D&D 4E Saurials in 4e?

[JVisgaitis]

Was looking through my old D&D stuff, and I came across Azure Bonds with the image of the Saurial on the front. Whatever happened to Saurials in 3e Realms? Will they be a race in 4e Realms or is there a chance that Dragonborn will just take their place?

 

[Khuxan]

Was looking through my old D&D stuff, and I came across Azure Bonds with the image of the Saurial on the front. Whatever happened to Saurials in 3e Realms?

They were updated in a Dragon Magazine. Were they also in the Player's Guide to Faerun?

Will they be a race in 4e Realms or is there a chance that Dragonborn will just take their place?

Saurials never particularly impressed me. Given the dragonborn have a very similar backstory (dragonborn and saurials both magically appeared in the Realms one day), I have a feeling dragonborn will replace them.

 

[Cmarco]

I enjoyed the little role-playing abilities of the saurials (IE: projecting smells which indicate mood), and I like the concept of Dragonbait. I would hope that somewhere down the line they present the saurials as an optional race on DDI, but right now I wouldn't hold my breath. Still, cool idea.

 

[Mighty Veil]

I think they should be a sub-race of dragonborn. Also originally from Abeir.

 

[Subumloc]

I recall the 3e saurials being in the web enhancement for Serpent Kingdoms... but besides that, I don't think they were anywhere (I may be wrong however).

 

[Wrox]

Saurials will remain distinct from the Dragonborn in the 4E Realms and their fate will be mentioned briefly in the FRCG.

 

[Carnivorous_Bean]

It would seem odd to have two races of lizards .... I mean, how many scales do you need? But I guess the oddity is going to exist ....

 

[Ebon Shar]

I believe the Dragonborn killed them and took their stuff.

 

[Daedrova]

Saurials are present in the last 3rd ed FR adventure ‘Anauroch: The Empire of Shade.’
Te PCs in the game I run (using said adventure, obviously) just encountered a Saurial…

(spoiler)

Spoiler

in the form of a lich, also known as The Teraseer. He was the being that originally helped the Arcanists utilize the Nether Scrolls, and refers to the events surrounding Shade’s history as his “Netherese experiment.”

… and evidence of more of them in the ancient city of Oreme as they quest to undo a shadow ritual/Mythal that is destroying the Weave.

We know that the developers and story writers have been moving us toward the 4th edition time line, so the presence of Saurials in a major FR book such as this might be an indication.

 

[Voss]

It would seem odd to have two races of lizards .... I mean, how many scales do you need? But I guess the oddity is going to exist ....

Two? Last time I checked there were about a dozen lizardy-humanoids races running around.Of course, 95% of the humanoid races are horribly redundant and fill the same niche.