Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Proportions of upcoming races

Truth be told, I would much rather see lizardfolk than dragonborn, since the dragonborn in D&D are currently a silly and incoherent race. And in 4e and 5e the name itself doesn't make sense. Since the concept originated in 3rd edition and referred originally to human servitors of Bahamut that were reincarnated into a draconic humanoid form, thus "dragonborn". But all the dragonborn of 4e/5e are seemingly an original race of draconic people from another world who were transplanted into Faerun. So... they should really be called dragonkin or something similar. And also I would prefer a less "powerful" look about them, i.e. they shouldn't have heads that resemble powerful and majestic true dragons, rather heads that resemble the less powerful and significant dragonkind, i.e. drakes, behirs, wyvern, etc.

This vaguely spindly look from Kobold Press' Midgard setting is the look I'd personally like the most for a draconic humanoid race. Kind of a bit like a human-sized and shaped kobold. Essentially, they could be for kobolds what hobgoblins are to goblins.



But yes, would be better if the lizardfolk became the standard "reptilian humanoid" race for D&D. Lizardfolk are also one of those few monstrous looking races that have been a part of D&D for ages and are not inclined towards evil either (most are Neutral-aligned nomads and survivalists), so there's no real reason for antagonistic attitudes against them from the classic races, to the point of being prohibited from visiting human cities/villages like goblins, orcs, gnolls, etc. would.