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[IndonesiaWarMinister]

Er... This is what the wikisite TVTropes.org calls "Our Monsters Are Different". Seriously, all fantasy writers do this to some degree.

fix'd

We can't let people getting to wrong site, right?

[Servant Corps]

Er. Sorry then for the post. Just wanted to know why DF Kobolds are...different. And now I know. Thanks.

[Neonivek]

Gnomes are I think supposed to be sharp teethed evil little gremlines so evil they were cursed to forever life underground

TECHNICALLY this means a Garden Gnome would be a gnome forever cursed to live in your garden (or gardens in general) which somehow feels wrong

Gnomes definately be added to Dwarf Fortress as a Underground only race! woot!

[Foa]

Hmm, kobold...



-"Our Line of Sight is only 20 spaces"

--"Goddammit, I hate our aggro range."

-"Just roll the dice and hate the game, KOBOLD."

--"KOBOLD!"

[Tormy]

Foa..funny pictures! 
Here is an interesting image about a Kobold..I think that it's pretty decent!:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This kobold looks sooooo mischievious. 

[Granite26]

Those aren't Kobolds, those are miniature wookies!

[PTTG??]

Greengus! Smalarky! Grobograg!!!

Gra Koboldk! Koboldk!:
http://www.bay12games.com/games/

KOBOLD!!

Rrrorgan. Ffffchighrus!

My point: Kobolds in DF are well defined- perhaps more than any other DF species (especially humans).

[Jurph]

a giant cascade of butchery

...is what I'm naming my next Fortress.

[Cles]

You know, in Norse mythology dwarves could shapeshift into otters.

[Foa]

Foa..funny pictures! 
Here is an interesting image about a Kobold..I think that it's pretty decent!:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This kobold looks sooooo mischievious. 

You should see the part when they try to reason out why a box is moving.

[RedWick]

Hehe...IIRC, kobolds are the one race in DF that Toady has a special place in his heart for.

[Cles]

Hehe...IIRC, kobolds are the one race in DF that Toady has a special place in his heart for.

Did he voice his opinion on the 'cutebolds' that /tg/ has spawned?

[Von Krieger]

Anyhow, We cannot see what Kobolds look like in Dwarf Fortress as it is and their size is 5 and they have to tail. They also have 3 toes and 5 fingers (which to me is actually pretty odd)

It's a mixing of reptilian and humanoid anatomies. Reptiles are generally depicted having three toes, and five fingers is, by default, the typical number of fingers on a hand sporting an opposable thumb.

Dimorphism on the number of digits on a creature's limbs is not unusual. Mice have one fewer digit on one set of limbs then that other, but I don't recall if its the forelimbs or hindlimbs.

[Duke 2.0]

Anyhow, We cannot see what Kobolds look like in Dwarf Fortress as it is and their size is 5 and they have to tail. They also have 3 toes and 5 fingers (which to me is actually pretty odd)

It's a mixing of reptilian and humanoid anatomies. Reptiles are generally depicted having three toes, and five fingers is, by default, the typical number of fingers on a hand sporting an opposable thumb.

Dimorphism on the number of digits on a creature's limbs is not unusual. Mice have one fewer digit on one set of limbs then that other, but I don't recall if its the forelimbs or hindlimbs.

 And don't forget: According to the art I have seen Gobbo produce, kobolds don't have mammeries. The defining characteristic of mammals, it seems kobolds are an odd mix indeed. Like furry, warm-blooded sentient reptiles.

[commondragon]

Why does everyone say they are reptiles?  The only kobolds I have ever seen in anything are small, light brown fuzzy dog things.

In my opinion the only reason they are "primitive" is that everyone hates them so much that they never give them a chance to NOT be "primitive" (plus we needed something like that in DF).

As far as I'm concerned they steal things out of some sort of code of honor.  Now excuse me, I have stupid fantasies about epic sieges lead by kobolds.