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
>>>
>>>
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