Is there anyway to play a half-dragon and not be cringe?

>>54961888
Think of a better name than Langdedrosa Cyanwrath.

>>54961888
Everyone else is at least equally unusual/powerful.

>>54961888
just don't be cringe.
just try to play an interesting character that makes sense in the setting and not your sexual fetish, or to show the other people how much cooler and more special than everyone else your character is

>>54961888
Play a reptiloid masquerading as one.

>>54961888
>tail
>dragon shaped head
This makes it furry art. It's not cringe in existence, but it's a slippery slope from there.

>Be born of an unholy relationship
>Understand race mixing is wrong
>our flesh and blood are dirty and can never be clean
>Your soul is not bound by your flesh
>Become a paladin dedicated to seeking out the horrors of the land
>Use your powers for good hunting down monsters until you die in battle, your soul shining like a beacon while your body rots

Basically be a Kamen Rider/Dwarf slayer hybrid. You didn't ask for your powers but you get to decide how to use them

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>>54961985
Like, how do you fucking justify for your existence? Some dragon shapeshifted, fucked some hos and you were born?

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>>54961888
Dragonkin.
Fuck Dragonborn, you hear me?

>>54962083
But why would you be self hating while you are objectively more powerful than a human? Unless this is some meme shit and I'm fighting for dragon purity.

>>54962102
Maybe a magic ritual happened and transformed you into a half dragon. Maybe you're like a dragon blooded sorcerer but through convoluted fantasy genetic shenanigans you got all the dragon genes at once. Maybe you were created by a mad wizard in a lab. Maybe you're the descendant of a breed of warriors created by a dragon society.

I don't know man. It's fantasy, some up with something.

>>54961888
That motherfucker is the only good part of that entire adventure.

What is the history of dragonborn in your setting?

Are you the result of an alchemy experiment?
Created by profane rituals in the crypt of a dragon cult?
Are they directly descended from actual dragons?

Each of these would prompt some very different ways of looking at your character.

>>54961888
I mean, sure

Just don't be over the top about things and don't mistake race/background for actual characterisation.

execution is more important than anything. there's nothing inherently "cringe" about characters like half-dragon, half-demon, kender, etc. if you don't play it "cringe" it won't be "cringe". most people (idiots) will play it poorly and that's why everyone hates such characters, but assuming your group has some speck of faith in you and you can use it well then you should be fine

>>54962145
Because dragon and human hybrids are wrong. You can fight to restore your families honour after your dragon parent removed it. Same deal.

Either way you become a paladin seeking to restore his honour through deeds

>>54962145
That's how all the popular stories do it. Always make a half-something that's part monster, rebel against their evil race/parents and destroy them while appealing to humanity. For a half-dragon though. they'd have to be the sort with a more human-like face than OP since dragon-faced halfdragons are more likely to be villains in such stories due to unrelatability.

>>54962083
That's even more 'cringey' to be honest. Tortured self-hating hero is played out horseshit.

But 'cringey' is such a fucking stupid and nebulous term that it's hard to tell what context OP is using it in, so I'm not going to judge too harshly. I am going to judge OP for being a massive fucking idiot, though.

>>54962169
Is he an interesting character? Our rogue fucked him up good and he died in Greenest. 100% sheer luck

>>54962220
what isn't played out at this point?

>>54962180
They are to kobolds what goblins are to orks in Warhammer fantasy. They replace orcs in my setting.

>>54962240
I think you have to be relative about these things. Things become stale, other things become fresh, given time.

>>54962102
Your father/mother was a favored member of Bahamut's/Tiamat's church and shacked up with a dragon

>>54962220
Why would he self hate? He knows he's more than his flesh

>>54962083
Make sure to add this a 'begone thot' flavor as well because only reason you exist as a monstrosity is because your mother fucked a dragon.

>>54962180
The original dragonborn belonged to a dragon-worshiping religion made up of people from a bunch of other races who found a way, through ritual and devotion, to partially transform themselves. While other dragonborn cultures have spawned from this colony of dragon-worshipers, all of them carry some cultural baggage of either martial philosophy or asceticism. The ultimate goal of the original dragonborn is, of course, to continue along the path of the dragon and become the objects of their devotion. After all, the religious always seek a deeper connection with divinity. Emulation is the most extreme form of worship, and therefore the most profound.

>>54962201
I think someone who looks draconic as that looking to do good would also be interesting, something about book covers and all that

>>54962260
then something like fairy tale knight in shining armor who just so happens to be part monster? no self-conflict, just an upstanding guy who uses his gifts to help others. if you really wanted to get angsty you could have him be rejected by ignorant peasants an go through the "are these people even worth saving" thing, but that's better than self-loathing I guess

How much would a half-dragon display draconic personality traits?

>>54962541
Depends on which side of the family they spend the most time with.

>>54962102
You were born as part of a dragon cult.
Maybe to be an emissary or something.
Then Mom/Dad died and shit due to dragon politics or some other bollocks, you got to actually move out of the cavern and get a job and all that shit now.

Either that or you're just a throwback.
Dad had a little dragon in him from way back when.
Mom had the same.
Maybe even from the same dragon since, well, dragons you know.
You came out scaled as fuck, family drama ensued until the priests just went 'Looked into it and the only curse they've got is bad inherited genes'

>>54962550
That isn't how personality works faggot. Your personality is your genetics expressed through your environment. You're not going to make a submissive house wife out of a half dragon even if you raise her in a boarding school for submissive house wives

>>54961888

No.

>>54962180
A dracolich basically transmutated a bunch of kobolds into powerful and magical beings. There aren't many of them but they're highly sought out warriors. They're off limits as PCs

>>54962540
Pretty much my thinking.

Ironic, isn't it? That nowadays the angst is considered to be the boring cliche when that very angst first appeared as a counter to a perceived overabundance of genuinely good heroes that people didn't think were mature or conflicted enough. Now that we've had a few years of every other character being some bitter misanthrope who grumbles about how he has to save the world, we long for characters who are just pretty good guys all around.

I guess I just don't see why somebody needs to have a myriad of pathologies to be considered an interesting character. A laundry list of minor psychosis can be part of a personality, but it's by no means the only way to characterise.

>>54961888
Don't play a character specifically to avoid cringe or to make yourself look cool, play a character you like and play it honestly. I could play a greedy, arrogant half-dragon who also has angst that he will never be a real dragon. He would constantly try to prove how superior he is by flaunting his draconic abilities, but his personality flaws would make him all too human. Individually, these traits would make a laughably edgy character, but so long as no one trait is exaggerated to the point of becoming a caricature of itself, then the character probably wouldn't come off that cringe, or at least no more cringe than a regular character. Be warned, though, "ironically self aware" is no better than "legitmately unaware."

>>54962540
Your character would have to be a daft cunt to not understand where the characters are coming from. Imagine your village was being pillaged and then some spikey fucker kitted up in armor comes along, It is like things can't worse and the he comes along

>>54961888
Why won't lizards wear pants??

>>54961888
>>54961888
triple 8, 8's a lucky number in china, play it however you feel is right because the repeating digit gods said "you got the stick ghost rider"

>>54961924
its actually rad because then he can still be called lang, which sounds fuckin COOL

>>54962608
Genetics are clearly off the table here, since it's a fucking half human, half dragon hybrid that's somehow still alive.

>>54962869
It just means genetics work slightly different

>>54961888

No.

>>54962848
Testicles inside the body.

>>54962083
Mulatto goes to /pol/.txt

>>54962540
But, what kind of flaws would a character like that have?

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>>54961888

By not being a thin-skinned little faggot who cares what other people think.

By not being a brain dead moron who can't write for shit.

>>54963831
So? Retractable genetalia isnt an excuse

>>54962201

Which media?

In most eastern stuff the non-human parent is usually like, a demon who developed a conscience or the ability to love and fell for a human woman but had to leave to keep them s afe, died protecting their unborn child, betraying their own monster allies on behalf of humanity, so-on-so-forth. See: Dante from the Devil May Cry series. There is a slew of other anime featuring half-oni teenagers who develop magical powers and slay evil demons that hated and/or murdered their oni dad. There are also a handful of ones featuring half-dragons where their parents live a comically dysfunctional life together and their kid just wants to be '''normal''' but its never a great source of angst.

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>>54962608
>You're not going to make a submissive house wife out of a half dragon even if you raise her in a boarding school for submissive house wives

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>>54961924
FPBP

>>54962102
That happens all the time. For fuck sake there is a Sorcerer Prestige Class built around "You have dragon ancestry".
Silver Dragons are known for spending most of their time in human/elven settlements, hidden as a mortal.

>>54964374
What the fuck do they do when the mortal they fuck gives a birth to a spikeball?

>>54964427
Fucked if I know, and sometimes it's the dragon who gives birth. Both Humans and Dragons can produce half-breeds with an insane number of other species.

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>>54962102

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>>54962102
Well...

>>54964512
>>54964450
It doesn't help that the dragon was the ho instead

Must be extremely depressing to outlive your children, your grandchildren, and so on

>>54964539
Elves do that with half-elves.

>>54964564
Not if they fucked a dragon

Simple, you roleplay as a fucking stupid half-dragon. So stupid you literally do not even have the self awareness to pontificate about the nature of your existence.

Can we mention dragons and not have the discussion devolve into dragon sex?

>>54964672
Any one with talent has left /tg/. It's just furries looking for monster girls now

>>54964110
Non-exaggerated ones. Just because he isn't dropping to his knees and screaming to the heavens doesn't mean he doesn't doubt himself or his cause at a basic level, for example.

Subtlety is important.

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>>54964672
No

>>54964672
Lets talk about this

Innately humans are attracted to power

Dragons(like vampires) are advanced metaphors for nobility. Basically powerful individuals. So it makes sense for people(especially abnormal ones like us) to be attracted to dragons.

>>54964672
We are discussing HALF-dragons, dragon sex is kinda implied anon.

>>54965021
Love life of a half-dragon must be misrable, can't have kids in conventional means, can't cuddle, people who want to date you are maniacs obsessed with dragons and draconic features

>>54965675
Don't forget the curious deviants who want to know what half-dragon dick/tits looks like.

>>54962102
Your past draconic life gained terrible karma due to not acting like you should, whatever that means in your setting. Perhaps you didn't kidnap enough princesses or died when hitting a mountain in mid-flight.

So this time you are a lesser draconic form, with much to make up to. If you fuck it up, next life you become a kobold.

>>54961888
be a were-half-dragon where you only go dragon during combat.

I think one problem with half-dragons is, how common they may be.
If they are very rare, then playing one immidetly brands one as a tryhard special snowflake, even if the player would be a decent roleplayer.
If they are quite plenty, then it comes down to how the player chooses to portray his character.

Depending on lore and setting and visual design, maybe the half-.dragon doesn't even know he's a half and its just assumed he has a special affinite for a certain type of magic.

>>54961888

Half dragon kobold.

You are considered blessed by your tribe, and destined for great things. Problem is, you are a different color than your dragon overlord, and need to flee before they find out and kill you.

Team up with the party to find a tribe to call your own, become strong enough to overthrow your former lord, find your parent, kill your parent, or many other things.

>>54965745
Preempt this by making sure to remind everyone in the immediate vicinity that Dragons have THICC knots at all times.

i was thinking of playing as the son of a silver dragon who was masquerading in an mining town as an important merchant, lord-mayor or something other relatively higher class. Who managed to excuse his monstrous looking son through claiming "draconic heritage".

But, I don't know where to go from there.

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>>54961888
so you want half dragon?

I give you half dragon

There is nothing worse than self-hating Dragonborn.

>>54967205
But Mario, I thought you said we'd meet a half dragon!
>No, I-a said, you'd-a meet a half a dragon, wuhu.

>>54967301
This. Brainwashed by smoothskin softies.

>>54962201
but what if the reason the half-dragon exists, whether it was the result of an experiment or of normal breeding, is to unite dragons and humans so that they stop fighting each other? A proof of love so that the 2 races can come to an understanding.

Or if it's the humans are in the wrong and dragons left them alone until humans started encraching on their territories, and the half-dragon was made as the only way to save dragons from extinction, but they only realize that once they almost wipde out all the remaining dragons.
Thus they realize that their monster half was the human part, and they want to kill themselves, but can't because that would just accelerate the extinction of dragons.

>>54961888
there is always a way to play anything well, if you leave your preconceptions at the door

>>54962083
>>54962102
>>54962167
Maybe lazy dragons ruling a kingdom just wanted some servants who they didn't have to replace so often because of lifespan bullshit.

>>54961888
Is tbis thing really an issue ? Only game i know that has Half Dragons as a legitimate choice is 3.5e . And as everything there with a LA above 1, youll be gimping yourself HARD to take it. No amount of ability bonuses compensate for 3 levels of class features, ESPECIALLY if you are some short of spellcaster.
It's not even snowflakey, its dumb as fuck, same goes for the other half-x templates.

>>54961888
Half dragons do not exist in my world. When a dragon shacks up with another race the child looks mostly like the other race outside of a few details. They have no society of their own and never will.
I also detest exotic races in non exotic places, so I do not allow it.

>>54967859
The 5e template basically gives you resistance, a breath weapon and darkvision.

Basically Dragonborn but without their 'lore'

>>54961888
Yes.

But not for you.

>>54966999
You are just going to be a thot magnet with that strategy

>>54962228
Not the same guy responding, but he's not very flesehd out IMO. Just a big blob of 'muh Honor' there to challenge characters to 1v1 duels and die off the next chapter when the party has some levels under thier belt

He's got the potential for a mid-term vilian though if you give him some actual motivation and time for interaction, because the party can very well learn to hate him in greenest.

>>54966999
You can do this by wearing leather armor with pants, show your sheer power and draconic heritage through your bulge

>>54962102
...Yes

I asked the GM about this, because his entries to the setting have a lot of Half-somethings

>>54967174
Half-dragon noble sounds interesting, nothing sends chills to peasants by having the man who taxes them and the monster who burns them combined

>>54967780
People would bash it like they do Avatar for being antihuman.

>>54962180
A dragon made them because he needed underlings to work in his library.

>>54964712
>now
When have we ever not talked about dragon sex?

Hell, in the old days before the mod, we used to have almost nightly monstergirl porn threads since they were banned from /d/ at the time.

>>54968459
What does this concept gain from the "half" bit, though?

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>>54961888
Just play a dragonborn and be done with it

>>54962102
>>54964512
Some meaning was lost in translation from common to draconic so the dragon kidnaps a prince instead of a princess only to find they're not good bargaining chips when no one comes so the dragon keeps them as a pet/servant and these things happen.

>>54962201
I'd agree that's a popular theme in media with one exception, a secondary supporting character can often be more obviously monstrous while still being fairly understandable and relatable.

>>54964230
Yeah but in those cases like devil may cry the main character is still fairly pretty and humanoid at least in their face, which is what that anon was getting at, I think. It's not about being half demon or monster or whatever but how you look the part because humans are kinda petty like that.

>>54971281
>just play a half-dragon re-fluffed to appeal to the kiddies

>>54971236
People have to treat a monsterous person normally because they are of importance?

Maybe due to this they are interested on adventuring and making a name for himself?

>>54961924
My party gave him the honourific title "Dragondick"

>>54969763
There are people here who are actively salty to people who don't always go human

>>54962102
>a dragon got horny and fucked my mom and then ditched her to go do dragon things
done

>>54976032
Nothing like playing as the "spiky bastard"

>>54961888
Yes, make them fairly common in the world, they are a thing that might turn heads in some places from time to time but nothing important enough to dwell about

>>54976471
Which dragon is going around enough to make half-dragons common?

>>54976523
Eh, i thought the half dragon would eventually fuck other people give place to other half dragons

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Make them more bestial in look and behaviour, less walking erect and more like a raptor, more scales, pointer and more fangs.

>>54961888
play him as a Bard. I do.
and his name is Bubbles

Trogdor.

>>54976854
whats the damage roll for Burninating the Countryside? is that a free action?

>>54962102
Your DM isn't an idiot and plays dragons as smart as they actually are. Seriously, if you knew you could bang any living thing, knock it up, and use it to create an army of powerful creatures that would live around and protect your home, why not do it? In one game we met a gold dragon who lived at the bottom of the ocean in shark infested waters, every few decades he's transform and mate with local sharks so his lair would have better defense.

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>>54961888

Depends. I DM a 5e group with not just a Half-Dragon PC, but an ANTHRO one at that. Believe it or not, there is no cringe to be had. I even help out whenever the player wants to flesh out and explain the lore surrounding the character's existence, instead of sperging out and going "your race is cringe!"

>>54976815
Might as well play Lizardfolk at that point

Half-Dragons can be just as diverse as any other race. You have to make it cringy.

If you go into intending it to be taken seriously and actually play it as you would any other race, and not as a retard, it's not going to be cringy.

if it's too powerful, the DM needs to learn to balance encounters and target you with stronger enemies. Most enemies will also, logically, fear a half-dragon, and may not even directly try to engage him.

Easiest way is to remember that "cringey" is mostly a /tg/ phenomena and real players don't give a damn.

Seriously, if WoTC can release an official adventurer where, to defeat Tiamat, you first have to kill her dragon lesbian love slaves who're all enormously pregnant with her magical yuri-spawn and nobody bats an eye, you can play a half-dragon like a normal PC and be okay.

>>54977009
What half-dragon PC isn't "anthro"? You sound like an overdefensive austistic furfaggot desu

>>54961888
There's no way to play ANY templated race and not be cringe.

>>54962102
You were bitten by a radioactive dragon

>>54979961
Cursts are fun as fuck if you can do it without being edgy. they are fun bard/rogues. 5% chance of going temporarily insane.

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>>54979932
Depends on how the dragon half is allocated. He might just look like this guy.

What kind of a family life/childhood would a half dragon have? Would the dragon parent hang around in human form to raise them? How would the family deal with the reputation of having a half dragon child?

>>54979994
It takes either dying in a mildmagic zone and getting super unlucky, or a puppy-kicking evil caster to feel you're worth wasting a 9th level spell slot to torture.

It's super snowflake.

>>54962180

Why are you bringing up Dragonborn in a thread about Half-Dragons?

Yes, give him subtle (Not retarded or unsubtle or scales, or a taiil) dragonish features. Something that may be mistaken for vague Elven.

>>54981412
As opposed to going like OP's picture and being mistaken for a dragonborn?

>>54962180
The dragons of my setting looked at themselves, realized that it was kind of messed up that their species was practically forced by genetics to act a certain way, so they spent some time concocting a new breed of Dragon that wouldn't have those kinds of inherent limitations. About a century into their research, they realized that something about the Humanoid form did something to the physiology of creatures, making them much more pliable in terms of morality, so they brought in some humanoid wizards to assist with the creation of what would end up being the Dragonborn race.

>>54983042
How often would people confuse a half-dragon for a dragonborn?

>>54979804
This, the worst experience is you are going to have the silent autist at the table make a passive aggressive post here about you being 'that guy' with falsehoods added into the story.

>>54978882

Not a bad idea at all

>>54979804
Given MLP, CO and VP all have regularly occuring cringe threads, I doubt it's TG only.

Eh, if the setting already have scaly gits who claim dragon ancestry, that's an easy way to play half dragon.

... Do you really want to have your ma/pa be a huge dragon?

>>54988537
>Do you really want to have your ma/pa be a huge dragon?

You don't?

>>54962189
>Because dragon and human hybrids are wrong. You can fight to restore your families honour after your HUMAN parent removed it. Same deal
Fify

>>54992780
Didn't know you fuckers got internet in your caves

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>>54961888
Play a fire emblem setting.

>>54962102
>Like, how do you fucking justify for your existence? Some dragon shapeshifted, fucked some hos and you were born?

Anyone got the censored version of the comic where the lady knight gets gets raped by a dragon and gives birth to a half-dragon?

>>54992865
I am not interested in cringy weeaboo shit

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>>54992876
It's got half dragons anon.

>>54992900
I want bipedal spiky monsters, not a shitty excuse to say "but she is 99999999 years old!"

>>54961888
>Is there anyway to play a half-dragon and not be cringe?
Totally depends on which half. Try dragon legs with a human upper body and head. Good times.

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>>54992953
Bipedal quarter dragon, kinda spiky hair, and once he gets the binding blade he's truly a monster.

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>>54992876
>I am not interested in cringy weeaboo shit
>Is there anyway to play a half-dragon

>>54992865
FE never even bothers to tell us how dragons got into the gene pool in the first place which is BS

>>54993077
I figured manaketes were legit a separately-evolved species that just looked human due to narrative convenience.

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>>54993077
They did, by having copius amounts of sex with humans.
It also helps that humans and subhumans are closely related species that diverged from the same creature as shown in one of the Telius games.

>>54993070
Japs use half dragons to avoid UN's resolution on pedophilia, that's a fact.

>>54993245
>UN's resolution on pedophilia
You mean the one they outright stated they'd ignore?

>>54993289
Disgusting, need two more nukes.

>>54993405
That'll push them to toddlercon you fucker.

Can we get back to half dragons?

>>54993405
The nukes directly lead to anime. Anime is america's fault.

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>>54993857
Okay.

>>54993405
To clarify, the UN said that 2D counted as pedophilia and Japan (diplomatically) told them to get fucked.

When our party played the tiamet module, I had my character play a dragonborn barbarian who had been turned into a dragonborn by the cult of the Dragon as an experiment in turning the slaves into powerful Dragon soldiers. We retconned dragonborn as a race out of the setting so my character was particularly unusual. I had to quaff alot of potions of alter self to prevent being caught, and made my characters goal to find a cure for his disease so he could one day return to his family.

For extra role play fun I made my character slowly develop a lust for gold and treasure that i would periodically make wisdom saves to overcome. I ended up slaying the only individual who knew how to turn me back barring finding a wish spell because I was in a rage at encountering my nemesis.

>>54961888
Are thicc thighs a draconic trait?

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>>54994238
>We retconned dragonborn as a race out of the setting so my character was particularly unusual

>>54961888
The other half is also Dragon

>>54971281
I really fucking hate the dragonborns head/dreads thing. Its stupid & looks like shit.

>>54969763
People bash Avatar for being fucking trash

I mean, there's no way to escape the idea that your parent was an animal fucker.

>>54994468
Or a pedo weeb. One out of two.

>>54994468
Dragons can shapeshift, my dude.

Think you were with some attractive, young traveler? Nope, dragon.

>>54994500
>half elves don't exist, those are just half dragons that can't shapeshift

>>54994500
Your half-elf lover of 10 years of marriage? Nope, dragon.

Play some kind of rip-and-tear dragonspawn in Iron Kingdoms rpg?

>>54994238
I like the idea of a half dragon character having to occasionally resist draconic urges

>>54994447
It makes them look like the Echidnas from Sonic.

>>54983701

Far less often if people would get it through their heads that Dragonborn aren't supposed to have tails.

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I got like one draw request for one that didn't make me retch

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>>54995478
I commissioned a piece that I think is pretty good all things considered.

>>54976567
Would a half-dragon and a human produce another half-dragon (as if the dragon part took precedence over everything else) or a quarter-dragon? If the latter, wouldn't there be a ton of different human/dragon percentile mixes? That guy with a dragon head probably wouldn't turn THAT many heads if a quarter of your neighbors have a few scales or fangs due to all the mixing. This is assuming interracial romance isn't frowned upon of course.

>>54995985
well, some sorcerers are supposed to have dragon blood in them, so it most likely gets diluted over the generations

>>54995131
Draconic features would just constantly get watered down, half-dragons basically looking like dragonborn's with spikes, tails and wings, considrably larger than a human. Quarter dragons skin less scaley and smooth, smaller body, maybe hair. Octo-dragons just have fangs.

And so on until they are basically human.

I don't think dragons go with mortals enough to make half dragons common enough.

>>54995985
Just because you have sharpteeth your greatgreatgreatgranddad was with a dragon, doesn't mean you are going to tolerate your fire breathing neighbor

>>54995587
If only I had a character that I played enough to settle down and have a family

>>54995985
The most common source of sorceror powers is dragon blood somewhere in the family tree.

>>54996794
I'm the GM, the dad is actually the leader of the tribe and the son is a companion PC to the party to help with healing.

>>54992684

I could take it or leave it.

>>54995985
Depends if the dragon stays

>>54962180
They're just the mid-tier of dragons, of which kobolds are on the bottom, and actual dragons are on top. All can hatch from eggs from any of the three, though the probability of which will hatch is firmly kobold>dragonborn>dragon.

They're mostly used to go do important things outside the dragon's ancestral island, since kobold don't tend to be very useful except in numbers, and the top dragons can't leave for long without risking going feral for a reason they would very much like to find out.

>>54962102
I feel like an evil dragon wouldn't be beyond using cultists to create powerful scaled warriors with a violent tendencies. Or maybe a dragon got piss-ass wasted and accidentally spawned a dumpster baby. Or maybe you dont feel like drawing/finding art and your oc is lookin pretty good.

>>54962102
Mother was a badass and killed a dragon and cut its balls open in order to create a fucking masterpiece.

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>>54961888
>tabletop group I'm in is going to start a 5e campaign
>one member who usually makes at least decent characters wants to make a dragonborn
>he tells me his character will be extremely lecherous
>I tell him not to do it because a character who constantly makes sex jokes, brags about all the girls he's fucked, and constantly tries to seduce female NPCs (who, might I add, would be played by our DM, who is a male)would get old really quickly, and kind of make me uncomfortable as a player
> he says "Yeah, but in folk lore dragons kidnap fair maidens."
>"They didn't do it to have sex with them."
>he says that guys aren't supposed to be made uncomfortable by sex, and that I've "regressed mentally"
I hope he's bluffing, and his character isn't so cringey

>>54999290
Nothing like raising your enemie's kid

And which male decided to raise a chromatic "wife's son"?

>>54999643
Obviously the King of the Land, raising the son he had back when he was a wild child prince.

>>54962102
>Like, how do you fucking justify for your existence? Some dragon shapeshifted, fucked some hos and you were born?

In older editions children of shapeshifted dragons were of the race they shapeshifted into and only got to be dragon sorcerrers automatically.

>>54999432
>he says that guys aren't supposed to be made uncomfortable by sex, and that I've "regressed mentally"

he has a point you know

the american hangup about sex in fiction is pretty regressive

>>54964539

Nah, just make more.

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>>54961888
>don't use powers
>use disguise feats/spells
>i want to be a real boy.jpg
>towards end of campaign embrace dragon heritage
>lesson about accepting yourself and friendship
/tg/ you're a shounen now

pic unrelated

>>54961888
You grew up with your mother, a copper dragon. Based on your two uncles on her side of the family, who visit every year, even though copper dragons like to talk, your mother is on the extreme end of the scale. Sure, this allowed you to pick up a lot of stories and knowledge about the world, but you really wish she could be quiet not only when she's asleep.

One of her favourite topics is your father, and if your uncles wouldn't have corrected her embellishments, you would believe that he was a demigod of strength, beauty, and crude humour. In truth, he was a mercenary captain who hid in your mother's territory for a while after a contract that angered a few nobles houses. He wasn't noble or just but he was a good man with simple values, living the life he loved. Your uncles don't know the personal details and your mother can't stop descending into sexual details while doing so. Yearning to meet your father at least once, you set out in your teenage years to find him.

After half a year and a long night of conversation, you found yourself pressed into your father's mercenary band. Determined to raise you as "a proper man", whatever that meant, he took you under his wing and began putting you through the most unforgiving training you could have imagined. During the rare moments of rest, he spoke lovingly of your mother. He often thought of visiting, perhaps even living together, but he knew that dragons lived longer than most kingdoms, while men lived a handful of decades if they didn't get killed by a disease or a war. He wanted her to remember the good times they had, not how he rotted away before her eyes.

Cont.

>>55000433
After four years of training and service, your father sent you away to find your own path in life, but he would appriciate it if you told your mother that he loves her still and hopes she is well. After a couple months of travel, you returned to your home. You were expecting your mother to be worried sick but she was "merely" happy to see you.
Turns out she was always nearby in a shapeshifted form, watching from the sidelines how you performed and how good your father still looked. You suddenly remembered that your father did hint at her being a stalker but you never would have thought that she would go to such lengths. Baffled by her utterly nonsensical attitude, you argued long about privacy and parenting. However, her mind was set, and all you could do was to hope to find a way to live your own life while trying to forget that she might be nearby. You said your grudging goodbyes and left.

>>55000433
>>55000448
Good concept with the overprotective dragonmom thing, Kinda went on too much on "human fucked a dragon" thing.

>>55000088
What if the dragon shifted back for a moment while fucking?

>>55000607
I thought I managed to skip through the who fucked who part.

I actually adapted another idea I had for a fire genasi whose dad was a pyrophiliac elven wizard and his mom was a fire elemental. He would have been a Fiend Pact Warlock but fluffed as him getting his powers from his elemental lineage and her mom nagging him constantly and telling him to fetch or do things for her.

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>>55000088
What if two dragons who both shifted into humans fucked each other?

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>194 posts discussing how half-dragons are conceived

>>54999977
I'm sure a half-red dragon child will be like his bastard child he wasn't there for.

>>55001298
And this surprises you why? Welcome to /tg/.

>>55000900
If they conceived, they'd have a dragon baby but have to do live birth. But only kinky dragons do this.

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>>54962102
In one of my games, the half-dragon Cleric was fathered by Rico Sanchez, the famous bard. The Latin Lover could play his trumpet so sweetly that nobody could possibly resist his charms.

Normally he used protection to avoid having kids out of wedlock, but dragons are a bit more pushy about having proper heirs, so he just sorta went with it.

Really wish that campaign didn't fall apart, I had so many great things planned for Rico.

>>54961888
>>54961924
It's like they were trying to dance around the Warcraft -gos/-gosa naming scheme for blue dragons.

>Someone on /d/ posted an excellent half dragon comic
>mfw I didn't save it

Fuck. Let's see what google can turn up.

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>>54961888
Why settle for half of a dragon when you could have the whole thing?

>>55006572
You can have a human/elf with wings and tails, they don't have to be ugly monsters like usual dragons or the OP.

>>54961888

They were literally created for players who didn't think elves were 'special' enough anymore; so no.

>>54962102
the knight didn't save the princess in time and she seduced the dragon to steal her freedom

>>54961888
Literally never had any trouble with these in-game. They always come out pretty great actually.
If you read their 4e or 5e fluff they lend themselves well to "stoic but wise warrior from a different culture" and "the klingon" RP archetypes, both of which work great at practically any table.

>>54964672
I'm sure we could, but why would we?

>>55006596
This is bullshit. If I'm running and someone wants to be a half-dragon, they look like a monster.

>>54962102
How do you justify being a half-orc?
If everyone at your table spontaneously catches fire and starts to try to rip their face off at even the slightest, most tactful, indication that sexual violence may have occurred possibly several generations ago, there's a lot of really tricky questions all of a sudden.

Luckily I expect most of us don't play in groups like that quite yet, but /tg/'s memewank is sure doing its damndest to make everyone hypersensitive to "magical realm", even when it's not actually there.

>>55006663
Dragonborns are half-dragons are different my dude

>>55006798
Consenual dragon relationship could have existed and they are cute

>>55007027
Oh. What a redundant redundancy.

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>>55006572

>>55007308
It's about how closely related you are

Any good ideas for a half-dragon paladin that doesn't involve being a self hating retarded? Which god to be devoted

>>55011222
There are good-aligned dragons out there you know

>>55011222
Considering that most gods don't give a damn either way about halfbreeds, any of them is more or less fine.

Even if you're half-chromatic, most will still accept you, and then you can have your paladin struggle with things like greed, pride, or other shit that's natural for his dragon subtype but doesn't befit a paladin.

>>55011418
Red half-dragon dumpster baby who was given to a monastery, got it.

>>54993960
>the UN
Retard.

>>55012745
I don't get it?

>>55011222
Your draconic parent was a young golden or silver dragon who respected/revered Bahamut, and your human parent was a Bahamut-worshipping cleric or paladin. They adventured together, respected each other, fell in love, and that's where you - and maybe your siblings - came from. You serve the God of Good Dragons because it's in your blood, perhaps literally given how many gold and silver dragons have served Bahamut as exarches.

>>54962608
I am sure a half dragon will wash the dishes if you ask her nice enough

Now I want to see a version of Romeo and Juliet, except it's about a Half-dragon son of a good-aligned Metallic and a daughter of an evil-aligned Chromatic.

>>55011418
Who the hell raised a chromatic half-dragon kid? Who the hell trained a chromatic half-dragon to fight? WHO THE FUCK KNIGHTED THE CHROMATIC HALF-DRAGON

>>55017056
All being half-Chromatic means is that you're 28% more likely to be an Anime Protagonist.

>>55017278
If you have a monstrous appearance make that 78% of becoming a side character

>>55017290
Depends on how aesthetically pleasing the monstrous aspects are, if you're out there looking like one of those chimera from FMA then that's one thing, but if it involves dragons that gives most audiences a 50% boost in acceptance rates when it comes to unusual features.

>>55017347
Just need to act cute to win the audience, even if the half-dragon looked like OP's.

>>54962145
because you're weaker than dragons. Get it now?

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>>54978882
You're playing firebreathing lizatdfolk as is.

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>>54992865
Impregnating my basically braindead dragon abomination self-insert of a wife!

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>>54993022
quarter dragon...that exhibit no non human traits...sooooo coooool

>>55020148
Our Boy Roy is basically the most generic shonen protagonist there is.

>>55020148
If there's one thing FE14 did right with their dragon self insert it was having them exhibit mid-combat body part transformations for attacks, shame the character themselves is a fucking intolerable weenie.

>>55017743
>qt shy tomboy half-dragon warrior as one of the reoccurring cast

Leave fanbait characters to me

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>>54961888
Just make it a wingaling dragon with a big muscley arm. Pretty awesome.

>>54961888
All you need is to give you half dragon cow tits and everything will be fine.

No make your man some kind of half dragon abomination with one giant scaled arm and the rest human.

>>55024032
This is essential as it shows your character is fertile, which will be important for more dragon kids

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>>55020529
That's more like 1/10 dragon, you want something more like The S is for Sucks
Not gonna lie, I actually do want to play a dragonborn monk with that name someday

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>>54961888
>>>54961888
>Are thicc thighs a draconic trait?
Do you even have to ask?

>>54964158
you wouldnt happen to know the artist would you?

>>55019602
Half dragon anon, her mom is human.

>>54995587
Oh my gosh that name is adorable beyond measure

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>>55032608
What's the point of having belts on your thighs if you're otherwise mostly nude?

>>55032815
Those are his shins.

>>55033177
What's the point of having belts on your shins?

Does anyone have more character ideas for a half dragon?

>>55032608
Are dragons gayer than elves? What's with the belts and codpiece?

>>55032769
Thanks, I spent a lot of time trying to think of good names for my characters, and I'd like to think that the character is just as cute in mannerisms as his name.

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>>54961888
Yeah. Half-Dragons they fit in just fine int the Conan/John-Carter/Solomon-Kane/Elric style pulp world that D&D is actually designed to run, especially when compared to the shoehorned-in Tolkien races.

>>55035449
Saving this picture.

Reminds me of a campaign idea from the Pathfinder thread: a Half-Dragon has been tasked by the Celestial Court to bring a Wizard to Justice. Along the way, they meet new and interesting NPCs who have weird goals but virtues to instill in the PC

>>55035449
More half-dragon character art?

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>ywn play as Oriental Half-dragon who got into Europe-like Kingdom where he becomes a knight and thanks to his deeds becomes famous throughout all nearby countries and create an knight order known as Regenritter.

>>54962180
In my setting they're just human combat cyborgs called dragoons with dragon themed cybernetics created to ensure that humans can measure up with natural beast people

>>55011418
How could I flesh out a half-chromatic paladin?

>>55035858
Because the "samurai in europe" concept isn't tired and meme enough, gotta make him a half dragon as well.

>>55035917
Sure thing.
I bet you play only realistic grimdark down to earth characters and makes them have really big flaws like alcohol problem and they are also loners who stick to shadows and keep it cool.

>>55035858
Explain Regenritter

>>55035909
Depends on the setting and the campaign.

But like someone above said, play off their bad traits for good purposes. A greedy Half-Dragon forces himself to invest in cities and schools, one who likes to use poisons focuses it on the enemies of the people, etc.

Heck, maybe the want to be loved and go around dressed in full armor to hide who they are

>>55035942
I just tried to make it Knight of the Rain in German without proper german knowledge. Not sure if it is right.
Oriental Dragons associated with rain and water in Asia so I thought this name would be fitting for the order.

>>55035909
Make the other half Metallic

>>55035942
>maybe they want to be loved and go around dressed in full armor to hide who they are

I like sappy stuff like that, tucking tails down their legs to hide them, faking their voice, etc.

Maybe using a burlap sack during sleep instead of a metal helmet to sleep and have something more comfortable.
have him use the sack to store loot during the day, so he ends up sleeping on his treasure once unbaged

>>55035942
>Heck, maybe the want to be loved and go around dressed in full armor to hide who they are
They would probably need illusion spells for that.
I imagine them having massive tails

>>55036504
Tie the tail to a leg, good enough to hide it, maybe wear a cape?

A 7 foot humanoid creature hiding his identity raises enough questions, one leg being thicker wont be that bad

>>55036531
Would their tails be flexible enough to lift up, coil it and put it sideways?

>>55036531
How would you tie >>55035858 ?

>>55036736
Lift and coil for that, run down leg for OP

>>55036680
>Lifting up tails

L-lewd

>>54961888

Dragons are sluts.
So half-dragons are half the sluts dragons are?

>>55037220
They are a product of slutiness and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

>>55036445
What kind of a backstory could you go with? I guess the origin of disguising himself would be that common folk would be scared of him even when doing good.

Can half-chromatic dragons be good?

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>>54961985
> not your sexual fetish

>>55037499
>Making people enter your magical realm

>>55037385
>Can half-chromatic dragons be good?
Considering that there are special rules for redeemed devils and demons who are physically made of evil*, I'd say that half chromatic good characters are perfectly possible in comparison.

*Since they're literally composed of planar evil, evil outsiders are treated as evil by all spells and abilities regardless of their alignment, but they're also treated as their individual alignment as well, which results in unpleasant shit like getting screwed by both holy word and blasphemy.

Do you think half-dragons only engage in buttsex because they don't usually want to procreate more dragons?

>>55033187
To hold your socks up.

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>>54961888
Yes.
What you do is this:
Make a good and interesting character then roleplay them.
That's it.

And I guess play with people who don't froth at the mouth upon seeing a template.

>>54961888
make it not about sex

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>>55020148
Blood is very diluted.
Here's another quarter dragon.

I think it'd be interesting for the father to be a dragon and your character's reason for questing is to gain the acceptance of his father instead of being the bastard/cast away spawn the father views him as. It really depends on the type of dragon the father is, though.

>>55041960
Could have just write Trash and that would be correct

>>55042180
I think good reason could be to obtain the power to turn the character in True dragon

>>55042222
God, that'd be rad especially if you had brothers that were True dragons. Maybe they could pop up as antagonists? I mean you'd clearly be the weak younger brother of that family no matter how good of a fighter you manage to be in relation to your party.

>>54961888
Make them have a wild look, but have them camouflage dragon elements to not become the center of attention.

Make them quirky, even have them inherit some of their dragon progenitors'/ancestors' character traits (that is depending on the type of dragon and it may be even both pros and cons). Remember to have them hoard something and have them fight this compulsion to hoard (because they would look weird if they went with it).

You are simply a dude/gal who happens to be a dragon in half. You simply don't feel either dragon or [insert race], so you go wandering around the world to find your place in it. Maybe you want to know your draconic half's roots? Maybe you want to make a name for yourself? Maybe you simply have this urge to simply see the world?

The world is a very random place. Some will like you, some will not. You will have good/happy things and bad/sad things happen to you. There is always a tomorrow, so never back off from finding your destiny.

>>55042317
Unless you were metallic, then your siblings would appear now and then to cheer you on

>>55044789
Now I'm imagining a scenario where you're always getting pissed at how supportive your brothers are when all you want to be is an edgy brooding loner. Even better if you were Chromatic and they're Metallic

>>55044893
>half red dragon adventurer
>metallic dragon dad laid with a half red dragon and it bred true
>really just wants to be left alone
>but father was a busy dragon
>sired a number of half brothers, all metallic true dragons
>they always show up on quests to offer love and moral support, and assure him that he can overcome his inner darkness
>doesn't give a damn about justice or inner darkness
>just wants to be left alone to make his fortune
>loves them back anyway, though he would never admit it

>>54961888
what about a literal half dragon?

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Some asshole half-turned you into a dragon just for fun and you want to find him to get back your old body

No.

Would a half-dragon want to get closer to their human side or draconic side?

>>54962102
I'd buy that. If it works for Zeus, it works for dragons. Lifespan like that, I could definitely see them getting bored.

>>55045253
I like the idea of your siblings always trying to keep you from succumbing to dark urges you don't actually have, or trying to push you into holy quests you have no interest in joining because you'll clearly die horribly and be way out of your depth if you joined.

>>55053334
It is a funny idea but how the fuck would you make it work in a campaign? The brothers shapeshifted as random people coming up and randomly lecturing?