Born of dragons, as their name proclaims, the dragonborn walk proudly through a world that greets them with fearful incomprehension. Shaped by draconic gods or the dragons themselves, dragonborn originally hatched from dragon eggs as a unique race, combining the best attributes of dragons and humanoids. Some dragonborn are faithful servants to true dragons, others form the ranks of soldiers in great wars, and still others find themselves adrift, with no clear calling in life.

But not all dragonborn are native to the Material Plane. Whether it be the reclusive drakes of the Shadowfell and Feywild, exotic forces of nature from faraway lands, or wyverns from hidden realms, dragons have a habit of producing half-breed offspring. These abnormal Dragonborn may wander for long years on their own, feeling alienated due to their unusual heritage. Others are able to incorporate themselves into a dragonborn community, or society as a whole.

Proud Dragon Kin

Dragonborn look very much like dragons standing erect in humanoid form, though most lack wings or a tail. Their small, fine scales vary greatly across the many abnormal variants, without uniform shade or shape. They are tall and strongly built, talonlike claws with three fingers and a thumb on each hand.

The blood of a particular type of dragon runs very strong through some dragonborn, reflecting their heritage from the many odd corners of the worlds.

Lonesome Wanderers

The abnormal dragonborn often come from small secluded communities, if even that, not infrequently being abandoned shortly after birth to fend for themselves. If they are lucky, in a populated area where some kind soul may take pity and take them in, if not, they are left alone in unforgiving lands. 

Those who do find a community to welcome them may feel outcasts, as a shadow of their uncertain and menacing heritage looms over them, but given the chance, they will do what they can to show their worth.

Dragonborn Names

Hailing from all corners of the world with oft-unstructured upbringings, Abnormal Heritage Dragonborn lack a structured society from which they derive their names and other customs, instead adopting names from the cultures where they grow up. A Deep heritage dragonborn raised by drow will carry a typical drow name, whereas a dragonborn raised in a chromatic or metallic dragonborn community will have a more typical dragonborn name.

Dragonborn Traits

Your draconic heritage manifests in a variety of traits. 

Abnormal Draconic Ancestry

Young dragonborn grow quickly. They walk hours after hatching, attain the size and development of a 10-year-old human child by the age of 3, and reach adulthood by 15. They live to be around 80, but can live much longer given the proper circumstances.

At level 5, your draconic body develops new, more powerful features from your ancestry

Your tough scaley hide may not be as impenetrable as a full-fledged dragon's, but it offers enough protection to ward off the slightest blows.

Abnormal Dragonborn are generally taller and almost always heavier than those of similar size. Some, like the mirage dragonborn tend to lean more on the smaller and lighter side, often falling below 6 feet tall and close to 200 pounds. Others, like moon dragonborn tend to scale similarly to typical dragonborn reaching over 6 foot and about 250 pounds. Lastly, Dzalmus dragonborn are almost small giants, nearing 7 feet tall and near 300 pounds. Your size is Medium or Large, but runts may even be classified as Small.

You have Darkvision of 60 feet.

You can speak, read, and write Common and another language realted to your heritage. As a deep heritage dragonborn you may know Undercommon, or as a Chaos heritage dragonborn you may know infernal. Depending on if you were raised alongside other dragonborn, you may have been taught Draconic, thought to be one of the oldest languages and is often used in the study of magic. The language sounds harsh to most other creatures and includes numerous hard consonants and sibilants.