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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9587466" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Certainly interesting ideas.I do know that one notion I've had for how to incorporate dragonborn into Greyhawk, which certainly didn't have them prior to 4e (or their weird not-quite-the-same first appearance in late 3e), is that they're a species from the distant future, accidentally sent back in time. The TL;DR is &quot;like the Barrier Peaks, but it's a colony ship, not a generic space vessel.&quot; So the vast majority of the dragonborn population are actually still in cryogenic suspension, and they expand extremely slowly because they don't have ANY industrial base to sustain the kind of lifestyle they're expecting--building an entire future-tech society from medieval-era resources and &quot;industry&quot; is extremely difficult. That's why they heal faster (or at least why they did heal faster in 4e), they have better health, stronger immune systems, vaccines, etc. Their weapons are extremely powerful (e.g. blaster rifles), but too valuable to deploy willy-nilly (limited power/ammo reserves), so they can't afford to wage war. Being a colony ship literally sent out to save enough of Arkhosia to let it rise again, the people aboard were selected for their ability to engage with others, to form alliances and above all to remember what Arkhosia was so that its spirit will never truly die. The ship has supplies and such, but some have been damaged or scattered or looted, so they have to be careful.By these lights, &quot;Arkhosia&quot; isn't an ancient kingdom that fell long ago and the dragonborn are its lost sons and daughters; instead, &quot;Arkhosia&quot; is a far future kingdom amongst the stars that fell to great treachery. This lone ship somehow escaped that conflagration, but was hurtled through time into the distant past. Perhaps it's one of those predestination paradoxes: these &quot;children&quot; of Arkhosia will go on to become its founders. Or maybe not! Who knows.I just thought that was a cool way to integrate dragonborn into the setting without needing to project too much disruptive change into it. The Barrier Peaks already proves that future-tech societies exist and can crash-land on Greyhawk. This just builds on that premise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9587466, member: 6790260"] Certainly interesting ideas. I do know that one notion I've had for how to incorporate dragonborn into Greyhawk, which certainly didn't have them prior to 4e (or their weird not-quite-the-same first appearance in late 3e), is that they're a species from the distant [I]future[/I], accidentally sent back in time. The TL;DR is "like the Barrier Peaks, but it's a [I]colony[/I] ship, not a generic space vessel." So the vast majority of the dragonborn population are actually still in cryogenic suspension, and they expand [I]extremely[/I] slowly because they don't have ANY industrial base to sustain the kind of lifestyle they're expecting--building an entire future-tech society from medieval-era resources and "industry" is extremely difficult. That's why they heal faster (or at least why they [I]did[/I] heal faster in 4e), they have better health, stronger immune systems, vaccines, etc. Their weapons are extremely powerful (e.g. blaster rifles), but too valuable to deploy willy-nilly (limited power/ammo reserves), so they can't afford to wage war. Being a colony ship literally sent out to save enough of Arkhosia to let it rise again, the people aboard were selected for their ability to engage with others, to form alliances and above all to [I]remember[/I] what Arkhosia was so that its spirit will never truly die. The ship has supplies and such, but some have been damaged or scattered or looted, so they have to be [I]careful[/I]. By these lights, "Arkhosia" isn't an [I]ancient[/I] kingdom that fell long ago and the dragonborn are its lost sons and daughters; instead, "Arkhosia" is a [I]far future[/I] kingdom amongst the stars that fell to great treachery. This lone ship somehow escaped that conflagration, but was hurtled through time into the distant past. Perhaps it's one of those predestination paradoxes: these "children" of Arkhosia will go on to become its founders. Or maybe not! Who knows. I just thought that was a cool way to integrate dragonborn into the setting without needing to project [I]too much[/I] disruptive change into it. The Barrier Peaks already proves that future-tech societies exist and can crash-land on Greyhawk. This just builds on that premise. [/QUOTE]

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