Editing Dragonborn


[[File:Dragonborn Barbarians.jpg|thumb|right|With the heart of a dragon, we fight!]]

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'''Dragonborn''' are a race in [[Dungeons & Dragons]], introduced in the game's [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition|3rd Edition]], which are the result of the designers putting their heads together during the edition concept-working stage and going "you know what'd be awesome? Playable [[dragon]]s!" The result are a bunch of proud, martially-skilled, driven and emotional draconic humanoids, who can best be described as the result of throwing a [[dragon]], a [[human]], a [[Star_Trek#Factions|klingon]], a [[knight]], a [[paladin]] and a [[samurai]] into a blender and seeing what comes out.

When first introduced, Dragonborn were characters who started out as some other race, became furries, and took their furry fandom so far that they paid for a race-change operation. As a distinctive race in their own right, Dragonborn have only existed since 4th Edition. However, the idea of a playable humanoid dragon actually goes back a lot further into D&D's history - all the way to [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], in fact.

On /tg/, dragonborn tend to be a Love 'Em or Hate 'Em sort of race. Many people love them because they're a proud warrior race with a distinctly different theme to them than the traditional [[dwarf]], or because they're a great choice for a "Bruiser" character that lacks the pigeonholing stats and/or creepy fluff of the [[half-orc]], or just because they find the basic idea of a playable dragon character that you don't have to wrestle around [[Level Adjustment]] to be just inherently awesome. Just as many people hate them for being a "special snowflake" race like the [[tiefling]], or having no precedent in AD&D, or commit the guilt-by-association fallacy by being annoyed that they were popularized in a [[4e| controversial edition of the game]], or for not being [[lizardfolk]], or or for having objectively poor stats in 5e, or for just not fitting the neo-Tolkien lineup of races.

But, no matter what /tg/ thinks, Dragonborn seem to be here for the long haul, and truthfully they have gotten more popular with time. The loss of hatred is probably helped by the fact that Dragonborn fill a previously unfilled niche: Satisfying the "I wanna play a dragon!" itch without otherwise unbalancing the base game the way that [[Half-Dragon]]s and the dragon "racial classes" did in earlier editions.

WARNING: Dragonborn are one very specific race out of many dragon-like races. They are not to be confused with [[Dragonkin]], [[Draconian]]s, [[Dray]], Dragonwrought [[Kobolds]], [[Half-dragon]]s, [[Spellscale]]s, etc.

==Dragonborn in 3.5 Ed==
They were published in ''Races of the Dragon'', an official splatbook written by Gwendolyn Kestrel, who also gave us the [[Book of Erotic Fantasy]]. They were people of any race who got sucked into the cult of [[Bahamut]] and were born-again as dragon-aspected [[lizardfolk]] with a side-order of Mary-Sue.

And we mean "born again" ''literally''; the ritual of pledging themselves body and soul to Bahamut culminates in [[/d/|the devotee unbirthing themselves by crawling into a giant dragon's egg and being remolded into a humanoid dragon]].

Ignoring for a moment that this is horrifying in its own right and that the splatbook with them tries to pass this whole process off as a good thing, they lose their Dragonborn forms if they willingly perform an evil act... which means that, whilst they are Bahamut's very own [[Space Marines|super soldiers]], he never has to worry about them going rogue.

If these guys were too squicky for you, there was also the [[Spellscale]] race, which were basically the result of [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)|draconic sorcerers]] interbreeding until they woke up their draconic genes, mutating into a new race of dragon-touched humanoids.

* +2 Constitution, -2 Dexterity. Dragonborn are hearty and healthy, but they are awkward in their newly adopted bodies.
* Humanoid (dragonblood): Dragonborn are of their former type (usually humanoid) with the dragonblood subtype and any other subtypes they had before undergoing the Rite of Rebirth. For all effects related to race, a dragonborn is considered a dragon and a member of her original race. This does mean that ANY creature with intelligence 3+ and a non-evil alignment can become a dragonborn; warforged and awakened golems can become dragon-bots, awakened trees can become fucking dragon trees, ooze elementals can become goo-dragons, whatever. And yes, a dragon can be born again into a shittier dragon. Why is it shittier? Their lifespan will become a lot shorter and their already bad dexterity will become even worse in exchange for another con bonus point, which given the fact that no great wyrm dragon has a con score under 20 means that this bonus isn't needed.
* Age: After a dragonborn undergoes the Rite of Rebirth, she emerges as an adult creature regardless of her previous age. If she lives for 200 years (see Table 1-1, page 10), she enters middle age. This is a good thing for human dragonborn, and a big disappointment for formerly immortal beings who became dragonborn.
* +2 dodge bonus to Armor Class against creatures of the dragon type. The dragonborn have an innate sense of how best to defend themselves against their potential enemies.
* Immunity to Frightful Presence: Dragonborn are immune to the frightful presence ability of dragons, just as if they were dragons.
* Draconic Aspect: Bahamut has blessed the dragonborn with aspects combining some of the best attributes of good dragons. Upon completing the Rite of Rebirth, a dragonborn chooses which of the following three aspects to manifest. Once the choice is made, it cannot be changed.
**Heart (Su): A dragonborn who chooses heart as her draconic aspect gains a breath weapon. Straight line, (level/3 + 1)d8 damage, save for half, each use you can choose the damage type from these elements: acid, cold, electricity, or fire.
**Mind (Ex): A dragonborn who selects the mind aspect sharpens her senses, gaining immunity to paralysis and magic sleep effects. She gains darkvision out to 30 feet and low-light vision, plus a +2 racial bonus on Listen, Search, and Spot checks.
**Wings (Ex):A dragonborn who selects the wings aspect hatches sporting fully formed wings. Dragonborn can use these wings to aid their jumps (granting a +10 racial bonus on Jump checks) and to glide. Those with 6 HD or more can use their wings to fly.
* Automatic fluency in Draconic, because sitting in an egg for a year is apparently the draconic equivalent of Rosetta stone.
* Favored Class: [[Fighter]]. No XP penalties for multiclassing into Fighter. You know, the shittiest base class in the game that can be outplayed by some NPC classes.
* Note that while Bahamut only accepts beings of lawful good or neutral good alignment as clerics, he accepts any non-evil being as dragonborn. Yes, Bahamut is the god of good dragons, won't actually accept the prayers of Always Chaotic Good brass and copper dragons, but will still let them be reborn into shittier dragons, he's racist like that.

Of course all this was pointless because 3.5 also had cheese incarnate in Dragonwrought [[Kobold]]s.

==Dragonborn in 4e==
::Height: 74" - 80". Weight: 220 - 320 lbs.
::Size Class: Normal. Speed: 6 squares.
::Ability Bonuses: +2 Strength or +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma
::Skill Bonuses: +2 History, +2 Intimidate
::Dragonborn Fury: +1 bonus to attack when Bloodied (half hitpoints or lower)
::Draconic Heritage: +CON bonus to healing surges
::Dragon Breath: (Encounter Power, Minor Action) choose an element type (Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning or Poison) and one physical attribute at character creation. Once per encounter, may exhale as a close blast-3 attack using ability mod +2 vs. Reflex for 1d6 +attribute bonus elemental damage to all in area. Attack roll bonus and base damage increase each time you go up a tier; +4 and 2d6 at level 11, +6 and 3d6 at level 21.
:::Recommended classes: Fighter, Paladin, Warlord

They have fine scales over all their body, with colors ranging between golden, scarlet, rust, ocher, bronze and brown. The scales aren't metallic, they feel like leather. They have blunt snouts, frills along the jawline, and a headcrest of long ropey scales (think the dreadlocks that the Predator alien had). There used to be a huge Dragonborn empire, [[Arkhosia]], but it was wiped out in a war with the [[Tiefling]] empire of [[Bael Turath]] more than a dozen generations ago (and Dragonborn live only as long as humans do), and now they're just rootless clans. They still hold onto the pride of once being on top, and they insist they were always honorable in the good ol' days, so feel free to play them like fire-breathing [[Star_Trek|Klingons]], or musclebound Russian gypsies.

Because of their stats, they make one of the best races in the PHB for [[Paladin]]s and [[Warlord]]s, in contrast to [[half-orcs]], who spent most of the last two editions basically pigeonholed into being [[barbarian]]s. (Though one good thing 4e did for the half-orc was open up a number of other classes, like the [[monk]]). It goes without saying that they're also killer Draconic [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)|Sorcerers]].

An article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #388 introduced a dragonborn subrace, the Dragonfear Dragonborn, who lack the traditional draconic breath weapon but can instead invoke a terrifying aura. Mechanically, this works as replacing their Dragon Breath racial power with the Dragonfear power, an Encounter Close Burst 5 (10, at level 21+) Fear attack that targets the Will defense and, on a hit, inflicts a -2 penalty to attack rolls and causes the victim to grant combat advantage. This subrace has some dedicated feats and a unique racial [[Paragon Path]], the Fear Walker, both in the same article.

They had both their own Ecology of the Dragonborn article in [[Dragon Magazine]] #365, ''and'' a miniature PHB devoted to themselves. The latter had a sidebar talking about the traditional Dragonborn code of honor, and you could really do worse than read both of them even if you're playing 5e: they're full of all kinds of neat cultural lore and artifacts, like how dragonborn regard the various classes, their family structure, their history, religion, all that good stuff.

The PHBR: Dragonborn booklet featured multiple new dragonborn [[Paragon Path]]s, one for each of the Power Sources that were present in the game at the time (it came out around the same time the PHB2 did):
* Arcane: '''Ninefold Master''': Practices draconic spellcasting techniques, learning to unite the arcane energy of their spells with their fundamentum in order to wield potent sorcerous exhalations.
* Divine: '''Platinum Templar''': A champion of [[Bahamut]] who strives to emulate the teachings of the Platinum Dragon, until their draconic physiology reshapes itself to emulate Bahamut's own.
* Martial: '''Honorable Blade''': A master of Arkhosian fighting styles that channel the draconic magic within their blood into their limbs and weapons.
* Primal: '''Storm Dragon''': A worshipper of the blue dragon or the typhoon dragon as a symbol of the primal might of the storm, whose worship changes their own draconic physiology to match.

The Dragonborn Honor Code:
* In battle, treat your enemies with courtesy and respect.
* Fear is a disease, and cowardice a moral failing.
* Keep your promises; a solemn oath is more important than your life. Speak with honesty, and don't make promises lightly.
* Strive to do your best, and if your best isn't good enough, improve yourself until it is. Do not give up until you have made every possible effort.
* Respect your elders, your leaders, and others who deserve your respect. Obey just commands, and carry out the duties they impose on you. Oppose those who misuse their authority.
* Remember that your deeds reflect on your companions, your clan, and your entire race. Do not do that which would bring you shame if another in your clan did it.
* Boldly challenge your enemies, just as you challenge yourself.

Whilst the Dragonfear Dragonborn was the only "subrace" that dragonborn ever got, the mechanics that the [[Neverwinter]] Campaign Setting introduced to tweaking [[Dwarf]], [[Eladrin]] and [[Elf]] racial stats to better mesh with traditional [[Forgotten Realms]] lore were applied to dragonborn in a similar way. Dragon Magazine #421 used the "swap racial features" mechanics to let dragonborn base stats stand in for 4e [[draconian]]s, specifically the Bozaks and Kapaks. As always, you could selectively mix and match these traits to create unique custom breeds of dragonoid for your own settings.

'''Bozak Draconian Racial Traits'''
::Replace Dragonborn Fury with Draconian Blood (+1 to damage for arcane attacks, scales up to +2 at level 11 and +3 at level 21)
::Replace Draconic Heritage with Instinctive Flight (Gain a flight speed of 6, but you can't carry a heavy load and must land after flying)
::Replace Dragon Breath with Concussive Vengeance (Racial Daily; close burst burst 1 Str/Dex/Con+2 vs Reflex; If successful, both you and that target take thunder damage equal to your bloodied value and fall prone (missing halves damage and negates prone); if you die, this is used immediately)

'''Kapak Draconian Racial Traits'''
::Replace Draconic Heritage with Instinctive Flight (Gain a flight speed of 6, but you can't carry a heavy load and must land after flying)
::Replace Dragonborn Fury with Murderous Eye (Gain combat advantage vs immobilized, slowed, and weakened enemies)
::Replace Ability Bonuses with +2 Dexterity and +2 Charisma
::Replace Dragon Breath with Caustic Heritage (Two racial powers)
:::'''Toxic Saliva''' (Racial Encounter; minor action; makes the next hit with an axe, heavy blade, light blade, pick, or spear, or an arrow/crossbow bolt deal 1d6 poison damage (2d6 on level 11, 3d6 on level 21) and save-ends slowed - first failed save escalates slowed to immobilized)
:::'''Toxic Revenge''' (Racial Daily; immediate reaction close burst 2 Str/Dex/Con+2 vs Reflex; If successful, this deals 1d6 poison damage and save-ends ongoing 5 poison damage (2d6 and 10 ongoing on level 11, 3d6 and 15 ongoing on level 21)).

==Dragonborn in 5e==
* Ability Score: +2 Strength, +1 Charisma.
* Typical Alignment: Favor Lawful Good or Chaotic Evil.
* Size: Medium. They are stated as growing to well over 6 feet in height and averaging about 250 pounds.
* Speed: 30 feet base walking speed.
* Draconic Ancestry: Choose one of the five Chromatic Dragons (Black, Blue, Green, Red, White) or Metallic Dragons (Brass, Bronze, Copper, Gold, Silver); this affects your other racial abilities.
* Breath Weapon: As an action, you can exhale your Breath Weapon, inflicting 2d6 damage on targets caught in the area of effect (half damage on a successful save, save DC is 8 + your Con modifier + your Proficiency bonus). Once you've used your breath weapon, it can't be used until you complete a short rest. Damage increases to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th level, and 5d6 at 16th level. Your breath weapon's style (Blacks, Blues, Brasses, Bronzes and Coppers have Line type breath weapons; Golds, Greens, Reds, Silvers and Whites have Cones), damage type and the ability score used to save against it (Greens, Silvers and Whites attack Constitution, everything else attacks Dexterity) are all determined by your Draconic Ancestry.
* Damage Resistance: You have Resistance to the same damage type that you inflict with your Breath Weapon.
* Languages: Common and Draconic.

A highly self-sufficient and clannish race literally born of dragons, in that they were created from dragon eggs either by the draconic gods themselves or by powerful dragons. Some still serve as faithful servants, especially as soldiers, but many more are now without a purpose and try to find a reason for their existence. First generation dragonborn more strongly resembled their ancestors, especially in terms of scale color, but generations of interbreeding have created a more unified appearance, with common scale colors being brass, bronze, scarlet, rust, gold, or copper-green. Strongly blooded individuals, whose coloration (and sometimes appearance) again calls to mind their Chromatic or Metallic ancestors, do occasionally appear and are considered marked by destiny.

The dragonfear dragonborn "subrace" of 4th edition was resurrected through a feat in Xanathar's Guide. "Dragon Fear" grants +1 to Str, Con or Cha and lets them burn a use of breath weapon to instead utter a terrifying roar to activate a "draconic presence" aura, forcing a Wisdom save on any creature within 30 feet that can hear or see the roaring dragonborn; if they fail this save, they are frightened of the dragonborn for 1 minute, but can retake the saving throw each time they take damage. Why the fuck these biological features only turn up once your dragonborn stabs enough goblins to reach 4th level is left unexplained.

The dragonborn are somewhat behind the curve in 5e. With the possible exception of the [[paladin]] and [[Warlock|bladelock]], there are choices for any particular class that are simply better, and even there the dragonborn's breath attack and resistance simply can't compete with a variant [[human]]'s free [[feat]], the [[half-orc]]'s resilience and bonus critical damage, or the [[half-elf]]'s bonus to another stat ''and'' pile of extra bonuses. Additionally, they trade poorly with their 4e predecessors in every way: the breath weapon's damage scales up worse than a cantrip now and is a full action rather than a bonus action to use, to say nothing of how the switchover from 5 minute short rests to 1 hour short rests hoses its viability, they've lost all of the breath weapon buffing feats they had in 4e, they flat-out have half as many racial features as any other race (not even ''darkvision''), and zero features for the social or exploration pillars of the game beyond a somewhat-rarer language, and, to add insult to injury, they actually ''lost'' their free History skill.  Also, they bear the dubious honor of being the only race in the game to have a racial feature that scales off a stat they don't get any kind of innate bonus to.  

Volo's Guide also introduces additional "bruiser" races in the [[goliath]], [[firbolg]], and [[bugbear]], each of which puts the dragonborn to shame. The dragonborn aren't "bad" mechanically, but they are by far the weakest playable race in the game that didn't originate from a ''[[Plane Shift]]'' article.

The official adventures and settings books also tend to act as if they don't exist at all.  Tomb of Anihilation, Decent into Avernus, and Horde of the Dragon Queen all feature half dragons but no Dragonborn.

===Variant Dragonborn===
The first real variant dragonborn came with [[Critical Role]]'s unique variant race of Ravenite Dragonborn. While initially penned in Matt Mercer's ''Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting'', Wizards would not only make their own version of the Ravenites in ''Explorer's Guide to Wildemount'', but also port over the Draconblood subrace as well.

'''Draconblood Dragonborn'''
::Ability Score Modifier: +2 to Charisma, +1 to Intelligence
::Creature Type: Humanoid
::Size: Medium
::Speed: 30 feet
::Chromatic Ancestry: As before
::Draconic Resistance: As before, you resist the element associated with your Ancestry
::Breath Weapon: As before
::Forceful Presence: You can gain advantage on an Persuasion and Intimidation check once per rest.

'''Ravenite Dragonborn'''
::Ability Score Modifier: +2 to Strength, +1 to Constitution
::Creature Type: Humanoid
::Size: Medium
::Speed: 30 feet
::Chromatic Ancestry: As before
::Draconic Resistance: As before, you resist the element associated with your Ancestry
::Breath Weapon: As before
::Vengeful Assault: Once per rest, you can immediately counter-attack right after getting hit by an enemy within reach of your weapon.

A sort-of revamp of the race would be introduced in the April 2021 issue of [[Unearthed Arcana]]. This new version of the dragonborn does away with that whole homogenized scale color thing, opting for a closer resemblance to their ancestors. Also, instead of being one race, it's now ''three'': the [[Chromatic Dragon]]born, the [[Metallic Dragon]]born, and — perhaps most shockingly — ''[[Gem Dragon|Gem]]'' Dragonborn. These would later be officially released in ''Fizban's Treasury of Dragons''.

'''Chromatic Dragonborn'''
::Ability Score Modifier: +2 to one ability score of your choice and +1 to a second ability score of your choice, or +1 to three different ability scores of your choice. After the release of [[Tasha's Cauldron of Everything|Tasha's]], this has become the standard for all new and UA races.
::Creature Type: Humanoid
::Size: Medium
::Speed: 30 feet
::Chromatic Ancestry: As before, Black (acid), Blue (lightning), Green (poison), Red (fire), or White (cold)
::Draconic Resistance: As before, you resist the element associated with your Ancestry
::Breath Weapon: As a Chromatic Dragonborn, regardless of your element, your breath weapon takes the form of a 30 ft line that is 5 ft wide. It's a Dex save against 8 + Con mod + proficiency. The four key differences are that it can now replace ''one'' of your attacks instead of requiring an action of its own, it does ''2d8'' damage instead of 2d6, it scales up by one die at levels 5, 11, and 17, and—most importantly—you can use it a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest, instead of once per short rest.
::Chromatic Warding: At 3rd level, once per long rest, you can use an action to become completely ''immune'' to the damage type you normally resist for 10 minutes. FTD nerfs this to last only 1 minute and at level 5.

'''Metallic Dragonborn'''
::Ability Score Modifier: As above
::Creature Type: Humanoid
::Size: Medium
::Speed: 30 feet
::Metallic Ancestry: As before, Brass (fire), Bronze (lightning), Copper (acid), Gold (also fire), or Silver (cold)
::Draconic Resistance: As above
::Breath Weapon: All the same changes as above, except your breath weapon is always a 15 ft cone
::Metallic Breath Weapon: At 3rd level, once per long rest, you can replace one of your attacks with yet ''another'' breath weapon. Same range, same DC as the standard one, but this time you can either choose to knock your enemies prone (requiring a Strength save) or incapacitate them until your next turn (requiring a Constitution save). FTD would delay this to level 5.

'''Gem Dragonborn'''
::Ability Score Modifier: As above
::Creature Type: Humanoid
::Size: Medium
::Speed: 30 feet
::Gem Ancestry: Choose Amethyst (force), Crystal (radiant), Emerald (psychic), Sapphire (thunder), or Topaz (necrotic)
::Draconic Resistance: As above
::Breath Weapon: Same as the Metallic Dragonborn's regular breath weapon
::Psionic Mind: GOOlock's Awakened Mind, but this time it specifies that the creature can't respond
::Gem Flight: At 3rd level, once per long rest, you can use a bonus action to let give yourself a flying speed equal to your walking speed and the ability to hover for 1 minute. FTD delays this to level 5.

This take on the race is... bizarre. The improvements to the breath weapon are welcome, as they do a lot to make the ability more uniform ''and'' more uniformly ''useful,'' but the Chromatic Dragonborn's third level ability is pretty blatantly more situational than the Metallic Dragonborn's, and the Gem Dragonborn's is ''crazy'' useful compared to either of the other two. All in all it still has its flaws, but it's still a ''massive'' and much-needed improvement over the PHB Dragonborn.

===Other Alternatives to Vanilla Dragonborn===
The fanmade [[Anchorome]] setting introduces a new dragonborn subrace, the '''Tanarvraki''', who are descended from Mirage Dragons (a [[Planar Dragon]] native to the [[Feywild]] descended from [[Chromatic Dragon|Green Dragon]] stock). These dragonborn have Psychic Damage Resistance and their Breath Weapon is a 15ft cone that does Psychic Damage and is resisted with a Wisdom save.

In [[Midgard]], dragonborn are known as '''Dragonkin''', and are the foremost race serving the dragon rulers of the Mharoti Empire. Their origins are unknown, but they resent any implication that they might bear humanoid blood. They have a unique statblock, which currently can only be found in the ''Midgard Heroes'' splatbook; a small races collection that also includes the [[Alseid]], [[Centaur]], [[Elf|Elves]] and [[Half-Elf|Elfmarked]], [[Gearforged]], [[Darakhul]] Ghouls, [[Kobold]]s, [[Minotaur]]s, [[Ravenfolk]], [[Shadow Fey]] and [[Trollkin]].  Midgard Dragonborn are divided into four elemental subraces (Flame/Fire, Storm/Wind, Stone/Cave and Wave/Tide) and a mixed-breed subrace commonly called the "Edjet" or "Soldier" subrace. These Dragonborn gain Darkvision and Proficiency in Persuasion over the standard version, have a stat bonus of +2 Charisma/+1 by subrace, and swap their breath weapon for a Charisma-based cantrip determined by subrace, although they still have Energy Resistance determined by subrace.
* '''Flame/Fire Dragonkin''' get +1 Strength, can cast Produce Flame, and are Resistant to Fire.
* '''Storm/Wind Dragonkin''' get +1 Intelligence, can cast Shocking Grasp, and are Resistant to Lightning.
* '''Stone/Cave Dragonkin''' get +1 Constitution, can cast Blade Ward, and are Resistant to Acid.
* '''Wave/Tide Dragonkin''' get +1 Wisdom, can cast Poison Spray, and are Resistant to Cold.
* '''Edjet Dragonkin''' gain +1 Dexterity, can cast Shillelagh, and are Resistant to Poison.

==The Dragonboobs Controversy==
[[File:Female Dragonborn Rogue.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The pic that started the whole controversy.]]
[[Image:Dragonborn2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Nowhere in the PHB fluff did it say Dragonborn have tits, just this one picture in a sidebar. [[Derp|Goddamnit]].]]
When 4e was releasing its first teasers, the dragonborn drew some attention, positive and negative, just for being new. But one pic in particular caught peoples' eyes. A female dragonborn rogue, wearing a "bikini-style" leather armor cuirass, which you can see on the left here. It didn't matter that her chest was barely as round as the pectorals on some depictions of [[Conan the Barbarian]], the internet promptly '''exploded''' with fury and protests, mocking WoTC for resorting to such basic sexual dimorphism, blasting the dragonborn for being a [[furry]] race, and just endlessly bitching about the fact that dragonborn should ''not'' have breasts.

How did WoTC respond? Did they decide to do something original and remove the boobs? Nope. In the PHB, they released artwork for the dragonborn where the female had ''visible'' cleavage, and followed it up by stating in their Ecology article that dragonborn are not reptiles, but actually scaly monotremes; females lay eggs and then nurse their young for the first few months of their lives. They also pointed out that [[dragon]]s themselves are not reptiles by any taxonomist's standing, given their skeletal structure, musculature and warm blood makes them closer to mammals than anything else.

Exactly why this controversy didn't erupt until 4e is unclear. A dragonborn in [[Fantasy Armor|boobplate]] could be seen in RotD way back in 3.5e, but everyone just sort of ignored it.

The meme is still around today, but people got used to it and so it's a fairly tired meme at this point. Most people legitimately don't give a shit anymore, and are more likely to complain about the dragonborn's lack of a tail.

As of 5e, dragonborn seem to have been de-retconned back into ''boobless'' reptiles.
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==Monstergirls?==
[[File:Eva Widermann Dragonborn.jpg|300px|thumb|right|200px|A Dragonborn [[Gladiator|gladiatrix]] fighting in one of the many pits of the [[Nentir Vale]].]]
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Ironically, although you'd think that the fact dragonborn were created to fill the "playable dragon" niche would naturally lead to their being reskinned everywhere as the iconic draconic [[monstergirls]], this actually doesn't happen at all. Whether this is because /tg/ only likes to look at monstergirls and not to play them, because the memetic taint of 4e scares people away from playing them, or just the fact that a reskinned dragonborn still isn't as brokenly overpowered as even a [[Half-Dragon]], is anyone's guess.

Weirdly, it actually wouldn't be that out of canon; a dragonborn [[Paragon Path]] called the Gleeborn has a line mentioning that these dragonborn in particular often become courtesans to human royals. Which implies that it's not unheard of in general for humans and dragonborn to hook up.

What, you want proof? This is the relevant paragraph from [[Dragon Magazine]] #385:
::''Dragonborn can be a harsh and taciturn race. When a dragonborn becomes known for excessive jesting or practical jokes, he or she is shunned and called glee-born or “touched by copper.” Rather than accept scorn, glee-born embrace their fun-loving nature and welcome the title with pride, even if they are forced into exile away from dragonborn lands. Luckily, many human kings welcome glee-born into their courts as jesters or courtesans.''

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Image:Dragonfear Dragonborn.jpg|Some dragonborn lack the iconic breath weapon of their fellows, and instead can project auras of dragonfear.
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File:Dragonborn Swordmage.jpg|Dragonborn [[swordmage]]s tend to prefer the Aegis of Assault.
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File:Dragonborn Annihilator.jpg|Dragonborn Annihilators are epic-level dragonborn who have been chosen as Consorts to [[Tiamat]].
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