Dragonborn, often referred to as a Scaly or a Snout by the other races, were, if the common understanding of their history is to believed, the first attempt at breeding a soldier cast by the Dragons to fight against the elves. Using their own traits, the Dragons imbued them with intelligence through Spellstone. Despite this, the soliders were too aggressive, too short lived and, when separated from their source of magic, they quickly regressed to a more primal nature.
When away from their cultivated spellstone for too long Dragonborn regress to Troglodyte, creatures with little capacity for intellect or for high brain thinking. Even these pieces grow 'stale' if held on for too long, forcing them to constantly seek out new artifacts or sources of Spellstone. While the creatures can consume raw Spellstone to gain an immediate burst of power, this is often too short lasting and most prefer the longer lasting effects of keeping the mineral on them.
Those that remain either band together in loose tribes or individuals who are driven by preserving their remaining communities, searching for new places to start anew, or for some, looking for ways to harness Spellstone in order to either permanently separate them from their need or, to bring fallen Troglodytes back into the fold. A Dragonborn is a novelty in Ameril, one could live their entire life without seeing one. Apart from The Reach, those Dragonborn in Ameril are viewed with caution at best, and outright fear or hatred at worst. Their low numbers are indicative of the scale of destruction that The Fall had on the population. For the most part those Dragonborn who were traders, diplomats, or those who were waging war outside their great empires were the only ones who managed to survive the fate that befell most of their brethren.
For those in the know, the true nature is much more terrifying. Dragonborn are simply Dragons who have not been exposed to enough Spellstone to embrace their true form and intellect. Given enough time, and exposure a Dragonborn will eventually shift its form to that of a Dragon of old. This knowledge is well kept and only a few know of it.
RPG Datasheet
Shadow of the Demon Lors
Starting Attribute Scores: Strength 11, Agility 10, Intellect 10, Will 10.
Languages and Professions: You speak either Yushani or Amerilian.
Fiery Breath: 3 times per rest you can use an action to breath fire, equivalent to the **Fire Blast** Spell.
Protective Scales: Your Defense is 14
Spellstone dependency: Choose one attribute between Intellect or Will and increase it by one. If you lose your **Spellstone Trinket** reduce this ability by 1 per rest until you regain your trinket, then increase it by 1 per long rest until you reach your starting score.
Level 4 Expert Dragonborn: Health +5. You either learn one spell or gain the ability to fly at half your speed.
Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition
Dragonborn are natural sorcerers and due to their heritage none are wizards. Thanks to their breath weapons and scaly hides Dragonborn are also excellent martial fighters and clerics.
Dragonborn function identically to the those described in the Players Handbook apart from the following changes
Scaly Hide. The scales on your hide provide you with extra defenses. Your base armour class is 11 instead of 10.
Languages. You can speak, read and write Draconic, you can speak and understand one Human Language.
Draconic Heritage. Your breath weapon and damage resistance can be selected from any of those in the Players Handbook and do not need to match each other. They are not tied to colour.
Dragonborn and Spellstone
SPELLSTONE DEPENDANCY
You require shards of Spellstone to keep your mental state stable. Choose an attribute from the below list.
- Inteligence
- Wisdom
- Charisma
While adventuring without at the same number of Spellstone Shards and/or Magic Items in your inventory equal to this Attribute each time you long rest make a saving throw of the chosen attribute against
DC 8 + Proficiency + Chosen Attribute Modifier. For each long rest after the first add an additional +1 to the
DC.
If you fail this saving throw, temporarily lose 1 point of that attribute until a Long Rest with enough Spellstone Shards to match your Attribute.
If the chosen attribute is below to 6 while losing points due to this effect, you transform into a Troglodyte.
SPELLSTONE CONSUMPTION
You can consume a shard of Spellstone or destroy a magic item to gain 2 points in the nominated attribute for 8 hours. This effect does not stack.
DRAGON'S HOARD
By hoarding Spellstone, you gain additional points of the chosen mental attribute based on the amount in your lair dictated by the table below. A lair is nominated when a Dragonborn spends a total of least 3 months a year resting in a location.
100 pounds: +1
500 pounds:+2
2500 pounds: +3
12500 pounds: +4
SPELLSTONE SHARD
Type: Trinket
Weight: 1lb
While on a Dragonborn's person, the energy with a Spellstone is sapped gradually. Normally a shard, typically a pound, of Spellstone would have enough latent power to maintain a Dragonborn's intellect. However when performing intellectual tasks or under duress the process is accelerated.
During adventuring or downtime not dedicated to rest, every six months a shard of Spellstone will dim and be completely sapped of it's stored power. losing it's magical property.
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