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Thread: Kobold Races
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2020-02-25, 08:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Kobold Races
Kobolds
Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity increases by 1.
Size
Your size is Small.
Speed
You have a walking speed of 30'.
Darkvision
You have Darkvision out to 60'.
Slight Build
You may count as one size smaller when it would be beneficial to you.
Languages
You speak Common and Draconic.
Spoiler: Strong-Arm KoboldsAbility Score Increase
Your Strength and Constitution increase by 1.
Mighty Thews
You may use Heavy weapons as if you were a Medium creature.
Relentless Endurance
When you would be reduced to 0 HP (but not killed outright) you may, once per long rest, instead drop to 1 HP.
Spoiler: Miner KoboldsAbility Score Increase
Your Dexterity and Constitution increase by 1.
Scurry
You may Dash as a bonus action. Furthermore, you are not slowed by squeezing into tight spaces.
Hardy
Once per short rest, you may gain advantage on a Strength or Constitution saving throw.
Spoiler: Scholar KoboldsAbility Score Increase
Your Intelligence increases by 2.
Minor Magics
You know any one cantrip from the Wizard spell list. Intelligence is your casting stat for this spell.
Learned
You gain proficiency in any two Intelligence-based skills of your choice.
Spoiler: Leader KoboldsAbility Score Increase
Your Charisma and Strength increase by 1.
Leader Of The Meek
You may, as an action, grant the Pack Tactics ability for one minute to any ally other than yourself who can see and hear you and is within 60'. This ability lasts one minute, and may only be used once per long rest.
Bolster
As an action, you may grant another creature within 60' an Inspiration die, provided they can see and hear you. They may spend this inspiration die in one of three ways:
1) Gain THP as a bonus action, equal to the number rolled. These THP last one minute.
2) Gain a bonus on a saving throw as a reaction, equal to the number rolled.
3) As an action, gain a bonus on their next ability check taken (provided it is taken within one minute).
An Inspiration die lasts ten minutes or until used. A creature may only have one Inspiration die at a time. The die starts at 1d4, becoming 1d6 at level eleven and 1d8 at level twenty.
Spoiler: Shamanic KoboldAbility Score Increase
Your Constitution and Wisdom increase by 1.
Minor Magic
You know one cantrip from the Cleric list. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for this cantrip.
Empath
You can sense the emotions of your allies, provided you can see them and they are willing. This provides advantage on Insight checks made involving them. Additionally, you may take another's wounds onto yourself. As an action, you can touch a creature and roll a number of d6s, up to your proficiency bonus. You take that much damage (up to a maximum of the amount of damage the other creature has taken or your current HP, whichever is lower) and the touched creature heals for that much.Last edited by JNAProductions; 2020-02-26 at 12:48 PM.
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2020-02-26, 01:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Kobold Races
Huh, this is cool.
While you don't give the same abilities as the standard kobold here, I'm not sure it matters - what you've done still feels like what you'd expect from kobolds, especially with Slight Build.
Slight Build is a wonderful piece of work - I'm assuming this is meant to be a sort of opposite of Powerful Build. Whatever the case, it works quite well and gives players an opportunity to explore mechanical options that they may not have ever considered before.
Mighty Thews just gives some hilarious imagery, especially because of how small kobolds are. I really want to play a Kobold with a maul that is twice as big as they are now.
Questions, clarifications, and nitpicks
Scurry's second point,
is already encapsulated by the Slight Build feature.
How often can Bolster be used? Right now, it doesn't look like there is any limit. Also, why does it take an action for a creature to gain a bonus on their next ability check?
Similarly, how often can Empath be used? And what type of damage would you take from it? Also, can this damage be reduced or resisted? The closest spells I found that resemble this ability were Warding Bond (which doesn't specify, but seems to imply the same type of damage) and Life Transference (which specifies necrotic damage).
Minor nitpick, but Relentless Endurance, Hardy, and Leader of the Meek would more closely resemble the wording of similar abilities if regaining them was worded as "You can't use this feature again until you finish a ___ rest"
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2020-02-26, 10:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Kobold Races
Some spaces are small enough to require squeezing for Tiny creatures. Even then, you are not slowed.
Bolster is at-will, yes. And it takes an action to prevent excessive spamming.
Empath is at-will. Not sure what damage type-psychic might make sense. Not sure it matters, because, no, it cannot be resisted or reduced.
As for your nitpick, are the abilities unclear? That's my main worry.I have a LOT of Homebrew!
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2020-02-26, 11:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-02-26, 12:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-02-26, 12:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-02-26, 02:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Kobold Races
So, I don't have a subrace suggestion, but rather an item/feat suggestion. The item suggestion is some kind of general Trapmaker's Tools, however you want 'em to work. The feat would be something like this.
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2020-02-27, 01:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Kobold Races
Maybe there should be a CHA/CON subrace that is some sort of a "Scale-scion", with an "initiate of dragons" theme
Perhaps his abilities would be really limited (5-10 ft) flight speed and some limited innate casting dependant on his draconic heritage?
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2020-03-02, 09:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Kobold Races
Is there any limit to how frequently Bolster can be used?
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2020-03-02, 11:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-03-02, 11:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Kobold Races
...I see. Does the 1 at a time interfere with giving them Bardic Inspiration as well?
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2020-03-02, 11:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Kobold Races
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