Hmmm...let's see...how old was I when I first read the Kobold description....and did I EVER go back and read it again? =)
Maybe THATS where the problem was At 08:12 PM 1/25/2002 +0000, you wrote: >>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 _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
