Ecology of the Dragonborn up

[Shroomy]

I liked the article, but I wasn't blow away by it like I was by some of the other offerings. Then again, I never really warmed up to the "Ecology of..." articles in any iteration of the magazine and/or edition. I really liked the feats, though I was somewhat disappointed by the lack of a feat to give flight (I was thinking it would make the epic tier) and lack of dragonborn-specific paragon paths (the warforged article set the bar pretty high for 4e racial articles). I did like the two new monsters, as I love monsters....

 

[ProfessorCirno]

Meh, I still think dragonboobs are stupid ;p

 

[Aristotle]

I agree with Shroomy. It was a good article, but I expected the same level of coverage that we saw for Warforged. Flight has to be on the way given the dragonborn in the MM. I'm starting to think we might see a racial splat at some point too. I'd be less interested in that than the power source splats.

 

[fba827]

I feel stupid for asking this question as I am sure it is something simple that I am missing ...

P15 (as numbered on the pdf, or page 4 of the pdf file itself)
Dragonbrn Zeal.
The feat is paragon level.
The utility power that it replaces is paragon level
But the title line of the new power says Epic Dragonborn Racial ability.

Are all power-replacing racial feats listed as epic or something? Just, the terminology will annoy me (using epic in the description when it's on par with the paragon teir), otherwise I'll just treat it as a typeo.

 

[garyh]

Did they fix the &authentic=true trick? Because it isn't working for me anymore.

 

[small pumpkin man]

Meh, I still think dragonboobs are stupid ;p

Opinions on their aesthetic meret or on whoever thought "hey, these Lizard chicks need boobs" are, and allways have been fine, but it's nice to have a good retort to annoying psuodo-biologists who what to complain that the biological details of a fantasy race are "not realistic".

Of course now I have to explain to my Dragonborn players what the "mono" in "monotreme" stands for.

Did they fix the &authentic=true trick? Because it isn't working for me anymore.

Yes, the authentication has been moved to cookies/sessions. Not unexpected.

 

[Cat Moon]

Dragonborn are starting to remind me more and more of raptors.

 

[Snoweel]

At-will flight is a gamebreaker.

 

[Khaalis]

Yeah, the lack of flying sucks. I skimmed the entire article looking for something that would allow a dragonborn warlord in my game to develop wings like the dragonborn champion in the 4e MM.

Keep in mind that the Flying Champion is a level 26. That means Epic Level for a PC. To be honest, I fully expect to see this option show up as either a Racial Epic Destiny (awakening the dragon in the dragonborn) or an Epic Racial Feat. I would bet in either the Draconomicon or some later Racial Splat Book that expends the races like the "Races of..." series.

 

[Khaalis]

At-will flight is a gamebreaker.

I would argue that this is not true at Epic level, which is when a dragonborn should get it based on the Champion entry in the MM (level 26). Its also only a clumsy flight, and doesn't allow hovering - which means no shifting while flying, etc.