kobold

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In a typical game, online or off, the game master will present the players with a situation — an encounter with a kobold, say.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2021

"Oh, no," cried the host, quite humbly, "I will gladly produce everything, only make the accursed kobold creep back into the sack."

From Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Hunt, Margaret

Above was star-sown night, but Rome lay under a kobold roof of her own lighting.

From Foes by Johnston, Mary

"I trust you are satisfied, ma'am," the kobold added, after a moment's vain expectation of a word from Juliet, "that your secret is safe with me."

From Paul Faber, Surgeon by MacDonald, George

By the magic of the moon, When Diana from her dome Wakes from slumber, woos from swoon All the folk who fear the noon, Dwarf and kobold, witch and gnome— I conjure thee, maiden, come!

From The Proud Prince by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)