Dragonborn: Large (noble?) Kobolds.
Think about how that will work. Same undercurrent of evil as Tieflings, same possiblity of redemption during a PC career. (ignoring for now the metallic dragons, and keeping dragonborn merely as a medium-sized Kobold)
In a world where dragons *are* more common and out in the open, Kobolds most certainly exist, and so some possible noble breed would as well - and that noble breed has enough chutzpah to scorn it's draconic master/creator and go off on it's own.
And given the previous statement that dragons are out in the open, working it, the dragonborn wouldn't necessarily be viewed the same as your goblin or orc; but as a..er..."PC race", for lack of a non-meta-game way to put it - the same as a human subject of a king; he's just the progeny of the local dragon.
Just thought I'd throw it out, as I rewrite my campaign world in my head. Surprisingly, this works out well; already I have 'noble kobolds' following the party around attempting to catch them unawares. This just ups their size category.
Koewn
Think about how that will work. Same undercurrent of evil as Tieflings, same possiblity of redemption during a PC career. (ignoring for now the metallic dragons, and keeping dragonborn merely as a medium-sized Kobold)
In a world where dragons *are* more common and out in the open, Kobolds most certainly exist, and so some possible noble breed would as well - and that noble breed has enough chutzpah to scorn it's draconic master/creator and go off on it's own.
And given the previous statement that dragons are out in the open, working it, the dragonborn wouldn't necessarily be viewed the same as your goblin or orc; but as a..er..."PC race", for lack of a non-meta-game way to put it - the same as a human subject of a king; he's just the progeny of the local dragon.
Just thought I'd throw it out, as I rewrite my campaign world in my head. Surprisingly, this works out well; already I have 'noble kobolds' following the party around attempting to catch them unawares. This just ups their size category.
Koewn