I think a lot of people just don't like the idea that good or evil is determined at birth. It's not really a "here's my benefit" as much as a "I don't like that idea so I'll change it for my world"
This is true, and I have nothing against it. But I don't think it's that unrealistic to have majority of dragons of one type having a shared culture and set of values
Same here! I think the difference is that in Forgotten Realms, if a red dragon is raised by a loving druid, it will still always turn out evil because it's in their DNA.
Personally, I don't have too much of a problem with it in a fantasy setting, Forgotten Realms even has a lore explanation for it. Good aligned gods made their creatures with free will, because forcing them to be good is evil in their eyes. Evil aligned gods made creatures of evil, designed to spread their will.
But I get where people come from by not doing that
Fwiw they tend to be evil. The alignment you see in the statbooks are meant to represent the most common of their race. A LN Red Dragon is within lore for Forgotten Realms and the statblock
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u/ReturnToCrab DM (Dungeon Memelord) Dec 19 '23
But like, what's the benefit of this aside from pulling one over your players?