Your draconic ancestry determines the size, shape, and damage type of the exhalation. You can use your action to exhale destructive energy. Your breath weapon and damage resistance are determined by the dragon type, as shown in the table.īreath Weapon. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic Ancestry table of the dragonborn race. Your creature type is considered to be both dragon and humanoid.ĭraconic Ancestry.
You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.ĭraconic Nature. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. Your draconic ancestry has granted you superior vision in dark and dim conditions. Half-dragons live about twice as long as a member of their base race.ĭarkvision. You can't increase the same ability score that is increased by your base race.Īge. Choose one of your Strength, Constitution, or Charisma score to increase by 1. If you intend to use this subrace alongside dragonborn in your campaign setting, consider using the greater dragonborn race variant.Ībility Score Increase.
This is considered acceptable because the original author considers the dragonborn to be underpowered. Lose the Hellish Resistance and Infernal Legacy traits, and instead of your normal Ability Score Increase, your Charisma score increases by 2.ĭesign Note: This subrace option allows any race to become more powerful than the dragonborn race as it is presented in the System Reference Document. You lose the Skill Versatility trait, and instead of your normal Ability Score Increase, your Charisma score increases by 2. You lose the Relentless Endurance and Savage Attacks traits, and instead of your normal Ability Score Increase, your Strength score increases by 2. Instead of your normal ability score increase, two different ability scores of your choice each increase by 1. If a race isn't listed below, use your best judgment when adjusting racial statistics to accommodate this subrace. For races that don't have subrace options, choosing the half-dragon subrace means making changes to your character's base traits as follows. The half-dragon is a subrace that can be applied to any race which has subraces. These traits are tempered by a half-dragon's other lineage, but greed, arrogance, and paranoia are qualities that even good-aligned half-dragons often possess. Half-green dragons are deceitful, while half-white dragons are often dim-witted brutes.
Half-dragons inherit personality traits common to their draconic heritage, so that half-gold dragons are often shy and secretive, while half-copper dragons are impish and playful. Barring unforeseen misfortune, a typical half-dragon's life expectancy is twice that of its non-draconic line, so that a half-dragon human might live more than a century and a half. By way of compensation, half-dragons are blessed with long life. Those that wish to propagate must find other ways to do so, almost always involving magic. Half-dragons are incapable of having natural-born offspring. Regardless of their origins, all half-dragons have similar features and appearance, gaining special senses, resistance to destructive energy, and a breath weapon. In all these cases, the result is a creature that combines the essence of a dragon with the form of its original race. A creature might also transform into a half-dragon as a result of a mad wizard's spell or a ritual bath in dragon's blood. When a dragon in polymorphed form mates with another creature, the union sometimes produces half-dragon offspring.