Editing Half-Dragon (section)

==What's the appeal?==
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Half-dragons are a [[skub|contentious]] thing in the fandom, but obviously aren't going anywhere any time soon. Still, you may wonder why people like them.

For some, it's simply the logic "dragons are awesome, so playing a dragon is even more awesome." - D&D has recognized this since basically forever and the earlier editions of the game included rules that allowed a player character to tame/convince a dragon to team up with them by besting them in combat. But since even a small dragon would royally fuck party balance, the idea of a humanoid-sized one that stood on two legs, spoke, used gear meant for humanoids and didn't had anyone in the vicinity running for their lives quickly emerged. That's the particular itch the original half-dragon and eventually the [[dragonborn]] were made for.

Sadly enough, [[That Guy|Power Gamers]] were soon attracted to the class as well, because being a half-dragon in 3e was a massive power boost. And then there are those who just think [[/d/|it's hot to know their character was made from interspecies fucking]]. After all, [[dragon]]s are considered pretty sexy by a wide swathe of deviants - I mean, you can't order an elf-dildo online. Doesn't hurt that, by the canon descriptions of half-dragons, you could take any [[monstergirl]]ified dragon art and that's a totally legitimate depiction of a female half-dragon. 4e formalized Dragonborn as a PC race fior the sake of internal balance (which led to aforementioned skub) and 5e shrugged and went for a "best of both world" approach, offering both possibilities while keeping the power levels generally down.