Player's Handbook Races: Dragonborn: A 4th Edition D&D Supplement [Paperback]

James Wyatt (Author)

Book Description

Series: 4th Edition D&D | Publication Date: January 19, 2010

New options and character hooks for dragonborn characters.

If you want to play the ultimate dragonborn hero, this book is for you!

This expansion of the Player’s Handbook® core rulebook explores the mysteries of the dragonborn. It presents D&D® players with exciting new options for their dragonborn characters, including unique racial feats, powers, paragon paths, and epic destinies. This book also includes ways to flesh out your dragonborn character’s background and personality.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast; Supplement edition (January 19, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786953861
• ISBN-13: 978-0786953868
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

James Wyatt is an award-winning game designer at Wizards of the Coast and one of the designers of the Eberron Campaign Setting. He wrote the City of the Spider Queen and Oriental Adventures game supplements, and co-authored numerous roleplaying game products. He grew up in Ithaca, New York, and now lives in Washington State with his wife and son.

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book if expensive for what you get, February 10, 2010

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This review is from: Player's Handbook Races: Dragonborn: A 4th Edition D&D Supplement (Paperback)

Overall, the book was good.

PROS
- The pages are similar in color, content and style to the Player's Handbook.
- Nice colors and illustrations
- 32 pages of content dedicated to Dragonborn, their world views, and how they fit into the current world
- New Feats, Paragon paths, an epic destiny, and magic items

CONS
- Price. For $10, I was expecting more. The book is 32 pages, the Player's Handbook at $25 is 315 pages.
- Quality of the cover. The cover is thin paper, and my copy does not feel laminated or coated. I purchased a plastic sheath to keep it in, but it is still starting to show some wear on the edges


While a lot of good stuff on Dragonborn is in the book, there is nothing you wouldn't expect after reading much of the other literature out there on them. I liked the book, but the $10 price can be hard to justify.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the 10 bucks, March 26, 2010

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This review is from: Player's Handbook Races: Dragonborn: A 4th Edition D&D Supplement (Paperback)

Dragonborn were the most interesting of the new races in the PHB1, and I am glad they were selected to get this treatment first. Lots of great new fluff in this book. The only disappointing part is that out of all the new feats (and there are plenty) most of them are related to the dragonbreath power. Really a lot of overkill if you ask me. I would have like to have seen more class related feats or maybe power source (divine, martial, primal, etc) specific feats.

I assume at some point a collection of these race paperbacks will be bound in a hardback edition so if your not planning on playing Dragonborn anytime soon, it might be worth waiting.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Skinny booklet, March 20, 2010

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This review is from: Player's Handbook Races: Dragonborn: A 4th Edition D&D Supplement (Paperback)

I am a long time gamer (30yrs of D&D) and I must say that I love 4th edition (this is almost heresy amongst older gamers). Almost all the supplements have been well thought out and designed and dare I say it ... value for money.

NOT SO for the Dragonborn Supplement, I was so disappointed, it was a flimsy paper cover of 32 pages. For $10 not value for money at all, and the content was very little new material - essentially the article from Dragon Magazine fleshed out a bit. Compared to the wealth of information that they have produced for other races this is pitiful. My Dragonborn Paladin still feels a little thin in character background when compared to my mates Elven Ranger.

Beautifully produced, richly illustrated and well written, but sadly lacking in content and the paper cover is not going to last