First I want to compliment Larian on making the Dragonborn look absolutely amazing and stunning. Love it asthetically.

However sadly that is where the love stops.

This race needs to not be bound by the original Players Hand Book Dragonborn from 5e as its pre the ability to place stats anywhere rule change....but as well Wizards of the Coast themselves buffed their breath weapon.

Look at just how much the other races get. Dragonborn just get their resistance and breath weapon. That is anemic compared to the others like Tiefling of Elf or Gnome, etc. Not even comparing to Half-Elf or Half-Orc.

Problems (and how to solve them):
- No Darkvision despite Dragons having it. They had the same vision as Elves, Dwarves, etc in prior editions so why not now? You can't change D&D 5e but you all can change them in BG3 just like changes you made to Ranger and Monk.
- Breath Weapon has multiple issues.
--- 1 - Taking an action is too costly for a ho hum thing that will usually only effect 1 or 2 enemies. Either make it a bonus action or do what WoTC did and allow it to replace a weapon attack for those who have extra attack. As it stands just attacking with weapon or casting a spell or cantrip even will work out better.
--- 2 - One use per long rest is far too little. It needs multiple uses, preferably per short rest/combat as WoTC changed to multiple short rests themselves.
--- 3 - Its damage is too low even with the above changes. It should be d8's like WoTC changed it to there as well.



If simply the changes suggested were made to the breath weapon and give darkvision the race would at least be competitive with the bulk of the races. Right now its mechanically one of the 2 worst and its not even close. Which is very sad with how much effort was made to make them look fantastic.


Alternative things that could be done to make them feel better to play in light of other races:
- Give them skill proficiencies. ( ie - Intimidation, Persuasion, etc. )
- Give them innate casting that matches their Draconic Lineage choice. Akin to how Tiefling get.
- If Dragonborn racial feats are not in the game then you could give them a simple +1 to AC.

That said...genuinely just giving darkvision and making the breath weapon fixes would be plenty all by themselves.