They are a race similar to halflings which debuted in either 1ed or 2ed D&D (it was before my time, and the sources I can find at the moment are not entirely clear) for the Dragonlance setting. As the meme indicates they had a tendency towards kleptomania (though it is a bit more complicated than that).
Here is a write-up about them: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Kender
In one of the first dragonlance book, a kender and dwarf fight some goblins. the kender kill them with thrown dagger. At the end of the fight, the dwarf ask him why he don't get it's dagger back, the kender say 1/ they stink now and 2/ that were your daggers, not mine.
One of the things the Dragonlance books always point out is Tasslehoff has become "less kenderish" since he almost exclusively adventured with non-Kender. He starts to understand ownership, fear, and that awful things aren't fun just because they're new.
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u/CommandObjective Wizard Jul 21 '23
For those wondering what Kenders are:
They are a race similar to halflings which debuted in either 1ed or 2ed D&D (it was before my time, and the sources I can find at the moment are not entirely clear) for the Dragonlance setting. As the meme indicates they had a tendency towards kleptomania (though it is a bit more complicated than that).
Here is a write-up about them: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Kender