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So now it's confirmed that the 5e PhB will contain Tieflings and Dragonborn. This has got me wondering what type of Tieflings and Dragonborn will be used.
Until the advent of 4e, the Tieflings were described as characters that had fiendish ancestry in their bloodlines. I think the Planescape campaign setting said that so no two looked the same, the only thing common was some physical trace of fiendish ancestry. In 4e, Tieflings got an overhaul and were now the descendants of the inhabitants of some empire that made a pact with fiends or something. Physically, all 4e tieflings had obvious protruding horns and a distinct look.
I'm not sure about 3e's Dragonborn, but I think that I read that they were humans (and demihumans) that took an oath to Bahamut and gained Draconic traits. In 4e, they were a separate race created by the dragon god Io.
How will the Tieflings and Dragonborn appear in 5e?
Until the advent of 4e, the Tieflings were described as characters that had fiendish ancestry in their bloodlines. I think the Planescape campaign setting said that so no two looked the same, the only thing common was some physical trace of fiendish ancestry. In 4e, Tieflings got an overhaul and were now the descendants of the inhabitants of some empire that made a pact with fiends or something. Physically, all 4e tieflings had obvious protruding horns and a distinct look.
I'm not sure about 3e's Dragonborn, but I think that I read that they were humans (and demihumans) that took an oath to Bahamut and gained Draconic traits. In 4e, they were a separate race created by the dragon god Io.
How will the Tieflings and Dragonborn appear in 5e?