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<blockquote data-quote="Vaalingrade" data-source="post: 8722474" data-attributes="member: 82524">Speaking of the half-dragon thing, I solved this in my settings mostly by not making dragons the weird twilight between animal and person D&amp;D portrays them as.Dragons used to rule the world and the first half dragons were a means of control in the form of political marriages. a half dragon was the bridge between the ruler and their people born from society-climbing co-conspirators of the dragons or between dragons in hiding who rebelled against the rulers and fellow rebels.Half dragons don't necessarily breed true, but do produce throwbacks, so they remained rare except in places where dragons remained in hiding, this time in shame for the things they or their ancestors did, and intermarried with humans. These half dragons are considered holy children and defenders of their community.There's not inherently a power imbalance in these in-setting relationships as badass mortals aren't as rare and dragons who are just hermits or sages in disguise and haven't honed their magic into world ending weapons exist. The cannonical dragons in the setting include a professional advisor to a number of leaders, a blacksmith in self-exile for not participating in a war that destroyed his favorite community, a crazy old lady who breeds crocodiles, and a love freak who can't understand that her lack of success is a combination of her narcissiam and her utter lack of (literal) self reflection to understand her idea of the most beautiful human form is an uncanny valley nightmare with eight feet of hair like iron wire and eyes like Battle Angel Alita -- and ALL of her power is focused on looking pretty and dressing well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vaalingrade, post: 8722474, member: 82524"] Speaking of the half-dragon thing, I solved this in my settings mostly by not making dragons the weird twilight between animal and person D&D portrays them as. Dragons used to rule the world and the first half dragons were a means of control in the form of political marriages. a half dragon was the bridge between the ruler and their people born from society-climbing co-conspirators of the dragons or between dragons in hiding who rebelled against the rulers and fellow rebels. Half dragons don't necessarily breed true, but do produce throwbacks, so they remained rare except in places where dragons remained in hiding, this time in shame for the things they or their ancestors did, and intermarried with humans. These half dragons are considered holy children and defenders of their community. There's not inherently a power imbalance in these in-setting relationships as badass mortals aren't as rare and dragons who are just hermits or sages in disguise and haven't honed their magic into world ending weapons exist. The cannonical dragons in the setting include a professional advisor to a number of leaders, a blacksmith in self-exile for not participating in a war that destroyed his favorite community, a crazy old lady who breeds crocodiles, and a love freak who can't understand that her lack of success is a combination of her narcissiam and her utter lack of (literal) self reflection to understand her idea of the most beautiful human form is an uncanny valley nightmare with eight feet of hair like iron wire and eyes like Battle Angel Alita -- and ALL of her power is focused on looking pretty and dressing well. [/QUOTE]

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