You also lose any other bonuses to speed granted to you by your race. Your base walking speed becomes 30 feet, and you lose all your features granted to you by your dragon form.

You can be any race you want, but you benefit from none of their racial features. As an action, you can turn into any humanoid of medium or small size. Metallic dragons can shape shift into humanoids. When you reach 14th level, you can use your breath weapon twice before a long rest, but only once per combat. After you use your breath weapon, you can’t use it again until you complete a long rest. The damage increases to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th level, and 5d6 at 16th level. A creature takes 2d6 damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a saving throw, the type of which is determined by your draconic subrace. Your draconic subrace determines the size, shape, and damage type of the exhalation. You can use your action to exhale destructive energy. You are proficient with them, and they deal 1d4 + your Strength modifier in slashing damage.īreath Weapon. Your claws are natural melee weapons for you. As such, dragons calculate their AC as 11 + your Constitution modifier.Ĭlaws. They can benefit from necklaces or other forms of jewelry that might benefit your AC at DM discretion. Dragons cannot wear armor, wield weapons or a shield. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. 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. Dragons are accustomed to dark and dim light conditions. You have a flying speed of 40 feet.ĭarkvision. If you use your Shape change feature, you are still considered Dragon, but also have the Humanoid type, for the purposes of spells and abilities affecting Humanoids and Dragons. While typical dragons are Medium (Wyrmling), Large (young), Huge (adult), and Gargantuan (ancient). A dragon adventurer must be a Young dragon.Īlignment. An Adult dragon is typically 101-800 years old, and ancient dragons are 801 years old and higher. They are considered Young if they are between 6-100 years old. Dragons are Wyrmlings from the age of 5 or less. One ability score of your choice increases by 1.Īge. Dragons are powerful and curious creatures, and as such, your backstory should include a good reason as to why your Dragon character is adventuring instead of sitting atop a horde. Younger dragons seek out places to maintain a horde, and collect treasure for it, while ancient dragons spend centuries sitting upon their collections. They tend to keep hordes of it and guard it with their lives. All dragons have one thing in common, they love treasure. Other dragons, such as a Copper dragon, might be in thirst for adventure and stories. Metallic dragons in the guise of a humanoid are almost always on some sort of grand mission, sent by visions from Bahumat or some other great deity. Tolkien, The Hobbit or There and Back Againĭragons are legendary creatures. My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!”

5e dragon player character