Ecology of the Dragonborn up

[Snoweel]

Yeh I guess you're right.

 

[Fenes]

It's good they separate fluff and rules - I dislike the 4E fluff and that weay, I can ignore it much easier.

 

[Corjay]

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

And don't forget the "treme" part. Very important.

 

[Tonguez]

An explanation of dragonboobs too. They are in fact monotremes who both lay eggs and nurse their young.

Except neither of the two earth dwelling monotremes have teats (or boobs) and instead produce milk-patches

but it does confirm what I've always said - dragons comefrom a transitional Pelycosaur-Therapsid group and Dragonborn are clearly therapsids (as are Platypus)

 

[Snoweel]

I've seen a platypus in the wild!

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

I really liked that article - it's exactly the sort of fully fleshed-out detail that is incredibly useful for a player that really wants to get into playing their character.

I'm also happy that there wasn't the equivalent for each race in the PHB, as I think it would have pushed the page count much too high.

Hopefully we'll see one soon for the Eladrin, what with the tieflings getting some love recently they're the only 'new' race that hasn't had much coverage yet.

 

[Ginnel]

I like the article, semi biased as I'm playing a dragonborn at the moment, question about the hurl breath though, does it provoke? Am I right in thinking every single ranged blast power provokes? also I'll assume its still a minor action

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I like the article, semi biased as I'm playing a dragonborn at the moment, question about the hurl breath though, does it provoke? Am I right in thinking every single ranged blast power provokes? also I'll assume its still a minor action

It's turning into a ranged attack, right? Ranged attacks provoke.

 

[Ginnel]

It's turning into a ranged attack, right? Ranged attacks provoke.

"When using your Dragonbreath attack you can hurl it as an area attack rather than using it as a close blast. You create an orb of energy that explodes in a burst 2 with a range of 10 squares."

I presume so the range of 10 squares seems to confirm it, but it would have been nice for them to state it out nice and plain though, which is something they should really make sure they do in all of these articles.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Agreed - it would have been great if they had just reprinted the Dragonbreath power taking that feat into account.

When a game is as precise about terms as 4e, it can be quite a glaring error when they don't make what they're doing with something crystal clear.