Fantasy illustration by Clyde Caldwell - The pack of kobolds is crouched in a circle. They are snivelling canid humanoids, with scales of rust, and they carry spears. Their leader, a matronly female with numerous tattoos, kneels in the center of the circle and gathers the pulsing purple moss. She has a spear, but it lies across her lap. The kobolds chatter to one another, and you hear the word “food” uttered more than once.