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I'm not positive, but it didn't make the cut. I also saw a LOT of negative commentary about it. More than those who liked the change. That doesn't mean a whole lot, though. I hate it. It's lipstick on a pig. You color the outside as a "half-whatever," but it's entirely one race or the other...

Yep, and if it were the thaumaturgy cantrip, it would say so. It's not. That magic can mimic something non-magical doesn't make the non-magical thing magical. I can dig a hole with Move Earth. That doesn't make digging a hole with a shovel the Move Earth spell. That doesn't really change...

Not so much. Drop dex to 16 and my AC still would have been 18 at 1st level, 22 with shield. Still really, really hard to hit. +5 to hit for 1d8+3 is likewise still really good. A few points in bonuses don't mean a whole heck of a lot in 5e. Actual feats will have much more effect on the...

A few things. First, the fact that skin color, eye color, etc. are influenced by the divine spark unambiguously means that the spark makes biological changes to the Aasimar. Second, D&D allows cross-breeding(not sure what better word to use) between pretty much all of the races, so an Aasimar...

That depends on if the DM allows you to buy magic items and if so, how they are determined to be for sale.

That depends on how you define good. I made a Bladesinger that I determined would be a high elf before rolling stats. I ended up after racial bonuses with a 17 int and a 20 dex. With Bladesong and a rapier, I was swinging at +7 to hit for 1d8+5 damage, and I had an AC of 20 with my studded...

It literally says it affects biology. Me, too. I much preferred low-light vision from 3e for Elves, but that was sacrificed on the alter of simplicity. Gnomes are an underground race, or at the very least the ones that live underground and Deep Gnomes should have it. I agree with you that...

Booming blade lasts for the entire round. It would still be on when you Action Surge.

That's not true. Otherwise the PC would also have all of the characteristics of a human. The spark is in the soul, but the spark affects the characteristics as well. Darkvision is a physical characteristic. Resistance to damage is a physical characteristic. Age is a physical characteristic...

Until/unless they write up the Unther/Tymanther/Thay/Mulhorand region(s), you're not likely to see anything like that. That wasn't what I was specifically referring to, though. What I was talking about would be that Thay and Tymanther would receiver write-ups covering the country, groups in...

I think you are probably correct if looking at ancestral ties. Dragonborn in the Realms are tied to a country that has not been written up as a location in 5e, and there's not a ton online, either. The DM would have to do some work to make those ties, buuuuuuut, it's also not likely to come up...

Perhaps for a half-celestial, but Aasimar just have some blood passed down for generations. It's too diluted to overcome biology. Not that I necessarily agree that even a half-celestial would overcome the biology, but at least that would be direct and strong enough that I could see that as a...

It depends on your goal. If you want an accurate representation of a blending, you'd need mechanics beyond what is in the PHB for Aasimar. If you don't care about accuracy, then coating an Aasimar with dwarven paint or elven paint will work.

Those backgrounds I provided were brief to illustrate a point. Were I to make a real background, they would all be about the same length, regardless of whether the Dragonborn were from their homeland, another planet, another plane, or Baldur's Gate.

They aren't really, though. A Tiefling Dwarf would have some differing abilities from a Tiefling Elf. Giving them all the same abilities and then painting them differently on the outside doesn't make them a true blending.

I think you missed my point. All of my examples were based on reasons from the 5e books. There are book reasons for Dragonborn to be in any location in the Forgotten Realms. :) The Flaming Fists is a great example. According to the 5e books, Dragonborn have a reputation as fine mercenaries...

In the 3e Eberron book it has a section for Other Races. Now it talks about monsters as PCs there, but if you can be a monstrous race not mentioned in the books, you can be a Tiefling or Dragonborn. Especially since the 3e monster books contained numerous Planetouched races. You can be a...

Why does that matter? Are there demons or devils in Eberron? If yes, then there will be Tieflings somewhere in the setting. Are there dragons in Eberron? If yes, then the same process to make them from dragon eggs elsewhere should work, so there are probably Dragonborn there as well. Perhaps...

Yep, and this is already established lore from the Sword Coast Adventure Guide. "Some of Tymanther's dragonborn have spread across Faerun and gained reputations as competent, highly sought-after mercenaries." So there is reason for them to be in or from any settlement you want your PC to be from.