D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24

[QuentinGeorge]

They're player friendly variants, draconians were early attempts at the idea of 'player-friendly dragon people' whereas dragonborn are a more refined attempt given the hot mess that was 3e draconians

Whoah.... no they absolutely weren't. Draconians were a replacement for orcs, and other 1E "bad guys to be killed". They weren't intended for players at all, and not until the book Draconian Measures and subsequently 3rd edition were they ever held up as a player race.

 

[QuentinGeorge]

Half-Dragon PCs For All Worlds Half-Dragon PCs For All Worlds

Behold! the 2e half-dragons from Council of Wyrms, expanded to other D&D settings.

Half Dragons are not Dragonborn, and they appeared once in a niche 2E product (I love Council of Wyrms, and I own it, but its depiction of "half-dragons" does not match Krynnish half-dragons (who work completely differently, based on their very minor appearances in the lore).