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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8842603" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>Keep in mind, 5e thinks <em>dragonborn</em> and <em>half-orcs</em> and friggin' <em><strong>gnomes</strong></em> are "the true exotics." So yeah. The term is damn-near meaningless.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Literally every part of this analysis makes me sad, because I couldn't possibly disagree more.</p><p></p><p>They <em>do</em> look like dragons to me, and indeed I'm quite fond of their look. Whether they have tails or not is pretty irrelevant to me. Wings are a special bonus some dragonborn might develop, but most don't. And the special thing about them is <em>the friggin' Arkhosian Empire</em> and its wonderful, tragic history, and all the physiological and sociological information we get about them.</p><p></p><p>I just think dragons are great. You can check out Overly Sarcastic Productions' "Trope Talk: Dragons" video if you want to know why. TL;DR though is: <em>dragons are awesome in nearly every culture in human history the world over</em>. There's SOMETHING draconic in essentially every culture ever, and it <em>always</em> means a connection to power. Sometimes benevolent, sometimes malevolent. Sometimes elegant, sometimes savage. Sometimes divine, sometimes monstrous. Being a dragon-person means getting the foot in the door on that. Dragonborn society is still built on the need to <em>realize</em> that potential--to <em>forge</em> a name, a legacy for yourself--but there's such enormous, tantalizing <em>potential</em> there simply by being dragonborn.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There are two types of people in the world: those who cannot extrapolate from incomplete data</p><p></p><p></p><p>I mean...that's literally just a silver dragonborn with a reptiloid centaur body. (Tails have already become a "some have it, some don't" trait in the fanbase. Consider (spoilered for size):</p><p>[SPOILER="Really excellent dragonborn fanart"]<img src="https://sagegamers.com/ezoimgfmt/149658804.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dragonborn-sorcerer-1.jpg?ezimgfmt=ng%3Awebp%2Fngcb1%2Frs%3Adevice%2Frscb1-1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/SPOILER]</p><p>That head and face look essentially identical to the art you linked, so the only real difference is two legs vs four (and tail, if that's a difference you consider significant.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8842603, member: 6790260"] Keep in mind, 5e thinks [I]dragonborn[/I] and [I]half-orcs[/I] and friggin' [I][B]gnomes[/B][/I] are "the true exotics." So yeah. The term is damn-near meaningless. Literally every part of this analysis makes me sad, because I couldn't possibly disagree more. They [I]do[/I] look like dragons to me, and indeed I'm quite fond of their look. Whether they have tails or not is pretty irrelevant to me. Wings are a special bonus some dragonborn might develop, but most don't. And the special thing about them is [I]the friggin' Arkhosian Empire[/I] and its wonderful, tragic history, and all the physiological and sociological information we get about them. I just think dragons are great. You can check out Overly Sarcastic Productions' "Trope Talk: Dragons" video if you want to know why. TL;DR though is: [I]dragons are awesome in nearly every culture in human history the world over[/I]. There's SOMETHING draconic in essentially every culture ever, and it [I]always[/I] means a connection to power. Sometimes benevolent, sometimes malevolent. Sometimes elegant, sometimes savage. Sometimes divine, sometimes monstrous. Being a dragon-person means getting the foot in the door on that. Dragonborn society is still built on the need to [I]realize[/I] that potential--to [I]forge[/I] a name, a legacy for yourself--but there's such enormous, tantalizing [I]potential[/I] there simply by being dragonborn. There are two types of people in the world: those who cannot extrapolate from incomplete data I mean...that's literally just a silver dragonborn with a reptiloid centaur body. (Tails have already become a "some have it, some don't" trait in the fanbase. Consider (spoilered for size): [SPOILER="Really excellent dragonborn fanart"][IMG]https://sagegamers.com/ezoimgfmt/149658804.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dragonborn-sorcerer-1.jpg?ezimgfmt=ng%3Awebp%2Fngcb1%2Frs%3Adevice%2Frscb1-1[/IMG][/SPOILER] That head and face look essentially identical to the art you linked, so the only real difference is two legs vs four (and tail, if that's a difference you consider significant.) [/QUOTE]
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