Product Description

The Blood of Dragons Flows through Your Veins

In ages past, dragons ruled supreme. Now their distant scions, the races and individuals who carry their blood, live among the great empires of the world, where they forge their own glorious legacies. You can be among them. Embrace your draconic heritage, and the spoils of the world can be yours!

This supplement for the D&D® game provides detailed information on the psychology, society, culture, behavior, religion, and folklore of the dragonblooded races, including kobolds and half-dragons. This book introduces two new player character races: the dragonborn (existing characters reborn in a new draconic form to combat and destroy the spawn of Tiamat) and the spellscales (artistic, philosophical beings with a penchant for sorcery and a thirst for new experiences). It also provides new prestige classes, feats, spells, magic items, equipment, and guidelines for crafting adventures and campaigns involving dragonblooded races.


For use with these Dungeons & Dragons® core books
Player’s Handbook™ Dungeon Master’s Guide™ Monster Manual™

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #128009 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-17
• Released on: 2006-01-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

The Complete Book of Kobolds
First off, the Spellscales were a OK idea that went bellyup. The feats and spells almost completely geared towards sorcerers, and the Prestige Classes were uninspired. Slightly pricy, as well. All the book's faults would give it two stars - if I bought the book on these alone.

But I didn't buy this book for the feats or the Prestige Classes. Fourth Edition is coming out, and all the rules in this book will be obsolete. So I bought it for the descriptions and depictions of the races.

Specifically, I bought it for the Kobolds, and through them the book is redeemed. Their culture and psychology is explored and their propensity for evil examined. They aren't just Lawful Evil because they're monsters; they're Lawful Evil because they've decided to fight back against their oppressors - with trap and spear. The Kobold society, history and life are detailed here - who knew they shed? After reading it, I wanted to play as a Kobold. My only complaint with the section on them is that it is far too short - only 18 pages of Kobold delightfulness.

There are a few other highlights as well - the Dragon-Descended are very interesting. In 3.5 a Draconic Kobold both negates a lot of his racial penalties and plays right into them being related to the Dragons. The Dragonborn are more interesting then other reviewers give them for, though they could use a little tweaking flavor-wise. For those who will still be playing 3.5 the Dracolexi and Dragon Devotee Prestige Classes are interesting.

In short, if you don't love Kobolds or Half-Dragons, don't buy this book. You won't enjoy it at all. Buy something else. If you do love Kobolds and Half-Dragons, stop reading this review and BUY IT NOW!

Long live the Dragon!

Dragons rock!
What can I say, after reviewing this I gained a whole new respect for kobolds! Lots of good information about various dragon races and their psychology. Plus, I loved the new "Dragonborn" race.

Kobolds get some culture
The highlight in this work is the nice elaboration of kobold culture. It helps show why the scaly, little munchkins are so interesting.

The rest of the book is fairly lackluster.