Species/Races We Want Brought Back or Introduced

Leprechauns are entirely unrelated to kobolds: Leprechauns come from Irish mythology while kobolds come from Germanic myth.  They're not particularly similar: kobolds were house spirits that could provide helpful chores in exchange for food and good treatment, leprechauns were solitary pranksters- the association with rainbows and green Elizabethan clothing is a modern invention.  Leprechauns have appeared a few times in D&D over the years, but never to my knowledge as a player character option, only as a monster.

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Leprechauns are entirely unrelated to kobolds: Leprechauns come from Irish mythology while kobolds come from Germanic myth.  They're not particularly similar: kobolds were house spirits that could provide helpful chores in exchange for food and good treatment, leprechauns were solitary pranksters- the association with rainbows and green Elizabethan clothing is a modern invention.  Leprechauns have appeared a few times in D&D over the years, but never to my knowledge as a player character option, only as a monster.

 Ah ok, because i am from german and Leprechauns are often translated as irish Kobold in german it may coused me a confusion (it was very effective). The german kobold is also a prankster not to be confused with the Heinzelmännchen who are helpful hausspirits. The most famous Kobold in germany is the Pumukel. Also if a Kobold in german mythe is captured in some kind of trap, they are often bound to serve the person that freed them from it.

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Leprechauns are entirely unrelated to kobolds: Leprechauns come from Irish mythology while kobolds come from Germanic myth.  They're not particularly similar: kobolds were house spirits that could provide helpful chores in exchange for food and good treatment, leprechauns were solitary pranksters- the association with rainbows and green Elizabethan clothing is a modern invention.  Leprechauns have appeared a few times in D&D over the years, but never to my knowledge as a player character option, only as a monster.

 That version of Kobolds sounds like the creature known as Brownies

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 I hope D&D never uses Leprechan,  it has a derogitory meaning here in the UK. 

 Does it? I don’t think I’d come across that (and I’m from the UK too). 

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Leprechauns are entirely unrelated to kobolds: Leprechauns come from Irish mythology while kobolds come from Germanic myth.  They're not particularly similar: kobolds were house spirits that could provide helpful chores in exchange for food and good treatment, leprechauns were solitary pranksters- the association with rainbows and green Elizabethan clothing is a modern invention.  Leprechauns have appeared a few times in D&D over the years, but never to my knowledge as a player character option, only as a monster.

 That version of Kobolds sounds like the creature known as Brownies

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 Ah ok, because i am from german and Leprechauns are often translated as irish Kobold in german it may coused me a confusion (it was very effective). The german kobold is also a prankster not to be confused with the Heinzelmännchen who are helpful hausspirits. The most famous Kobold in germany is the Pumukel. Also if a Kobold in german mythe is captured in some kind of trap, they are often bound to serve the person that freed them from it.

Despite the desire of RPG publishers to catalog them, the various folkloric creatures don't have consistent naming or categorization.

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Id like to see Myconids be playable.

 I'll second that. One of my players is mushroom obsessed and I'd love to be able to offer her a D&D equivalent to Daggerheart's Fungral race

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Leprechauns are entirely unrelated to kobolds: Leprechauns come from Irish mythology while kobolds come from Germanic myth.  They're not particularly similar: kobolds were house spirits that could provide helpful chores in exchange for food and good treatment, leprechauns were solitary pranksters- the association with rainbows and green Elizabethan clothing is a modern invention.  Leprechauns have appeared a few times in D&D over the years, but never to my knowledge as a player character option, only as a monster.

 That version of Kobolds sounds like the creature known as Brownies

 It does, but the helpful house spirit is fairly widespread in European myths.  Kobolds association with mines (and the element cobalt) came later, when kobolds became conflated with goblins.