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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.

Not all of the PHB races are common. Tieflings, Aasimar, Dragonborn, etc. are still pretty rare. Then be from the Sword Coast. Communities don't spell out every single member that lives in them, and we know from the established Forgotten Realms lore that Dragonborn have spread out in fairly...

No, but you can go with the history that has been provided. 1) The ruler of Djerad Kethendi has sent me out into the world to help others and show the world what Dragonborn truly stand for. We need to raise our standing in the world to gain allies so that we may continue to hold off Unther. -...

How much background are you looking for? The Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide talks about Dragonborn, from their family life to their philosophy and religion. It's not a ton of space, but that's par for the course for this edition where lore has been pretty sparse.

I think the problem you are having is because they keep giving us lore on the sword coast and further up and down that coast, and now also the Dales. The Dragonborn population is almost entirely centered in one country that hasn't gotten any write-up, and that is the only place where there...

I voted for fighting monsters, overcoming obstacles, social encounters, and treasure. For treasure it's not straight up gold for XP(unless playing AD&D), but rather for acquiring something truly momentous, or managing to get the treasure out from under a monster without a fight. You might call...

Considering what they did to Wheel of Time and Rings of Power, I'm also sad that it's Amazon Prime Video.

Just don't get yours from Russia!

Do they still have that special retirement package?

Clearly an AI generated smiley face. 🕵️‍♂️

I've been doing that more and more lately.

@Umbran wasn't built in a day.

Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Spelljammer, Planescape, Ravenloft, Eberron, Exandria... I'm tired of official cosmopolitan settings where all the races have homes. Give me something more unique, where they don't all live. Where the rules of play are slightly different for setting reasons.

The problem is that you are talking about the demographics of core book settlements, which of course will have demographics that place the core races as primary. They are talking about the setting demographics, which includes the entire known world and all the humanoid settlements, cities...