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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6399877" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>It doesn't matter if Dragonborn are not monsters in your game. They are monsters in my game. Duh.</p><p></p><p>Dragonborn were introduced in 2E, basically a half-dragon creature with a humanoid parent (limited to certain humanoid races) and a dragon parent (limited to certain dragon races). They were not PCs. So yes, they started out as monsters.</p><p></p><p>In 3.5, Dragonborn were in the book Races of the Dragons where humanoids were converted to a Dragonborn by Bahamut to a race of its own. It was basically a racial template and the first time Dragonborn were created as PC races. If the PC did evil, he lost the template. So, it wasn't as much a race as it was a magical spell. That's the book that also introduced Kobolds as PC races. But again, just because a publisher writes something down does not mean that it has to be allowed.</p><p></p><p>Dragonborn did not debut in any PHB. A new PC variation did debut in the 4E PHB, but Dragonborn were not originally a PC race.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyone can like whatever they want.</p><p></p><p>If you do not believe that the DM should have the final word, great for you and the DMs willing to put up with your POV.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Of course they can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 6399877, member: 2011"] It doesn't matter if Dragonborn are not monsters in your game. They are monsters in my game. Duh. Dragonborn were introduced in 2E, basically a half-dragon creature with a humanoid parent (limited to certain humanoid races) and a dragon parent (limited to certain dragon races). They were not PCs. So yes, they started out as monsters. In 3.5, Dragonborn were in the book Races of the Dragons where humanoids were converted to a Dragonborn by Bahamut to a race of its own. It was basically a racial template and the first time Dragonborn were created as PC races. If the PC did evil, he lost the template. So, it wasn't as much a race as it was a magical spell. That's the book that also introduced Kobolds as PC races. But again, just because a publisher writes something down does not mean that it has to be allowed. Dragonborn did not debut in any PHB. A new PC variation did debut in the 4E PHB, but Dragonborn were not originally a PC race. Anyone can like whatever they want. If you do not believe that the DM should have the final word, great for you and the DMs willing to put up with your POV. Of course they can. [/QUOTE]
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