#but yea basically i don't subscribe at aaaall to the headcanon that dragonborn are half-dragons or anything like that

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Opinions on Dragonborn? I like them but as a GM I never know what to do with them setting wise, origin, culture, I just draw blanks.

Oh yeah they’re a bit hard to get a grasp of I suppose. :0 In official 5e lore the details of their creation is shrouded in mystery, but it is at least likely that they were created by dragon gods. They also originally inhabited a different planet, so they’re basically aliens. And idk lol I’m not super excited about that lmao.

In my own setting, dragonborn were created by two demigod-like dragons (ridiculously huge, powerful, and magical) who came together, having had most of their powers depleted after 1000s of years of fighting (the blood they shed in the early days of their brutal clashes became true dragons and kobolds. because magic. shit works in weird ways.), and created the dragonborn race specifically so that they would grow in numbers and grant their creators more power thru worship, and eventually allow them ascend to godhood. Dragonborn were among the earliest humanoid races, and had to go thru an apocalyptic disaster which wiped out most humanoids. The population which makes up modern dragonborn are descendants of a few hundred individuals who managed to survive the cataclysm through a powerful magic ritual which sealed them away in a pocket plane, frozen in time, until they emerged a few thousand years later in a world that was no longer their own. Dragonborn in the present day are quite rare, and they have, as a society, generally felt out of place among other races. They’re a relic from ancient times, and they like to kinda self-isolate in their own communities, but they’re generally friendly towards other races. I haven’t rly figured out the details of their culture yet but yea.

Anyway, this has been a weird and confusing ramble lol thanks for coming to my TED talk. From what I’ve read about dragonborn they’re maybe not super interesting, so they’d probs benefit from a bit of home-made flavor lol.