"I imagine a future where dragonborn are not judged by the coloration of their scales, but instead by the content of their draconic ancestry." _~Marthaan Lutheriandoor_
“Dragonborns don’t believe in dragon gods and believe that there are no good dragons” “Dragonborns were slaves to the dragons” yeah i think that explain a few things
@@MoneyEyeGet If WotC cared enough about their own games they would've retconned Dragonborn lore. But, if WotC cared about their games, they wouldn't be such pussies in the faces of idiots that think "orcs = Black people *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* "
@@salvadortoscano2534 I still hate Wizards back peddling on the entire history, culture and behaviour of orcs just because some weirdos on twitter couldn't take the fact that they've been like that
@@shifusdad In what way did they change them as a race? Didn't they just say that Orcs can have different personalities based on the social environment they grew up in? Genuine question, I remember close to nothing of what they said about the recent changes.
Imagine the first Dragonborn discovering a temple/cleric... “Wait, so you’re saying your gods actually _Care_ about your well-being? And answer your prayers? And _Don’t_ ask for eternal servitude in return?? What upside-down realm have I traveled to?!?”
Me: "Ye... they just ask for our blood it seems, just look at how many wars have been waged in their names." Dragonborn: "Do they at least care for your well-being?" Me: "They literally want our blood..."
"You expect me to snap my fingers and light some twigs on fire to warm your hands? You insult me! I shall fell the very trees that surround you, break them apart with my bare hands and make manifest my very soul to catch them ablaze! Not only shall your hands be warm, but so shall your heart and soul, for this shall be a flame so bright and so mighty that the very stars shall quake in its beams!" "OK Darius you could have just said no"
They probably wouldn't be "masters", since they hate slavery🤔 They would free pokemons from abusive trainers, make them their brothers-in-arms and become "the grates pokemon mentor in history" Ok, maby i'm overthinkinng this
The phb specifically stated that it's rare, but they can be born vibrant or metallic. Which is how I have a WHITE dragonborn. And their scales, while not actually tied to their ancestry, do often match their ancestry when possible. As such I am playing a dragonborn with white dragon ancestry. Her scales are actually a cream color, with the ends appearing frosted.
I think it would be an interesting dynamic for a Dragonborn (Who despises dragons) and a Kobold (Who revere's dragons) to interact multiple times within a party
Ooh, imagine your party meets a friendly dragonborn NPC who accompanies them for a while, then at a critical moment it turns out he’s actually a treacherous half-dragon who lost his tail!
Human: We need to open this door to save the hostages Dragonborn: I will use my magic to open the door Human: Great. What spell will you use? Knock or something like acid spash or priman savagery? Dragonborn: No I will use Meteor Swarm to open the door Human: What!? No!
One of my favourite characters I've made was a tortle sorcerer who was fascinated by and studied the ways and culture of Dragonborn and his goal was to study, learn about and reach the abeir itself. He has yet to meet that goal Edit: He's done it. He reached Abeir, and said goodbye to his friends as he decided to stay behind
Most dwarfs a lawful good or lawful nuetral. As they are related to dragons, Dragonborn tend to feel very passionate about the balance between good and evil, often making them chaotic.
"My clothes are made of a silky kevlar and designed by the famous (insert elf name here) to give me maximum flexability." Something like that, I think.
@@snoopcat9351 Why not use a pick/plectrum? Zithers are common among many human cultures all around the world. I like to imagine their patriotism/collectivism coupled with their liberation from slavery made them gravitate towards massive chants and labor songs. I like to imagine giant drums and perhaps melodic percussion instruments made from dragon hide and scales since they hunted dragons.
looks like a funny joke but as an nonintellectual bete male like myself the joke seems to have gone over my head. You went right past the 'Swing and a miss' no... You Sung so hard the joke went so fast and so clearly over my head that it never even brought a conscious thought to me...`-\_(._.)_/-`
looks like a funny joke but as an nonintellectual bete male like myself the joke seems to have gone over my head. You went right past the 'Swing and a miss' no... You Sung so hard the joke went so fast and so clearly over my head that it never even brought a conscious thought to me...`-\_(._.)_/-`
@@30ART5 I actually really like the idea of a party of dragonborn from the same clan. Do they work together for the clan, or does each one try to outshine the other? Maybe they understand each one has a role to play, and work in tandem, making them the quickest 'rising star' in adventuring parties in the land, lending to the story that lords and ladies from far and wide send missives and messengers with tithes to try and hire them..
I was playing my first actual game of D&D as a Blue Dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut. We ended up encountering a group of Tiamat worshipers and while walking and interacting with them, my character turned to the cult leader and said, “I will say one thing about the gods... BAHAMUT SENDS HIS REGARDS!” As he drew his +1 long sword and swung for the neck getting double 20’s. As he turned to the other cultist, who still outnumbered the party 2-1 he roared out a battle cry and scared all of them with a 24 (19+5) intimidation roll. BEST CHARACTER MOMENT EVER! All time favorite flavor race!
Very odd, my first character was a silver dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut. I used a greatsword though. Ended up dying holding off a wave of orcish commandos in a narrow pass while the rest of the party escaped. Our rogue later returned to the scene and recovered my armor and brought it to a little church. They made a statue in my likeness wearing my armor. Ended up being a magical barrier protecting the church by a final blessing of Bahamut.
@@drakenyuras3614 I didn't play DnD for over 10 years. Lately I've been on binge of dnd related videos and I'm dying to play but no one I know wants to! :(
@@matsh5633 Oof, I know what that feels like dude, I've been stuck in DM position for the past couple of years, haven't actually played a character in a very long time. My recommendation for finding people to play with is going to the nearest game store in your area. Or search up dnd stores near me. They are like hubs for people to congregate and play games like dnd, warhammer, magic, and other geek stuff. They're strangers but sometimes that's for the better.
Wait WHAT!? So, your average elf in the party just remembers the time when there were no dragonborns, and just rolls with one in a party, like there's nothing weird about it.
Imagine the conversations. ^^ Dragonborn: "Grandpa says dragons used to rule all, enslaving us, torturing us, treating us with cruelty beyond measure." Elf: "In one of my first lives, I remember we fought the dragons for this realm. With great magic and great numbers, we defeated them, but it also cracked the earth and the very weave of existence." Dragonborn: "Good riddance. Did you just say; "one of your past lives"? How many times have you lived?" Elf: "Oh, 20-25 times, by now?" Dragonborn: "Do elves die really young, or something?" ^^
So more often than not Dragonborn are the equivalent of that "Secondary character in anime with impulse control issues but otherwise lovely to be around once figured-out"
... So I learned that I played my lawful evil Dragonborn exactly on point without even realizing it. Demands respect and perfection of himself and others. Is not too proud to admit he needs his companions. And strives to be king of a domain he took by his own hand.
"Hey! What about Kobolds?!" Says a high pitched yappy voice in common but with a heavily draconic accent. A angry but comical little lizard person stares up at you with a proud righteous fury. "We were here loooong before those dragonborn, weres our video?!"
Random thought: A silver or steel dragon decides to check out the new guys on the block about a decade or so after they show up, doing the whole "disguised as one of them" thing. After 80 or so years of living among the dragonborn, the dragon gets found out and is forced to reveal their true form - perhaps it's because they had a kid with a dragonborn and the kid turned out to be half-dragonborn, half silver or steel dragon. But the dragon has already befriended several generations of multiple clans and has been incredibly helpful among dragonborn society. What happens? I could see this being a pretty interesting turn of events within dragonborn society. The die-hard traditionalists could argue that this is just an attempt to get on their good side in order to eventually enslave the dragonborn again, while the more open-minded dragonborn, along with the friends the dragon made during their stay, would argue that this is evidence that dragons are far different in this strange, new world.
The thing I hate about Aarakocra is their short lifespans. Thought being a monk made them not age, turns out it just makes them fight like Goku until one day they just die of old age.
@@Shouziroku Thirty ain't bad, but it's annoying when you can't directly compare the lifespan to a humans and figure out if 15 is young or old for an Aarakocra
Rhexx: "Before we can even start to talk about their history, we have to talk about the planet." *Pauses video.* *Grabs a drink and some snacks.* *Sits back down.* Me: "Oh yeah. This is gonna be a good one."
For those interested in dragonborn as a race I suggest Erin M. Evan's Brimstone Angels series. It's focused on a pair of Tiefling twins taken in by an exiled Dragonborn and the last book in the series focus' heavily on Djerad Thymar and the dragonborn in general as a second Spellplague starts to sweep over Toril and a revived Deity try's to become their patron god.
The Dragon Overlord's are practically the definition of selfish cruelty, caring nothing for thier slaves and thralls, only that they follow thier orders without question.
Playing a Lawful Good Dragonborn Cleric/Mage aligned to Bahumt has been the most fun i´ve ever had so far in DnD. I just love the Race and the Lore behind them
It's worth noting though that worship of Bahamut and the Platinum Cadre are, according to the novels, slowly becoming more accepted in Tymanther to the point where some of the more old fashioned clans are starting to employ their priests. Times be a-changing.
cue kineticist in pathfinder book monk like and can charge up it spells and its own description says its dramatic riseing aura of element charged and noticeable XD
Press F to pay respect to anyone in Unther when the Dragonborn city was teleported to. They were either startled the crap out of, or teleport to the world of the Dragonborn.
Most of what you described in the first half of this video is accurate as of 4e, but doesn't take into account more recent developments during the Sundering. Many dragonborn (or Vayemniri, as they prefer to call themselves) are still extremely sceptical of gods and dragons, even metallic dragons. But after an ancient Untheran god helped them defeat an army of demons and to survive in Toril post-Sundering rather than being shunted back to Abeir, a lot of vayemniri are now coming around to the idea of gods not necessarily being so bad. They just treat the relationship between mortal and god as a transaction: prayers in return for miracles, instead of being about the mortal _serving_ the god, which is how they believe most worshipping works. Children don't just go with the parent who is the same gender. Vayemniri use mating for political reasons, and they come up with an agreement (called a _qallim_) around many different aspects, one of which is how many eggs each clan gets. It's worth Googling "Playing a Dragonborn in the Realms, Part 3: The next generation " for an excellent article written by a WotC author and trained anthropologist for details on how dragonborn politics works. She has many more articles about dragonborn stuff on her site, too.
@@giraffedragon6110 Our GM just made his own to keep it balanced. My sorcerer adopted a blue half dragon child, her name is Earbender and she is super feisty
"Dragonborn colors don't match their ancestry. Dragonborn do not have tails." I recognize that the council has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid ass decision I've elected to ignore it.
"Dragonborn colors don't match their ancestry." It's not impossible for a dragonborn to have scales matching its ancestry, it's simply that they're so interbred that there are no clearly defined dragonborn subraces like there are dragon subraces.
My first experience with a dragonborn was in 5e. 1st char I made. As far as I know I never bent or changed the info about them, but it was agreed on that dragonborn have tails and breast. Scales always indicated (like dragons) thier alignment. Unless you are playing one trying to go against the norm. So I am a OoA paladin Dragonborn White dragonborn who is actually out there doing good. In the backstory of my village we are a oddity , our village doesn't bend to extremes and base things on actions not words. They are farmers right on the outside of a giant Tropical Rain Forest. Inside the forest lies a way to reach the Ancients paladins, the dragonborn village kinda sees to it that no one enters the forest except them and have them as honored guest. My particular village had long ago helped the Ancients Paladins who work with Suriel "Goddess of the Silver Moon" aka (The Brighter Moon) protecting nature. (The Goddess was basically like a dispatcher, sending the Ancients in directions when they need to get somewhere by relaying info in dreams.) (Other than that Ancients just roamed the lands doing good.) It is a high honor to be recruited and trained as such a paladin. So high honor to join them, so much so the village will have the family's crest put on a shield to give them. That way they can proudly show off, again only a newly crested Dragonborn in the order can carry one. Betraying the order betrays the Dragonborn Clan 1st and foremost and the pledge they gave so long ago, you betray the Order and then the Goddess herself. In this campaign dynamic normal dragonborn villages that couldn't resolve a issue in thier own clan's as a last resort (before outsiders) would be sent to the village to seek help. (Because our village was a outcast to the normal way Dragonborn think and behave, so since we are the last civilization out that way) It is common to rare or uncommon species pass through the village on thier way to anywhere but the forest. So my dragonborn has mainly only interacted with Dragonborn, Centaurs, Minitour's, Sprites, Aerokokra, Yuan ti etc... (have had to deal with a occasional Displacer Beast) So it was different to deal with races that have only rarely been seen around as a member of the Ancients.
My first character was a Dragonborn Paladin because I had a feeling that they behave like you mentioned in the video and also mainly because I behave like that. I'm a really proud person and like to do things by myslef, respect is beyond everything and emotional as you can't imagine. Really liked the video, thumbs up!
If not by the religion thing, like the opinion of a dwarf about moradin, unless It is a Duregar, Will differ greatly from the opinion of a dragonborn about Bahamut
"This one is pleased to serve. This one's name is Purple Worm." "They are given new names to remind them what they are... Giant horrible beasts that will swallow up anything in their path..."
@@EmethMatthew "with your shield or on it" is a phrase from Sparta during the period of time where they were a big threat in Greece. A shield was a warrior's honor, and if he lost it he would be shamed. All that being said I totally see the Unsullied connection.
I honestly didn’t know much beyond rumors about Dragonborn as a race, this was extremely informative. They honestly sound like a tricky but immensely cathartic race to play. And now I really want to roll up a Dragonborn bard who is utterly determined to bring Heavy Metal into existence all on his own because FUKKIN METAL YYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH \m/\m/ The idea of a character bound by their very blood to Be The Very Best, Like No One Ever Was just strikes me as incredibly appealing. EDIT: PLEASE do the Steel Dragons, I wanna know more about the Good Metal Bois.
Can I just point out that the current Mystra is still Mystra/Midnight. She was reincarnated. The small essence of her ‘soul’ latched on to a bear (I don’t know why a bear) that was looking after her relics of when she was mortal, her daggers, a ring, and some other items she owned when she was mortal as they were stained with her blood with her fight with Myrkul after her fight above Mount Waterdeep. It’s all explained in Elminster Enraged (I think) by Ed Greenwood.
a friend of mine watch this video with subtitles on, and , just so you know. when you say " the clan is everything" the subtitles say "the klan is everything" a small but distinct difference.
I'd like to know more about Half-Dragons. Their page on the Monster Manual says they can be created by a ritual, which includes bathing in dragon blood?
This is actually so helpful. I’m still on the newer side of dnd, but I’m currently going into a campaign with a Dragonborn Monk. This really helped me fill in a lot of lore holes that I had. Thanks!
I'm playing a dragonborn rn and me and my friends play a lil homebrew-y (sue me) but i tried to keep the spirit of dragonborns. I love my character more than any other I've created so dragonborns are very special to me
I'm curious why the 3.5e Dragonborn never got a mention? Dragonborn have been around far longer than the last 100 years. However instead of being a race that is born naturally, they were individuals very specifically chosen by Bahamut to be his champions. They were also very highly respected by all metallic dragons for that very reason. A Dragonborn's only purpose was to slay evil dragons in Bahamut's name. THOSE Dragonborn were truly rare, as you had to be specifically chosen by a god, and if you accept his gift, perform the ritual to become one.
I just got through playing a Red Dragonborn, his name was Orinus and he was a badass Eldritch Knight, near the end of the campaign he got turned into a full Red Dragon and killed a Tarrasque in the final battle of the campaign 😁
I would like to thank you for this video. I have a Dragonborn character, but she was never raised by other Dragonborns so she wouldn't have known any of this. Now I know what she's to expect (should I ever join another campaign soon) and what she should avoid doing (albeit helping others is her strongest feat). If and when she meets other Dragonborns, she's going to ask A LOT of questions.
I had no idea that I knew so little about Dragonborn. It was incredible to have almost everything I thought I knew about them upended. I realized I ended up putting my assumptions into their behavior instead of doing adequate research. Thank you so much for your work here! Kobolds?
Coincidentally enough I'm actually designed three characters based off of this idea all three of which are brothers however sadly I don't have stat blocks for any of them is that right now they're still just in the conceptual stage
I'm literally playing as a Silver Half Dragon Dragonborn in a Homebrew campaign as her birth was caused by a male human merchant turned noble who fell in love with a female Silver Dragon and well if you're familiar with the memes of what happens between a bard and a dragon you know what happened to result in my character's Silver Dragon mother giving birth to her.
You talking about this dragonborn capital, only made me crave for more ! I love your videos on dnd ! Been a long time susbcriber and i love your content!
My best dragonborn sorcerer moment, we were infiltrating a cloud giant castle and as the rogue was trying to figure out how to unlock the door I say "we are not going to levitate you! We are spellcasters! I cast Knock!" ... and my DM gave me the look on his face saying that just happened in character and promptly rolls a stealth check. The castle was passing through storms and lightning struck the sky at the moment my character knocked the door open. No one notices. I didn't know anything else about dragonborn except what is in the player's handbook so now I know it was so well in character. Really cool finding out about the Platinum Cadre, the campaign was Rise of Tiamat. It was basically the character arc i was trying to make, and now I have perfect lore reasoning to go for Paladin Sorcerer multiclass.
Made a silver Dragonborn. Divine soul sorcerer (direct descendant of Bahamut). Protected through childhood by the platinum cadre from the occultists of Tiamat. With each level 1/20 of his scales became platinum. It’s nice to see a lot of what I found compiled like this. ❤️
19:38 "My friend, please avenge me. Slay the dreaded Lich Lord in my stead, avenge me my friend!" Dragonborn: "Oof, ummm, yeah sorry bud, that's going to be a no," *Surprised face, dies*
One dose not simply enter the Methwood. Entrance is only permitted after breathing through ancient Cletus' crystal pipe. Only then may entry be permitted.
Thank you! I've been trying to research the history of this race for ages now. My dragonborn barbarian needed a more clearer explanation of how his people came to the forgotten realms.
As a half-dragon, its getting more and more irritating to tell people i'm not a "dragonborn" they don't even belong here, can we send them back? i mean they dont even have tails!
I originally thought how dragonborns came to be is from one legendary bard who dared to roll 20s to everything by smashing a dragon and lived to tell the tale xD
One of the Drizzt novels features Jarlaxle meeting two shapeshifted copper dragons. The book basically stops just short of directly saying that they have a threesome more than once.
"Abeir is the planet is where the dragonborn were actually born." Krynn: "Am I a joke to you?" I'd also like to point out why it's nonsense that 5th edition only has one campaign world. The lack of a weave, or the death of Mystra, would have virtually NO impact anywhere outside of Faerun. Considering that the dragonborn and dragons had magic, regardless of not being on Toril, should have given every wizard on Toril pause. Elminster: "Wait....wait wait wait...what do you MEAN there's no weave on Abeir?" Older dragonborn: "Ya...no idea what the hell you're talking about." Elminister: "But...how do you use magic?! You NEED the weave!!" Older dragonborn: "Nah, bro. Magic is everywhere. Your weave is some old school nonsense. Git gud, bro." Elminster:
Abeir is basically a plot tumor. 4e made a lot of changes to the status quo of the Realms in order to force it to conform to their "points of light" design philosophy, so they used the Spellplague to wreck civilization to fit with that, then made up Abeir's existence overlapping with Toril in the same dimensional space and the Spellplague causing the two to partially merge to explain where a bunch of things, including Dragonborn, came from, because they were in the 4e core books and therefore had to exist in the Realms by WOTC's logic. You can't really expect consistency from something with that kind of origin. It was hugely unpopular, which is why 5e started by unmerging them and never mentioned Abeir again unless absolutely necessary to explain something else (like Dragonborn).
Isn't it said that the weave is simply something to make Natural magic useable by wizards etc. or something? (Like if I remember correctly the spell plague had magic involved through the fire described in the books not to mention if the weave was the source of all magic in D&D wouldn't that mean that all of the Magical creatures would have died during the spell plague?) For all intents and purposes there could logically speaking be magic on abier and having it be used by the dragon born despite there being no weave
"Unfortunately, this is not a video about Tymanther..." Future video series: Extraordinary Locations. Starting with "Tymanther, City of Dragonborns - D&D"
This video was such a great help I'm currently running a campaign loosely based on the forgotten realms (though the bulk of it is on a homebrew region based on Brazil) and this video gave some ideas on how to handle my "Dragonborn" player's story and journey. Since he does mention and believe in Bahamut, and has a tail, I think I might know what to do with him now. No spoilers, obviously, but now I have great plans for you, Slyrak Thunderfang.
"I imagine a future where dragonborn are not judged by the coloration of their scales, but instead by the content of their draconic ancestry."
_~Marthaan Lutheriandoor_
fortunately he survived his attempted assassination as the crossbow bolt from a hand crossbow was not sufficient to pierce his scales.
Of clan Junnjor.
This thread is great
They are the same thing, though
That name sounds less like a play on Martin Luther King Jr. and more of a play on Martin Luther, who is a totally different historical figure.
Dragonborn cook: I SHALL MAKE BREAKFAST, PREPARE YOURSEF FOR THE MOST GLORIOUS PANCAKES YOU SHALL EVER WITNESS!!!
My dumbass half-orc bard: HELL YEAH! I'MMA EAT EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!
That reminds me of how the Chaos dragon, Tohru, started as a maid in that one anime.
*1 minute later* human cleric: WHY IS THERE SO MUCH FIRE!?!
My Dragonborn Sorcerer/Alchemist: Why is the Human Cleric also an Engineer?!
think that line was used in bravely default 2 the cook class guy but he uses food to poison and stuff
“Dragonborns don’t believe in dragon gods and believe that there are no good dragons”
“Dragonborns were slaves to the dragons” yeah i think that explain a few things
Dragonborn Lives Matter - me a black dude
@@MoneyEyeGet If WotC cared enough about their own games they would've retconned Dragonborn lore. But, if WotC cared about their games, they wouldn't be such pussies in the faces of idiots that think "orcs = Black people *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* "
@@salvadortoscano2534 I still hate Wizards back peddling on the entire history, culture and behaviour of orcs just because some weirdos on twitter couldn't take the fact that they've been like that
@@MoneyEyeGet FACTS!! Bruh, then when you look at their starting stats.....DRAGONBORN LIVES MATTER!!
@@shifusdad In what way did they change them as a race? Didn't they just say that Orcs can have different personalities based on the social environment they grew up in? Genuine question, I remember close to nothing of what they said about the recent changes.
Imagine the first Dragonborn discovering a temple/cleric...
“Wait, so you’re saying your gods actually _Care_ about your well-being? And answer your prayers? And _Don’t_ ask for eternal servitude in return?? What upside-down realm have I traveled to?!?”
@warystatue33 Bruh I'm dead! XD
Me: "Ye... they just ask for our blood it seems, just look at how many wars have been waged in their names."
Dragonborn: "Do they at least care for your well-being?"
Me: "They literally want our blood..."
Imagine them meeting a warlock
Heheheh. I actually plan on playing a Dragonborn Cleric.
@ Ao? I don't know them, but it sounds amusing. I don't currently have a deity for my cleric yet. =3
"You expect me to snap my fingers and light some twigs on fire to warm your hands? You insult me! I shall fell the very trees that surround you, break them apart with my bare hands and make manifest my very soul to catch them ablaze! Not only shall your hands be warm, but so shall your heart and soul, for this shall be a flame so bright and so mighty that the very stars shall quake in its beams!"
"OK Darius you could have just said no"
He'd had to deny your acquiesce in the most flamboyant and amazing way possible.
Dragon born are the best people to he friends with
@5567 5555 good point
@5567 5555 Well, that and they'll eat your corpse after you're dead.
@@glavenusmaximus8860
Wait, that's not the norm?
“You either do or do not, there is no try”
-Yoda the Dragonborn
Last of the Dragonborn Psions. Baby Yoda's soooo cute ! ☺
Kobold, a 200-year-old kobold
Yoda is a Dragonborn? All hail yoda septim!
@@GrassPokeKing a 200-year-old gnome kobold hybrid
Oogay/yoda both look like they could be somewhat related to dragons 😂
The thought of a bigass dragonborn trying to "make the absolute best campfire you've ever seen" is kind of adorable.
"This just in: Entire adventuring party gets burnt alive by massive bonfire. Surviving Dragonborn has this to say, 'It was too great!'"
"None of them was a true dragon."
"Death by fire is the purest death."
it would probably just sneeze on the firewood though XD
And half the forest has been burnt to ash....
And then looking at his adventuring party all super proud and triumphant
“The actual Draconic race in the setting”
Kobold cries in the corner
"Deekin?"
What about lizardfolk, they innately speak/understand draconic
Kobolds used to be Pug creatures in 2nd Edition
Where they belong.
@@jamiehughes5573 Just lizards.
I find myself distracted by the thought of a dragonborn who is obsessed with being “the best pokémon master who ever was”.
*COUGH* Ash *COUGH*
is going to be weird if chooses charmander
(Name pun alert)
But hey! That’s just a theory... a WORLD THEORY!
Ecnal
They probably wouldn't be "masters", since they hate slavery🤔
They would free pokemons from abusive trainers, make them their brothers-in-arms and become "the grates pokemon mentor in history"
Ok, maby i'm overthinkinng this
D&D Official Lore: Dragonborn do NOT have tails
literally every artist ever: *only draws dragonborn with tails*
What about the art in the video?
that's because D&D official lore is wrong and fake news
Also in 3.5 Dragonborn had tails and wings, and were completely devoted to bahamut (if they were metallic), they changed Dragonborn lore so much in 5e
In 3.5 you lost 2 Dex score because of the tail growth when you are transformed into a dragonborn.
that doesnt make sense, shouldnt you gain dex for having a tail? the whole point of tails is to help maintain balance
MrRhexx: Dragonborn only come in scarlet, bronze, gold, rust or brown
Me: *Insert the 'I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that' meme*
Ditto
-looks over at my black scaled dragonborn-
Listen here...
Dragonborn can naturally be born having the more vivid colors of their dragon ancestors. It's just rare.
At least, the phb hints at that.
The phb specifically stated that it's rare, but they can be born vibrant or metallic. Which is how I have a WHITE dragonborn. And their scales, while not actually tied to their ancestry, do often match their ancestry when possible. As such I am playing a dragonborn with white dragon ancestry. Her scales are actually a cream color, with the ends appearing frosted.
I think it would be an interesting dynamic for a Dragonborn (Who despises dragons) and a Kobold (Who revere's dragons) to interact multiple times within a party
It's a 3rd generation Dragonborn whose never met a Dragon and it's a Kobold from a REMOTE clan who've never even found a dragon to worship
19:16 "A Dragonborn will rather die than break an oath" ... in the background a dragonborn with Cyric simbol, the god of lies. Lol
First oath come first oath serve.
omegalol
I mean, you don't have to break an oath to lie every time.
What if your oath IS to lie?
Then why would it matter... If your friends with a lying cleric you know if it said something in agreement ya fecked
What they don't tell you about Dragonborns
1. They don't have tails.
WHYYYYYYYYYY
PhB is wrong
Max2ds Half Dragons have tails, Dragonborn do not
Fuck ya’ll my dragonborn has one!!!!! *sobs*
Wait, what?! But there are several pictures in the PhB with tails.
A species that hate gods, dragons, and slavery...
*Githzerai wants their number*
A Good and Bad cop in the astral plane.
@@MangaSt? More like a zen and a patronato people in limbo
Ooh, imagine your party meets a friendly dragonborn NPC who accompanies them for a while, then at a critical moment it turns out he’s actually a treacherous half-dragon who lost his tail!
A story about a half dragon who amputates his tail in order to infiltrate dragonborn society could be very interesting.
Lies deception gasp
Time to add that to the DM's book of hooks
Mind blown!
Me: Meteor Swarm
Human: We need to open this door to save the hostages
Dragonborn: I will use my magic to open the door
Human: Great. What spell will you use? Knock or something like acid spash or priman savagery?
Dragonborn: No I will use Meteor Swarm to open the door
Human: What!? No!
Was the dragonborns name fuze, by any chance.
Human: Dragonborn, no!
Dragonborn: Dragonborn *yes* !
The hostage takers surrender because anyone who opens doors with meteors is not someone to fuck with.
Ppht. I would have cast Wish to cast Knock.
Megumin dragonborn loli.
One of my favourite characters I've made was a tortle sorcerer who was fascinated by and studied the ways and culture of Dragonborn and his goal was to study, learn about and reach the abeir itself. He has yet to meet that goal
Edit: He's done it. He reached Abeir, and said goodbye to his friends as he decided to stay behind
Now I Image this tortle as Bilbo with dwarves and elves: well known and respected.
Listens carefully. Sounds like DragonBorn and Dwarves should get along pretty damn well.
Buddy cop movie please
Dragonborn Vs Dwarf in a smithing contest
@@pyrusop1764 I like it! Add in a Goliath for Xtra try hard enthusiasm.
@@PandorasFolly And some say they are still arguing about who's sword is better to this day ~ some bard
Most dwarfs a lawful good or lawful nuetral. As they are related to dragons, Dragonborn tend to feel very passionate about the balance between good and evil, often making them chaotic.
@@lowbreeze4328 hol. Ee. Shit. Riggs and Murt'augh in the adventure "Mortal Blade"!!
22:53 "A Dragonborn's armor will be the coolest and most epic of the party."
Me: *looking at my Dragonborn Monk*
Me: ...hm...Yeah...
"My clothes are made of a silky kevlar and designed by the famous (insert elf name here) to give me maximum flexability."
Something like that, I think.
My abs are greater then thou art
It’s like I’m wearing nothin at all!
_Nothin at all!_
*Nothin at all!*
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure- Awaken song plays as your abs shine
Armor? I will be the best fighter by not needing armor!
Dragonborns are true patriots, basically. Also I find it interesting how if a Dragonborn was a Bard, they'd legit be Heavy Metal.
Klingon Opera also comes to mind. Whatever makes thier ears bleed ..
That's when 99 bottles of beer on the wall comes out- fortissimo !
Do dragonborns have long nails? Because that will be really hard to play
@@snoopcat9351 They could be shaped for maximum shredding, but I'd say they could be filed down if need be.
@@snoopcat9351 Their nails negate the need for a pick
@@snoopcat9351 Why not use a pick/plectrum? Zithers are common among many human cultures all around the world. I like to imagine their patriotism/collectivism coupled with their liberation from slavery made them gravitate towards massive chants and labor songs. I like to imagine giant drums and perhaps melodic percussion instruments made from dragon hide and scales since they hunted dragons.
When a Dragonborn goes to their capital city to buy an engagement ring for his fiancée:
"He went to Djerad!"
This is a blessing.
That is hilarious. Take my like.
looks like a funny joke but as an nonintellectual bete male like myself the joke seems to have gone over my head. You went right past the 'Swing and a miss' no... You Sung so hard the joke went so fast and so clearly over my head that it never even brought a conscious thought to me...`-\_(._.)_/-`
looks like a funny joke but as an nonintellectual bete male like myself the joke seems to have gone over my head. You went right past the 'Swing and a miss' no... You Sung so hard the joke went so fast and so clearly over my head that it never even brought a conscious thought to me...`-\_(._.)_/-`
How do I delete the accidental excessive text spam I just made as well a my own accidental existence? `-\_(.-.)_/-`
Handbook - Dragonborn are a really rare sight.
4 out of the 6 party members - I’m a Dragonborn.
Me - 😑
Maybe they share the same clan... or just wanted to be a dragon...
@@30ART5 I actually really like the idea of a party of dragonborn from the same clan. Do they work together for the clan, or does each one try to outshine the other? Maybe they understand each one has a role to play, and work in tandem, making them the quickest 'rising star' in adventuring parties in the land, lending to the story that lords and ladies from far and wide send missives and messengers with tithes to try and hire them..
They're adventures, they are already rare.
Go to d&d beyond or wikipedia they got a lot more cool races like orcs ogres and one of my favorites lizardfilk
Dragon fetish
I was playing my first actual game of D&D as a Blue Dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut. We ended up encountering a group of Tiamat worshipers and while walking and interacting with them, my character turned to the cult leader and said, “I will say one thing about the gods... BAHAMUT SENDS HIS REGARDS!” As he drew his +1 long sword and swung for the neck getting double 20’s. As he turned to the other cultist, who still outnumbered the party 2-1 he roared out a battle cry and scared all of them with a 24 (19+5) intimidation roll. BEST CHARACTER MOMENT EVER! All time favorite flavor race!
Very odd, my first character was a silver dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut. I used a greatsword though. Ended up dying holding off a wave of orcish commandos in a narrow pass while the rest of the party escaped. Our rogue later returned to the scene and recovered my armor and brought it to a little church. They made a statue in my likeness wearing my armor. Ended up being a magical barrier protecting the church by a final blessing of Bahamut.
@@drakenyuras3614 Yo this is awesome! Such great roleplaying.
@@matsh5633 Thankyou got any cool experiences?
@@drakenyuras3614 I didn't play DnD for over 10 years. Lately I've been on binge of dnd related videos and I'm dying to play but no one I know wants to! :(
@@matsh5633 Oof, I know what that feels like dude, I've been stuck in DM position for the past couple of years, haven't actually played a character in a very long time. My recommendation for finding people to play with is going to the nearest game store in your area. Or search up dnd stores near me. They are like hubs for people to congregate and play games like dnd, warhammer, magic, and other geek stuff. They're strangers but sometimes that's for the better.
Wait WHAT!? So, your average elf in the party just remembers the time when there were no dragonborns, and just rolls with one in a party, like there's nothing weird about it.
Imagine the conversations. ^^
Dragonborn: "Grandpa says dragons used to rule all, enslaving us, torturing us, treating us with cruelty beyond measure."
Elf: "In one of my first lives, I remember we fought the dragons for this realm. With great magic and great numbers, we defeated them, but it also cracked the earth and the very weave of existence."
Dragonborn: "Good riddance. Did you just say; "one of your past lives"? How many times have you lived?"
Elf: "Oh, 20-25 times, by now?"
Dragonborn: "Do elves die really young, or something?"
^^
So what you're saying is that elves are just D&D boomers.
@@Thoughtmage100 I enjoy your interpretation, tremendously.
They also remember when there were no humans or half’s. Or orcs
So more often than not Dragonborn are the equivalent of that "Secondary character in anime with impulse control issues but otherwise lovely to be around once figured-out"
Tiberius flashbacks
Vegeta
Keith Pickett Genos
You act like Ichigo, Naruto, and Luffy don't exist
The ultimate lancer-race
... So I learned that I played my lawful evil Dragonborn exactly on point without even realizing it. Demands respect and perfection of himself and others. Is not too proud to admit he needs his companions. And strives to be king of a domain he took by his own hand.
"Hey! What about Kobolds?!"
Says a high pitched yappy voice in common but with a heavily draconic accent. A angry but comical little lizard person stares up at you with a proud righteous fury.
"We were here loooong before those dragonborn, weres our video?!"
He did see you down there, with you only being 4 feet tall.
That comment of your oddly reminded me of this
www.reddit.com/r/characterdrawing/comments/8f3kyr/half_dragonborn_half_dwarf_my_bearded_dragonborn/
Yeah! Give Kobolds some love!... NOT WITH YOUR WEAPONS, PLEASE. Thank you.
@@darkjager7010 roll persuasion and convince us
@@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410 They are with Volo's too.
Random thought: A silver or steel dragon decides to check out the new guys on the block about a decade or so after they show up, doing the whole "disguised as one of them" thing. After 80 or so years of living among the dragonborn, the dragon gets found out and is forced to reveal their true form - perhaps it's because they had a kid with a dragonborn and the kid turned out to be half-dragonborn, half silver or steel dragon. But the dragon has already befriended several generations of multiple clans and has been incredibly helpful among dragonborn society. What happens?
I could see this being a pretty interesting turn of events within dragonborn society. The die-hard traditionalists could argue that this is just an attempt to get on their good side in order to eventually enslave the dragonborn again, while the more open-minded dragonborn, along with the friends the dragon made during their stay, would argue that this is evidence that dragons are far different in this strange, new world.
I will make the greatest camp fire you have ever seen!
DM: You rolled a 1.
GOD DAMNIT!!! AAAHHHHHH!!!!
Proceed to burn the whole world down.
1:01 "When you have a dragon have sex with something it shouldn't have sex with, then you get a half dragon.
Me: Don't kink shame me!
Lol yes.
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Yeah my tabaxi has a black dragonborn wife...
Lol tf you be looking up on the internet 😂
@@breezygta101 e621
So what you're telling me is that Dragonborn are basically inter-dimensional aliens?
Better even:
You have TWO tupes of Dragonborns - interdimentional aliens and dragonborn of Bahamut from old times (D&D 3.5)
Yup
Eh, technically their world and the world of Toril was once the same planet so they kind of aren't aliens.
*HMMMMMMmmMM ing InTeNsIfYs*
@@Xo-3130 Alien just means 'A stranger' and they are Inter-Dimensional aliens ^^
PHB: Dragonborn are rare races.
Me, an intellectual: **Makes literally only Dragonborn and Aarakocra characters because they're the coolest.**
The thing I hate about Aarakocra is their short lifespans. Thought being a monk made them not age, turns out it just makes them fight like Goku until one day they just die of old age.
@@Shouziroku Thirty ain't bad, but it's annoying when you can't directly compare the lifespan to a humans and figure out if 15 is young or old for an Aarakocra
I think leonin are the coolest, but that's just my opinion
@@Shouziroku Make them druids. At high level 10 years are 1 year of lifetime for them.
fruuy
Rhexx: "Before we can even start to talk about their history, we have to talk about the planet."
*Pauses video.*
*Grabs a drink and some snacks.*
*Sits back down.*
Me: "Oh yeah. This is gonna be a good one."
Ahh, the good old Isaac Arthur contingency.
Shows Dragon-Human character
Me: What race is this?
Dnd: Dragonborn!
Skyrim: Argonian!
Me: Well, you both aren't wrong
But my friend that's where you are incorrect, Argonians have tails, Dragonborns do not.
Blazing Reaper X They have whatever the fuck we want them to have
They both are not half-dragons.
Draconians are Lizardmen. On fantasy cocaine.
Wyverian.
For those interested in dragonborn as a race I suggest Erin M. Evan's Brimstone Angels series. It's focused on a pair of Tiefling twins taken in by an exiled Dragonborn and the last book in the series focus' heavily on Djerad Thymar and the dragonborn in general as a second Spellplague starts to sweep over Toril and a revived Deity try's to become their patron god.
So, in the alternative world dragonborn are treated like kobolds?
Good question
The Dragon Overlord's are practically the definition of selfish cruelty, caring nothing for thier slaves and thralls, only that they follow thier orders without question.
What They Don't tell you about Half-Dragons
Nim Volsung monster manual
This please
@@mehmeh5615 I'm wondering if there is anything that they don't tell you in the monster manual.
im planing on playing a half-dragon in my wife's campaign, i'd love to know about this.
@@reddart179 half-dragons are going to be a big part in my campaign.
Proud, emotional, and obsessed with honor? Is Zuko a dragon born?
Seeing that he's not a half lizard, no.
But he does share another similarity with them, he too was abused by his former masters.
Abused by a former master and sent across the world far from his homeland, and he summons fire.
Iroh could be a dragon born due to having a breath weapon , zuko could have learnt to do so off Iroh though we never see that in the show
HONOOORRR!!
Uncle Iroh is literally called the Dragon of the West. Zuko is more like a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer.
'A Dragonborn is very emotional..'
So that's why she burnt innocent ppl
*saving game*
Lol spoilers
rip chair
@@alucardbunche4197 who's general? And how many females are on him? And why?
@@TheFriendless1 many females. because pineaples.
Dragonborn don’t have tails!
Matt Mercer: Hold my Wildemount beer
haha, well to be fair. That is a different planet/world.
Playing a Lawful Good Dragonborn Cleric/Mage aligned to Bahumt has been the most fun i´ve ever had so far in DnD. I just love the Race and the Lore behind them
Fine, I'm convinced.
Drahonborn Oath of Ancients paladin here I come!
Oh yes i'm playing one now so good
I'll be playing a Bronze Dragonborn Paladin of Devotion to Bahamut. His name is Balasar Yarjerit.
@@celsiuskelvon6328 I hope you roll the best numbers.
I play a white Dragonborn Oath of Vengeance Paladin! Love this character! His name is Vo'Ballan the Gnasher or DIO for short
Tim Hartley MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA
It's worth noting though that worship of Bahamut and the Platinum Cadre are, according to the novels, slowly becoming more accepted in Tymanther to the point where some of the more old fashioned clans are starting to employ their priests. Times be a-changing.
😂 my dads personality perfectly matches a Dragonborn.
If he ever plays d&d I so want him to play a Dragonborn he would be perfect.
I didn't know ANY OF THIS. This whole video was one mind blowing after another
Keep in mind, this is specific to Faerun's Dragonborn. Each of the D&D worlds has a different take on them.
Bruh the dragonborns in dnd sound like Vegeta from Dragon Ball with the focus on pride
They are the rememnts of a great Empire, just the vagie people are
I thought the same thing. I’m playing a Dragonborn fighter in a campaign and I put plenty of Vegeta in the roleplay segments.
cue kineticist in pathfinder book monk like and can charge up it spells and its own description says its dramatic riseing aura of element charged and noticeable XD
@@benlee8225 can you say that again but fix the grammar
I literally just completed a one off with a Dragonborn monk last night and I played him as Vegeta
Press F to pay respect to anyone in Unther when the Dragonborn city was teleported to. They were either startled the crap out of, or teleport to the world of the Dragonborn.
Most of what you described in the first half of this video is accurate as of 4e, but doesn't take into account more recent developments during the Sundering. Many dragonborn (or Vayemniri, as they prefer to call themselves) are still extremely sceptical of gods and dragons, even metallic dragons. But after an ancient Untheran god helped them defeat an army of demons and to survive in Toril post-Sundering rather than being shunted back to Abeir, a lot of vayemniri are now coming around to the idea of gods not necessarily being so bad. They just treat the relationship between mortal and god as a transaction: prayers in return for miracles, instead of being about the mortal _serving_ the god, which is how they believe most worshipping works.
Children don't just go with the parent who is the same gender. Vayemniri use mating for political reasons, and they come up with an agreement (called a _qallim_) around many different aspects, one of which is how many eggs each clan gets. It's worth Googling "Playing a Dragonborn in the Realms, Part 3: The next generation
" for an excellent article written by a WotC author and trained anthropologist for details on how dragonborn politics works. She has many more articles about dragonborn stuff on her site, too.
OK now you gotta make a video covering half dragons
yes
I took a look at the D&D beyond homebrew, hoo boy it’s a bit ridiculous
@@giraffedragon6110 Our GM just made his own to keep it balanced. My sorcerer adopted a blue half dragon child, her name is Earbender and she is super feisty
@@sevrono awesome!
Yep
"Dragonborn colors don't match their ancestry.
Dragonborn do not have tails."
I recognize that the council has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid ass decision I've elected to ignore it.
Y E S
That's my response when someone says that my dragonborn can't mate with a human.
"Dragonborn colors don't match their ancestry." It's not impossible for a dragonborn to have scales matching its ancestry, it's simply that they're so interbred that there are no clearly defined dragonborn subraces like there are dragon subraces.
My first experience with a dragonborn was in 5e. 1st char I made. As far as I know I never bent or changed the info about them, but it was agreed on that dragonborn have tails and breast. Scales always indicated (like dragons) thier alignment. Unless you are playing one trying to go against the norm. So I am a OoA paladin Dragonborn White dragonborn who is actually out there doing good.
In the backstory of my village we are a oddity , our village doesn't bend to extremes and base things on actions not words. They are farmers right on the outside of a giant Tropical Rain Forest. Inside the forest lies a way to reach the Ancients paladins, the dragonborn village kinda sees to it that no one enters the forest except them and have them as honored guest. My particular village had long ago helped the Ancients Paladins who work with Suriel "Goddess of the Silver Moon" aka (The Brighter Moon) protecting nature. (The Goddess was basically like a dispatcher, sending the Ancients in directions when they need to get somewhere by relaying info in dreams.) (Other than that Ancients just roamed the lands doing good.) It is a high honor to be recruited and trained as such a paladin. So high honor to join them, so much so the village will have the family's crest put on a shield to give them. That way they can proudly show off, again only a newly crested Dragonborn in the order can carry one.
Betraying the order betrays the Dragonborn Clan 1st and foremost and the pledge they gave so long ago, you betray the Order and then the Goddess herself. In this campaign dynamic normal dragonborn villages that couldn't resolve a issue in thier own clan's as a last resort (before outsiders) would be sent to the village to seek help. (Because our village was a outcast to the normal way Dragonborn think and behave, so since we are the last civilization out that way) It is common to rare or uncommon species pass through the village on thier way to anywhere but the forest. So my dragonborn has mainly only interacted with Dragonborn, Centaurs, Minitour's, Sprites, Aerokokra, Yuan ti etc... (have had to deal with a occasional Displacer Beast) So it was different to deal with races that have only rarely been seen around as a member of the Ancients.
@@balfanghellfire Oh I’m sure they can mate, they just can’t have offspring. That’s probably what they meant when they wrote the lore books.
So in Dungeons and Dragons we have a playable dragon race... WHERE IS MY DUNGEON RACE?
That would be golem
So war forge...
@@davidberkowitz7411 Did they errata them so they could be a whole dungeon too? Like being a literal tank with built-in weapons wasn't enough...
@@EmethMatthew like a house hunter mimic.
@@davidberkowitz7411 Haha, good point but if it wasn't obvious I was trying to be sarcastic so...
You can actually feel their charisma and enthusiasm through this video. MrRhexx delivers it so well!
My first character was a Dragonborn Paladin because I had a feeling that they behave like you mentioned in the video and also mainly because I behave like that. I'm a really proud person and like to do things by myslef, respect is beyond everything and emotional as you can't imagine. Really liked the video, thumbs up!
Time to play that half dragon Dragonborn draconic sorcerer
This is actually funny because you could have 3 ancestries mechanically.
I think I can make this worse by also being a paladin of bahamut and a warlock of tiamat
@@andreasthedevil9314 how to give your dm an aneurysm
@@Thiccyg This is my real backstory. Dragon with thumbs! The tables have turned, we have swords now!
Clan? Pride? Honuorbound?
Dragonborns are Abeir version of Dwarves!
Yeah, pretty much! I wonder how they would get along?
If not by the religion thing, like the opinion of a dwarf about moradin, unless It is a Duregar, Will differ greatly from the opinion of a dragonborn about Bahamut
and gems. you forgot gems. gems and precious metals for that sweet, sweet jewlery loot.
Then why do they remind me of Klingons?
I play a dragonborn and my party members call me a lizard due to the lack of wings and a tail...
Same. Although they called me a kobold as well.
Level up for wings , at least as sorcerer
No that’s Lizard folk:p
They have wings, but they are tiny and unusable.
Same
I’m pretty sure the plural of Dragonborn is still Dragonborn.
Came here to say this. Thank you.
Maybe Dragonbornes , or Dragonbornettes , Dragonbirthed , Dragonpeople ? fuck it , I'll just call them a swarm of Dragonborn
Human Bacon A Gaggle of Scalies
@@justanedit001 I favor a mob of furries.
Yes, this is true.
"With your shield or on it"
-Every dragonborn
"This one is pleased to serve. This one's name is Purple Worm."
"They are given new names to remind them what they are... Giant horrible beasts that will swallow up anything in their path..."
Dragonborn = Spartan
This is Djerad Thymar!!!
@@GanGreenSkittle I was drawing from the idea
Dragonborn = Unsullied
but yeah, Spartans would be the historical example.
@@EmethMatthew "with your shield or on it" is a phrase from Sparta during the period of time where they were a big threat in Greece. A shield was a warrior's honor, and if he lost it he would be shamed. All that being said I totally see the Unsullied connection.
So what you are saying is... Dragonborn make the perfect samurai, soooo...
*this character concept will make a fine addition to my collection*
Hey, a bridge 4 icon! :D
I honestly didn’t know much beyond rumors about Dragonborn as a race, this was extremely informative. They honestly sound like a tricky but immensely cathartic race to play.
And now I really want to roll up a Dragonborn bard who is utterly determined to bring Heavy Metal into existence all on his own because FUKKIN METAL YYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH \m/\m/ The idea of a character bound by their very blood to Be The Very Best, Like No One Ever Was just strikes me as incredibly appealing.
EDIT: PLEASE do the Steel Dragons, I wanna know more about the Good Metal Bois.
Can I just point out that the current Mystra is still Mystra/Midnight. She was reincarnated. The small essence of her ‘soul’ latched on to a bear (I don’t know why a bear) that was looking after her relics of when she was mortal, her daggers, a ring, and some other items she owned when she was mortal as they were stained with her blood with her fight with Myrkul after her fight above Mount Waterdeep. It’s all explained in Elminster Enraged (I think) by Ed Greenwood.
Thanks for the lore dump, Gale
a friend of mine watch this video with subtitles on, and , just so you know. when you say " the clan is everything" the subtitles say "the klan is everything" a small but distinct difference.
"and they have the ability to release heat from their bodies by opening their mouths very wide"
Are you hot? Just turn into a Muppet to cool down.
0:06 Woah, woah, woah. There is also other draconic playable race. The one that was there since day 1! I mean Kobolds of course.
The Dragonborn is my favorite race to play as and lore wise learning more about them brings a smile to my face.
me, yeeting the players handbook into a fire: anyways this is my timid dragonborn druid who isnt aligned with a clan and loves his family very much
Me, doing the same: anyways this is my blue Dragonborn monk, he has a tail
@@ShinGallon ugh
@@bleddynwolf8463 Your opinion is noted and summarily ignored.
@@ShinGallon fair enough
that is fine. we are playing what feels good to us and often that is extraordinary and not commonplace. :)
I'd like to know more about Half-Dragons. Their page on the Monster Manual says they can be created by a ritual, which includes bathing in dragon blood?
This is actually so helpful. I’m still on the newer side of dnd, but I’m currently going into a campaign with a Dragonborn Monk. This really helped me fill in a lot of lore holes that I had. Thanks!
did you have fun with the monk?
"Dragonborn are rarely ever Warlocks" As I am remembering my first ever campaign group's Dragonborn Archfey Warlock
Just imagined a big ass Dragonborn worshipping Tinkerbell and now I can't stop laughing. Feyaboo Dragonborn is my next favorite thing now.
I'm playing a dragonborn rn and me and my friends play a lil homebrew-y (sue me) but i tried to keep the spirit of dragonborns. I love my character more than any other I've created so dragonborns are very special to me
I'm curious why the 3.5e Dragonborn never got a mention? Dragonborn have been around far longer than the last 100 years. However instead of being a race that is born naturally, they were individuals very specifically chosen by Bahamut to be his champions. They were also very highly respected by all metallic dragons for that very reason. A Dragonborn's only purpose was to slay evil dragons in Bahamut's name. THOSE Dragonborn were truly rare, as you had to be specifically chosen by a god, and if you accept his gift, perform the ritual to become one.
3.5e isn't played out in the forgotten realms
@@dogleader1126 bruh what.. my whole life is a lie 😭
I can only imagine how shunned and outcasted a half-dragon dragonborn would be.
They wouldn't be.
I just got through playing a Red Dragonborn, his name was Orinus and he was a badass Eldritch Knight, near the end of the campaign he got turned into a full Red Dragon and killed a Tarrasque in the final battle of the campaign 😁
Wolvesbayne 156 that sounds awesome
How did you kill a terrasque?
@@dccj456 My character broke through its skull and scorched its brain
@@ancientreddragon5617 did you get rich AF
@@dccj456 Yup, and I chose to stay as a full Red Dragon instead of going back to a normal Red Dragonborn 😁
I'm working on my first DnD character, and decided to create a Dragonborn. Your video has given me ALL KINDS of ideas for him, and I am most thankful.
Once you end with dragons, have you considered talking about giants? You can extend them too talking about firbolgs and goliaths
Don’t forget trolls and ogres which are also giant types.
When he mentioned the gems and their armour, I was hearing:
So you wanna be a pimp,
But your mail ain't fly...
"I heard you like spiked weapons, so we put spikes on your shield, so now you can attack _while_ you parry!"
I would like to thank you for this video. I have a Dragonborn character, but she was never raised by other Dragonborns so she wouldn't have known any of this. Now I know what she's to expect (should I ever join another campaign soon) and what she should avoid doing (albeit helping others is her strongest feat). If and when she meets other Dragonborns, she's going to ask A LOT of questions.
"Religion never happened because the gods stayed the hell away..."
PFFT! Like you need an actual god to start a religion
Edgy
@@jonahszaro3545 but true
Depending on who you ask, you might actually need a god to start a religion.
@@EivindKvitberg could always make one up:P
like say... flying spaghetti monster?
Kua Toa don't need to start out with a god to start a religion
I had no idea that I knew so little about Dragonborn. It was incredible to have almost everything I thought I knew about them upended. I realized I ended up putting my assumptions into their behavior instead of doing adequate research. Thank you so much for your work here!
Kobolds?
"You either do or you don't. If you don't you've failed as a person."
Maybe I am a Dragonborn.
I wonder if a Half-Dragon Dragonborn is possible, or will they simply remain Dragonborn?
in a universe where a dragon can breed with a human or an elf you can see things such as a creature part rat part elephant part spider.
They'll be dragonborn with the half-dragon template added.
I’ve had this question for so long. Ow I get an actual answer.
Coincidentally enough I'm actually designed three characters based off of this idea all three of which are brothers however sadly I don't have stat blocks for any of them is that right now they're still just in the conceptual stage
I'm literally playing as a Silver Half Dragon Dragonborn in a Homebrew campaign as her birth was caused by a male human merchant turned noble who fell in love with a female Silver Dragon and well if you're familiar with the memes of what happens between a bard and a dragon you know what happened to result in my character's Silver Dragon mother giving birth to her.
You talking about this dragonborn capital, only made me crave for more ! I love your videos on dnd ! Been a long time susbcriber and i love your content!
Dragonborn Vengeance Paladin was one of my most enjoyable experiences in D&D
I played that
My best dragonborn sorcerer moment, we were infiltrating a cloud giant castle and as the rogue was trying to figure out how to unlock the door
I say "we are not going to levitate you! We are spellcasters! I cast Knock!"
... and my DM gave me the look on his face saying that just happened in character and promptly rolls a stealth check. The castle was passing through storms and lightning struck the sky at the moment my character knocked the door open. No one notices.
I didn't know anything else about dragonborn except what is in the player's handbook so now I know it was so well in character. Really cool finding out about the Platinum Cadre, the campaign was Rise of Tiamat. It was basically the character arc i was trying to make, and now I have perfect lore reasoning to go for Paladin Sorcerer multiclass.
Made a silver Dragonborn. Divine soul sorcerer (direct descendant of Bahamut). Protected through childhood by the platinum cadre from the occultists of Tiamat. With each level 1/20 of his scales became platinum. It’s nice to see a lot of what I found compiled like this. ❤️
13:08 That dragon girl though. Damn.
Soporific Rift indeed
ah, a man of culture I see.
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There's no mercy for horn(y) dogs.
19:38 "My friend, please avenge me. Slay the dreaded Lich Lord in my stead, avenge me my friend!"
Dragonborn: "Oof, ummm, yeah sorry bud, that's going to be a no,"
*Surprised face, dies*
Def me
Holy hell this is so COOL! This changes so much! So many new ideas!
can we just talk about Methwood, which is the forest west of Unther on the map at 8:17
One dose not simply enter the Methwood. Entrance is only permitted after breathing through ancient Cletus' crystal pipe. Only then may entry be permitted.
I’m about to start laying dnd with some friends and I have no idea what I’m doing.
I’m going to be a Dragonborn wizard, and this helped!
Thank you! I've been trying to research the history of this race for ages now. My dragonborn barbarian needed a more clearer explanation of how his people came to the forgotten realms.
As a half-dragon, its getting more and more irritating to tell people i'm not a "dragonborn" they don't even belong here, can we send them back? i mean they dont even have tails!
As a dragonborn, I say No Im staying. I did my inter-dimensional immigration paper work for a reason.
Build a wall around the portals to abier and deport those fake dragons
i am writing this social-commentary infused setting as i read the comments keep em comin'
@@MsQuikly so yer tellin me that dragonborns are basically honor-bound, scaly mexicans and half dragons are entitled liberals/baby boomers?
@@ironcupcake6149 exactly, but us dragonborn are more like refugees fleeing subjugation from the dragon overlords.
After hearing about the Dragonborns: "I'm kinda a Dragonborn myself."
You should make a series on the D&D playable races! Info that is missing in the books.
This is my MOST!!! favorite race to play as in D&D I find there history power and story so amazing that I have to be them
I originally thought how dragonborns came to be is from one legendary bard who dared to roll 20s to everything by smashing a dragon and lived to tell the tale xD
new headcannon
Isn't that how half dragons are made?
BatsToast3 yeah
One of the Drizzt novels features Jarlaxle meeting two shapeshifted copper dragons. The book basically stops just short of directly saying that they have a threesome more than once.
"Abeir is the planet is where the dragonborn were actually born."
Krynn: "Am I a joke to you?"
I'd also like to point out why it's nonsense that 5th edition only has one campaign world. The lack of a weave, or the death of Mystra, would have virtually NO impact anywhere outside of Faerun. Considering that the dragonborn and dragons had magic, regardless of not being on Toril, should have given every wizard on Toril pause.
Elminster: "Wait....wait wait wait...what do you MEAN there's no weave on Abeir?"
Older dragonborn: "Ya...no idea what the hell you're talking about."
Elminister: "But...how do you use magic?! You NEED the weave!!"
Older dragonborn: "Nah, bro. Magic is everywhere. Your weave is some old school nonsense. Git gud, bro."
Elminster:
Abeir is basically a plot tumor. 4e made a lot of changes to the status quo of the Realms in order to force it to conform to their "points of light" design philosophy, so they used the Spellplague to wreck civilization to fit with that, then made up Abeir's existence overlapping with Toril in the same dimensional space and the Spellplague causing the two to partially merge to explain where a bunch of things, including Dragonborn, came from, because they were in the 4e core books and therefore had to exist in the Realms by WOTC's logic. You can't really expect consistency from something with that kind of origin.
It was hugely unpopular, which is why 5e started by unmerging them and never mentioned Abeir again unless absolutely necessary to explain something else (like Dragonborn).
Technically species created on Krynn is known as Draconians, not Dragonborn.
Isn't it said that the weave is simply something to make Natural magic useable by wizards etc. or something? (Like if I remember correctly the spell plague had magic involved through the fire described in the books not to mention if the weave was the source of all magic in D&D wouldn't that mean that all of the Magical creatures would have died during the spell plague?) For all intents and purposes there could logically speaking be magic on abier and having it be used by the dragon born despite there being no weave
Draconians and Dragonborn are different creatures.
"Unfortunately, this is not a video about Tymanther..."
Future video series: Extraordinary Locations.
Starting with "Tymanther, City of Dragonborns - D&D"
This video was such a great help
I'm currently running a campaign loosely based on the forgotten realms (though the bulk of it is on a homebrew region based on Brazil) and this video gave some ideas on how to handle my "Dragonborn" player's story and journey. Since he does mention and believe in Bahamut, and has a tail, I think I might know what to do with him now. No spoilers, obviously, but now I have great plans for you, Slyrak Thunderfang.