Kobold
| Harper Field Dossier | |
|---|---|
| Combat reference | |
| Type | Small dragonkin humanoid — cowardly and feeble alone, a deathtrap in numbers |
| Vulnerabilities | None discovered |
| Resistances | None known |
| Immunities | None known |
| Condition Immunities | None known |
| Strong Saves | Nothing of note; quick of foot at best |
| Senses | Sees in the dark; cringes and falters in bright daylight |
| Movement | Scuttles; warrens, tunnels, and trap-laced burrows |
| Notable Abilities | Deadly only in a swarm, ganging up so each weakling strikes true; cunning trapper; the Cult of the Dragon breeds war-castes — Dragonshields (armoured, shrug off their patron's element), Scale Sorcerers (spit a chosen element), and clouds of winged kin |
| Provenance | |
| Knowledge | Well-attested — waded through them again and again |
| First Encountered | Session 43 and 48 |
| Filed by | Agent Wren, of the Tellstone circle |
A single kobold is a joke; a hundred are a funeral. — Wren
The Harpers' Read
Kobolds win by numbers and trickery. They gang up so that each feeble blow lands, and they trap every approach to their warren. They cringe from sunlight, so daylight or a bright enough lantern blunts a whole pack. In the Cult of the Dragon's service they are drilled into war-castes worth naming: Dragonshields that shrug off their patron dragon's element, Scale Sorcerers that spit acid, fire, cold, or lightning, and flights of winged kin. Kill the casters and the leaders first; the rabble breaks, or simply dies in heaps.
Encounters of Record
The company has cut through kobolds many times — in the cult's ranks during the Council of Waterdeep arc, where Dragonshields, Scale Sorcerers, and Guard Drakes fought as one (43), and as swarms infesting Arauthator's lair in Oyaviggaton (48), where locals called them nasty things that breed fast and die easy.