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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8163771" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Did you know that the ancient people of Ubaid (a culture that lived in Mesopotamia) appears to have appreciated at least reptile-looking female art? We have <a href="https://www.gaia.com/wp-content/uploads/ubaid_reptilian-figurines-354x432.jpg" target="_blank">numerous statues with strangely long, pointed faces,</a> elongated almond eyes, and long-fingered hands. All the feminine statues, which are by far the majority, have breasts. Many of them are shown holding a much smaller figure with a similar pointed/elongated face, generally pressed against the woman's left breast, which is generally understood to mean nursing.Unfortunately, 90% of the &quot;information&quot; you can find about these figurines online is ancient alien conspiracy theory nonsense, so it can be very easy to dismiss this as a hoax. But it really is the case that highly reptilian-looking figures with clear and apparently functional breasts were a thing over 7000 years ago. It could be purely stylistic; it could be evidence of binding heads and hands in infants; it could be a mythic figure or figures, like the Egyptian gods; we don't know. But these figurines exist and are pretty consistent.I know that reptiles with mammaries aren't to everyone's taste, but do keep in mind that, for a lot of actual female gamers, having those secondary characteristics makes it much more comfortable to play as them (especially since, unlike many other races, Dragonborn females are allowed to be much more curvaceous in art). Further, making a big stink about it can come across as very exclusionary. Nobody is taking away your ability as DM to say, &quot;In my world, Dragonborn have no mammaries at all.&quot; The presence of art in the book does not reduce your power one iota, but can be very empowering for others.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8163771, member: 6790260"] Did you know that the ancient people of Ubaid (a culture that lived in Mesopotamia) appears to have appreciated at least reptile-looking female art? We have [URL='https://www.gaia.com/wp-content/uploads/ubaid_reptilian-figurines-354x432.jpg']numerous statues with strangely long, pointed faces,[/URL] elongated almond eyes, and long-fingered hands. All the feminine statues, which are by far the majority, have breasts. Many of them are shown holding a much smaller figure with a similar pointed/elongated face, generally pressed against the woman's left breast, which is generally understood to mean nursing. Unfortunately, 90% of the "information" you can find about these figurines online is ancient alien conspiracy theory nonsense, so it can be very easy to dismiss this as a hoax. But it really is the case that highly reptilian-looking figures with clear and apparently functional breasts were a thing over 7000 years ago. It could be purely stylistic; it could be evidence of binding heads and hands in infants; it could be a mythic figure or figures, like the Egyptian gods; we don't know. But these figurines exist and are pretty consistent. I know that reptiles with mammaries aren't to everyone's taste, but do keep in mind that, for a lot of actual female gamers, having those secondary characteristics makes it much more comfortable to play as them (especially since, unlike many other races, Dragonborn females are allowed to be much more curvaceous in art). Further, making a big stink about it can come across as very exclusionary. Nobody is taking away your ability as DM to say, "In my world, Dragonborn have no mammaries at all." The presence of art in the book does not reduce your power one iota, but can be very empowering for others. [/QUOTE]

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