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<blockquote data-quote="Corinnguard" data-source="post: 9705400" data-attributes="member: 7033886"><p>It depends on which edition of D&D you're looking at with regards to their origin. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p> Back in 3e D&D, they started out as humans, elves, etc., who had heard Bahamut's call and willingly had themselves transformed via a Ritual of Rebirth into his draconic soldiers during the Dragonfall War. They basically were a template race who resembled Platinum Half-Dragons (of various sizes) and gained a set of powers depending on which path they took (Path of the Heart-Breath Weapon, Path of the Mind- Enhanced Senses and Path of the Wing-Winged Flight) after their rebirth.</p><p></p><p>The Dragonborn became their own race during 4e. In that edition, there were two origin myths involving them and the True Dragons. Both of which involved the dragon god, Io. In the first myth, Io summoned lesser and greater spirits and infused them with the power of the elements. The lesser spirits became the first Dragonborn while the greater spirits became the dragons. In the second myth, which took place during the Dawn War, Io was killed by a Primordial. His physical remains became the dragon gods of Bahamut and Tiamat while his scattered blood became dragons and Dragonborn. The latter would go on to form the empire of Arkhosia and become enemies of the Tiefling empire of Bael Turath. These Dragonborn didn't bear a strong resemblance to the dragons.</p><p></p><p>5e also had the Dragonborn being their own race. In this edition, the Dragonborn came from Toril's long lost sister planet of Abeir (where they originally were slaves of the dragons). They also bore a stronger anthropomorphic resemblance to the dragons (Chromatic, Metallic and Gem). They were brought to Toril during 4e's Spellplague Event and founded the Dragonborn nation of Tymanther.</p><p></p><p>Btw, it wasn't until 5.5e that Dragonborn officially began to sport tails. They were tailless from 3e to 5e because WoTC didn't want us players to confuse the Dragonborn with the Half-Dragons (who were also anthropomorphic dragons). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Corinnguard, post: 9705400, member: 7033886"] It depends on which edition of D&D you're looking at with regards to their origin. :p Back in 3e D&D, they started out as humans, elves, etc., who had heard Bahamut's call and willingly had themselves transformed via a Ritual of Rebirth into his draconic soldiers during the Dragonfall War. They basically were a template race who resembled Platinum Half-Dragons (of various sizes) and gained a set of powers depending on which path they took (Path of the Heart-Breath Weapon, Path of the Mind- Enhanced Senses and Path of the Wing-Winged Flight) after their rebirth. The Dragonborn became their own race during 4e. In that edition, there were two origin myths involving them and the True Dragons. Both of which involved the dragon god, Io. In the first myth, Io summoned lesser and greater spirits and infused them with the power of the elements. The lesser spirits became the first Dragonborn while the greater spirits became the dragons. In the second myth, which took place during the Dawn War, Io was killed by a Primordial. His physical remains became the dragon gods of Bahamut and Tiamat while his scattered blood became dragons and Dragonborn. The latter would go on to form the empire of Arkhosia and become enemies of the Tiefling empire of Bael Turath. These Dragonborn didn't bear a strong resemblance to the dragons. 5e also had the Dragonborn being their own race. In this edition, the Dragonborn came from Toril's long lost sister planet of Abeir (where they originally were slaves of the dragons). They also bore a stronger anthropomorphic resemblance to the dragons (Chromatic, Metallic and Gem). They were brought to Toril during 4e's Spellplague Event and founded the Dragonborn nation of Tymanther. Btw, it wasn't until 5.5e that Dragonborn officially began to sport tails. They were tailless from 3e to 5e because WoTC didn't want us players to confuse the Dragonborn with the Half-Dragons (who were also anthropomorphic dragons). :p [/QUOTE]
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