Dragonborn

Players Handbook

Dragonborn

Dragonborn are the result of mixing humanoid and draconic bloodlines, resulting in a humanoid creature with distinctively draconic features. Their bodies are covered in scales which come in a variety of colours that hint at the individual's draconic bloodline. Dragonborn society follows a tribal structure, with each tribe lead by an elder or elders. Members of the Drakulesios tribe are typically gold, copper, brass, or bronze coloured, whereas the dragonborn from the Odyssian tribe are blue, green, or black coloured, and dragonborn from the Thryskeia tribe are red, white, or gold coloured. They take the name of their tribe as their first name with their second name being unique to themselves, there is an exception to the rule where a dragonborn who has achieved a great feat may opt to not use their tribe name and instead be granted an honorific to celebrate their deed. One thing all dragonborn tribes have in common is that all members of the species feel the need to constantly improve, tribes of dragonborn are small in number so the survival of the species relies on individuals becoming the best they can. In order to achieve this, a young dragonborn will choose a set of skills to pursue and will continue to refine those skills to the point of mastery or death. The individual dragonborn tribes have different values which are influenced by their draconic bloodline; a bronze dragonborn would likely pursue martial skills and would seek to constantly test their prowess against tough opponents in order to improve themselves. Elderly dragonborn are compelled to return to their tribe so that they may pass their knowledge on to the youth, dragonborn tribes don't keep written records and instead keep their history and culture alive through spoken word and tribal traditions. There are three dragonborn tribes on Midasfjall who all inhabit the peaks of The Windpeak Range. The tribes live separately from each other but in peace. They respect one another's differing pursuits and realise that to war with each other would damage their species irreparably.

ability score increase: Your Strength score increases by 2 and your Charisma score increases by 1.

age: Young dragonborn grow quickly. They walk hours after hatching, attain the size and development of a 10-year-old human child by the age of 3, and reach adulthood by 15. They live to be around 80.

alignment: Dragonborn alignments typically depends on which Tribe they hail from. Dragonborn from the Drakulesios tribe tend towards lawful neutral or lawful evil alignments, Dragonborn from the Odyssian tribe tend towards good or neutral with a lean towards chaotic alignments, Dragonborn from the Thryskeia tribe tend to either be neutral or align with the teachings of their chosen deity.

Size: Medium

speed: 30ft

Languages: You can read, speak, and write Common and Draconic.

race features:

• Draconic Ancestry. You are distantly related to a particular kind of dragon. Choose a type of dragon from the below list; this determines the damage and area of your breath weapon, and the type of resistance you gain.

  Dragon Colour	Damage Type	Breath Weapon
  Black	Acid	5' by 30' line (DEX save)
  Blue	Lightning	5' by 30' line (DEX save)
  Brass	Fire	5' by 30' line (DEX save)
  Bronze	Lightning	5' by 30' line (DEX save)
  Copper	Acid	5' by 30' line (DEX save)
  Gold	Fire	15' cone (DEX save)
  Green	Poison	15' cone (CON save)
  Red	Fire	15' cone (DEX save)
  Silver	Cold	15' cone (CON save)
  White	Cold	15' cone (CON save)

• Breath Weapon. You can use your action to exhale destructive energy. It deals damage in an area according to your ancestry. When you use your breath weapon, all creatures in the area must make a saving throw, the type of which is determined by your ancestry. The DC of this saving throw is 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. A creature takes 2d6 damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The damage increase to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th, and 5d6 at 16th level. After using your breath weapon, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
• Damage Resistance. You have resistance to the damage type associated with your ancestry.

With a humanoid body covered in brightly coloured scales, the head of a dragon, clawed hands and feet but no tails or wings, Dragonborn cut a fearsome image. Dragonborn are tall and well built, with most standing easily over 6ft and weighing over 300 pounds on average, their large build and predatory visage inspires fear in most other races which leads them to be treated with caution.

* As a notice to players, the dragonborn variants from Fitzban's Treasury of Dragons are available with the following conditions applied

• Gem Dragonborn are not available at this time
• This variant of dragonborn exists within the Midasfjall Dragonborn Tribes so their lore is the same
• The ability score increase for the variant is instead: Your Strength score increases by 2 and increase a different one by 1
• The Languages feature remains unchanged from the original dragonborn
• Information about the Fitzban's dragonborn variant can be found on the DND wikidot website and to be clear the descriptions marked with (UA) will not be allowed to be selected

Geographic Distribution

• Central Midasfjall

Related Organizations

• Drakulesios
• Odyssian
• Thryskeia