Female Dragonborn - No longer have breasts?

[Leatherhead]

Am I the only one that thinks dragonborn could be more avian than mammalian?

Not every warm blooded egg-layer is a monotreme after all.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

The problem with this is that you're applying scientific reasoning as it pertains to fauna on Earth, to a fantasy world with little to no ties to scientific logic.

The it doesn't matter if breast feeding is the single-most defining trait of mammals on Earth. The Dragonborn aren't from Earth. Even if they were a natural evolution in the world they come from (they aren't, and I'll get to that a minute), that doesn't preclude the possibility that they would have evolved it. Just because reptilians from Earth didn't evolve them, doesn't mean the Dragonborn couldn't have.

However, as I said, the Dragonborn didn't evolve. They didn't come about through successive generations of evolution from a prior lizard ancestor. They were created by the Gods. (According to Races and Classes; the gods took greater and lesser spirits and crafted them into mortal forms; the greater spirits became Dragons and the lesser ones became Dragonborn.) So if you REALLY must have reasoning behind giving the Dragonborn boobs, there is it: the gods are crazy.

What, the gods are crazy for liking boobs?

Am I the only one that thinks dragonborn could be more avian than mammalian?

Not every warm blooded egg-layer is a monotreme after all.

Possible. Wasn't there a discovery recently showing that the Tyrannosaurus Rex seemed a lot closer related to avians then to reptilians?

But does it answer our "are boobs sensible" problem?

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The primary artistic goal for Dragonborn Breasts was to convey the difference between male and female Dragonborn. I just came up with an alternative idea that would work just as well - Female Dragonborn grow prominent, beautiful rose scales, and Male Dragonborn prominent, beatiful blueish scales. That fits the avian theory great, since birds often use the color of their feathers to indicate their... "fitness for mating" (attractivenes)!

 

[Nifft]

What, the gods are crazy for liking boobs?

Perhaps they are.

However: those are my kind of gods.

Gettin' me some religion, -- N

 

[Lurks-no-More]

They've basically got the "Minotaur" problem, I think. Drawing Male Minotaurs looks cool and is easy to do (leaving aside divisive issues like foot vs hoof)...female minotaurs present more of a challenge, and I've never seen a female minotaur pic everyone is happy with.

Have you checked out Frederik K. T. Andersson's stuff on Elfwood? (Warning: Many pics in his gallery are NSFW.)

 

[Darkwolf71]

That this is an issue either way brings me no end of amusment.

That they actually had someone go back and change the artwork is hi-fraking-larious.


I'm just sayin.

 

[DandD]

Actually, didn't one of the game designers (I think it's Scott Rouse) say that the art in the preview books weren't finalized, and would get changed anyway, because of the complaint of part of the community that they wouldn't pay one cent for the books if it contained artworks that would be repeated anyway 1-to-1 in the real rulebooks? Some even said that they wouldn't mind pirating the books if all they got was some developer journal with artwork that is going to be included once again in the core books.

 

[Alzrius]

I haven't watched the latest GRZ, so I'm not certain, but is there any possibility that the OP is trolling us all with a photoshopped pic (I mean, his name is "Trolls" for crying out loud)? Fallen Seraph's post seems to indicate that that's likely.

And if I'm wrong, my apologies to the OP!

 

[Andor]

I haven't watched the latest GRZ, so I'm not certain, but is there any possibility that the OP is trolling us all with a photoshopped pic (I mean, his name is "Trolls" for crying out loud)? Fallen Seraph's post seems to indicate that that's likely.

And if I'm wrong, my apologies to the OP!

Who cares? Any thread that has us debating the viability of a platypuss in a chainmail bikini is a worthwhile thread.

 

[Spatula]

The problem with this is that you're applying scientific reasoning as it pertains to fauna on Earth, to a fantasy world with little to no ties to scientific logic.

Excellent. I await the return of the 3' halfling, then.

 

[DandD]

You may have them, if you want. Some gaming groups don't even allow them to exist in their game session.