Ecology of the Dragonborn up

[Cadfan]

I'm having the same problem, as of yesterday. Never had trouble logging in before.

Way back in time, I logged in under Password A. When they made us all change over, I altered my password to Password B. Suddenly, with this article, I find myself unable to log in. After a few tries, I put in Password A just to see what will happen. It logs me in flawlessly.

I don't know what that means for you guys, but its what happened.

 

[radferth]

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.

I wish they would have just come right out as said "they have boobs because we are resolved that all female creatures that walk upright will have boobs and be otherwise sexually appealing." I mean, once they gave Zuggtomy a makeover, you know they were going to leave no stone unturned. Personally, I find them creepy in an Heironymus Bosch sorta way, but that's just me.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

As has been said by another poster, Avoiding terrain inside a dungeon is only for that one character. What about the Elf ability that allows them to move through difficult terrain? What about teleporting?

A flyer can avoid enemy attacks outside only if said enemies have no ranged weapons. Or they can just fly away, but that's no different than just fleeing. And once again, that's one character, leaving the rest of the party to fend for themselves.

I don't really consider crossbows, long bows, short bows, javelins, long spears, and nets to be such devestating counter-measures that a flyer would never be able to use the ability, but it would certainly BALANCE it. That has nothing to do with "negating" the ability. It's really not that complex.

Before I say anything else, I say this: I am not saying that flight needs to be verboten. I am saying that it effects have to be carefully considered and that it needs restrictions, because it is very useful and powerful.


How do you think about one character is forced to enter melee, and another can avoid most threats by simply hovering 15 ft above the ground - and still contributing with spells?

In a way, a flying ranged Controller or Striker lessens the value of a Defender - the Defender is not needed to protect the Flyer any more. And a flying Defender can't benefit as much from flight as the Controller or Striker, since he is not supposed to run away and works best in melee.

And that why flight has to be restricted. It surely doesn't have to be removed, but it must be handed out with care. Clumsy flight, daily encounter abilities, or restrictions to high levels, and general (instead of class-specific) availability can all be useful for this.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I wish they would have just come right out as said "they have boobs because we are resolved that all female creatures that walk upright will have boobs and be otherwise sexually appealing."

And this might actually be very true in the real world, too.

On a related note,the first illustration of Dragonborn is really great. The scene evokes the feeling as if the two Dragonborn are teacher and pupil/child. Or is itteacher and lover? The hand on the shoulder indicates a stronger bond between the two.
Since I can't see Dragonboobs, I tend to assume the former. The softer face of the Dragonborn could certainly go either way.

I definitely like this piece.

 

[JustKim]

Yay wikipedia.

So now, although giving them breasts makes them more poular with human players who can relate to them, we have to tell players that they defecate and urinate out the same opening they reproduce from.

Alien race FTW!

This is true for basically all reptiles and birds. Fantasy creatures are heavily anthropomorphized, I think most players assume minotaurs and dragons and harpies work basically the same way as humans. I keep my biology background to myself because I don't think people really want to know about the cloacal tongue.

Go ahead and Google that.

 

[zerotkatama]

As to the opening picture, Mustrum, I think that, given the article, it's supposed to be Parent/Child (with the whole one parent takes the child to train in the ways of the people).

That's interesting about them marrying only for procreation. I wonder how Dragonborn romance works?

 

[Classic Villany]

Has anyone else had the problem of going to download the article and then getting a page full of numbers/codeing?

For some reason everytime I try going to download this article I keep getting a page full of numbers/codeing. This is the first time I've had this problem with an article on WotC's Website.

 

[Tewligan]

I wonder how Dragonborn romance works?

I'm sure there's some creepy furry "art" out there to illustrate it in a most horrifying fashion.

 

[MrMyth]

"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.

Actually, it isn't a ranged attack at all - it is an area attack, as it says in the description. Area attacks, like Ranged attacks, provoke when used. There isn't really any need to add any extra text to state this in the ability itself.

That said, I do think putting a 'power block' in with the altered information would not have been a bad idea.

I was sad to see no Dragonborn Paragon Paths, but given there are likely to be some in the Draconomicon, I can forgive the lack.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

As to the opening picture, Mustrum, I think that, given the article, it's supposed to be Parent/Child (with the whole one parent takes the child to train in the ways of the people).

Makes the most sense to me, too.

That's interesting about them marrying only for procreation. I wonder how Dragonborn romance works?

Short, but intensive.

And actually maybe one of the most alien aspects. Short affairs we might know (okay, not personally, but on an academic level, I've heard from them ) - but actually having a child in such an "affair". That's usually an accident among humans.