Dragonborn: Player Character Races in 5e Dungeons & Dragons - Web DM
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My brass ancestry Dragonborn valor bard was inspired by Pillars of Eternity's Drakken race that are diplomatic and keepers of lore.
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Everyone loves Dragons, everyone likes being born, hence dragonborn.
I loved it when I was born!
Idk if people universally like being born or like being alive, even when all else is fine, but that's a pretty heavy topic that we probably shouldn't head into so casually.
I for one disagree. I did not like being born and regret highly.
I am heavily indifferent to this comment.
I literally said "Everyone loves being born" in my head when he said, "Everyone loves dragons..."
Best part
“Maybe Alex Jones is right.”
“I f***ing hope not.”
@BadPeople1100 finally, someone who gets it
BadPeople1100 i do agree it’s better to mock the bastard for stuff he actually believes
He is fun on joe rogan
*laughing in post-deepstate, post-epstein, post-crispr world
We all better hope not. Because of he's right (which he probably is) we're all totally fucked.
Agree that the basic Dragonborn is somehow kind of dull. I made a Dragonborn monk sailor, described him as the Chinese version of a dragon, long facial whiskers, serpentine body with stumpy limbs. His attacks were bites and tail attacks and body slams etc.
I made a French Dragonborn who was a blue dragon based on the Wiggler head from mhw. Where his neck was almost the same length as his body.
Ah Sumerian gods "Humans are being too loud the only solutions is to flood the world"
Dragonborn are fun. can a Kobold be a Squire to a Dragonborn Paladin? like if the Paladin rescued the Kobolds and one wanted to follow the players around?
Matt As a DM I would absolutely allow that! That being said, I think I'm the kind of DM that will let a good player get away with almost anything. :D
Matt Maybe if your DM is chill enough then maybe you could take a kobold instead of the 3 retainers from the knight background. A CR 1/8 creature that is a coward and will run if combat actually starts doesn't sound like it'll break the game
Why the hell not!? The more Kobolds the better I say!
In my gameworld Kobolds are a race of rat-catchers that humans hire to keep their sewers clean and protected. Every other race on the planet hates and kills Kobolds, most of all Goblins, and their only ally is humanity.
I'm DMing for someone who did that. Made a dragonborn paladin and took the knight background. 3 kobold squires, sticky fingers, granny, and sir loyal pants.
Ever since watching Matt Colville demonstrate his dragonborn "accent" I can't imagine them speaking any other way.
harrisonzachar
Any chance you have a link?
It can be heard in his Bad Guys: Running the Game video: ruclips.net/video/FUrlRZu2uCc/видео.html
harrisonzachar
Thanks, man.
harrisonzachar Yes, that's a cool manner of speaking for dragonborn. I'd do their voices the same way if I had a DB NPC in my game. 😀
Also keep in mind, when dealing with lizard-folk they should probably have a Cajun/Louisiana accent. After all, they *are* swamp dwelling gator people.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm beyond honored for the shout out you guys. Thank you for the support and the Purple Dragon Knight Love
I’ve always had a problem figuring out how Dragonborn “came to be” in my campaigns. The idea of Dragonborn being the ancestors of dragons cursed to humanoid form is genius! Thank you for the idea.
Do it mysteriously. Nobody is really sure.
The Dragonborn are probably my favorite race. They remind me of the Sanghelli Elites in Halo.
Oh daaaaaaaaaaang!!! I can't wait for some Pruitt Spelljammer! I've been wanting to see you run Spelljammer ever since you guys mentioned it on the show and now I can! :D
Well helllo there Alpha acquaintance! Please pass along my hellos to the CR quiet room since I'm behind on the new campaign and can't watch live!
When he described a Dragonborn as a clan that is very nature oriented "So a Lizardfolk?"
Some of the ideas I really liked in this episode:
- Draconic Pact Warlock: Pretty self explanatory but I'd hope this becomes a UA at some point, or maybe a canon subclass. It's just a really rich idea!
- Dragonborn Bard: I visualise this as "She begins by belching fire into the ground before them, creating a burning patch of hot hungry flames. Before the flames start to burn away at the surrounding roots and grass, the strums of her lute appear to tame them. Images of silhouettes appear and dance in the flames. As she sings of brave heroes and their legends, the farming bystanders become memorised at the sights in the flames." What I particularly like is the idea that the songs the dragonborn would sing would not be of mighty dragons themselves but of the brave heroes that throughout the ages have come to face these dragons!
As an aside, the dragonborn in my homebrew setting, I have not needed to fully iron out yet, but I'm chewing on the idea that maybe the dragonborn are 'born' of the flesh of dead dragons (with the colour of the dragon's flesh determining the equal colour of dragonborn). Whether i'll have the gods do this, or powerful spellcasters, I do not know yet.
10/10, every time guys.
"What if Alex Jones is right."
"Lets fucking hope not."
Sorry to drag Alex Jones for something he did not say. Alex, is you are listen, my apologies.
How @badpeople1100, let us speak about the bat shit crazy and deeply harmful things Alex Jones has said over the last 15 years.
I had a dragon born that I named Alduin, and my backstory was that I entered the campaign setting on a wagon being pulled to my death (an excacution via beheading), when all the sudden a dragon attacks. I escaped via the underground keep. Afterward I warned the political leader of a very prosperous and proud city of the dragon. I had to take upon a quest to slay the dragon by travelling to a different dimension, where I met the spirits of ancient legendary heroes.
I presume you stole from your enemies by sneakily placing buckets on their heads?
I think I met Jim Davis the other day while out and about. I walked up, asked him for an autograph and he looked surprised. I'm not sure why, the man has a world class youtube channel. I told him "you look like you're busy, but I just wanted to get a selfie and autograph so I can say I met a true blue celebrity!" He blushed and put a hand over his little smiling mouth. "Thank you" he proclaimed with his inside voice. I looked down and noticed he wasn't wearing any shoes on his pale feet. That was weird, but I figured he was just really down to earth and knew about how that strengthens your arches and calluses naturally. What was really weird though was that one of his big toes was about double the size of the other. Quite interesting. Anyways, i asked him why he went shoeless and he said "two words; toe cheese" i understood immediately and told him of my own quest of attaining cheeseless toes. It was quite the long wordy tale so I'll skip over that for your sake. Very detailed. After our selfie we parted ways and I noticed that he hopped into his vintage sports car painted with a dragon decal with a thought bubble that said "I'm Hot!". it was really cool. I hope i can see jim and his nice car again someday. Does anyone else have a nice story meeting their idols?
I saw Jim Davis at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
I saw Jim Davis on this episode of WebDM. It was good. Pruitt was there too. I think Travis might've been behind the camera too. Then I sharted. It was awkward. Then I remembered I was just watching RUclips videos naked on my couch.
Trickier Hades I really hope that isn't true.
sam w that's a meme
I played a Red dragonborn samurai who was super loyal to his noble lord but was betrayed by that lord and left for dead. He didn't hate his lord he hated the one who corrupted him and is now and ronin until he kills the corruptor
Another answer to the most important question to ask in any setting... What About Dragons?!?! ... born
In one of my settings, I had Dragonborn as mutants of mortal races who drink the blood of a dragon. The local kingdom train young boys to become elite paladins loyal to the crown, and upon attaining adulthood undergo the Rite of the Storm Dragon, where they drink a chalice of Blue Dragon blood which mutates them into what people see as the ultimate, incorruptible fighting machines.
With how much Jim has been talking about that campaign setting on the podcasts, how could I not be hyped!! Can't wait for more quality content as 2018 continues.
4:00 Pruit described precisely my dilemma a couple of months ago. I'm quite a strong theme DM. There is one halfdragon in my world, who's there for a reason, and no dragonborn. Ofc, a player wants to swap cahracter and wants to play a dragonborn.
Given part of the theme of my world is a civil war in hell bubbling onto the surface, I let the first circle be neutral and had Tiamat there - creating all manner of monsters (basically trying to be nuclear swizerland), and it worked really well. Solved a bunch of things and the player is stoaked.
So can attest, a one off unique character going against the theme is easy to accommodate and enriches the world quite nicely
Digging the salt/pepper beard Jim. Now your sagely advice comes with a slightly sagely look too, lol.
Dovahkiin • Valor (dragonborn) bards shouting in draconic.
Already had a Dragonborn character, didn't wanna do another one without exploring options first :/
*so I discovered kobolds*
Also, bardbarian is best, at least if your Dovahkiin was Nord like mine lol
Dragonborn Samurai who looks like an Asian dragon is on my list of character concepts.
Gregory Floriolli If I remember gold dragon does look a lot like Asian style dragons being longer and body and having wings that are more similar to those of a mammal rather than reptile secondarily they also have the facial whiskers and antlers
Unfortunately the only way to get that would be having a Gold Half-Dragon, since gold dragons have the Asian dragon-esque whiskers, while dragonborn don't really have the unique features of any of their draconic former overlords apart from color coordinated breath weapons and elemental resistance. But pedantic things aside, a Samurai would fit very well with a dragonborn's values toward honor and a clan.
There is another Chinese esq dragon that's not gold, so, go for it!
I want to make a setting where there’s an entire draconic ecosystem that has all the creatures are partially draconic and it’s all ruled by the a council of true dragons
Mr.King I imagined a very high magic setting. Floating garden cities held together by gold rings of levitation, with a very high focus on politicking between the different tribes/nations under the council. That sounds sweet.
Maybe the plot could be the dragons fighting against old gods or fiends trying to take back the world after being banished during some ancient dragon war?
Are we ever going to see a RP video on the Volo's player races, like goliaths? Or maybe one on Tortles?
I tend to go with the whole Kingdom of Scales idea where the kobolds, lizard folk, and dragon born are another shoes kingdom similar to the dwarves, elves, halfling, and humans.
As my favorite race, the theme of my homebrew setting IS Dragonborn! As the second oldest race to exist, they were lead to believe by their maker, the Storm god, that they were the first to be made. Holding a kingdom that unanimously rules the only continent in the known world, the Dragonborn have fought a history spanning war with the Sivehlin (My plant race). Steadily losing to the might of Nature and the very planet, the Dragonborn conscripted their god to give them one of each Chromatic Dragon (The Storm gods servants, or angels) as weapons for the war. After they nearly destroyed the planet, they mysteriously vanished in battle against the Sivehlin. Now reduced to 4 Groves on the East of the world, the Nature War became a stalemate, and faded from the memory of all the races, save the Dragonborn nobility's myths. Since the intrusion of the Storm god, all of the other gods banned interference with the Prime Material.
Got here when it only had 7 views. I am honored. Now, time to breathe fire!
The real question, tails or no tails?
Dungeon Dad tails man, always tails
Without tails are humans with a skin condition.
Dungeon Dad every fan art I've ever seen gives dragonborn tails
Tails. It just looks better that way.
Noximus Jamaicanus A scale condition
A person with excessive rage becomes a red dragonborn. So dragonborn are like the DC Lantern cores. Yeah I can get behind that.
Thechaoticmagnet Now that's a crossover I can get behind. Set D&D in the ancient DC world.
to be fair, that is not at all cannon, just a homebrew take on them someone came up with their own homebrew setting
Purple Dragonborn Purple Dragon Knight... I want to make this a character now.
You know what you need to do, is take a three level dip in Warlock. That way, you get a purple Pseudodragon as a familiar.
Bluecho4 Well at this point how can I not?
Or just take the ritual caster feat and grab the find familiar spell
But if you did that, you wouldn't be able to take a _Pseudodragon_ as a familiar. You'd be limited only to normal animals. It's the Warlock's Pact of the Chain that gives you unusual ones. And the _entire point_ of getting the familiar is to run with the "Purple Dragon" bit.
I guess you're right by RAW. My DM is pretty lenient on what can be summoned with Find Familiar.
Things I would change about the Dragonborn race:
1) Natural Armor Bonus, doesn't have to be big just a +1 but they have dragon like scales so they should have some natural armor.
2) Darkvision, they have dragon like eyes so they should be able to see in the dark
3) Breath Weapon Recharge, after a dragonborn uses their breath weapon they roll a 1d4 and have to wait that many rounds till they can use it again. If they roll a 1 they can't use their breath weapon not ext round but the round after that.
4) Natural Attacks, they have claws and teeth they should have a claw and bite natural attacks.
5) Additional Ability Bonus, depending on the color of their scales they'd get an additional +1 to a certain Ability.
6) Wings, upon reaching a certain character level (mid range so like level 10) Dragonborn sprout wings. To add RP value in it the process can take a while and be painful since the wings are growing and pushing out of your back so you'd need to make Con saves to resist passing out from pain.
As well as getting +1 HP per level
I think at this point, the problem of "Why would I choose another race other than dragonborn?" I'd keep the dark vision, and probably have the breath weapon usable amount of times equal to con modifier on a bonus action. Mayyyyyybe keep natural weapons. I'd personally reflavour the natural weapons as Draconic traits: At 5th and again at 11th level, choose one from ;
Wings
Teeth (1d4+str, damage type is same as breath weapon)
Claws (1d6+str)
Tail (1d6+str)(can grab/lift objects up to 5× their str score)
Teeth(Bite), claw and tail attacks can also rely on con modifier and also be used on bonus action. Their damage die can increase to 2d4 and 2d6 at level 11. Can get all of it back on a long rest, breath weapon still a short rest as it's an actual feature but like I said, the Draconic Traits are a big maybe but hopefully viable as you have to level up to gain access to 2 of them maximum
Ugh, you guys talk too much.
*And I love it.*
I always like drawing from Polynesian and bronze age Greece for my dragonborn to just give em a different twist. Too, I always read the blurbs in the monster manual on the different dragons to give the humanoid race a more alien yet mortal look on things. Brass’ll typically be tradesman while silver or black will be more politically inclined.
While developing my game, I ran my players through some one shots with toons they made just to get my internet group on the same page and comfortable with the toons. My Dragonborn player was hatched in the fey, things happen and he leaves on good terms. More things happen and he's drawn into a company of elves, a halfling, a half-orc, and a Tiefling. Simple thing, go take care of the undead issue in this logging camp. The go into the old crypt, fight some things workout how to trap the zombie that can oneshot the tank... Then they find the half mad livewood door. All hell broke loose as the Tiefling wanted to burn the door down, an the had an issue with that. In comes the half-orc who's village had been burned down by a tiefling.
What transpired was almost 2 hours of Party PvP combat mixed with realy hard RP and the most complex skill checks ever. It ended with a half orc named horntaker have taken some horns.
I'm working on a homebrewed setting called Age of Reptiles where the reptilian races, gods, and monsters dominate over the mammilians. I used the map of late cretaceous earth to build upon. I hope to run a campaign on it one day.
One way I would do Dragonborn is connect them to kobolds. Either every Dragonborn was a kobold, or long ago, a group of kobold were blessed with draconic form and started breeding true, and now you have Dragonborn.
About time with the Dragonborn video, great as usual lads
The best Dragonborn character concept I've ever heard: A Red Dragonborn paladin with a jerky gait who never seems to use their breath weapon. One good cleave from a troll reveals them as two kobolds stacked on top of each other in a suit of armour.
You guys have to do an episode on steampunk settings in D&D
I can see that.
Would like to see that as well. We are wanting to do one.
*cough* Eberron *cough*
Watch ruclips.net/video/MKMD4cpwSBw/видео.html
Jim slowly turns into Santa Claus.
its about time for this years christmas !
I would love a Dragonborn Bard that just does heavy metal grunting. You know, because dragons roar and stuff.
I was waiting for a dragonborn video, they're my favorite 5e player race, not for any mechanical reasons i just like dragon people.
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I'm just starting hoard of the dragon queen and one of my players rolled a dragonborn druid. We decided that in his coming of age journey to prove his worth as a warrior he just sort of never came home and lived out his days in nature.
Excited for the streams, they happen to fit perfectly into my schedule!
I really like the matt colville interpretation: the dragonborn are a race of creatures made by the last good king’s wizard. They were created to be the incorruptible dragon knights, but now can reproduce and are therefore a dying race
I’m going to make a Dragonborn Knight who’s city was destroyed by Giants and he was sent down a river to a kingdom and has protected the kingdom ever sense. His names Caliber. What do you think
How did sex with dragons not come up? You both are stronger men then I.
I really like the sin embodiment theme. I like to think of Dragonborn as a way that dragons are trying to influence lesser races. They where created to go out into civilization and show the power of a dragon in a humanoid size package.
@15:58
dragonborn are a separate species and are of dragon kind but not directly related, u are thinking of half dragons, many people tend to confuse the 2 despite the subtle and even more obvious diverances
Player is a drsgon born and used the krynn draconian origins and said dragon born are super magically created soldier originally made for the dragon armies. The secret on how to make more have been lost so now there's just a small number of dragonborn wandering about the world and will fight to the death like highlander if they run into one another.
Alex Jones reference cracked me up.....THEY'RE TURNING THE FROGS GAY
They're Turning the Bullywugs Gay
Andrew Drow excellent! 😂😂
BadPeople1100 he may be correct....personally I find his delivery of his opinions hilarious. If that makes me an idiot so be it.
When it comes to point-buy and standard array when building characters; I find that yes it takes longer to reach max prime stat, but often gets rid of that pesky negative penalty. Dragonborn rogue for example could keep charisma and strength lower to be able to focus on more useful stats point buy wise, but rogues get expertise to so they can be good at whatever they want to be as well. Edit I made a quick build for the character and have added to the ever expanding want to play list.
Looks like it’s my favorite time of the week again!
I was tasked by my DM to create my dragonborn PC's background, which included their place of origin/culture in a homebrew forgotten realms setting. He's new to DM'ing so I wanted to give him plenty of room for hooks and creative outlets he could explore to help his campaign. The place ended up being a small colony of silver dragonborn who, because of their remoteness in the middle of a frozen wilderness, kept their silver heritage apparent compared to the mix-mutt ruddy brown most dragonborn possess in the PHB. In their creation myth, they were created thousands of years ago by a Silver Wyrm who was pursuing godhood (dragon ascendant prestige) and lived alongside this dragon in its lair until the Wyrm vanished, leaving the fledgling people to fend for themselves.
They live spartan and mystically inclined lives, living close to the land and taking inspiration from the bitter cold that surrounds them, seeing their breath weapon as an expression of a divine connection to it. They as a race have a simple oral and written tradition and they tend to follow a weird fusion of draconic and humanoid customs, such as scrimshawing their scales with dyed, woad-like patterns that portray anything from the trials of an individual to personal expression. They do not know or remember why they were created or the fate of their creator, so some leave the enclave to find that answer with the hope to one day return in glory while others wait patiently for the Wyrm's return - seeking perfection in what they remember of the Wyrm's lessons. The dragonborn spent generations molding the vast lair into a mountain hold of grand proportions, with winding stairwells snaking their way along the mountainside, making even the most surefooted question their fear of heights. Within the mountain itself is an expansive cavern system that no one has yet found an end to, spiraling deeper into more dangerous territory until even the bravest dragonborn dare not tread further.
It was only within the past couple hundred years that these dragonborn had any connection to civilization at large when they were discovered by a dwarven prospecting team. What may have started out as a simple trading post at the foot of the mountain underneath the ancestral home of these dragonborn eventually grew into a respectable dwarven settlement, delved into the mountain's foothills. The place attracts all kinds of wanderlust driven folk like halflings, half-elves and humans or people drawn to craft and earth like the dwarves themselves and gnomes.
It's a very interesting and lively place, and I see it being very much like a bustling frontier type town with a rich history that the table can discover if they look deep enough.
This video always helps me go to sleep. Your voices are so calm and soothing and it really helps after a long day.
I had a realization awhile ago, that Dragonborn are the fantasy version of Sangheili/Elites from Halo
HELL YEAH! Just the video I need for my dragonborn heavy campaign
I was getting worried that it’s actually tuesday and Im only imagining it as wednesday
It's thursday
A T I hope today's Thursday... 😮
I have a dragonborn warlock with a celestrial patron which is one of Bahamut's Kirin emissaries. This particular dragonborn is actually platinum. The first and only of his kind in the forgotten Realms and happening at this time where the gods are picking chosen and such. I gave him a radiant breath weapon! Also for this campaign I'm reflavoring f.r. into a more gritty realistic morally grey vibe. So that bit about tiamat not being evil just pissed at mammals...I'm stealing that. It goes perfectly with my version of Umberlee lol
Thanks guys keep the stuff coming it's all great!
I play a dragonborn in my 3 year long campaign, and he has a strong prejudice against 'redscales' for being self absorbed and traitorous. Even within the chromatics and metallics you can still derive some kind of hierarchy
I’ve always seen Dragonborn as not being descendant from dragons. Whether they are just a complete other species tied to the Draconic elements or a creation of the elder dragons of old.
I like to feel it out with my players before a campaign.
The Draconians I leave in my game as their own species and love using them as a fun evil race in more dragon themed campaigns.
One of the best episodes yet. Alot of great ideas
Anyone wanting to use the dragon evolution route has a ton of variety to choose from for other dragon type species. Moving past wyverns, dragon turtles, pseudos, and fairie dragons, you also have guard drakes, abishai, and the special mutants in red hand of doom (green razor fiends and blue thunder lizards).
I have a Dragonborn NPC who is a bard and basically is trying to uncover the full history of Dragonborn in my world, and his performance stuff is all in oral retelling or old Dragonborn battlecries or phrases in old draconic. I actually love that character and it gives a good Dragonborn lore bard.
My brass Barbarian Dragonborn Fusroh-Dah being a religious zealot painting the silver dragon everywhere he goes with the party continuously having to keep him in line because he is a natural prankster. It’s great fun
I was thinking of making a dragonborn bard rock star. He could rock out and his fire breath is his pyrotechnics. Hell of a show.
Y'alls reference game is on point. Star Trek, Community, fantasy lit, keep them coming! I have gotten so many good ideas from the two of you, and my home game has improved my home game immensely.
My favorite DragonbornBackstory was mine was a special birth that resulted in only me and I was in charge of watching this special egg (which was actually a fossil) of a dragon. And I was worshipped by Kobolds. My Dragonborn grew bored of guarding the egg and wanted to find a real, living dragon so he left and became an adventurer. He had a chip on his shoulder thanks to the worshiping of the kobolds and his uniqueness.
These episodes are always good, but you gave me some great ideas for dragons and dragonborn. I love the idea that Tiamat is just an old lady who wants those kids to get off her lawn.
I always want to play Dragonborn but I can never think of a character I'd enjoy playing that is one. 🤔
RadiantBurrito paladins are fun, such as Matt Colville with his order of good king olimund. In my group we've played three sorc, three fighters, a rogue. Any kind of characters class and background can work depending on your world.
For mine, DB are a mix of argonians and Spartan military states - resistant to disease and connected to the life force of an actual dragon king, such as Gyl-Seraht or Alitin being both ancient gold dragons having Dragonborn empires they reign over. They are coastal traders and mercenary forces for other larger nations.
Plenty of ideas! Just have fun with it. :)
Just coming off the unicorn video got me thinking dragons cursed into human form turning into a full dragon in the presence of a unicorn
I've been thinking up a origin for dragonborn and other draconic that involved forming magic pacts with dragons which gave humans and such draconic traits which became heritable over time
I have Dragonborn in my world closely linked with dragons. I basically have a Buddhist/Daoist ancestor worship/reincarnation thing going where if a Dragonborn lives up to their color’s sense of honor or brings honor to their clan, they can be reborn as dragons, but if a dragon is shameful they may be reborn as a Dragonborn in the next life. They worship the different aspects of the “Dragonwheel” that are based on the different colors of dragons in the spirit world. So basically, when an ancient dragon dies, they are basically a god to other dragons until they are reborn.
So Dragonborn are all about honor so they can move up in status in the next life.
In an old DnD world there was a place called Darksun, In DarkSun they didn't have any magic, but there were magi called Defiler that could suck the life force from around them to make magic. This would kill the land and small animals around them. Welding this type of magic slowly turned you into a dragon.
I've created a young blue dragonborn female, Yunzu, who's an NPC in my game. She was created largely by randomization, but I adored her right away. She's a level 1 monk, but her personality screams good natured rogue, so multiclassing is going to happen - because I am totally taking her to my local AL.
I simply have to play her as a PC, she's too fun.
I am a relatively new DM. Am I alone in creating NPC's and falling in love with them to the extent that I almost can't stand getting to play them as PC's? I am very careful not to DMPC (I'm an experienced player, and I've never seen that done in a good way, so not falling for that) but I miss playing as a player and some of my NPC's are just screaming PICK MEEE! PLAY MEEEE!
Is this a normal struggle for DM's?
Pru-Pruh as a new DM I have the same problem, but I try to play my npcs with a different group, then use that stuff as the npcs backstory
The key to having NPC party members is to not have them take the spotlight. I do it in a Super hero/high school setting. They can have some cool moments and contribute if you really want them to, but they should be in the background for the most part
Pru-Pruh I think it's normal. As a DM I have NPCs I love, too. The moment they get stat blocks, though, they usually end up dead. So I don't do that anymore... 😸
It's kind of to be expected if you're any good at making NPCs
the last time I was this early, the episodes posted on Wednesday nights
strength and con together is such a good combo. you can play on type for any martial class/subclass and like half of the casters...
Ha! I played Council of Wyrms!
Great throwback reference, Jim.
I've been playing since AD&D, circa 1996.
I do wish you guys would have addressed the lackluster features of Dragonborn. I would love a video detailing your thoughts about their rankings amount races and hopefully give some ideas or recommendations of ways to improve them.
You have a Tzeentch sorcerer model... I like it (it's sitting on one of the towers)
Breaking the archetype statwise, but playing the race straight according to the player handbook: Dragonborn monk. If the DM lets you take a feat at first level, pick Dragon Hide from Xanathar's Guide (page 74). Gives you more armor class, and lets you use claws for slashing unarmed attacks.
I think it's obvious that the authors gave the Dragonborn Str and Chr racial bonuses to make them ideal for many, many class types. I think they wanted to make sure they were used, kinda like the Warforged. You know someone will use them as warriors.
+3 level adjustment, vampires were +8 never wanted to play half dragons, I liked half celestial
I love this episode just subscribed.
They have fantastic videos, one of the best channels on RUclips for inspiration when it comes to playing D&D.
17:53 Pruitt literally having a nerdgasm thinking about smiting things with sorcerer spell slots XD
The Players Handbook version happens to work super well with my homebrew as they come from a Japanese themed country.
When you mentioned Dragonborn bards, I couldn't help but think of one playing the bagpipe in full Scottish ceremonial regalia. Kilt, tartan, and hat.
HELL YEA I literally clapped at the ending for this episode, not the biggest fan of Twitch. But i'll sure as hell watch it. TOO MANY D&D STREAMS!
Let's start a discussion: I think that Dragonborns are underpowered and that this variation makes their power more in line with other races:
www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Greater_Dragonborn_(5e_Race_Variant)
Do you agree? Why or why not?
I've never played a Dragonborn before but I think my next character will be one thanks to you guys. :)
Thank you so much! I really didnt want my new player starting with a dragonborn bc I wasnt prepared to decide about their relationship to dragons in our world. Ive decided to give my player the dragon progenitor he wants, bind him with an oath, and then double cross. Im so excited! 😄
My Wife’s Red Dragonborn Barbarian/Fighter fled his clan as it was taken over with Vampirism and raised himself alone in the bush. Now we’re level 13 and we’re faced with taking on his clan of Red Dragonborn vampires led by his estranged father! I think Dragonborn warriors are a great fit!
Great show by the way.
I played in a party with a dragonborn character who viewed all other scaly peoples as his inarguable lessers. He blatantly spoke down to and ordered around a very aggressive tribe of lizardfolk. We barely survived lol
I have a friend who made a dragonborn rogue. Went all the way to level 15 without getting his dex past +2 and it still was an amazing character that worked just fine. Unorthodox characters can be very strong and memorable. I strongly recommend trying it.
Between the movie Dragonheart (which sure isn't great, but I saw it at the right age) and Dragon's Dogma which I played recently I am down with a Dragon Patron. I'd see it as an alternative to Hexblade but instead of hexes and shadow magic it's spell rages and sturdiness. Or maybe dragon spirit Barbarian... so many ideas!
Neverfate Gaming Draconic sorcerer, but reskinned to be a Warlock, also works
You guys are the creative fertilizer from which rich worlds will grow, for that you have my thanks.
I found something shocking the other day. Draconic sorcerer subclass has the natural AC boost but actual dragon born do NOT.