Kobold

Zuthalo, a promising scribe,

serves an elder red dragon as his accountant. For a kobold, he has an exceptional ability to learn, and his handwriting is, as far as his lordship is concerned, 'Acceptable.' Carts upon carts of unassorted coin pass through his office each day. It has no roof, for though he is a loyal servant, his master likes to keep a watchful eye over his belongings. "One of these days." the kobold thinks to himself. "Master will see me for the powerful sorcerer I am and teach me the secrets of the arcane."

Pitiful, Resilient, Meek.

Kobolds are craven reptilian humanoids that worship evil dragons as demigods and serve them as minions and toadies. Kobolds inhabit dragons' lairs when they can but more commonly infest dungeons, gathering treasures and trinkets to add to their own tiny hoards.



Physically weak, kobolds are easy prey for predators. This vulnerability forces them to band together. Their superior numbers can win battles against powerful adversaries, but often with massive casualties on the kobold side. Tunnelers and Builders. Kobolds make up for their physical ineptitude with a cleverness for trap making and tunneling. Their lairs consist of low tunnels through which they move easily but which hinder larger humanoids. Kobolds also riddle their lairs with traps. The most insidious kobold traps make use of natural hazards and other creatures. A trip wire might connect to a spring-loaded trap that hurls clay pots of flesheating green slime or flings crates of venomous giant centipedes at intruders.



Due to their below-average intellect and physical attributes, kobolds are usually unfit for adventuring. Only those that stand out as prodigies in their field of expertise dare venture out from their lairs alone, and even then they much prefer to travel with a group of others.

Kobold Names

Kobolds, being draconic in nature, take names similar to those of dragonborn. However, outside of a kobold community, most come up with a title for themselves in an attempt at grandeur or to feign importance.

Title Examples: The Great, The Stupendous, The Magnificent, The Beautiful, Champion of Tiamat.

Kobold Traits

As a kobold, your character has a number of traits associated with its race.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 1, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 2.

Age. Kobolds mature roughly three times quicker than humans, but can live to be over a century old.

Alignment. Kobolds are usually lawful, and though they are primarily evil, a good dragon may sway them towards its cause if it will allow them to worship it.

Size. Kobolds, on average, are slightly taller than gnomes and average about 30 pounds. Your size is Small.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. Accustomed to life underground, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Draconic Ancestry. You have draconic ancestry. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic Ancestry table. You gain damage resistance to the type associated with this type of dragon, and you have advantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks made to influence them.

Dragonlore Teachings. You have advantage on all Intelligence checks made to recall information about dragons.

Party Tactics. When you announce an attack against a creature, you may impose advantage on the attack roll. This feature requires one of your allies that is not incapacitated to be within 5 feet of the targeted creature. You must complete a short or long rest before you can use this feature again.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic.

Variant Kobold Traits A few kobolds are born with leathery wings and can fly. Known as urds, they like to lurk on high ledges and drop rocks on passersby. Although the urds' wings are seen as gifts from Tiamat, wingless kobolds are envious of those gifts.

Your Dungeon Master might allow you to play an Urd. Urds have a few variant traits, all of which replace the kobold's Ability Score Increase trait. Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2. Flight. You have a set of dragon wings. You gain a fly speed of 30 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.