin]

I thought of kobold-dillos too. Or kobold-pangolins. Adorably horrifying.

I'm cool with the existing draconic/saurian kobolds, but I'd like to see a nod toward a more recent understanding of non-avian dinosaurs, particularly the smaller raptors. Kobold-chickenpupperlizards, if you will. Admittedly I'd give them more elaborate head quills to serve the same signaling function as visible ears on a cat, forward-facing eyes with elliptical pupils and opposable thumbs, but they could just as easily be clucking fluffy adorable things or scary hawklike pack hunters depending largely on how puffed up they are. In which case, I suppose, dragons would be enormous feathered serpents with a general demeanor somewhere between a raven and a housecat.

[scourge728]

From my understanding, kobolds are reptilian because of their draconic ancestry, and thus don't have a necessity to reflect modern knowledge of dinosaurs.

[Trekkin]

From my understanding, kobolds are reptilian because of their draconic ancestry, and thus don't have a necessity to reflect modern knowledge of dinosaurs.

Oh, sure. There's no necessity for kobolds at all, let alone updating them. I just think that, to the extent that modern paleontology has informed some modern depictions of dragons (Game of Thrones, for example) by giving them pterosaur-ish forelimb wings -- and entirely avoiding the question of the extent, if any, to which medieval discoveries of dinosaur fossils informed the original Western dragon myths -- it'd be a fun variant to take that to its logical conclusion and have more avian kobolds. 

I'm not going to sit here and tell anyone how to run their game. We have more than enough of that. There are just some things that I think would be funny or cool or useful to see in addition to what's already out there, and clucking kobolds happen to be one of them.

[wierd]

Kobold Terrorbirds in 5.. 4... 3...

[scriver]

I'm very hipster about kobolds. I used to be entirely on the cutebold train, but it feels so 2010 these days, and there's way too many people liking this old sock

[Kagus]

Sooo...

Variant Human Warlock 2/Sorcerer 2... Spell Sniper feat, Eldritch Spear invocation, Distant Spell metamagic...

Is that eldritch blast with a range of 1,200 feet?

[Persus13]

Nope, you need a third level of sorcerer for that.