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<blockquote data-quote="meomwt" data-source="post: 6407989" data-attributes="member: 47885"><p>With the <em>caveat</em> that I don't have the 5E PHB yet, and so I don't know how Dragonborn are defined in the RAW, I can't comment on their level of exoticism compared to elves and dwarves. </p><p></p><p>Were I to be DM and a player in my Greyhawk game wanted to be a Dragonborn, then I would explain that they were the offspring of a human and a dragon (and they would have to determine <u>which</u> type of dragon) and that they have yet to meet another of their kind, etc. Human/ Dragon offspring - whilst not common - do occur on Oerth and if an easy, well-defined race is available to represent this, so be it. </p><p></p><p>And, as with anything a player wants to bring to the table, DM has final say over exactly what abilities the Dragonborn would have, to avoid over-powering other players. </p><p></p><p>Dragonborn would certainly not be common in the Greyhawk lands (no more than, say, 1 in 100,000 would be so born) - but player-characters are supposed to be a cut above the general populace, and making a Dragonborn an adventurer would be a bold and innovative RP choice (especially in a campaign where dragons played a large part in proceedings - <em>Tyranny of Dragons</em>, for example - where the PC has to act against his own heritage).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meomwt, post: 6407989, member: 47885"] With the [I]caveat[/I] that I don't have the 5E PHB yet, and so I don't know how Dragonborn are defined in the RAW, I can't comment on their level of exoticism compared to elves and dwarves. Were I to be DM and a player in my Greyhawk game wanted to be a Dragonborn, then I would explain that they were the offspring of a human and a dragon (and they would have to determine [U]which[/U] type of dragon) and that they have yet to meet another of their kind, etc. Human/ Dragon offspring - whilst not common - do occur on Oerth and if an easy, well-defined race is available to represent this, so be it. And, as with anything a player wants to bring to the table, DM has final say over exactly what abilities the Dragonborn would have, to avoid over-powering other players. Dragonborn would certainly not be common in the Greyhawk lands (no more than, say, 1 in 100,000 would be so born) - but player-characters are supposed to be a cut above the general populace, and making a Dragonborn an adventurer would be a bold and innovative RP choice (especially in a campaign where dragons played a large part in proceedings - [I]Tyranny of Dragons[/I], for example - where the PC has to act against his own heritage). [/QUOTE]
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