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[lowlevelkoboldadventures]

In my homebrew setting, kobolds can't sleep well unless they're in a big cuddle pile or are cuddling with a medium or large sized creature. If they need to go out alone (something they almost never do), they always bring a big stuffed animal in their backpack

THIS IS INCREDIBLE 💘😭💘

Thank you SO much for sharing, oh my gods I’ll be thinking about this forever now 💖🥹💖

[wol-taleal-desharn]

7. Moving closer in their sleep

<3 thank you for the prompt! Since copy/pssye is terrible from the phone, heres a screencap under the cut :)

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[lowlevelkoboldadventures]

Hello!!! 🦎 Im also a kobold (!!! 🐽 !!!) & I work for a dragon whos normally very confident but is privately very shy & Ive been thinking about the dynamic of a shy dragon & a confident kobold but am at a loss as how to apply this to help my big dragon or bring this up at all!!! Do u have any thoughts that could assist a confident and helpful kobold in being the strength that their dragon needs??? 🐉 🦎

YES oh I am SO glad you stopped by! Also apologies for the late reply!

As a kobold, I'm sure you likely already do sooooo much for your dragon! But, here's some extra tricks I'd suggest that might make a good impact too, if you aren't doing them already!

Praise your dragon:

A loooot of dragons REALLY like hearing about how awesome and powerful and mighty they are. Being your dragon's kobold, you should definitely do what you can to ensure that they NEVER forget their own awesomeness!!!

There's multiple different applications for praise, like after something difficult was done, but also just in the moment unprompted! I would advise not just praising your dragon, but finding which application is most rewarding, then really singing your heartfelt praises to them when it hits the hardest!

Accept your dragon:

At the end of the day, you may find that your dragon just generally might always have times where their confidence is a little short in supply, and it's important that they know that they're no bit less incredible for it!

Some dragons I know also fear their "less ideal" dragon traits aren't acceptable to others, like being "lazy or indecisive or greedy" and such. And I say it's their dragon right to be those things, and I love them all the same for it!

Make their position a powerful one:

Imagine you and your dragon orders something at a restaurant, but when the food comes to your table, they got your dragon's order wrong!

Your dragon in this hypothetical moment is feeling too shy to bring this up, and you instead talk to the staff and get the order fixed yourself

Your dragon might feel bad that their weak little kobold had to be the assertive one for them, but what if we thought about it differently?

While some may interpret it that way, I PERSONALLY would interpret it instead that your dragon is just so awesome and mighty that they don't NEED to be the assertive one! They have their silly little kobold there to be it for them!

Re-contextualizing situations like this can go a long way, not just in helping a dragon feel better in the short term, but also in changing their mindset and fully realizing their power! I highly recommend it!

Thank you so much for the ask, and sorry again about the late reply! Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you and your dragon find this advice useful!!! 🙏🥰

[lowlevelkoboldadventures]

kobold!! look at this!!!!!

*hands you a paper that just says 'yip!'*

THE HOLY TEXTS.... 📑🧎‍♀️🙏

[lowlevelkoboldadventures]

Kobolds are just dragon raccoons. Dracoons, if you will.

THIS MIGHT BE TRUE??? 🤔💭🪨🗑️

[lowlevelkoboldadventures]

in pathfinder 1st edition (GOAT game) you can take archetypes, packages of alternate class features that swap stuff for other stuff. Their is a kobold specific bard archetype called "dragon yapper" that debuffs enemies via yipping this seemed info of interest to you

THAT IS SO ME I'M ALWAYS YAPPING ABOUT DRAGONS TO PEOPLE............

TYSM FOR SHARING!!!! 💖😍😍😍💖 I honestly don't know all too much about Pathfinder but everything I learn about it is incredible!!!!

[lowlevelkoboldadventures]

Bites you

EEK!!! ^///^ H-Hellooo oh large and mighty dragon! Th-Thank you for stopping by!!! 💖🦎💖

(To those that may be concerned, do not worry! This is how many dragons express affection! I feel honored more than anything else, and you should too if the same happens to you!!! U///w///U)

[lowlevelkoboldadventures]

I'm always really nervous writing to others so I went with anon also I'm sorry if this has been asked previously as I might not remember or have not seen it I was wondering if it's normal for some kobolds (like me) to not be infatuated by dragons or want to serve them I think dragons are neat but I don't think I could see myself in the service of one but this could also just be because of a bad experience I've had with a particularly rude dragon I do quite enjoy being the maid for my current non draconic master though!

Hello anon, thanks for stopping by!!!

This is PERFECTLY normal for a kobold to do, no matter the reason or cause. While kobolds might be more well known as lackeys to dragon overlords, there have ALWAYS been kobolds who take the path elsewhere, whether that be serving non-draconic overlords, living in towns or cities away from the pack, or even not being lackeys and becoming adventurers themselves!

I very intentionally try to make my content inclusive to ALL kobolds, because when you're less than 3 feet tall, it's really important to band together y'know? But even beyond that, I also just feel like all kobolds are all special to begin with, and it's all about surviving and thriving in ways that work for you! Yip!!! 💖