Funny thing, the DND lore of kobolds says they're resistant little bastards. Like an infestation of cockroaches, you can't kill the entire hive, there's just too many, and even down to the individual they are hardy and adaptable.

lairy said:
Funny thing, the DND lore of kobolds says they're resistant little bastards. Like an infestation of cockroaches, you can't kill the entire hive, there's just too many, and even down to the individual they are hardy and adaptable.

People just aren't trying hard enough. For every promiscous creature there is a poison or predator in nature that already exists to check their numbers.

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You could also set up a farm & make them into a food source. The DnD universe isn't very advanced (if you exclude magic) so this solution is the most viable (if you still exclude magic).

11110100110101000111 said:
People just aren't trying hard enough. For every promiscous creature there is a poison or predator in nature that already exists to check their numbers.

You ever hear of these funny little creatures called "Humans", they didn't seem to be halted by nature too much for the past couple thousand years. They aren't even a hermaphroditical species, nor are they capable of doubling their population in a month, and their gestation period is far more stable and much quicker for all parties involved. Even if you get it down to the last 2 kobolds (they can even both be the same sex) and those damn things will repopulate in less than a decade. You can even stomp on the egg and it will hatch without complication.

Kobolds are clearly a more advanced species than the most of the ancient civilizations, so they have the knowledge and structure to not be wiped by an attempted poisoned resource.

I do have a question about what you mean by 'The DnD universe', what universe are you referring to? I'm sticking to the general lore of kobolds that applies to all of them across the editions and the multiverse. I'd hesitate to call Eberon anything other than 'very advanced', additionally could you define what you mean by 'advanced'? Without a proper concrete definition and without say what setting you're referring too I can't make a specific case against it. And if we are excluding magic from our comparison, it's only fair to remove the analogous thing from reality in our comparison, electricity. At which point the only difference between the two other than fantasy races is that guns are guaranteed to exist in our world and it's up to the DM in DND.

As a food source, kobolds are incredibly thin (usually weighing 20-30 lbs, of which 15-20 is skeleton), and thanks to their semi-draconic lineage, can eat nearly anything making them a poor choice for nutrition unless you specifically make the diet to be high nutrition foods, but even then kobolds are genetically hardwired to only eat as much as they need for the colony to survive and save all extra food for later. So unless you're fond of eating bones and/or sucking the marrow from bones (like say a DRAGON), kobolds don't make good food source.

I'll admit to not knowing DnD. I'm outside looking in.

I don't consider magic & electricity to be the same, as I classify magic as an expression of spiritual/ethereal will, whereas electricity IRL is an energy field phenomena arising from physical law.
So by "not advanced", I meant the DnD multiverse lacks understanding of their physical laws, at least in comparison to us IRL, & use magic to make up for it. Though, feel free to correct me, as an outsider, seeing as I'm probably still wrong about that.

If the definition of advanced includes & factors their magical prowess, then the answer is yes. They are advanced.

I was just caught by your comparison of kobolds to roaches, so most of what I replied with actually had to do with roaches (if you expanded & read the section). Again because I'm outside looking in.

In other words your kobold-cockroach comparison really confused me, as your correction reveals that kobolds are not stupid like roaches are, & are in many ways even more resilient than roaches.
At the very least kobolds should be smart enough to not come into my fucking house after I've laced it with poisons designed specifically for them, while I'm unaffected minding my own damn business.

Also kobolds are more cute (as displayed here).

As for the human analogy, evolution is kinda slow, I don't deny that. We only really exploded in numbers over the past 2 centuries due to knowledge (not biology). The only creatures that even have a chance of checking our numbers are microbes, & that's only really due to some historical event where we were forced to become inbred. Hence the 99.4% genetic similarity across all races/ethnicities.

In the lore of DnD, I'd say the wizards understand the weave better than we modern humans understand our world.

11110100110101000111 said:

Sorry this was long.

It's fine, after seeing this message, it's clear to me we both misunderstood what the other was saying. As someone who loves reading the DND lore, I'd say magic if far more analogous to electricity than people think. Both are required to power machines, light houses, and help advance society at the whims of the intelligent people who test the way the world works.

Here's another fun lore fact for you:
The wizards of DND lore were so knowledgeable about magic and the functions of the world, they managed to create a spell of 12th level to literally become the god of magic. This has since forth caused the gods to limit the ability of mortals to only 9th level spells. This also cause the gods to basically shut of magic in the world for a while they were so angry.

lairy said:
In the lore of DnD, I'd say the wizards understand the weave better than we modern humans understand our world.

It's fine, after seeing this message, it's clear to me we both misunderstood what the other was saying. As someone who loves reading the DND lore, I'd say magic if far more analogous to electricity than people think. Both are required to power machines, light houses, and help advance society at the whims of the intelligent people who test the way the world works.

Here's another fun lore fact for you:
The wizards of DND lore were so knowledgeable about magic and the functions of the world, they managed to create a spell of 12th level to literally become the god of magic. This has since forth caused the gods to limit the ability of mortals to only 9th level spells. This also cause the gods to basically shut of magic in the world for a while they were so angry.

Did you know, it's projected that within the next century or two, assuming no apocalypse, we will solve death? & probably a bunch of other things, like space travel or if souls exist.

11110100110101000111 said:
Did you know, it's projected that within the next century or two, assuming no apocalypse, we will solve death? & probably a bunch of other things, like space travel or if souls exist.

Lmfao why is there a full on discussion going on in the comment section of an image of a kobold after a good dickin’?
I’m only a starter in DND, meaning that I still have yet to learn about it. However from what I read so far, I dislike the idea of using kobolds as a food source. They’re too cute and innocent, and pretty smart too (sometimes)
The idea of eating something that stands on two legs, looks like a scalie and has a good intellectual mind feels kinda messed up. Lmao
Although I am a little bit bias as I do love kobolds :>

lit_dragonuwu said:
Lmfao why is there a full on discussion going on in the comment section of an image of a kobold after a good dickin’?
I’m only a starter in DND, meaning that I still have yet to learn about it. However from what I read so far, I dislike the idea of using kobolds as a food source. They’re too cute and innocent, and pretty smart too (sometimes)
The idea of eating something that stands on two legs, looks like a scalie and has a good intellectual mind feels kinda messed up. Lmao
Although I am a little bit bias as I do love kobolds :>

Dragons are kind of messed up sometimes. :V