Creating A Demi-Dragon

When creating your demi-dragon, you should carefully consider two questions: who were you before you became a demi-dragon, and what series of events led you to end up as one? Perhaps the transformation was forced upon you, or maybe it is part of a local tradition. Consider carefully what your character was like before, how others see them, and how they see themselves now.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d10 per demi-dragon level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per demi-dragon level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: None
• Weapons: None
• Tools: None

• Saving Throws: Strength, Constitution
• Skills: Choose two from Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Perception, Persuasion, Stealth, and Survival

Devour Magic

1st, 5th, and 18th-level demi-dragon feature

To sustain your new form, you have developed an innate ability that lets you consume magical effects.

As an action, choose one creature, object, or magical effect within a range of 10 feet of you. Any spell of a level lower than or equal to one third your demi-dragon level (minimum 1, rounding down) on the target is dispelled. For each spell of a
level higher than that, make a Charisma check. The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a success, the spell is dispelled. If at least one effect is dispelled, you regain hit points equal to your demi-dragon level + your Constitution modifier (minimum 1).

You can use this feature once, and must finish a long rest before you can use it again.

Starting at 5th level, the range increases to 60 feet. At 18th level, you can use it twice before a long rest.

Dragon's Breath

1st-level and higher demi-dragon feature

Destructive energy simmers within you, waiting
to be released. When you gain this feature,
choose between a 30-foot line that is 5
feet wide or a 15-foot. cone. Additionally,
choose a damage type from among the
following: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or
poison.

As an action, you exhale destructive
energy. Each creature in the area
you chose must make a saving
throw against your Dragon
Spark save DC. A creature takes
2d6 damage of the chosen type on
a failed save, or half as much
damage on a successful one. If you
chose acid, fire, or lightning, the tar-
get must make a Dexterity saving
throw. If you chose cold or poison,
the target must make a Constitution
saving throw.

The damage and range of this
feature increase as you gain demi-
dragon levels, as shown in the Dra-
gon's Breath Damage and Range columns
of the Demi-Dragon table.

You can use this feature twice. You regain all uses of it
after finishing a short or long rest.

Starting at 13th level, you can use it three times before a rest.

Glide

2nd-level and higher demi-dragon feature

Your wings have matured enough to slow your fall. As a reaction to falling while you aren't prone, you can spread your wings and glide, slowing your rate of descent to 20 feet per round. While gliding, you can move up to 40 feet in any horizontal direction, or dive straight down. When you land, you take no falling damage and can land on your feet. Alternatively, you can initiate gliding by expending at least 10 feet of movement as part of a high jump.

The speed at which you can glide increases as you gain demi-dragon levels, as shown in the Glide & Fly Speed column of the Demi-Dragon table.

Elemental Adaptation

2nd-level demi-dragon feature

Your form continues to change as you adapt to your newly-attained elemental nature. You gain resistance to the elemental damage type you chose for Dragon's Breath.

Absorb Magic

3rd-level demi-dragon feature

You gain the ability to absorb the magical enchantment of a weapon or piece of equipment. This grants you access to the magical powers provided by that item, and removes it from the item. The stolen magic harmlessly flows through your veins. You can absorb an enchantment from a magical item as part of a long rest, during which the item must be in your possession. Once absorbed, you can use the item's magical properties as if you were wearing or wielding the item. The         stolen magical power follows all rules that would             normally apply to it.

                 You can return the enchantment to the original                             item as part of a long rest, during which you                             must have it in your possession. You can't                              return the enchantment to a different item                                  from the original item.

                                You can have a maximum of 5 such                                       enchantments active at any one time. If                                       the item requires attunement to use, it                                      follows normal attunement rules, and                                         you count as being attuned while the                                         enchantment remains absorbed by                                           you. You can't absorb an item's magic                                            if doing so would cause you to be                                           attuned to more than three items.

                                     You can't absorb the power of shields                                     or artifacts. Additionally, the Dungeon                                     Master may rule that a specific item's                                   enchantment can't be absorbed.

                               Only enchantments on items that are                               designed to be equipment (worn or wielded)                      may be absorbed. You can't combine these                   enchantments in any way that would not normally               be possible—you can't, for instance, benefit from         more than one weapon enchantment when making an attack, but if multiple such enchantments are available to you, you can decide which one to use each time you make an attack.

Movement Rules

    High Jumps (PHB 182). When you make a high jump, you leap into the air a number of feet equal to 3 + your Strength modifier (minimum of 0 feet) if you move at least 10 feet on foot immediately before the jump. When you make a standing high jump, you can jump only half that distance. Either way, each foot you clear on the jump costs a foot of movement. In some circumstances, your DM might allow you to make a Strength (Athletics) check to jump higher than you normally can.

Using Different Speeds (PHB 190). If you have more than one speed, such as your walking speed and a flying speed, you can switch back and forth between your speeds during your move. Whenever you switch, subtract the distance you've already moved from the new speed. The result determines how much farther you can move. If the result is 0 or less, you can't use the new speed during the current move.

Flying Movement (PHB 191). Flying creatures enjoy many benefits of mobility, but they must also deal with the danger of falling. If a flying creature is knocked prone, has its speed reduced to 0, or is otherwise deprived of the ability to move, the creature falls, unless it has the ability to hover or it is being held aloft by magic, such as by the fly spell.

Draconic Embodiment

3rd-level and higher demi-dragon feature

You choose an aspect of draconic might to dedicate yourself to. Choose between the Embodiment of the Juggernaut, the Scion, the Shadestalker, the Shaper, the Ascetic, the Arbiter, the Metamorph, the Voidmaw, and the Protector, each of which is detailed at the end of the class's description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd, 6th, 10th, and 17th level.

Ability Score Improvement

4th-level and higher demi-dragon feature

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Extra Attack

5th-level demi-dragon feature

You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Stride

5th-level demi-dragon feature

You've become better used to your still-growing body. Your walking speed increases by 10 feet while you aren't wearing heavy armor.

Additionally, a Medium or smaller creature can ride on your back if you allow it. In such a situation, you continue to act independently, not as a controlled mount.

Leeching Strikes

6th-level demi-dragon feature

Your stolen magic empowers your attacks. All of your natural weapons count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

Flight

7th-level and higher demi-dragon feature

Your wings have grown powerful enough to sustain flight. You gain a flying speed of 50 feet. You can only use this flying speed if you aren't wearing heavy armor and aren't encumbered.

Your flying speed increases as you gain demi-dragon levels, as shown in the Glide & Fly Speed column of the Demi-Dragon table.

Eye of the Dragon

9th-level demi-dragon feature

Your senses are honed to a keen edge. You gain proficiency in your choice of the Perception or the Investigation skill. If you already have proficiency in the chosen skill, your proficiency bonus is doubled for that skill.

Additionally, you gain blindsight out to a range of 10 feet. You faintly sense the location of any magical effect that is within the radius of your blindsight, but can't distinguish any details.

Dragon's Might

11th-level demi-dragon feature

Raw draconic vitality empowers you. Your Strength, Constitution, and Charisma scores each increase by 2. Your maximum for those scores is now 22.

Assimilate

14th-level demi-dragon feature

Even the most powerful of spells give you little pause. You can use your action to end one magical effect on yourself.

Once you use this feature, you must wait 1 minute before doing so again.

Force of Self

15th-level demi-dragon feature

Different from those around you, you've developed a strong sense of self. You gain proficiency in Charisma saving throws.

Rend and Ruin

17th-level demi-dragon feature

Your savage strikes leave your foes broken and bleeding. If you deal damage to a target with at least two natural weapon attacks on the same turn, the target takes an additional 2d6 damage of the same type, and has its speed reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next turn.

Legendary Resistance

20th-level demi-dragon feature

The trial of your journey has forged you into a creature of indomitable might. If you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Draconic Embodiments

As a demi-dragon, you must choose to embody one aspect of dragonkind to emulate. Some demi-dragons seek to attain a purer connection to true dragons, while others use their body as a vessel to express their fury. Others again follow a lonely path that is entirely their own.

Bloodline Heritage

3rd-level Scion feature

You grow closer to one of the ten draconic bloodlines, taking on the physical appearance of a dragon of that type.

Choose a dragon type from the list below. The type chosen must match the element you chose for Dragon's Breath. You gain a climb, swim, or burrow speed depending on your choice.

Veil of Smoke

3rd, 6th, and 10th-level Shadestalker feature

You learn to use your breath to create a veil of smoke, mist, gas, or fog to blind your foes. As an action, you breathe forth a cone of smoke equal in range to your Dragon's Breath Cone Range. The area is heavily obscured for 1 minute, or until a wind of moderate or greater speed (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses it. The first time on each of your turns that you move while within your Veil of Smoke, you can cause it to drift up to 15 feet in a direction of your choosing.

You can use this feature once, and must then complete a short or long rest before you can use it again. At 6th level, and again at 10th level, you gain an additional use of it.

Harrying Predator

3rd-level Shadestalker feature

Predatory instincts awaken within you. You gain blindsight out to 10 feet. When you gain Eye of the Dragon at 9th level, it increases to 20 feet.

Additionally, once per turn when you hit with a melee weapon attack roll which you had advantage on, you can choose to reduce the target's speed by half until the end of their next turn.

You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.

Spring Attack

6th-level Shadestalker feature

You learn to exploit any opening to move across the battlefield. As a bonus action immediately after you hit with a melee weapon attack roll which you had advantage on, you can move up to half your movement speed without provoking opportunity attacks.

You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.

Mist Lurker

10th-level Shadestalker feature

The mist you breathe forth stirs subtly, causing you to vanish and reappear swiftly. You or any ally can take the Hide action as a bonus action while within your Veil of Smoke.

Mind and Matter

3rd- and 10th-level Shaper feature

You fuse the strength of your body and the strength of your mind. As a bonus action on each of your turns, you can choose between Force Thrust and Bolstering Backlash, giving you one of the following benefits, which you have access to until you change it again:

• Force Thrust. When you take the Attack, Dodge, or Dragon's Breath actions on each of your turns, you can exert your mind to shove a creature that is Large or smaller within 60 feet of you as part of that action. The creature must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your Dragon Spark save DC or be pushed 10 feet in a direction of your choosing. At 10th level, you can shove up to two different targets.
• Bolstering Backlash. As a reaction whenever a creature forces you to roll a saving throw, you can choose to lash out at your attacker with your mind. The creature must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw against your Dragon Spark save DC or take 1d4 psychic damage. You gain a bonus to your saving throw equal to the damage dealt. At 10th level, the die increases to 1d8.

Telekinetic Hand

3rd-level Shaper feature

You learn the mage hand cantrip. You can cast it without components, and you can make the spectral hand invisible. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Mental Fortress

6th- and 17th-level Shaper feature

You are able to create barricades of force with your mind. As a bonus action on each of your turns, you can create up to two 5-by-5-by-5 feet blocks of diaphanous force in unoccupied squares of your choice within 60 feet of you.

These blocks provide three-quarters cover when they would normally provide total cover, and half cover when they would normally provide three-quarters cover. A creature attempting to pass through a square must make a Strength check against your Dragon Spark save DC. On a success, the block is destroyed. On a failure, all of your blocks are impassible terrain to that creature for 24 hours. A creature that is Huge or larger automatically succeeds on this check.

Each block lasts 10 minutes and can't be moved. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest. Starting at 17th level, you can create up to three blocks whenever you expend a use of this feature.

Enforced Reality

10th-level Shaper feature

As a bonus action, you can concentrate to reinforce each of your Mental Fortress blocks within 10 feet of you. Reinforced blocks follow normal rules for cover and are indestructible. A block loses this benefit if you move more than 10 feet away from the block, or if you lose concentration.

Nothing can physically pass through reinforced blocks. A disintegrate spell destroys the target block and all connected blocks instantly, however.

Unfettered Mindscape

17th-level Shaper feature

As a bonus action on each of your turns, you can cause up to three of your Mental Fortress blocks within 60 feet of you to move up to 40 feet in any direction of your choosing. Blocks must end their movement in an unoccupied square, and blocks that end their movement in the air fall to the ground at the end of the turn, but can't deal damage in this way. If a block moves at least 20 feet or more and would impact a creature that is Large or smaller, that creature must make a Strength saving throw against your Dragon Spark save DC. On a success, the block is destroyed. On a failure, the creature is knocked prone and the block comes to a stop in an adjacent square.

Imbue Breath

3rd-level Ascetic feature

You can invest your allies with the blessing of your breath. As a bonus action that you take immediately after you use your Dragon's Breath, you can anoint yourself or one target that would be struck by your breath with your elemental might. The target creature takes no damage from your Dragon's Breath, and your elemental energy harmlessly swirls around them and empowers their weapon attacks to deal an additional 1d4 extra damage. The extra damage dealt is of the same type as your Dragon's Breath, and the target additionally has resistance to that damage type. These effects last for 1 minute.

    While the spell remains bound, the scale bears a glowing runic sigil and appears as obviously magical. The spell remains bound for up to 8 hours if not triggered, after which the effect dissipates. You can only bind spells that normally take an action, reaction, or bonus action to cast, and which are of a spell level which your Arbiter level allows you to cast.

You can use this feature once, and regain the ability to do so after finishing a long rest.

Adaptive Morph

3rd-level and higher Metamorph feature

Your form is an ever-shifting canvas, constantly changing to reflect your wants and needs.

Morphs. You learn three morph categories of your choice, which are detailed under "Morphs" below.

You learn two additional morph categories of your choice at 6th, 10th, and 17th level. Each time you gain a level in this class, you can replace one morph category you know with a different one.

Active Morph. As part of a short or long rest, you undergo a morph that provides you with new features. This morph lasts indefinitely, or until you choose to change it again. The morph you choose becomes your Active morph, granting you one of its listed named features (your choice).

Waning Morph. When you change your Active morph to a different morph, the morph chosen for your previously Active morph becomes "Waning". You keep the benefits of the morph, but you are one step closer to forfeiting it. When you change your Active morph again, the effect of the previously Waning morph is lost, and the previously Active morph becomes Waning. In this manner, you are always gaining and discarding new effects.

Twinned Adaptation

6th-level Metamorph feature

Your morphs start to carry side effects with them. Whenever you choose a morph as your Active morph, you gain both the benefits listed in that morph's category. When the morph becomes Waning, you choose one benefit to keep and one to discard.

Fueling the Transformation

6th-level Metamorph feature

Your form is so malleable that it only needs a spark of energy to change entirely. When you use Devour Magic, or upon completing the goal of your Resolution (see Class Feature Variants), you can additionally choose to immediately activate a new morph. If you do, choose a new morph from among those you have learned. The chosen morph becomes your Active morph, and you discard old morphs as if you had changed morphs during a rest.

Remake Self

10th-level Metamorph feature

You gain the ability to remake yourself from the ground up. As part of a long rest, you can choose to undergo a metamorphosis ritual, during which you cocoon yourself as you rework the nature of your being. This allows you to change your past choices, and make new ones. Change each of the following to your liking:

Dragon's Breath Element: fire, cold, poison, acid, lightning

Dragon's Breath Area Effect: line or cone

Elemental Adaptation Element: fire, cold, poison, acid, lightning

Eye of the Dragon Proficiency: perception or investigation

Upon completing the ritual, any physical ability score damage you had taken is restored. Scars and lost limbs are restored.

Once initiated, the ritual can't be interrupted. You are helpless and unconscious for the full duration, and can only be stopped by an untimely death.

Essence of Change

10th-level Metamorph feature

You understand change like few others. Unless you choose to be affected, your form can't be changed against your will, such as by the polymorph or flesh to stone spells.

Ceaseless Metamorphosis

17th-level Metamorph feature

You are ever-changing, always cycling through different forms at your leisure. If you spend 1 minute in deep focus, you can assume a new morph from among those you have learned. The chosen morph becomes your Active morph, and you discard old morphs as if you had changed morphs during a rest.

Morphs

Aid

• Gold Luck. You harness the inexplicable luck of the gold dragon. Whenever you or an ally makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, you can choose to roll an additional d20. You can take this action after you roll the die, but before the outcome is determined. You choose which of the d20s is used for the attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. You can use this feature once, and regain the ability to do so after finishing a short or long rest.

Freedom

• Veiled Wings. Your wings expand, elegantly veiling you from your foes and making your movement difficult to predict. Your Glide & Fly speed increases by 10 ft, and you can take the Disengage action as a bonus action.
• Esoteric Ward. Runic glyphs carved across your body guard you against a variety of magics. You gain advantage on all Intelligence, Charisma, and Strength saving throws against magical effects.

Guile

• Tunnel Wyrm. You gain a burrow speed equal to half your walking speed, and you can tunnel through loose dirt, gravel, and similar materials, but not through solid materials. If you burrow at half speed, you can reinforce your tunnel as you move, allowing others to pass through—otherwise your tunnel slowly collapses behind you.
  Additionally, as an action while burrowing near the surface, you can hollow out a portion of space in the terrain, which immediately collapses into a 10-by-10-by-10 feet sinkhole. Only burrowable terrain can be collapsed. Creatures caught in the area must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your Dragon Spark DC or fall into the sinkhole and drop prone. On a succesful save, a creature can instead choose to move to the nearest available space without provoking opportunity attacks.
  If you instead spend 1 minute creating the sinkhole, it will instead collapse when the first creature that is Small or larger moves into its space.
  You can use this property twice, after which you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.
• Draining Scales. You alter your scales to siphon magical energy. Whenever you are a target of any spell of 1st level or higher, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum 1) before the spell's effects are resolved.

Feats

Transformed Power

1st-level demi-dragon feature (enhances Multiclassing)

When you first take a level in demi-dragon while already having levels in another class, you may optionally convert those levels to an equivalent amount of demi-dragon levels. This represents a character being drained of energy and letting go of old knowledge in order to make room for new experiences, and to progress the demi-dragon transformation ritual to a more advanced state.

Indefinite Mind

1st-level demi-dragon feature (enhances Dragon Spark)

The path of the demi-dragon need not be a confining one. A wizard may strive to turn themselves into a dragon, and some monks follow the way of the dragon disciple.

As an option, choose Intelligence or Wisdom. The chosen ability score is used in place of Charisma for Dragon Spark and Dragon Scales, as well as any other demi-dragon features that refer to Charisma (except for Force of Self).

Breath Recharge

1st-level demi-dragon feature (enhances Dragon's Breath)

Dragon's Breath no longer stores multiple charges. When you use your Dragon's Breath, roll a d6 at the start of each of your turns. On a 6, you regain use of the feature. Starting at 13th level, you regain use of the feature if you roll a 5 or 6.

This option isn't available to demi-dragons who dedicate themselves to the Embodiment of the Ascetic or the Voidmaw.

Resolution

1st- and 18th-level demi-dragon feature (replaces Devour Magic)

You act with purpose and celebrate your triumphs. As a bonus action, you set your attention upon the accomplishment of a task—be it slaying a particular foe, obtaining an item not in your possession, or helping an ally in some manner. The task must be non-trivial in nature. While the task remains undone, you have advantage on your next Wisdom saving throw. When the task is accomplished, you regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your demi-dragon level. If you abandon the task or fail to complete it before 10 minutes have passed, these benefits are lost.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again. Starting at 18th level, you gain advantage on all Wisdom saving throws until the task is accomplished.

Maneuver Versatility

3rd-level feature (enhances Maneuvers)

If you know any maneuvers from the demi-dragon’s Juggernaut archetype, you can replace one maneuver you know with a different maneuver whenever you finish a long rest. This change reflects your physical and mental preparation for the day ahead.

Size Category

10th- and 20th-level demi-dragon feature

Upon reaching 10th and 20th level, your size increases to Large and Huge, respectively. Any demi-dragon class features that refer to an enemy's size are increased by one step per size category grown.

Note: A permanent size increase can be a significant problem during the course of a campaign, especially from the DM's perspective. Consider carefully whether to allow this. At the DM's option, the suggested levels can be adjusted.

Clawguards

Mundane, 20 gp, 10 lbs

These sturdy kite-shaped steel spades are made to fit over a creature's claws, serving as gauntlets. They are intended to reduce the strain of manual labor, and you can use them to perform the functions of a shovel, crowbar, or hammer. While wearing them, your claw attacks deal piercing damage.

Stone of Avarice

Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)

This lustrous gemstone appears to be a stone of good luck to anyone who tries to identify it, and it confers that item's property while on your person.

Curse. This item is cursed. While it is on your person, you are seized by boundless greed. Whenever you are presented with a clear chance to add to your fortune, you must make a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, you must act on your desire, even if doing so would put you in danger. You are unwilling to part with the stone until the curse is broken with remove curse or similar magic.

Dragongilded Armring

Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)

This ornate armring was forged from gold mixed with dragon's blood. It is made up of looping segments that can be adjusted to fit onto practically any limb, and bears a subtle magical enchantment that protects its wearer. While wearing the armring, you can choose to calculate your Armor Class as 13 + your Constitution modifier.

Formshifter's Armring

Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement)

This gleaming gold armring appears to be a dragongilded armring to anyone who tries to identify it, and it confers that item's property when attuned to.

Curse. This item is cursed. When attuned to, you fall unconscious for 2d4 hours, during which you are transformed into a demi-dragon as if you had used Transformed Power, using your highest mental ability score for Dragon Spark and all class effects. The DM determines the shape and element of your Dragon's Breath, but you otherwise make your own class choices. The armring can be removed with the remove curse spell or similar magic, but doing so does not return you to your old form. Only a remove curse spell cast at 6th level or higher, the wish spell, or obtaining the blessing of a true dragon can restore you to your old form. This curse has no effect on a character that is already a demi-dragon, and it can't curse more than one target at a time.

Dragonrider's Saddle

Mundane, 75 gp, 30 lbs

Each of these heavily-cushioned saddles are constructed to individual specifications. A dragonrider's saddle braces the rider, helping them keep their seat during battle, and comes with straps and handholds to hold the rider in place during flight, providing advantage on any check to remain mounted.

It also comes with space for pouches and saddlebags, positioned within the reach of the dragon wearing it.

Green Dragon Gizzard Stone

Wondrous item, Rare (requires attunement by a poison demi-dragon, dragonborn, or half-dragon)

This noxious green jewel writhes with vile smoke. Exposed to centuries of magical corruption, the hazardous vapor it emits would kill a lesser creature. As part of attuning to it, you must swallow it in order to gain its benefits.

While attuned to the gizzard stone, you are immune to the poisoned condition. Additionally, any creature that fails their saving throw against your breath weapon is poisoned for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the same saving throw they made against your breath weapon at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect on themselves on a success.

Inkbound Jewel

Wondrous item, common

This small gem bears a simple enchantment. By focusing on the jewel and passing it across a surface, you can sketch a simple picture or write a short message in a language you know as an action. The image or message appears on a suitable surface that is within 5 feet of you, and is written in ink.

Medallion of Change Shape

Wondrous item, rare

This rune-inscribed medallion, with a core of willow wood inset in a steel frame, grants the ability to change one's physical shape. As an action while wearing the medallion, you can magically polymorph into a humanoid that of challenge rating 1 or lower. You revert to your true form if you die, if you lose the medallion, or if you use a bonus action to do so. Any equipment you are wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (your choice).

In a new form, you retain your personality, alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. Your statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that form, and you additionally gain proficiency with simple weapons, light armor, as well as medium armor if that humanoid would have those armor proficiencies.

Potion of Change Shape

Wondrous item, uncommon

This grayish, murky potion swirls and shifts when shaken. When you drink it, you magically polymorph into a humanoid that has a challenge rating no higher than 1 for 2d4 hours. This form is determined when the potion is initially created. You revert to your true form if you die or at the end of the duration. Any equipment you are wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (your choice).

In a new form, you retain your personality, alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. Your statistics

and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that form, and you additionally gain proficiency with simple weapons, light armor, as well as medium armor if that humanoid would have those armor proficiencies.

Obsidian Blast-Sphere

Wondrous item, uncommon

This spherical chunk of shaped obsidian is hollow on the inside, and its dark surface is inscribed with runes of protection. A gilded lid on one side gives access to the interior. If you have a breath weapon, you can breathe into the inert Blast-Sphere, sealing one use of your breath weapon within the sphere for up to 1 hour.

As an action, you can unseal a charged Blast-Sphere, causing the stored breath to burst forth in a direction of your choosing. Alternatively, the Blast-Sphere can be thrown up to 30 feet as an action. When thrown, roll a d8 to determine which direction the breath bursts forth in.

After being used, a charged Blast-Sphere becomes inert.

Skybreaker's Wing Spurs

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a winged creature)

This set of elaborate mithral plates are of a distinctly elven design, and end in talon-like spurs inset with sapphires. They are worn on a creature's wings, protecting the main limb. While wearing them during flight, you have advantage on saving throws made to resist being knocked prone.

The spurs have 5 charges, which are used to fuel the spells within them. While wearing the spurs, you can use your action and expend 1 charge to cast one of the following spells (save DC 15) from the spurs: gust of wind, thunderwave (2nd level), or warding wind.

The spurs regain 1d4 + 1 expended charges each day at dawn. If you expend the spurs' last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the sapphires set into the spurs crack, and they can no longer be used to cast spells.

Spell Slinger's Chains

Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement)

This set of thick iron chains connects to a ruby pendant, intended to be worn on the limbs and chest, respectively. The set was created by a gallant wizard spell duelist who preferred to defeat his adversaries by turning the power of their own magic against them.

As a reaction when you see a creature within 60 feet of you casting a spell, you can attempt to interrupt the creature's spellcasting. Make an ability check using your highest mental ability score. The DC equals 10 + the spell’s level. On a success, the creature’s spell fails and has no effect, and you store the spell that was being cast for up to 8 hours. You can cast the spell stored in the chains, even if you can't usually cast spells. The spell uses the slot level, spell save DC, spell attack bonus, and spellcasting ability of the original caster, but is otherwise treated as if you cast the spell. Once the spell has been cast from the chains, it is no longer stored in them.

Once you use this property, it can't be used again until the next dawn.

Helpful Hand

1st-level conjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

A phantasmal, floating hand appears at a point you choose within range. The hand lasts for the duration. The hand vanishes if it is ever outside the spell's range or if you cast this spell again.

You can use your bonus action to control the hand. You can use the hand to take the Help action, manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. You can move the hand up to 30 feet each time you use it.

The hand can't attack or carry more than 20 pounds.

Warding Rune

2nd-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 minute
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 hour

When you cast this spell, you inscribe a rune that later unleashes a destructive blast. You inscribe it either on a surface (such as a table or a section of floor or wall) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book, a scroll, or a treasure chest) to conceal the rune. The rune can cover an area no larger than 5 feet in diameter. If the surface or object is moved more than 10 feet from where you cast this spell, the rune is broken, and the spell ends.

    The rune is nearly invisible and requires a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC to be found.

When a creature other than you comes within 5 feet of the rune, the rune erupts with magical energy in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on the rune. The sphere spreads around corners. Each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 4d6 acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison damage on a failed saving throw (your choice when you create the rune), or half as much damage on a successful one. The rune is then destroyed and the spell ends.

Wyrm-Mantle

2nd-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you or a creature within range falls
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 round

Choose a falling creature within range. The creature is held aloft by spectral draconic wings and hovers in place until the end of your next turn, after which they gently descend to the ground at a rate of 60 feet per round, taking no falling damage.

While the creature is hovering in place, they have advantage on all ranged attacks. Additionally, a creature that uses a breath weapon while hovering in place imposes disadvantage on the saving throw against all targets of the breath weapon.

Illusory Self

3rd-level illusion

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (5-foot radius)
• Components: S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You project an illusion of a Huge creature of your choice over your own form. The illusion perfectly mimics your movements for the duration, reacts to external interaction, obscures your real form from sight, and appears to take up physical space in a 5-foot radius around you. Melee attacks made against the illusion automatically miss you, and ranged attacks made against you have disadvantage, but any attack reveals it to be an illusion to the attacker. Bystanders that witness such an attack remain fooled by the illusion's realistic

Chosen of the Community

You were chosen by a small community of individuals to undergo transformation. Perhaps you were a promising young warrior who was deemed ready to take part in an ancient ritual, or perhaps you were part of a group of zealous dragon worshippers, honored to be selected as a vessel for their devotion. Regardless of how the rest of the world may view you now, you can always count on the small group of people that stand at your back, perceiving you as an exalted idol.

Skill Proficiencies: Persuasion, Religion
Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan's tools
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A set of artisan's tools (one of your choice), the symbol of your community (a signet ring, a religious emblem, a brand or scale-wrought tattoo), and a pouch containing 10 gp

Feature: Eye for Value

Whether or not you've chosen to embrace your curse and its source, you've taken a keen interest in the worth of a multitude of objects, learning the prices of everything around you. When appraising a mundane item, you know its exact value measured in copper, silver, and gold.

Feature: Dragon's Lair

Your natural lifespan is counted in the thousands of years, and you never suffer any ill effects from old age.

Additionally, you have a knack for locating a suitable lair for your own use. This lair can be anything from an abandoned cave to an underwater cove, an old fort, a forest glade, a hollow glacier, or a forgotten house. Any lair that you make use of gains no special benefits, but readily provides you with a safe haven away from prying eyes.

Inherent Nature

Dragonkind is split into ten bloodlines, each of which is ruled by different traits. The traits shared by these bloodlines run strong in all dragons of that type, like a powerful natural-born inclination towards a certain way of acting, and although it is possible for an individual to defy their nature, they can never get rid of it. A chromatic dragon may be raised with great difficulty to act with good intentions, but the temptation to give in to their darker side will always remain—likewise, a metallic dragon may fall prey to evil influence, but will tend to retain a benevolent predisposition.

Feature: Thaumaturgic Rites

You've witnessed firsthand the application of blood magic or some other form of metamorphic power. With the right preparation, research, and access to materials, you believe that you could duplicate the same rites that were inflicted upon you, creating another demi-dragon.

Oppressive Captor

Your captor has been a brief but influental figure in your life. Depending on the nature of your captor, perhaps you've had time to watch them perform their thaumaturgic work, or perhaps even gotten to know them. While a captor may be a cruel and selfish lunatic from whom you must escape, they may just as easily be eccentric or misguided, and may have offered you your freedom of their own free will. Work with your DM to determine who your captor is, what your relationship to them is like, or use the table below.

Demi-Dragon Clockwork Watcher

Medium construct, lawful neutral

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• Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 147 (14d8 + 84)
• Speed 40 ft., fly 70 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
22 (+6)	9 (-1)	22 (+6)	7 (-2)	19 (+4)	5 (-3)

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• Skills Athletics +10, Investigation +2, Perception +8, Stealth +3
• Damage Resistances cold, lightning, necrotic
• Damage Immunities poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
• Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, stunned
• Senses blindsight 60 ft, darkvision 120 ft, passive Perception 19
• Languages understands Common and Elvish but can't speak
• Challenge 12 (8,400 XP)

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Immutable Form. The demi-dragon is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.

Magic Weapons. The demi-dragon's weapon attacks are magical.

Will-Bound Gearshift. After the demi-dragon fails a saving throw, it gains 15 temporary hit points.

Actions

Multiattack. The demi-dragon makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6) piercing damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d4 + 6) slashing damage.

Poison Breath (Recharge 5-6). The demi-dragon exhales poison in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw, taking 42 (12d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a succesful one.

Devour Magic. The demi-dragon chooses one creature, object, or magical effect within 60 feet of it. Any spell of 4th level or lower on the target is dispelled. For each spell of a level higher than that, the demi-dragon makes a Wisdom check. The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a success, the spell is dispelled. If at least one effect is dispelled, the demi-dragon regains 20 hit points.

Updated October 30th 2020

• Latest Version Available Here

• Added Inheritance to racial traits, reduced class skill proficiencies to 2, and reduced class skill options. Multiclassing no longer gains an extra skill proficiency. Absorb Magic can no longer be used on shields. Removed Arc Lightning and System Shock. Added Lightning Lance and Sweeping Lightning. Moved Elemental Suffusion to 10th level, and Ardent Mastery to 6th level. Renamed Ardent Mastery to Ardent Focus. Freezing Mist can no longer deal damage to the casting Scion. Changed the healing of Disciple's Meditation to 2d6 +1d6 at 6th, 10th, and 17th. Reduced the Arbiter's spell list from the whole sorcerer spell list to only evocation, transmutation, and abjuration from the sorcerer's spell list, to better match 1/3rd caster precedent. Removed Mythical Adaptation and Breath of Life. Added Essence of Change and Silver Mist. Made countless formatting adjustments. Merged Incompatible Build and Powerful Build into Mythic Build. Changed Languages to be Common, Draconic, and one other language of your choice, and changed Chosen of the Community and True-Born Dragon to provide one language of your choice instead of Draconic. Removed Product of Design to reduce design bloat. Removed Devoted Purpose, and replaced it with Sage Wisdom. Increased racial lifespan to 400. Removed Coin of Good Luck. Changed Coin of Avarice to Stone of Avarice and added a DC to it. Renamed Metamorphic Drain to Transformed Power.

• Draining Scales now specifies that it only affects spells, rather than any magical effect, to avoid undue confusion. Harrying Predator's slow effect is now limited to once per turn, and lasts until the end of the target's turn. Driving Strikes' shove can now activate with any natural weapon. Thorny Spines now additionally deals its damage if you end your turn while grappling or grappled. Skittering Crawl has been changed to now enable the Dodge functionality after moving 20 feet on the ground or as part of a climb. Dragon's Hoard now has a 7-day cooldown, Auric Slumber lasts for 7 days, and Unbound Attunement now also lifts all requirements on magical items at third threshold.

• August 24th, 2020 - Published version 3.8 here and here