>But they USED to be little dog guys.

I THOUGHT so too, for the same reason, but ther ILLUSTRATION in the original 
MM1 is clearly of little lizard guys (horns, scales, and everything).  I'm 
looking at it right now.

Faust

>  The D&D action figures (not the
>posable ones but the hard plastic ones) bear this out because that is
>exactly what they look like.
>
>That was my point...different graphic, same name but the reader isn't
>bothered. The idea is that you could use the exact same stats and name and
>give them a totally different look and they still work just as well.
>
>-<Marc
>
>At 06:45 PM 1/25/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>>>I agree. The "new Kobold" is a good example.  Its the same annoying
>>>little bastard it always was despite the 3E tweaks. =)
>>
>>Paradoxically (since we are talking about it), I always though kobolds
>>were little dog creatures.  Guess it came from starting to play D&D before
>>the MMI came out, but our group's story was that kobolds were a race of
>>dogs who were magically transformed by a sorceress to serve as her
>>slaves.  Some of them escaped and (since pups breed so quickly) pretty
>>soon they were ... well, everywhere.
>>
>>I always pictured them as little 3-foot tall (long) pekinese walking on
>>hind legs.  Stupid little pushed-up-noses made tham more fun to bash!
>>
>>Also, since they were less than one hit die in 1E a fighter could hit as
>>many of them a round as he had levels - sort of a "proto-cleave".
>>
>>Ah, the good old days...
>>
>>Faust
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>_________________________________________________________________
>>Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Ogf-l mailing list
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
>
>_______________________________________________
>Ogf-l mailing list
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l




_________________________________________________________________
Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

_______________________________________________
Ogf-l mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l

Reply via email to