Kobold player race V3

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## Kobold [revised]

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*“<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Kobolds are a lot less cute when they learn how to cast  fireballs”*

— Volo

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Kobolds are often dismissed as cowardly, foolish, and weak, but these little reptilian creatures are clever with their hands, and viciously work together in order to overcome their physical limitations. Kobold are short in stature, despite the draconic blood running in their veins, with the tallest of them barely reaching 3 feet and weighing no more than 35 pounds. Because of their small size, kobold often have to adopt unorthodox means of achieving victory. This usually leads to traps, which kobold are well known for crafting.

Unlike the true dragons they worship, kobolds don't have set colours that reflect certain personality traits. Whole tribes usually are the same one or two colours, and the colour of a kobold has no bearing on its abilities or skill set. Kobolds display many of the traits that true dragons display, and are often either proud, or vain (or both). While individual kobolds prefer to run away from a fight, they know that there is greatness within them and are proud that they were chosen to be the blood-kin of dragons. Despite this, a typical kobold acknowledges its weakness in the face of a hostile world. However, a kobold finds satisfaction in its work, the survival of its tribe, and the knowledge that it shares a heritage with mighty dragons. While the individual kobold can be cowardly, this changes when they fight directly alongside their tribe. They believe that they will be rewarded in the afterlife if they die in the service of their tribe, and as such are far less fearful. Kobolds, aside from the occasional adventurer, are also quite content with their lives, provided they can mine and be with their families, and receive the occasional praise from dragons.

Kobolds are renowned for their worship of dragons, in which case they cast aside any pride they have and willingly and proudly serve such mighty creatures without a thought of treason. If the dragon expresses cruelty, they will tolerate it or simply go away instead of seeking revenge. They even display strong acts of courage while within their service. Strangely, they have the same sentiment towards dragonborn and half dragons, whom they consider to be dragons. This often <br>leads to the annoyance of dragonborn, many of whom <br>hold resentment towards dragons for past slavery. <br>However, their obsessive loyalty and devotion, and their <br>skill at handling the sewage <br>of draconic communities, <br>causes the other draconic <br>races to tolerate their <br>presence. And those that <br>are able to put their pride <br>aside acknowledge that more <br>than one draconic community has <br>been saved by using the kobolds <br>overwhelming numbers and <br>unorthodox way of fighting.

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Kobolds are naturally skilled at tunneling. Similar to dwarves, they have a near-instinctive sense of what sections of stone or earth are strong or weak, are bearing a load or are safe to excavate, or are likely to contain minerals or offer access to water. This ability enables them to fashion secure homes in places where other creatures wouldn't feel safe. Their favorite past time is bathing, and they seek out natural springs and hot springs. The latter also being quite popular with half dragons.

Kobolds take advantage of their size by creating small-diameter tunnels that they can easily pass through, but that require larger creatures to hunch or even crawl to make progress. Due to their small size, many kobold often feel that there's safety in numbers. As such they rarely strike out on their own, unless it's a mission of great importance or they are serving or proving themselves to a *dragon*.

A kobold can be fooled with smooth words or a quick wit, but when the kobold figures out it has been tricked, it remembers the affront. And when possible will retaliate against that person somehow, even if merely in a petty way.

Though they are far less grudgeful against draconic races, feeling that they act so because they must prove their worth.

### Kobold Names

Kobold names are derived from the Draconic tongue and usually relate to a characteristic of the owner, such as scale colour, distinctive body parts, or typical behavior. For example, "Red Foot, "White Claw" and "Scurry" are Common translations of often-used names. A kobold might change its name when it becomes an adult, or add additional word-syllables after important events such as completing its first hunt, laying its first egg, or surviving its first battle. Because kobolds can change sex to suit a tribe's needs, they don't differentiate between male or female names.
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**Kobold Names:** Arix, Eks, Ett, Galax, Garu, Hagnar, Hox, Irtos, Kashak, Meepo, Molo, Ohsoss, Rotom, Sagin, Sik, Sniv, Taklak, Tes, Urak, Varn.

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### Kobold Traits

As a kobold, you gain the following traits.

***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Intelligence or Charisma score increases by 1.

***Age.*** Kobolds reach adulthood at age 6 and can live up to 120 years, but rarely do so. Those that live within or near draconic communities tend to live longer.

***Alignment.*** Kobolds rely on the strength of their group, which makes them tend toward law. Kobolds living within or near draconic communities are often Neutral.

***Size.*** Kobold are between 2 and 3 feet tall and weigh between 25 and 35 pounds. Your size is Small.

***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

***Darkvision.*** You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light, but only shades of gray.

***Burrower.*** As an action while holding a pickaxe, you can grant yourself a burrow speed of 15 feet through non-rock earth until the end of your turn. When you use your burrow speed with this trait, you clear the path behind you.

***Center of Attention.*** As an action you can distract nearby foes. This can be done by cowering pathetically, shrieking furiously, boasting arrogantly, or through different means. Until the start of your next turn, your allies gain advantage on attack rolls against enemies within 10 feet of you that can see you. At 6th level you can use this trait as a bonus action, but you can't benefit from this trait's advantage yourself.

Once you use this trait, you can't use it again <br>until you finish a short or long rest.

***Skilled Trapper.*** You gain proficiency <br>with the thieves' tools, and whenever <br>you make an ability check to create <br>traps *(found on page 84 of Xanathar's <br>Guide to Everything)* your proficiency <br>bonus is doubled.

***Fleeting Courage.*** When you <br>succeed on a saving throw, your next <br>attack roll or saving throw you make <br>before the end of your next turn <br>has advantage.

***Languages.*** You can speak, <br>read, and write Common and <br>Draconic. Draconic is thought to <br>be one of the oldest languages <br>and is often used in the study of <br>magic. The language sounds <br>harsh to most other creatures <br>and includes numerous hard <br>consonants and sibilants.

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>##### Weasel companions
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>Kobolds train and domesticate giant weasels and dire weasels as hunting companions, guard animals, and mounts. These domesticated weasels are stronger than their wild counterparts, and trained to work well in groups. A domesticated giant weasel has the statistics of a wolf, and a domesticated dire weasel has the statistics of a dire wolf, except both also possess Darkvision with a range of 60 feet. At your DM's discretion, you can gain a domesticated weasel as your companion during your adventures. This weasel is friendly to you and your companions and obeys any simple verbal commands that you issue to it (no action required by you) such as attack or guard, but it will only allow kobolds to ride it as a mount. If you have proficiency in the Animal Handling skill, and you train with your weasel regularly (at your DM’s discretion), you can add your proficiency bonus to the Strength saving throw DC of the weasel's bite, and any skill check the weasel makes.
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>##### Playing as a Dragonwrought Kobold
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>You may choose to play as a regular dragonwrought kobold, born with wings from a special egg. 
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>If you choose this variant, you gain the Urd Feat at 1st level, but you lose the following racial traits:
>Burrower, Center of Attention. and Skilled Trapper.
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## Racial Feats

### Feat: Kobold Inventor
*Prerequisite: Kobold, the Skilled Trapper racial trait*

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You are resourceful and clever for a kobold, although quite eccentric as well. You gain the following benefits:

- Your created traps *(found on page 84 of Xanathar's Guide to Everything)* deal double the standard damage, and you can create one within 1 minute once between rests.
- You carry six of your *inventions* with you, and you can use each of the options below as an action once. Their DC is 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier. All initial damage caused by your *inventions* increases by an additional 1d6 at 8th level, 12th level, 16th level and 20th level. You also add your proficiency bonus to the attack rolls of your insect swarms. You can choose to panic and use one of your *inventions* as a bonus action instead of an action, however you must then roll a d6 die to determine which *invention* you use. If you roll a used *invention*, then nothing happens. While using an *invention* this way, you can choose not to cause its effects. You can only use one *invention* each turn. After finishing a long rest, and spending 10 minutes to forage and prepare, you can regain all expended uses of your *inventions*.

**1- Acid.** You hurl a flask of volatile acid to a location within 20 feet of you. Those within 10 feet of that location must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6 acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

**2- Pocket Sand.** You throw sand at a creature within 5 feet of you. The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be blinded until the end of your next turn.

**3- Scorpion on a Stick.** You attack a creature within 5 feet of you with a scorpion tied to the end of a 5-foot-long pole. The target automatically suffers 1 piercing damage and it must make a Constitution saving throw, taking 2d6 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. On a failed save the target is also poisoned for 1 minute. The affected target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.

**4- Skunk in a Cage.** You release a skunk into an unoccupied 5-foot-square space within 20 feet of you, which immediately sprays its musk at a random creature within 5 feet of it. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target retches and can't take actions for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, and whenever it takes damage, ending the effect on a success.

**5- Volatile Fire.** You hurl a flask of fire to a creature within 20 feet of you, who must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target suffers 1d6 initial fire damage, and 1d6 additional fire damage at the start of each of its turns. A creature can take an action to extinguish the flames.

**6- Wasp Nest in a Bag.** You throw a small basket into a 5-foot-square space within 20 feet of you. A swarm of insects (wasps) emerges from it, immediately takes its turn after yours, and attacks the nearest creature until that creature is reduced to 0 hit points, after which the swarm disperses.
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These *inventions* look like a mess of scrap or alchemy, therefore others are unwilling to purchase them.
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Other creatures are also unable to use your inventions.

### Feat: Pack Tactics
*Prerequisite: Kobold*

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You excel at teamwork, fighting side by side against all odds.
- You have advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated. You can only benefit from this feature once on each of your own turns.
- Whenever you would gain the benefit of your Fleeting Courage racial trait, you can use your reaction to grant this boon to an ally who can see you instead.

### Feat: Pickaxe Mastery
*Prerequisite: Kobold, the Burrower racial trait*

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Your time spent wielding a pickaxe allows you to wield it with devastating efficiency. You gain the following benefits:

- You can use a pickaxe as a melee weapon with the finesse and versatile properties, which deals 1d8 piercing damage (1d10 when used with two hands). You are proficient with pickaxes used this way, and you gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls you make with the weapon.
- Whenever you attack with a pickaxe, you can swing wildly, causing your attack to have disadvantage. If you hit, you deal additional damage equal to double your proficiency bonus.
- Whenever you have disadvantage on an attack roll you make with a pickaxe, the target still takes piercing damage equal to your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice) if the attack misses but the higher of the two d20 rolls would have hit.

### Feat: Nimble Kobold 
*Prerequisite: Kobold, the Center of Attention racial trait*

You are exceptionally nimble, even for a kobold, and you have perfected techniques that allow you to take advantage of openings in an enemies defenses made by an allies attack.
- You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than you.
- You can take the Disengage or Dash action as a bonus action on each of your turns.
- When an ally makes a melee attack against a creature within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to make one melee weapon attack against that creature.

### Feat: Urd
*Prerequisite: Kobold*

Dragonwrought kobolds have a stronger connection to their draconic ancestors, and are considered a blessing among their kind. Those kobolds who become dragonwrought later on in their lives are called Urds.
- You gain the Wings and Hardened Scales racial traits from the dragonborn.
- You have advantage on saving throws against being paralyzed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
- You have resistance to the damage type associated with your dragon ancestor. Choose a dragon from the dragon-born's Draconic Ancestry table to determine the type.