Dragonborn: Boobs or No Boobs?

[Shortman McLeod]

They can still technically give birth. There are a number of lizards (also fish) that "give birth" see the wikipedia entry on vivipary. So that would no be a problem.

Dude, who can trust wikipedia? Anyone could have written that article!

 

[Rykion]

The female Dragonborn from R&C has a feminine outline and boobs. She is still very reptilian. The females have cheek frills like the males, but the one pictured doesn't have the beard-like chin frill the males have.

Dragonborn do present an oppertunity for a different family model than the mammalian standard. Do Dragonborn even raise their young, or do they lay a clutch in the hot sands and leave? Maybe the clutch hatches all together and survives (or not) together until they are year old, at which point an existing warband will allow them to join. They reach full physical size by 5 years old but sexual maturity at 50, when they largely retire from adventuring and join hidden desert cities.

They appear to only lay one egg on average, as R&C talks about child in the singular. The parents stay together until the child is 3, and then go their own ways as Dragonborn are usually solitary. One parent raises the child alone after that. At 12 the child is full sized, but isn't considered adult until 15. The parent is expected to teach the child their ancestral history and stories of past heroes. They have a Klingon death before dishonor vibe. They can live to be 70, but usually choose death in battle over growing old and infirm.

They are not half-dragons. They're an ancient race by R&C that once served dragons in an ancient empire.

 

[kunadam]

Dude, who can trust wikipedia? Anyone could have written that article!

At least I know of lizards and sharks being viviparous (giving birth to live offspring).

Check Lacerta vivipara it is a quite common lizard.

The phenomenon exist.

As for pictures of dragonborn here is one:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4spot/20071218a

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

While I am definitely pro-boobs for mammalian species, the reptiles should be flat chested.


If they insist on having mammary glands, they should have six or eight, just to be different.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

Oh the hawtness.

 

[Lord Fyre]

Oh the hawtness.

Aside from the corporate logo . . . what image would that be?

 

[pawsplay]

I say dragons and dragonborn are primarily reptilian, therefore no boobs. And for the males, two penises!

Two forked penises! Penes? Penii?

Obviously someone is afraid of hooking up with a dragonborn of ambiguous sex.

Viva la Internet!

 

[pawsplay]

Evidently, you were never a very, very desperate 12 year old boy.

Hey, if you were that desperate, does it matter?

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

As a furry I could easily dump 50+ images of "dragon-people" with boobs into the discussion.
But that would just clutter up the thread. Instead I'll ask one simple question.

Why not boobs, don't you like them?

 

[Lurker37]

I'd like to thank you all for the insightful and philosophical discussion on the grave and serious matter of boobs.

IMO, we are left with three points to consider:

1) Are Dragonborn young hatched ready for solids, or do they require milk? ( Secreting from skin patches really doesn't work well with wearing clothing, let alone armour. Besides, breastfeeding is an iconic image of motherhood, whereas licking stuff off skin is kinda icky - and in a desert, sandy.)

2) What is the origin of the Dragonborn race? Are Dragonborn evolved reptiles, a variant draconic species, or transformed humans? The latter would entail vestigial traits that may not serve a practical purpose.

3) Which option is going to appeal to a larger segment of the market , and cause less arguments with artists and recalls of artwork?

I believe WoTC was mainly looking at 3.