The Sword Coasts Not So Deadliest Warriors. FINAL

deltago

Everyone can debate on who can win in a fight versus a Beholder and a Lich, but what about the bottom feeders of the XP chain? Which one holds the glory over all other minor annoyances.

They survived the Tasloi and the Xvarts. The gibberling are now dog food. Now they are pitted against each other. Which of the three would win in a fight to the death. Elite versions do not count.

Kamigoroshi

Skeletons. Or to be more precise: TASLOI SKELETONS! Mwuahahaha!!

elminster

With 50% slashing resistance, 50% piercing resistance, and 90% missile resistance the skeleton here would win. Hands down.

meagloth

Clearly, skeletons win one on one, however, I think the kobolds deserve the title for superior intelligence, organization, and having brains. Literally.

Tresset

As if anyone else has a chance...

Kaltzor

Skeletons, the cannon fodder that doesn't go down because the games developers liked swords too much.

elminster

Of course a thread like this also begs the question of which of these creatures sounds terrifies you more when you hear it. The rattling of skeletons or the yip yip of kobolds

For me its skeleton rattling (or whatever its sound is supposed to be). When I hear that I know that there are going to be a lot of darts coming my way.

meagloth

elminster said:

Of course a thread like this also begs the question of which of these creatures sounds terrifies you more when you hear it. The rattling of skeletons or the yip yip of kobolds

For me its skeleton rattling (or whatever its sound is supposed to be). When I hear that I know that there are going to be a lot of darts coming my way.

Or worse, throwing daggers.

Anduin

Having the game auto pause again because another kobold has decided to appear has broken my spirit many a time and left me crying for mercy. WILL YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!

A wander through the forest killing squirrels and bears will net you more xp... And don't get me started on those Kobolds that go commando!

Skeletons just need a cleric to be rid of them.
Dogs, a ranged weapon.
Kobolds can hit you from afar so can do damage.

So Kobolds. As they can kite the rest if needed...

OneAngryMushroom

Skeletons for their absurd spawn rate. Speaking of which, where do they even come from, is there a random necromancer in the sword coast going around casting Summon Skeleton 50 feet ahead of you the entire game?

DreadKhan

A wizard did it.

With a Mythal.

Wizards are always doing crazy ****.

Anduin

OneAngryMushroom said:

Skeletons for their absurd spawn rate. Speaking of which, where do they even come from, is there a random necromancer in the sword coast going around casting Summon Skeleton 50 feet ahead of you the entire game?

Nope. No necromantic undead practitioners around here...

*Whistles innocently*

Calmar

To me Skeletons = Hail of Deadly Flying Daggers...

TarotMaster

Skeletons due to the halbeards and throwning knifes or whatever they throw at you, I have often wondered how they are able to lift such things without muscles?

deltago

I am surprised there are no "dogs burying bones" jokes

SharGuidesMyHand

Skeletons win this easily - they're actually quite durable (unless you can turn undead), and they would have partial resistance to the kobold's arrows.

terzaerian

TarotMaster said:

Skeletons due to the halbeards and throwning knifes or whatever they throw at you, I have often wondered how they are able to lift such things without muscles?

As for the matter at hand... still gotta hand it to kobolds. The 90% resistance to ranged attacks isn't as useful as you might think - at the low HP levels you get with both kobolds and skeletons they're still going to often get hits of 1-2 damage, if not more from crits (which kobolds will get on typically unarmored skeletons). Considering the weakness of skeleton attacks, a mixed group of ranged/melee kobolds would have a fair chance against a similarly sized group of skeletons, imo.

You also don't really see the dagger skeletons outside of the High Hedge, or the X-bow wielders away from the mad priest, so the best ranged skeletons generally have will be the composite longbow wielding skeletons, which I've never seen more of than two at a time.