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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Corinnguard" data-source="post: 9708818" data-attributes="member: 7033886">In Level Up, Species is broken up into Heritage (who your parents were) and Culture (the society you grew up in). Dragonborn Heritage[URL unfurl="true"]https://a5e.tools/rules/dragonborn[/URL]The dragonborn were created by ancient dragons as servants, soldiers, and perhaps even as cherished children. Dragonborn are humanoid creatures instilled with the power and adorned with the scales of their draconic progenitors. Countless ancient wyrms have sired dragonborn clans, and no two are alike. The dragonborn banner flies over the ferocity of the chromatic dragonborn, the noble cunning of the metallic dragonborn, the mystery of the gem dragonborn, and even the ancient wisdom of the essence dragonborn. Scales, tails, horns, fangs, claws, wings, and any feature found within dragonkind may emerge randomly for a generation, only to fall back into remission for the next. Despite this, some draconic features remain constant. Whether it be the color of the scales or the shape of the horns, some trace of a dragonborn’s original draconic ancestry always shows through. Dragonborn CultureThere are many circumstances in which a great wyrm might choose to sire a clutch of dragonborn, and the resulting dragonborn clans are as varied as their progenitors. Ultimately though, the life and society of each dragonborn clan is inexorably linked to the dragon that created it. Chromatic dragons usually see dragonborn as soldiers, cannon fodder to be created and spent for power and territory. Such militarized dragonborn clans tend to see their progenitor as a mighty general and inspiring leader who will guide them to glorious victory, often against dragonborn created by rival dragons. Such dragonborn clans are usually brutal, fearless, and blindly obedient to their progenitor. Essence dragons fly wingless over distant shores, their serpentine pennant-like bodies snapping back and forth magically as they soar. Their spirits are intertwined with the magic of the land and are usually tied to a specific sea, river, or mountain, or to a separate plane entirely. Essence dragons see their dragonborn as trusted guardians and custodians, charging them with the safety and protection of the place from which they draw their power. Such dragonborn clans are often highly attuned to nature, and guard their progenitor’s home at all costs. Gem dragons are rarely seen by surface dwellers and the same is true about their dragonborn. These wyrms live deep within the earth, sometimes for isolation and escape but often pursuing their own esoteric games and schemes millennia in the making. They see their dragonborn as agents, spies, and confidants. Their dragonborn are afforded an unusual level of respect, as they’re often the only creatures a gem dragon trusts enough to include wholly into its schemes. Such dragonborn clans are tight-knit but widely dispersed, often spending years in isolation only to reconvene when the time is right. Metallic dragons tend to see their dragonborn as children, regardless of their age. To the outside observer, they often seem like the dragon’s servants, and functionally they often are, but the relationship is more parental than feudal—for some, a more intolerable condition since their unquestioning service is rewarded with condescension and infantilization. Despite all this, such dragonborn clans are typically academic, studious, and often a voice of calm and reason when conflicts arise. [URL unfurl="true"]https://a5e.tools/rules/dragonbound[/URL]The closest example of a dragonbound culture in D&D would the Dragonborn of Argonessen in the Eberron setting. [URL unfurl="true"]https://a5e.tools/rules/dragoncult[/URL]The Cult of the Dragon in the Forgotten Realms setting is a possible example of the dragoncult culture.</blockquote>

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