Quote Originally Posted by Kiroh View Post
If the new race were reptilian in nature, they would have a hard time explaining why you weren't being attacked any time you set foot in Ul'dah, or anywhere in Coerthas for that matter. Both Ul'dah and Ishgard are violently anti-lizard/dragon so making a reptilian playable race would be a hell of a stretch that would either require a whole lot of retconning or just completely ignoring/breaking the game lore.

Ul'dah has a problem with a particular race of lizards not all lizards. And Ishgard is probably going to end up liberated from its opressors and making peace with Dragons eventually