depicted as growing in power and stature, even manifesting dragon-like abilities and features as a Dragon Disciple. Deekin makes a cameo appearance in Neverwinter Nights II developed by Obsidian Entertainment. Reception Screen Rant compiled a list of the game's "10 Most Powerful (and 10 Weakest) Monsters, Ranked" in 2018, calling this one of the weakest, saying "When a dungeon master has run several low-level Dungeons & Dragons adventures, they will inevitably grow weary of using the same creatures from before and will want to shake things up. That's the moment when they prepare to paint over the serial numbers and replace the goblins with kobolds." The kobold was considered one of the "five main 'humanoid' races" in AD&D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick. Journalist David M. Ewalt highlighted that kobolds have often been the first combat encounter for new players of Dungeons & Dragons, from its beginnings to the current 5th edition. Kimberley Wallace of Game Informer considered Deekin to be one of best video game characters developed by BioWare. References Further reading Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992. Dungeons & Dragons creatures from folklore and mythology Dungeons & Dragons humanoids Dungeons & Dragons monsters Fictional goblins Fictional kobolds Fictional reptilians