D&D Dragonborn Explained (And how to make them cooler)

We did tabaxis so you know we had to do dragonborn soon enough. I promise not all of my race videos will be about taking an animal race and making a human version of it.
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[@pointyhatstudios]

*My pride and my soul, my Blue-Eyes White Dragonborn!* 🧿👄🧿 Weebs this one is for you 😌

[@chillcannongames5758]

You forgot about the gem dragons, and the purple, pink and yellow dragons, but that's okay cus they are all low key. What you did was amazing.

[@catsaremyfavorit6514]

personally I would have a breath weapon that was a mix of radiant/fire or radiant/force, to be like Godzilla

[@keynosdreffan]

so, I want to know something, in every homebrew you made it says I have to ask to use it, so, if I want to make a campaign and want to use your homebrew things, can I use it? I will post the characters drawings somewhere so it won't be a total isolated thing, so I'm asking be sure

[@PandorasFolly]

You should do monks, their problem is basically the same as Rangers. Except instead of Aragorn it's a half forgotten character named Remo Williams from "The Destroyer" book series. You'll hear that Monk was based on other things but if you read the books or watch the movie its clear like 85% of the monk is lifted directly from Remo. The origin for the entire character class was because one of the original devs was a HUGE FANBOY of Remo and they did it just for them.

[@emilianorios4761]

Us weebs get two videos dedicated to us? Sweet!

[@CarlosMazaTube]

Your videos have such a wonderful mix of creativity and genuinely funny jokes. It's like this channel was made in a lab for me. Congrats on your growth!

[@pointyhatstudios]

Thank you Carlos!!! I respect your content so much, it means a lot you like mine :)

[@n0odle184]

You both love the Oprah jokes.

[@Dakarai_Knight]

Omg the crossover I never knew I needed! Love both these creators.

[@AdamemeFF]

Most races' visual design is just 'differently shaped/coloured human'. Dragonborn are so amazing because they're NOT human-esque - as cool as the idea is, I think it honestly waters their visual design down to put so many human elements back into them.

[@rgilbert3614]

My campaign has a heraldry-type connection between dragonborn, kobolds, and humanoid sorcerors. Basically, a dragonborn is the first generation offspring from a relationship between dragon and humanoid race. The farther they get from that heritage the more they look like either kobolds or humans (depending on whom they pair with). But the lore for my world is pretty wild so it probably wouldn't work in other campaigns.

[@Awesomeflame16]

I do not prefer humans with dragon parts, either they arr fully human or humanoid dragons.

[@pug5719]

That’s fair, personally I kinda like the human with added dragon parts, but that’s just me.

[@player_lorde5078]

Well you still can play the normal dragonborn

[@Executioner1231]

Like, no tail

[@emma-di5ly]

My friend once played a dragonborn that was the product of a human bard and a dragon in a comedy oneshot. Another friend played an old man who was a bard who once seduced a dragon. They came up with these concepts independently. Shout out to Luke the DM for tying their backstories together. A happy little family.

[@andrebetita]

Ah, yes. The "Donkey move" from Shrek.

[@DVictor23]

That's not a dragonborn but a half dragon...

[@emma-di5ly]

@@DVictor23 It was homebrew

[@ALJ9000]

@@DVictor23 Comedy

[@randomyoutuber4189]

⁠@@DVictor23human + dragon is the only true way to make a Dragonborn nerdtron

[@_VeryHotSoup]

I like this idea of the third time the dragons tried to create *interns* they made kobolds based on the smaller humanoid races they turned into dragontouched and finally got loyal *interns*

[@animationdude9]

Third times the charge

[@Raz-wt5jr]

KZbin has an aspect of luck to it, but it also rewards quality of work pretty well so I knew you would take off. From the thumbnails to video structure plus you end it with something tangible to use in our games? Legend. Also somehow every reference you make speaks to my soul in a deep level, never stop using Disgaea music lmao

[@valacarno]

I remember, it was fifth or sixth video that I decided to watch until the end, when I realised, what awaits viewers at the end of each and *EVERY* one of them! I was collecting my jaw from the floor for a good minute that time. 🤩 Absolutely legendary!

[@DangerDurians]

“Dragons sought to make a new race to serve as… interns, ones that would never rebel” My first thought : kobolds

[@ig100magnaguard]

Same.

[@riesenbonobo7846]

yeah me too

[@EKproductionsarg]

Third time's the charm

[@Helius42]

Me too

[@zcatta5200]

Kobolds would be too willing. It’s not fun if they are interns willingly

[@sunsorcerer]

I admire how you actively engage concepts that aren't specifically to your tastes and create something new from the aspects you enjoy. Also, as a liker of dragons myself, I appreciate your diplomacy! You're not putting things you're not keen on down, you're finding inspiration and that! Is beautiful. The way you create is uplifting.

[@PabloEspinozaPablolein]

My older daughter showed me your videos, and I instantly loved them! We started to play D&D recently with my family, and this video gave me many ideas to develop with my little daughter's dragonborn character, in the campaign we're playing. Thank you and keep up your excellent work!

[@Williamjacob7789]

Beautiful. 🥹

[@reillycurran8508]

Y'know my idea was to pull from other mythologies related to dragons, I have a backlog character that's a gold dragonborn paladin (IT GETS MORE INTERESTING I PROMISE!) but instead of a standard dragon inspiration, his physicality is based more on East Asian dragon lore, his fire damage breath is a blast of boiling river water, his features are more slender and snakelike than bulky like the wyrms of European lore, he has a mustache like East Asian dragons and "hair" that's a wild matte of vibrant fire colored feathers extending in an approximation of a mullet over his back, and his personality is based on Dinidan the laughing knight of Arthur's round table because this oath of the ancients paladin is a wandering music junkie who spreads "the light" by lending aid to any travellers he comes across and aggressively sharing the good vibes of the world with everyone he meets.

[@friendlyfiddler5727]

I have been working on the idea of making it so that, in some of my dnd settings at least, either metallic dragons or the celestial equivalents to angels for Bahamut are eastern inspired: flying without wings, more associated with wing and water, having both scales and plumage, possesing great healing and magic, etc With Fizban I´ve been also considering the possibility of gem dragons being the ones that work like this, floating due to psionics instead of wings, with iridescent bodies, more mysterious or less known than their cousins and often associated to magical gemstones or pearls more than precious metals

[@warioskapelli3100]

I can't belive I've never thought about a more Eastern dragon look for dragonborn. That's absolutely genius!

[@georgeuferov1497]

Slavic and Hawaiian mythologies have literal dragonborn.

[@juliaw9835]

@@georgeuferov1497 I must be the wrong flavour of Slav, because I haven't heard of those! That sounds like the perfect flavour for my next character, could you point me to some reading material, or give me the term to search up? Thanks in advance

[@chillax319]

@@georgeuferov1497 I'm slavic myself and it's the first time I heard of it. Care to elaborate? It's interesting.

[@lydiahandshy6911]

What if I'm a 23 year old who thinks dragons are cool

[@TheBassManBoy]

6:44 Man that "Quakers being created by Bahamut" joke went by really fast. Now I want a Quaker Oats Dragonborn mascot.

[@phaedrusknife]

A delightful joke, totally underrated in these comments.

[@declanryan7285]

I am in awe of your artwork. Your art style is beautiful and dynamic. Your early drafts have so much character to them cos your shadows and shading is so good and your finished pieces at the end are always next level. your colour choices, the blending, the shading, the line work, all of it is just so beautiful and inspiring and I love it. Keep up the amazing work cos they compliment the ideas of the videos beautifully.

[@wired7654]

This is actually really similar to my most recent dnd character turned into campaign villain! I made a Dragonborn named Miso who's whole schtick is that they hate gods and dragons for having been made into 'Unpaid Interns' and now seek to destroy the influences of gods and dragons upon the people so that they may create a world that is truly free. I ended up loving the concept so much I just keep them more as an npc rather than a player character

[@ahealthkit2745]

Ironically, playing a meiji-period Japan inspired dragonborn character, I did almost the opposite. The lore for that character was that their original clan's leader was a dragon who sought to uplift their 'unpaid interns', foretold the spellplague and evacuated a huge amount of dragonborn to Kozakura, on Toril (fantasy japan). While the clan's leaders are now just parts of the mythology of the land, their benevolent spirit lives on in the form of the kami. My character was a paladin, with a modified oath centered around protecting one's kin, protecting family and cultural values, and ensuring Draconic superiority. He was raised to seek the unification of dragons and their original god, Azgorath (renamed Chromatus, along with some substantial rewriting of the base Forgotten Realms lore around them) in order to repel an invasion by fantasy China (Kara-tur), who had used magical items to enslave some of the original dragons that sought to protect their lesser dragonkin (kobolds, dragonborn) and now sought to destroy my character's culture and traditions by occupying Kozakura with indoctrinated dragonborn samurai, who still secretly support many of their original beliefs.

[@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666]

He sounds more like a "Hero". Maybe and anti-hero if you ham it up.

[@Awesomeflame16]

@@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666 anti villain potentially.

[@fourdredd_art]

I'm so glad I found your channel. Unironically love the creativity and kindness of sharing your custom homebrew additions. Also really like the fact that I'm actually learning some dnd lore in the most enjoyable way possible

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

My favorite Dragonborn I've played is a Blue Dragonborn that's a Bronze Dargon Sorcerer he was seen as special by this tribe due to being Cromadtic and Metalic

[@maximilliansummers3725]

This is a fantasic idea. I may end up doing something similar (but with a different combination) myself

[@jemm113]

@Viewer I definitely want to do Tiefling dragon sorcerer (ONCE THEY GET BUFFED WIZARDS!!! You have the spells RIGHT THERE and the templates of two different class subclasses to work with! One general draconic/adjacent spell and one based on color each spell level up to 5th then replaceable by evocation and transmutation! Then at higher spell levels throw in individual super good dragon spells like summon dragon spirit and illusory dragon like how genie locks get wish at 9th! GOD!) but by going chromatic coloring I can lean into the lore of Tiamat residing in the hells! I can even throw in a fiend pact warlock multiclassing! (I’ve been doing a LOT of those lately but they’re just so varied and fun I can’t help it lol) But yeah, Tiefling with any chromatic ancestry (red, black, and blue? Or green? Work best for a literal color pallet the best with typical Tiefling colors) so you get a Tiefling with lots of extra scales on their skin and especially around their horns and tails! Plus the extra spells are a blessing! (lol, ironic)

[@sqwid12]

To be honest, removing their visual uniqueness as lizard people to make them more like every other DND race (variation on human) is a very poor take in my opinion.

[@slimetank394]

It's just a subrace, you don't have to use it

[@SkinFlint_]

I am currently developing a modern setting for DnD, and these Dragontouched could also fit in great as some "failed" super soldier experiments.

[@lipexavier4184]

cool

[@dragonboyjgh]

Matt Colville actually has Dragonborn as supersoldiers left over from an earlier, better age as a thing in his world.

[@loadeddice4696]

The only thing cooler than a superhuman is a bunch of failed artificial superhumans.

[@itzplant3196]

Im developing a similar setting! Id hate to scrap the dragon born but having this as an optional or alternate version is fun to me. Not sure how you're doing your dragonborn but if you're still using thag familial or clan structure you could make the dragontouched have to do something or somehow prove thag they are loyal to/be allow into the clan and apart of the family. Bam! In-built hooks.

[@SkinFlint_]

@@itzplant3196 I am doing a setting where everything is set in a fantasy metropolis where all cultures come together. Basicly fantasy new york. Old values are still there, but watered down to fit a modern life. Dragonborn are family first, and family isn't necisarily by blood. Also, the clan mentality makes for a pretty good basis for a Dragonborn Mafia.

[@edgar-sama642]

I had an idea of an aasimar that instead of having angel wings and visions, they were more dragon -like, growing scales in their transformation and everything

[@randompersononytig]

Omg a draconic angel is a really cool idea that I definitely will not steal for my future D&D games and/or concepts

[@phalamy9180]

12:45 And so the great dragons decided that trying to make races serve them against their will was honestly really stupid and way too annoying and just went back to using Kobolds

[@larurentius]

Kobolds definitely came to mind for me as well

[@tree_alone]

when did kobolds stop being chiuaua goblins?

[@phalamy9180]

@@tree_alone in the first edition of d&d

[@tree_alone]

@@phalamy9180 im most familiar with them up to Advanced and in the roguelike ADoM.

[@phalamy9180]

@@tree_alone In D&D they are litttle dragon goblins Way cooler

[@lefu87williford55]

As a DM, I like to think some dragons still know how to turn humanoids into more dragonborn with alchemy and rituals that most other beings can't channel and direct enough raw elemental energy to perform.

[@Crazyjt]

I am so so so glad I found this channel, I had struggles trying to figure out a backstory for a home brew race based off of Mass Effect, and you have more than helped me out make it feel more original and personal

[@Jamboy942]

Literally was talking about this in my dnd group for a character like this and see this, thanks pointy hat. This just saved me 40+ hours of trying to craft a subclass for them so thankyou again for the amazing story and subclass

[@harpiesd96]

The creativity and thoughtfulness you put into ready-to-use and actionable free content is top notch. The effort and love you put into your work shows through! Keep it up!

[@no-fo7he]

My favorite animal is octopus. Cephalopods in general are super super fascinating to me. I have found some homebrew stuff but none of it really satisfied me and I wondered what your take might be for something cephalopodic and possessing tentacles, camo, or other stuff. I've tried to homebrew a race myself but my immense passion for how awesome and broken cephalopods are always gets in the way of balance.

[@funnymonkey3961]

Take a human, give it a swim speed and the ability to breathe water. An octopus race would have 8 arms but only some of them should be usable so give them the thri-kreens secondary arm feature. Also to be accurate to the boneless anatomy of the octopus give it the plasmoids amorphous body feature. Boom, done

[@MattDavisHere]

Just randomly came across your videos due to the whims of the algorithm. I have to say I can easily see why your channel has gotten so popular so fast. Your videos are well made, funny and genuinely insightful. I have actually made changes and had new ideas for my own campaign after watching your videos. Exceptional work!

[@matthewanderson6769]

Billy? Where did the Dragon touch you?

[@prometheuskayne9320]

Dragonborn are geared towards Paladin, but could easily be Sorcerers. The Dragon Touched have pretty much unlimited class choices, though. Well done!

[@tanalilt]

Love love love this twist on Dragonborn, especially for the design potential! The art and concept look fantastic as always - discovered you earlier this week and I binged everything! Kudos on the growth and look forward to what you put out next!

[@AestheticInccubus]

I love to know that your channel is growning up

[@Calypso5968]

So glad that somebody else finds Dragons and the Draconic races a little much. I definitely plan on using these and several other homebrews you've made when I run my own campaign. Thank you for putting all this time and effort in!

[@eternally.sleepy]

13:49 Dracs increase standard movement speed by 25% when put in sports mode, but reduce CHA by 50% at all times when worn

[@IraRomfh]

CHA penalty can be ignored when interacting with other Dracs wearers.

[@BlueEyesToonDragon]

I think you mean increase by 50% right?

[@jackpraefortis5293]

Keep it up Pointy Hat! Everyone in all the DnD groups I know have adopted your concepts for Teiflings with a twist, and I hear everyone going into detail on the shape of their horns and have excellent artwork done for them. Your videos are inspiring a lot of people to be more creative with their character creation.

[@ahealthkit2745]

I had the same issue with the vanilla lore of Dragonborn, but I have an obsession with making my character's story match the world they live in, so I very much took bits and pieces from the forgotten realms lore and exaggerated different elements to create a different flavor of dragon born heritage. In the heavily modified version of Tomb of Annihilation that my group plays in, I created a ton of unique lore for my Eastern-dragon themed Dragonborn Paladin character and for my friend's Dragonborn Wizard character. I basically re-wrote huge portions of the Forgotten Realms lore regarding the creation of the dragons. Here's the jist of it. Chromatus (generally a facelift of IO/Azgorath; A dragon god with 15 heads; One for each 'color' and 'type' of dragons, all the gem dragons, all the metallic dragons, and all the chromatic dragons.) assisted in the creation of Abeir-Toril, siding with the primordials. He seeded the world with the Reptilian races (Lizardfolk, Snakefolk, etc), but was sealed away by the intervening gods for this. Some time later, an empire of Reptilians freed Chromatus, who then created the first dragon flights, waging war on the giants and the gods. This war drags on for far too long, and Chromatus regrets putting his kin through so much suffering. He empowers fifteen of his Draconic generals into enlightened Guardians of Dragonkind. Each is blessed with a sliver of Chromatus's power, becoming true-born metallic, chromatic and gem dragons. These empowered dragons are tasked with assisting Chromatus in his new goal; Split the world into two! One world for the kin of the elementals and the dragons, and the other for the gods. During the ritual, something goes awry. It's implied to be ancient lore, and many dragons and dragonkin have varying takes on what happened. Some say it was a betrayal from a group of Guardian dragons, others say it was an attack from the Primordials intended to disrupt the ritual, others still say it was all a part of the plan of Chromatus, while those who worship the later dragon gods claim that Chromatus went mad. Either way, Chromatus's goal of splitting the world was successful, but at a grave cost. The god of Dragons was shattered into three, Bahamut; The god of Metallics, Tiamat, the goddess of Chromatics, and Sardior; The god of Gem dragons. Due to the new personalities and war-like mentality of the descendants of Chromatus as well as potential resentment over splitting them from what was rightfully theirs (Toril), the Primordials relationship with the majority of Dragon-kind worsens greatly. Initially referred to as the Triumvirate, Bahamut, Tiamat and Sardior begin to infighting. Guardian dragons and other powerful ancient dragons from the wars on Abeir-Toril fret over which of the three dragon gods to worship. Others still pledge allegiance to the Primordials, who they believe are the true creators of Abeir and Toril. A schism forms when the followers of Tiamat begin to wage war against the elemental titans dwelling on Abeir, against the counsel of Bahamut, Sardior and the majority of the Guardian dragons. The power Tiamat's dragonkin received for devouring the elemental titans made them a considerable threat to the rest of Dragonkind, kicking off the first Dragon war on Abeir. The war is long and bloody, fueled by dragons devouring elemental titans for their powers. At the height of the war, the dragon-god Sardior is slain, while Tiamat mysteriously goes missing (thought to have been summoned to Toril). In the wake of the war's abrupt and bloody end, Bahamut and the remaining Guardian dragons outlaw dragon-god worship on Abeir. The unfair over prosecution of Tiamat worshipers led to another split, with the majority of dragons formerly loyal to Bahamut becoming disenfranchised with his cruelty to their kin. Around this time, independent dragons begin to form petty kingdoms on Abeir, using a blood ritual to create lesser dragonkin; like kobolds and dragonborn. Most dragonlords treat their newborn kin as slaves from birth, expected to carry out the less-pleasant but necessary tasks of forming an army to protect their hoards and sacred places. The few Guardian dragons that remain are mostly sympathetic to their lesser dragonkin; while they are never treated as equals, they are given the opportunity to be bestowed with great power in reward for their service. Additionally, the Guardian dragons have an upperhand over the rest of the dragons on Abeir; They can use the power they received from Chromatus to divine the future of dragon kind. Most of these visions predict a second dragon war, but gradually, more visions predict portals opening up across the realm in the wake of the Spellplague. Those that have these visions report hearing voices beckoning them through to the other side. Eventually, these portals open up. 9 Guardian dragons decide to lead their clans through the portals, while the remaining six decide to remain on Abeir, using magic secretly stolen from the gods long ago to enact a form of connection through the portals allowing them to spy on the other dragon clans on Abeir, while the rest seek new lives on Toril. This magic also allows them to spiritually connect to their kin, acting as advisors and leaders to those who reach out to them. This meditative practice is called Jundo. Many of the Guardians defect from the original plan. A group of them abandon their clans and side with enthralling factions on Toril, such as the Shou, or the dragon cults of Tiamat. The confused and abandoned lesser dragonkin form their own clans and go their separate ways, while others elect to remain with their draconic overlords. Eastern-style Dragonborn are called Celestial Dragonborn, and are direct descendants of a Guardian dragon that chose to protect their lesser dragonkin, steering them away from the Shou and Kara-tur, and leading them to the islands of Kozakura. They worship Chromatus and practice Jundo as a way to connect with their once-unified ancestry. Over time, this faith gradually fell away as Dragonborn culture became more prominent in the area, overtaking the rule of dragons after the Guardian dragons that brought them to Kozakura faded away into mythology. Very recently, due to Shou occupation of Kozakura, a group calling themselves the Redoran have reingited worship of Chromatus in secrecy, as part of a movement intended to unify the celestial dragonborn against the Shou invaders, who seek to erase worship of Chromatus and replace it with practice of the 'Path of Enlightenment', a form of worship of the Celestial Bureaucracy. It's implied that each of the dragonborn clans have very different appearances, based generally on the Guardian they were born of. Some have tails or wings, some don't, some have breath weapons, some don't, some have distinctive features never seen on dragons native to Toril, due to their connection with the Guardians.

[@AquilaCat]

Also I just love your videos. The artwork, the creativity, the editing. All of it is A+ and I laugh at a lot of the references to other media in each video. As scary as it is to have so many people viewing your work, you DO deserve all the attention! Thank you for sharing these videos with us. And thank you Bia for the amazing editing! You also deserve all the attention!

[@Foliash]

This happens EVERY time.. I go into it not being crazy about the idea (In this case, humanoid dragonborn) but by the end you've absolutely sold me on everything and I want to play it now lmao.

[@jv-hk8wj]

congratulations on the growth, i haven't been here long, but i'm looking forward to more videos, your ideas feel like very unique takes on things, i really enjoyed the celestial video

[@ParagonJeck]

I love extremes. So the reasons to play Dragonborn: 1. Start 6 ft tall. Become Fighter Runic Knight. At 10 lvl become even taller. 2. Play Sorcerer Draconic Bloodline. 3. Play Monk Way of The Ascendant Dragon. 4. Play Ranger Drakewarden. (5) Be all of them. Fighter 11/Sorc 3/Monk 3/Ranger 3. Be more draconic than dragons.

[@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084]

hello sir, and yes, it surprised me to see how much of a new channel you were lol also wow this is the first time I've been so early to see no views lol edit: wow another dragon age fan, yeah in DAO the qunari were the most interesting to me, the only reason I even PLAYED DA2 (besides tapestry) is because I wanted to learn more about the qun and the qunari lol

[@capnyoungs6896]

I came across your channel recently and i must say, i'm really enjoying the content! it's nice to see different spins and perspectives of all the different classes/races/mechanics of D&D and i will be going through your entire playlist and watching them all! keep up the great work and i wish you the best!! Thank you!

[@faithhamill9970]

let's goo - the channel growth is insane man, keep it up!

[@Zathurious]

Of course you'd turn the dragon born into an aesthetically pleasing treat for the eyes. You are a jewel.

[@historiansayori2089]

I think you’ve done a good job with the subrace for the Dragonborn! I’m still new to 5e lore so I didn’t know dragons had “unpaid interns” in the canon until now. Glad the algorithm directed me here a little while ago; I think I’ve already watched all your videos up to this one and I enjoyed your spins on classic monsters/classes/etc

[@royal_walnut1308]

Hey! Just letting you know that you deserve every last subscriber, your videos are such an amazing resource and really helps the creative juices flow. Great work!

[@bigboyart1]

Going into this I was a bit worried that you'd be making the dragonborn look like Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, but you really hit this out of the park! I love this video

[@jackrousar7889]

Absolutely love the way you format videos and how nice you are. Thank you for the great videos

[@chaosjimthevoidlord3762]

The channel has grown, thanks to your very fun and engaging content. My new favorite channel by far. Keep up the great work.

[@xale8702]

Just found this channel today and been sharing it with everyone. What you do is so unique it's no wonder your channel is blowing up!

[@alecdbeck1]

I would love to see your take on the Kobolds! Maybe a mouse-like kobold as seen in Warcraft, a human-like kobold as seen in the Witcher, or maybe even a cobalt-like, rock kobold seen in German mythology. Either way, I cannot wait to see what you post next.

[@zakuunleashed9905]

LOL Ok... I was hearing this in the background while working on some things and completely zoned out of the video, got super focused and the sudden silence and then the "I love you." without knowing any context threw me off so badly. Great video though, rewatched it (paying attention this time), love your content, keep it up!

[@EvelynNdenial]

this is pretty much cannon in forgotten realms, the creating draconic mutated humanoids that is. all chromatic half dragons come from it and many subraces with draconic influence are because of it, black dragon lizardfolk and frost giants drinking white dragon blood being two i remember from aj pickets video.

[@tinycrimester]

i'm having a normal day and furiously blinking and gulping while listening to Hat explain how the Dragontouched defend the rights of others.

[@mr.outlaw231]

10:45 "Instead of looking for a way to continue living without the need to put others into forced servitude, dragons just looked for a way to have another go at it. But this time, they would make sure that whoever they kept under their thumb would never be able to leave them." So... they made kobolds, right? I mean, kobolds are usually depicted as being very devoted to dragons, idolizing them and wanting to be them. I highly doubt any of them would want to leave... "Dragons decided that the reason why dragonborn managed to escape was simply because they were TOO similar to dragons, and therefore too strong and too perfect. They made a servant that was too close to the master, and they made sure they didn't make that same mistake on their second try." Well, kobolds are more realistic, sometimes even underconfident, in mindset so this still checks out. I mean, sure they do look like dragons a bit, but they don't have a breath weapon and many can't fly. "The dragons took people from other races..." No... "They had an issue. To a dragon, they were simply too weak to serve them." No no no... "Dragons infused them with slivers of their own draconic magic to make them stronger..." No no no no no. "And so the dragontouched were born." And now you gave every kobold nightmares of a dragon creating a dragontouched gnome. Countless kobolds are going to fall asleep to dream they are serving a dragon master, only to be cast out as the dragon reveals a small gnome with a dragon arm. As the dragon berates the kobold, the gnome will approach our tiny friend and say words no kobold ever wants to hear. Words of mockery that every kobold has learned to despise, a statement that would shake any kobold out of their dream, a sentence that would make the kobold cry as it rings in their head. The dragontouched gnome says, "You just got *GNOMED!"*

[@princeblackelf4265]

Yeah tha was my first thought, cause canonically, Dragons DID make Kobolds, a saurian race too weak and craven to ever rebel. Kuturlmak, the kobold deity, was created by Tiamat as a servitor and in turn all mortal kobolds serve dragons now ( usually the evil ones) so it I am unware of Pointy Hat kind of just ignored that part or was unware that the dragons would have just made kobolds instead

[@troggdorthesecond]

Ngl. I’m actually disappointed that Dragonborns aren’t the case of some warrior fighting a dragon and suddenly getting lost in each other’s eyes. 😂

[@barbarianandy]

That's half-dragons. Do people just forget that half-dragons exist and just assume that those are dragonborn?

[@_grumpytoad]

THANK YOU for making this video and THANK YOU for saying you have always thought Dragonborn were "boring" (I always felt like I was the only one), and finally THANK YOU for making this cool new race and offering it to us for free! (P.S.: Thank you for your content, your channel, and for being YOU! You're awesome! Keep it up!)

[@MalloonTarka]

I can't help but wince when I think of the back and neck problems the asymmetry would create.

[@h4mpooz]

Honestly man, or hat, you really keep hitting the nail on the head with these videos. I announced a "dragon-touched" NPC in my campaign two weeks ago, and wanted to expand on his lore, and you just pulled it out. Also you made hags just after I wrote a nice BBEG for a campaign as well. And you improved both rangers and elves in a way that I have been searching for, but couldn't find until you, brilliant hat, brought them to me. Thank you so much, on my and my players behalf. Keep on doing your thing

[@alexanderwizardjar9540]

holy shit bot the art and the lore for this is amazing! this might be my favorite video so far!

[@theafterglowavenger]

I love your stuff, Pointy Hat! Also, I could listen to you talk all day. LOL Thanks for continuing to share and come up with cool ideas!!

[@JACorvin]

I love your channel so much I told my DM about it. Really hoping we end up using your stuff if we ever go back to 5e. I have so many cool ideas for characters and campaigns, and they just keep coming! 😵‍💫

[@AzraelThanatos]

As of Fizbans, the Dragonborn can use their breath weapon more than 1/short rest there. There's also the variants from Wildmount. The first Dragonborn have little to do with the rest of them in games...in 3.5 they were one of the few LA+0 template "races" that were pretty interesting, they had been all highly religious as Bahamut's counter for the various Spawn of Tiamat that were coming into play at the time. Anyone following Bahamut (and sometimes some of other good dragon dieties). Some of them used to develop wings and other things there (And were theorized to have been based on the Dragon Kith) Then 4e tossed that and just made them another race. Also, the dragontouched you have could work better as just working from the various "Dragonblooded" races that also showed up in 3.5 (That are all various versions of races infused with dragonblood into them)

[@gabrielhabdulea652]

i like the idea so much i made a character based on it. basically, a barbarian with wild magic subclass. Every wild magic effect is related to a dragon part. es gets 2 Ca, i got one wing to use as a shield.

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

Its a cool idea, but I'm not a fan of the enforced asymmetry. Asymmetry is cool and should by all means be the more common form. But Having two horns with Draconic Visage or two dragon arms with Draconic Arm should be an default option IMO. Of course with homebrew its up to the player and DM anyway.

[@insanehiker5587]

As for the whole racial asymmetry not being a thing...what about the mongrelfolk?

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

@@insanehiker5587 lol that sounds REALLY sketchy without context. When I first read it I thought “what is this racist shit?” Then I realised what the vid was and it made sense XD

[@AluminiumPanda6]

a lore I like that came from the "Dragons in our Midst" series- Dragons were being hunted relentlessly by people in King Arthurs time... so Merlin helped them change into human forms... after thousands of years they got married, had kids, and those kids exhibited dragon traits. So while they were human, they would have a characteristic like wings, or dragon breath, or dragon intelligence. that's something I've pulled into my campaign that's set in Storm Kings Thunder... One of my PC's is a dragon born, and rather than full dragon-born scaley-ness, she just has scales on portions of her body, horns and a tail.

[@Ditidos]

When you were describing the lore, it's very similar to the kobolds, if you made the kobolds more generic since they strip the engineering and mining focus and giving a more generic proud buffed clan race. To be honest, I probably won't play one anyway, but I like the stats, if the GM allows me to reskin them as wyverns, drakes or actual dragons of some kind.

[@thebrentist5403]

The outtros on this channel are so silly, I love them. And to prove I did actually watch to the end, I would have acid breath

[@ZombieHitler]

Oh my GOD! The Dragon Touched is literally this concept I imagined; you explained it so elegantly, so beautifully! I weep with joy!

[@luodara2476]

I love that you talked about Dragon Age. I love it so much. Also, this is very interesting, I think i might add them as npcs to my campaing

[@andrewdowns3673]

If not a race or subrace, this would make for an excellent feat like Fey Touched or Shadow Touched.

[@viraltang]

As someone who kinda retooled Dragonborne for her race of Dinosaur people the Dragontouched are super fun to play around with now. Thank You!

[@caitiemoriarty]

the outro made me smile thinking of the massive classic dragonborns sitting under tiny heat lamps and using calcium as a seasoning

[@JoeyDND]

The fact that your channel has exploded in 4 months is absolutely well deserved. I have binged all of your content in one night! Edit: please do one on Tortles 🙏🏼

[@silkytrain5772]

I think Dragon-touched are so cool. Thinking about the specific empowered body part makes me want to play a Dragon-touched character with a dragon's mouth. Powerful voice, capable speaker, able to manipulate/inspire others, maybe the ability to communicate without a shared language. I don't know. Very fun and engaging design. Love it!

[@eve4570]

As a person who absolutely loves dragons but Drago,borns not so much, the twist you gave Dragonborns is just perfect, I'm absolutely going to incorpore dragon touched folks into my next campaign. Thank you so much for these videos and the content you share. You're awesome

[@stephenchurch1784]

The fact that displaced heart is a trait should tell you all you need to know about how common betrayal is in VtM. The only reason a party is working together in it is because they think there's some way to use it to increase their position in vampire society or decrease a rivals

[@justarandomduck1268]

WOW thishelps me A LOT. i am a new DM and i was looking for a good history for my players and while hearing the twist i had an idea why dont use dragon touch as its the ealy days of them existing and making my party having them as constant enemies to havo to save them from the clawns of a dragon as the BBEG (he is prob gonna become a dracolich too)

[@ZacharyKatzStein]

Pointy Hat: buuuut, what if we give dragonborn a new twist… Ad: Dinner…it’s what you make every night. Me: damn, I did not see that twist coming.

[@normabates2525]

literally my fave dnd youtuber THANK YOUUUU FOR YOUR SERVICE

[@princeblackelf4265]

So , I am gonna say that for me personally, this one is a bit of a miss. It definitely reads " dragonborn for people that don't like dragonborn" which by your own admission, is a race that doesn't have any appeal to you. For me it kinda takes away everything that I like about the race and just makes them regular elves/humans/dwarves but with some extra stuff. In a lot of ways it sort of reminds of something WOTC would have come up with in 3.X as a very diluted attempt to give people that wanna play dragons or something draconic a bone thrown their way with a " there, happy now?" and we'd be like "...well no" cause it sort of is as removed from the original idea as can be without being completely removed , probably out of some fear of imbalance. While I am aware that the first version of Dragonborn appeared towards the end of the 3.X's life cycle the vast majority of it , we would have gotten something like this I like dragonborn because I love anything saurian. I grew up loving dinosaurs, this lead to a love of dragons and kaiju. Dragonborn are kind of like miniature kaiju, bipedal saurians that breathe energy attacks, and let me fulfill that fantasy. I am just glad we got Fizban recently to finally pep them up and give them stronger options

[@Yung_Neil]

This is perfect, I recently had a similar idea for a homebrew about a village of dragon worshipers. The diety of the world utilised higher races from all over the DnD multiverse to act as architects in the creation of said world. This village understood that dragons played a large part in the creation of the world and so, to varying degrees, worshipped the dragons (although most of them don't revere as gods). For context, I'm thinking of something like the mountain community from horizon zero dawn with all of their rituals and ceremonies. The whole shabang. In said village there are some religious extremists that chose to worship a dragon with a not so great alignment. Introducing your ideas into the mix means that the evil dragon could've created the dragonborn as a slave race. As a slight deviation, I'm thinking instead of having the dragon touched be slaves aswell, they were instead granted small boons of draconic magic that they received after taking part in said rituals and ceremonies. This started as a way for me to explain why my artificer/ranger (drake warden) PC had a drake egg. But now I want to carry on expanding this idea.

[@mercofrevenge1]

After learning about the Gith, I think it would be interesting to have the Dragonborn be divided in the ideal of stamping out 'internships' or perpetuating the idea of 'internships', having both still despise their dragon ancestors and being partially responsible for the dragon's potential scarcity in a setting.

[@margarinchick]

Gosh, I LOVE your videos. Hope I'll be able to play dnd with friends once... (That's sucks when you have only one friend lol). The main problem now in making character ideas for me is TO STOP MAKING ALL OF THEM BARDS. Seriously, only two of my dnd blorbos aren't bards... Why...

[@assuranceofsucces2017]

I FEEL YOU!! i was so hyped for playing dnd for such a long time but just couldnt find a group >:( HOWEVER I FINALLY FOUND ONE AND ITS AMAZING AND I HOPE YOU'LL FIND ONE SOON AS WELL

[@margarinchick]

@@assuranceofsucces2017 damn I like your profile pic

[@grantbaisley3582]

Have just started a Dragonlance campaign and looking for new rules to add some variety so finding this post is well timed I am going to make a few tweaks 1) Draconic Visage: replace Charisma bump with Wisdom instead 2) Draconic Carapace: replace Constitution bump with Charisma instead. Replace resistance to slashing damage with resistance to damage type associated with your dragon type and add proficiency with Persuasion or Deception (players choice) Otherwise, I love everything about this!

[@jacobisgur9223]

I think with your dragon ward idea that this would be the gifts the dragon would give to those that they favored and would be the ones more likely to become the next prince

[@grahamsudenga2726]

Literally found your videos a few days ago through your ranger vid and I'm subbed already.

[@eliotoole4534]

The Dragonborn in Toril were only transported to Toril from Abir during the spell plague

[@Zac_Frost]

Congrats on the growth, man! I found out about you, funny enough, through your Tabaxi video, making them more human, too. I did something similar to this with my homebrew world, but I love your version of it. You actually gave them a decent history and whatnot. I just handwaved it away as "Humans that, either through magical experimentation or a pact made with Dragons, gained abilities and an altered appearance similar to those of Dragons" with a few other perks and bonuses. I call mine "Dragonbloods". Great video!

[@galeria_m]

his art is so underrated. it's actually beautiful!

[@katherinehavegreen515]

"Is for me?" No, is for me so that I can keep up to date with this GEM OF A CHANNEL

[@NervousNoah]

It makes me happy when you mention Dragon Age and how good it is, it's my favorite game series. Can't wait for Dreadwolf :D

[@robno1033]

I've been watching your vids since your Beholder video, and am so excited to see your channel growing so quickly!

[@buky69]

Even though I'm too deep into my current dragonborn character, being basically born so small he got kicked out, being judged useless and was raised by kobolds who just confused him for a slightly bulkier kin. So, yeah, I made a loot gremlin dragonborn, but I'll definitely do a dragon touched the next time I join an adventure

[@HenriqueLSilva]

Antonio's channel growth is the equivalent of that meme with the cat getting closer, except instead of approaching the cat just multiplies. That's expected tho, given how good your channel is. Congratulations man, 1 million subs 2023 hopefully

[@germen2631]

This is great. I'm running a campaign where the main antagonists are some extremist dragonborns and Draconic Gods. I'm totally adding this race, probably in their ark to break free, and my party entering the during the first stages of the revolution. Thank you so much for this, amazing videos.

[@catbearcartoonist1384]

I found you because my friend made 3d fanart of your avatar Your content is very inspiring and insightful even tho I play pathfinder

[@DorkAndFriends]

I'd rather them be more beastial than a funny looking human. If you're going to have a semi-monsterous race playable, you've gotta really put the "monster" in their design. A villager peasant wouldn't realistically know what a dragonborn is, and when they see one, might mistake them for an actual monster until the the dragonborn politely expresses through it's bonus charisma and well manners that it isn't a monster and is only passing through the settlement. Or, using it's +2 to strength, it shatters a nearby rock with a flick of it's tail (Yes I'm advocating for them, fuck wotc and their close minded racial design philosophy) to intimidate the peasant with a snarl and a crooked eye. I really enjoy Starfinder for this aspect, because some races are downright disgusting conventionally speaking but they work because of their established role within the galaxy. None of them are particularly "perfect". Everyone has a flaw, be it internal mentally or externally physically, depending on how you see it. Making everything a human but with funny features gets boring, old, and stale. Star wars is a perfect example. 20 billion species in the galaxy but they want humans as the main cast of heroes. Fuck that design. "Hurr but how will people relate through the characters?" Through actually creative writing? Sheesh.

[@lukelavigne5474]

Another amazing work! I’m glad to see someone refrence dragon age around here! I hope you can do Paladin or Wizard soon they are my favorites

[@AuraXars]

You're doing great! Think i mentioned it on a previous video but your style doesn't appear anywhere else on youtube. Both a great lore recap, memes and some homebrew ideas with unique art, keep it up!!!

[@Mordecai9052]

I think I have watched all of your videos in the last 24 hours. I was just looking for a way to build/play a bard and here I am thinking about cantankerous liches and asymmetric dragonkin. Good work! Thank you!

[@varthalgamekiin4931]

Lightning breath. I've always been lightning obsessed. Whenever people talk about having elemental powers, I always go lightning.