The Story of the Kobold Fast Facts Origin: Teutonic (Germany) Role: Servant and Mischief Maker What is the Kobold Origin Kobolds originated as small helper spirits in Teutonic Germany, where they can be found in carvings dating to the 13th Century. They are spirits, or of the faerie realm, and are most commonly found in woods or mines. Although they are helpers, once attached to a particular human or place they refuse to leave. If angered then the help turns to hindrance, and the kobold becomes an annoying prankster bent on making life miserable for those it once helped. History There are three types of kobolds, all of which are considered to be beneficial helpers unless provoked. The first are household helpers, coaxed from the…
Neil Gaiman bought multiple folklore gods to life in his novel American Gods. Each of these Gods and goddesses were bought to light through the main character Shadow. Gaiman took these classic folklore gods and added his own twist to their story that deemed fit for his novel. After researching multiple gods there were two that stood out the most. These two folklore gods played their own important role in American Gods. Hinzelmann and Mad Sweeney are two gods that are interesting both in and out…
Kobold has cleverly used these metaphorical blankets and illustrations to include unexpected insight to the book. From the title it is assumed by the reader that ‘My Two Blankets’ means just that, two blankets. However, throughout the book we see the blankets are a reflection of Cartwheel’s thoughts and feelings of the two worlds she knows. The author has also applies the word ‘waterfall’ as a metaphor to describe Cartwheel’s feelings towards the language barrier and new culture as “like…
Tragold gestured for them to go inside and they did. Inside were modest furnishings fit for 5 people at the most with a tough stone floor, perfect for the axe to rest upon. “I’m guessing you’re not new to fighting monsters?” “I wonder what gave it away. Was it the big menacing scar on my face? Or was it the bloodstains on my axe? Perhaps the belt of Kobolds skulls across my waist?” Tragold lifted one hand gesturing to stop “Enough. You know what I meant.” “Aye” he said with a deep…
indentured so that he can collect their data on the egg and the “high four” now. Parzival makes a call to arms to the other gunters to prepare to fight IOI. Parzival’s hobbies are, hunting for the egg and chatting around with Aech. Aech’s hobbies are, playing in the battle arena and hanging out in the basement. Art3mis’s hobbies are, being a Halliday egg hunter and gaming. Shot’s hobbies are, being a samurai and watching old samurai movies. Daito’s hobbies are, being a hot headed samurai, and…
give the player experience points for the purpose of leveling up. def awardXP(amount): player["xp"] += amount print "\n%s earned %s experience points." % (player["name"],amount) if player["xp"] >= player["xpForNextLevel"]: player["level"] += 1 player["maxHealth"] += 5 player["health"] = player["maxHealth"] player["xpForNextLevel"] += int(math.floor(player["xpForNextLevel"]*1.55)) print "LEVEL UP -- %s is now level %s!" % (player["name"], player["level"]) # Healing.…