D&D General Dragonborn In Your Game (A Poll)

[jmartkdr2]

I remember back in earlier editions, your character's Race was also their character classes...you could play a 5th level Dwarf, for example, and you would gain additional/improved Dwarf features as you gained levels. I know it was standard for non-human races in BECM and B/X, but I could have sworn I saw options for it as recently as for 3.5E back in the mid-2000s.

It's certainly not everyone's cup of tea, but I can see how that could make for some interesting dragonborn characters in 5E.

There was a supplement that had "racial paragon classes" so you could 3 levels of elf (gaining proficiency with traditional elven weapons, a little bit of magic, some bonuses to elven senses, etc.) They were available for all the PHB races and maybe some others, and I think the biggest one had 5 levels.

I want to say it was Unearthed Arcana but I'm not fully sure and don't have those books handy to check.

 

[Corinnguard]

There was a supplement that had "racial paragon classes" so you could 3 levels of elf (gaining proficiency with traditional elven weapons, a little bit of magic, some bonuses to elven senses, etc.) They were available for all the PHB races and maybe some others, and I think the biggest one had 5 levels.

I want to say it was Unearthed Arcana but I'm not fully sure and don't have those books handy to check.

They were in Unearthed Arcana 3.5e. Later on, the 3.5 Races books have racial substitution levels for certain classes. Each substitution level provided a racial feature to a class.

 

[Corinnguard]

PF1 has a couple of racial archetypes for some of its' classes. The Treesinger Druid (Elf). The Bushwacker Gunslinger, Dragon Herald Bard, Snare Setter Rogue and Swarm Fighter Fighter (Kobolds).