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[Jeoshua]

I always thought kobolds were lizard puppy things. Best of both worlds!

This

They're actually Draconic, therefore egg laying, warm blooded, dog-faced lizards.

[Deon]

That's an interesting tidbit, never noticed that until now. Now I have a better idea of how they might look.

In DnD lore, late editions, only. In earlier editions they were puppy-men.
In folkloire a kobold could be a shapeshifter, so it could be anything. Basically an evil cave spirit.

In DF they are furry brown-furred goblinoids laying eggs.
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It's worth noting that the kobolds in DF have no fur or even hair of any sort in their descriptor, whereas everything else (like trolls for instance) has a very clear one. Skin is their prominent feature, so I don't believe you are correct on this one, even if it may have been true for Kobold Quest.

My bad, I haven't checked kobolds' raws for a while. Yeah, they have a brown skin, that's not a fur.

My perception of kobolds is colored by Suikoden, where they're dog-like people of a size between humans and halflings. This is Kuromimi, as an example.

Oh hell naw.

Small, spear wielding, tunnel digging, trap-laying, mischievous, yelping lizard people is my perception of them.

DF has quite a different shift from other settings, so DnD or Tolkien stereotypes do not work here. Nobody objects that DF elves are far from Tolkien elves, I wonder why do so many people have a hard time understanding the actual look of kobolds in DF.

P.S. Here's another picture of a DF StAII kobold for you:

[Wolf Tengu]

Yeah, my views were coloured by Suikoden too...

[martys1103]

*Starts modding kobolds*

[Zesty]

The Warcraft-style Kobolds are how I always pictured them.

This is how I try to picture them nowadays:



Still a bit rat-like, but with reptilian characteristics.

[rhesusmacabre]

The first kobold I encountered looked like this:

so lizardy.

(bonus points if you can name the skeleton)

[Angel Of Death]

The skeleton can be named Bob!

[PTTG??]

Toady One's Kobolds are most similar to Today One's Kobolds, and nothing else. They lay eggs. They use insects. They get killed by just about everything. Now you know everything that we know for certain.

[Patomago]

I always imagine kobolds like this:



God bless ASCII graphics, that let you unleash you imagination and see things the way your mind dictates!

[Tsukana]

I played the crap out of the demo for that game when I was but a lad.

[Deon]

The first kobold I encountered looked like this:

so lizardy.

(bonus points if you can name the skeleton)

I think this one is quite close to DF kobolds.

And ASCII is all and nice, but we now get proper descriptions on creatures, so you have to mod the kobolds to suit your imagination now .