Cheef doesn't miss a trick, does he?
Here's a funny thought: Since this strip began, Dhur and Company have encountered goblins, drow, giants, a lich (sort of), evil cultists, a couple of gods and a demonic dragon, yet it may well be that the enemies that'll vex them the most are... kobolds??
Heh heh heh. (Evil DM Laugh)
~Rob
There isn’t a god of some sort named Tucker, who happens to have been worshiped by kobolds in this universe, is there?
I had to look up what you were talking about on the Interwebs. You know, I’ve been gaming since the late Seventies and this is the first time I’ve ever heard about this. I know all about killer gazeboes, but Tucker’s kobolds is a new one on me. I love it!
Tucker, sounds like one of the characters from Red vs. Blue. Yes those kobolds could be fun.
You have heard of Pun Pun the arbitrarily powerful Kobold wizard right?
Also, the Legacy of Stomp the Ceiling Rhino is one of the funniest mental images I’ve ever had related to D&D. (if you google ‘legacy of Stomp the ceiling rhino’ it should be the first result)
Yeah, well kobolds, goblins, and the like have rough lives largely because they do vex larger more aggressive humanoids.
Compare with a dragon for example. A dragon tends to terrify. The result is that most beings go find a quiet secluded place to cower in (preferably a fire, acid, gas, lightning, cold, etc resistant one with a smaller-than-dragon sized entrance). Only a small subset of adventurers feel powerful enough to challenge dragons, and most of them wind up as snacks, or in the case of good dragons are sometimes lectured to death. Adventurer related mortality rates for the fiercer monsters are actually pretty low.
Kobolds on the other hand, get lumped into bounty programs with rats and wolves, and included in public health campaigns with flies and mosquitoes. Sure, they can in the long run do a lot more damage than a dragon, but they’re also much more likely to be targeted for organized campaigns of elimination.
Of course this is partly perception. Cheef isn’t going to impress anyone in a sleeveless tee shirt and light purple torn sweats. I’m not normally a fan of marketing, but Cheef really could use an image consultant and a brand building campaign.