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MOST dragonborn births are live, but the baby emerges in a porous, rubbery caul (membrane), which is what the egg of dragons has morphed into for dragonborn (it can readily be broken from inside or outside).
Dragonborn interbred offspring usually "favor" one...
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And is the reverse the same?
2- Are dragonborn a race of live births or egg hatching? And what if they bred with half-dragons or dragons?
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...parent or the other so much that the baby effectively IS a half-dragon or dragon (but with hidden traits/"wild talents" from their dragonborn side). Note that babies being dragons is VERY rare, and often involves a transformation from dragonborn form later in...
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...life. This can often come as a surprise to the partially-grown-up dragonborn baby, and may be triggered by traumatic events or direct personal threats. (E.g. dragonborn makes a battlefield last stand and is astonished to become a dragon while doing so.)
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