D&D General Dragonborn Physical Features

[CleverNickName]

What physical features do the dragonborn have in your game world? Check all that apply.

 

[Charlaquin]

For me, scales, fangs, claws and tails are always present. Horns, quills, and frills can be present but aren’t always. Wings are never present. Gills aren’t something I would have even considered because as far as I know, dragons have never been particularly associated with gills, apart from sea serpents, I guess? But my dragonborn are more associated with the “true dragons.” Feathers are similarly not a feature I had really considered, but as they are a modified type of scale, I think I’d allow a player to play a dragonborn with feathers if they wanted to. But, I don’t think I’d design a dragonborn NPC with them.

 

[Distracted DM]

Mine don't have wings or tails, but if a player takes a feature that grants wings or really wants a tail I won't stomp their fun, but in canon it's no tails. I like the 4e frills look but horns are cool too- what I want to know is do your dragonborn have digitigrade or plantigrade legs?

 

[Aldarc]

The major point for me is that Dragonborn have neither tails nor wings.

 

[Mind of tempest]

what dragonborn has no scales?

 

[cbwjm]

They have scales, claws, tails, but only those who unlock their draconic power gain wings (via the draconic sorcerer subclass or maybe a feat).

 

[CleverNickName]

what dragonborn has no scales?

No idea. But I figured at least one contrarian here would say that their dragonborn are like salamanders or frogs or something.

 

[Mind of tempest]

No idea. But I figured at least one contrarian here would say that their dragonborn are like salamanders or frogs or something.

look olms have been called baby dragons but I doubt they are that influential.

 

[el-remmen]

There are no Dragonborn in my setting but lizardfolk take their place.

 

[sevenbastard]

I'm firmly a Human, elf, dwarf, halfling, and half orc allowed kind if DM.