But that is as far as it extends. There is no mention of them having dragon scales just as there's no mention of them having dragon wings.
Without dragon scales, there is no reason for them to have any bonus AC.
Could they be retconned into having dragon scales? Sure
Reading... parsing... understanding...
I never said Dragonborn don't have scales. I said they don't have HARD DRAGON SCALES.
Reading... parsing... sighing.
You should try the reading and parsing parts of your statement again.
You're arguing in circles. JandK is saying the mechanics and flavor as written don't make sense ludonarratively, and should be adjusted. You're coming up with reasons those scales wouldn't give armor and the others would, but it's based only on "bc that's how it works right now". You're saying the mechanics already make sense with lore because that's how it was written. But that's JandK's entire point: they don't think it works as written.
Also you are 100% backtracking here. Also yes snake scales are more protective than just skin. That's how scales work.
