NOTE: The spells that are cast through racial traits in this work don't require any material components. This includes player race traits, and the spells the Dragon Student gains through their unique trait, including rituals. Spells cast through racial traits and features are cast at their lowest level unless specified otherwise. Natural weapons, like claws, count as melee weapons.

Dragonborn, Revised

“The fighter boy was down, the monk girl was overwhelmed, the cleric girl had wet herself, and the wizard girl got stabbed. Fortunately for these beginners, most of the goblins were now in a narrow pathway, and he was a dragonborn. As he inhaled deeply, he wondered what roasted goblin would smell like.”

— Rhogar, dragonborn veteran and savior of "newbies"

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Born of dragons, as their name proclaims, the dragonborn walk proudly through a world that greets them with fearful incomprehension. Shaped by draconic gods or the dragons themselves, dragonborn were created with the essence of true dragons as a unique race, combining the best attributes of dragons and humanoids. Some dragonborn (reluctantly) serve true dragons, others form the ranks of soldiers in great wars, and still others find themselves adrift, with no clear calling in life.

The blood of a particular type of dragon runs very strong through each dragonborn, granting it a color pattern that corresponds to that dragon type. A dragonborn’s color imparts many traits upon them, including varying types of breath weapon, as well as resistance to the elemental type associated with their dragon ancestor.

In addition, each dragonborn possesses a fragment of what makes up a true dragon. Those whose fragment grants them a tail are often shunned, due to it being considered a bad omen for a dragonborn to have a tail.

Dragonborn Names

Dragonborn have personal names given at birth, but they put their clan names first as a mark of honor. Childhood names are often given by clutchmates as a descriptive term.

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• Male Names: Arjhan, Balasar, Bharash, Donaar, Ghesh, Heskan, Kriv, Medrash, Mehen, Nadarr, Pandjed, Patrin, Rhogar, Shamash, Shedinn, Tarhun, Torinn
• Female Names: Akra, Biri, Daar, Farideh, Harann, Havilar, Jheri, Kava, Korinn, Mishann, Nala, Perra, Raiann, Sora, Surina, Thava, Uadjit
• Childhood Names: Climber, Earbender, Leaper, Pious, Shieldbiter, Zealous

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• Clan Names: Clethtinthiallor, Daardendrian, Delmirev, Drachedandion, Fenkenkabradon, Kepeshkmolik, Kerrhylon, Kimbatuul, Linxakasendalor, Myastan, Nemmonis, Norixius, Ophinshtalajiir, Prexijandilin, Shestendeliath, Turnuroth, Verthisathurgiesh, Yarjerit

Dragonborn Traits

Your draconic heritage manifests in a variety of traits you share with other dragonborn.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2. One ability score, based on your draconic ancestry, increases by 1 (see the Draconic Ancestry table on page 6).

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 tend to extremes, making a conscious choice for one side or the other in the cosmic war between good and evil (represented by Bahamut and Tiamat, respectively). Most dragonborn are good, but those who side with Tiamat can be terrible villains.

Size. Dragonborn are taller and heavier than humans, standing well over 6 feet tall and averaging almost 250 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Draconic Ancestry. You have draconic ancestry. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic Ancestry table. Your breath weapon (shape, range and damage type), damage resistance, and ability score increase are determined by the dragon type.

Breath Weapon. When you take the Attack action, you can replace one of your attacks with an exhalation of destructive energy. Your draconic ancestry determines the size, shape, saving throw type, and damage type of the exhalation. When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a saving throw. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. A creature takes 2d6 + your proficiency bonus damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The damage

Dreadcaller

• Draconic Fear. You can roar as an action, forcing each creature of your choice within 30 feet of you to make a Wisdom saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) if it can see and hear you. On a failed save, the target is frightened of you for 1 minute. The frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. You regain the use of this trait after finishing a long rest.
• Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Murkdweller

• Darkvision. 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 but only in shades of gray.
• Tail Lash. Your tail can be used to push or trip up opponents. You can use your bonus action to shove a creature within 5 feet of you. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your Strength modifier (minimum of 1). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Variant Ability Score Increase: As a variant rule, you can increase either your Strength score or the ability score determined by your draconic ancestry by 2. Whichever score you didn't increase instead increases by 1.

Draconic Heritage

Prerequisite: Dragonborn

You are blessed by Bahamut, Tiamat, or another dragon god, granting you another fragment of what makes a true dragon. You can take this feat up to three times.

• Increase your Strength, Constitution, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• The damage of your Breath Weapon racial trait increases by 1d6.
• When you take this feat you gain a trait of one of the other dragonborn subraces of your choice, but you must choose a dragonborn subrace whose trait you don’t have yet. You gain the following trait based on your choice:

Draconians

If your setting has draconians, and with your DM's permission, you can use the rules for dragonborn to play as a draconian, by selecting a dragonborn subrace and draconic ancestry that fits your chosen draconian subrace the most (Fizban's Treasury of Dragons page 177). You gain your chosen draconian's Death Throes trait, which uses your Breath Weapon's DC and doesn't affect allies, and afterwards it recharges when you finish a long rest. Instead of your Breath Weapon, you gain the benefit of one of the spellscale's Blood Quickening Meditations of your choice (page 31). You can discuss further trait optimization with your DM.

Similarly, you can use the traits of the tabaxi (Volo's Guide to Monsters page 113) for your race if you wish to play as a more human looking beast race, such as Ghislaine Dedoldia (as a kensei, page 65) and Setsuna of the Ice Wolf tribe (as a totem guardian, page 41).

Genasi Names

Genasi usually take or receive a name belonging to the culture of their mortal parent, so a genasi born of a genie and an elf would likely receive an elvish name. Some pick a name later in life to reflect their elemental heritage however, names like "Cinder", "Gust", "Flow", and "Pebble".

Genasi Traits

You have a variety of traits you share with other genasi.

Ability Score Increase. Two ability scores of your choice increase by 1. Alternatively; one ability score score of your choice, other than the ability score that is increased by your genasi subrace, increases by 2.

Age. Genasi mature at about the same rate as their mortal parents, but live somewhat longer. Those born from humans tend to live up to 120 years.

Alignment. Independent and self-reliant, genasi tend toward a neutral alignment.

Size. Genasi are as varied as their mortal parents but are generally built like humans, standing anywhere from 5 feet to over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Primordial. Primordial is a guttural language, filled with harsh syllables and hard consonants.

Darkvision. 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 but only in shades of gray (or red if you're a fire genasi).

Subraces. Choose one of the following subraces. Your choice will determine additional benefits.

Subraces

The most common genasi are air genasi, earth genasi, fire genasi, and water genasi.

Water Genasi

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• Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
• Amphibious. You have a swim speed of 30 feet, and you can breathe air and water.
• Acid Affinity. You have resistance to acid damage. If you also have resistance to acid damage from another source, then all acid damage you deal ignores acid resistance.
• Slippery Body. You have advantage on ability checks and saving throws against being grappled or restrained. You can use your bonus action to attempt to escape a grapple.
• Call to the Wave. You know the shape water or acid splash cantrip (your choice). You can cast the create or destroy water spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. At 3rd level, you can cast the misty step spell once with this trait, and regain the ability to do so when you finish a short or long rest. You can also cast these spells using spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Your spellcasting ability for these spells is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice).

Black

• Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.
• Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals acid damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide. Your breath weapon imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to acid damage.
• Unrelenting. You can add your Constitution modifier to the damage of your breath weapon, and your breath weapon deals double damage to objects and structures that aren't worn or carried. 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 but only in shades of gray.

Blue

• Ability Score Increase. Your Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores each increase by 1.
• Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals lightning damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide. Your breath

•     weapon imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to lightning damage.
• Desert Predator. You gain proficiency in the Stealth skill. As part of the Hide action, you can burrow yourself into non-rock earth, just below the surface. While below the surface, you have a burrow speed of 15 feet (but you can not burrow deeper), you have vision, can breathe freely, and count as having three-quarters cover. You cannot interact with the surface while borrowed, and you must spend a bonus action to emerge. While you are burrowed, creatures suffer a -5 penalty to their ability checks to find you, provided you are out of combat and not moving.

Brass

• Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.
• Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals fire damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide. Your breath weapon imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to fire damage.
• Boldly Talkative. You gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill. You can cast the speak with animals spell at will with this trait. Your spellcasting ability for this spell is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice). You can speak, read, and write one extra language of your choice, and an extra language of your choice every 4 levels.

Bronze

• Ability Score Increase. Your Strength, Constitution, and Charisma scores each increase by 1.
• Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals lightning damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide. Your breath weapon imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to lightning damage.
• Dragon of the Coast. You have a swim speed of 30 feet, and you can breathe air and water. When using your breath weapon, you can instead choose to use repulsion gas with the same range and DC. This gas doesn't deal damage but instead imposes a Strength saving throw on those in the area. Those who fail it are pushed back 15 feet away from you, and are knocked prone if they fail it by 5 or more. This special DC increases by 1 for each additional 1d6 damage on your breath weapon.

Copper

• Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.
• Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals acid damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide. Your breath weapon imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to acid damage.
• Playful Host. You gain proficiency in the Performance skill. You know the vicious mockery cantrip, and when you take the Dash action on your turn you can cast it as a bonus action. Your spellcasting ability for this spell is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice).

Gold

• Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.
• Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals fire damage in a 15-foot cone. Your breath weapon imposes a Dex-terity saving throw. You have resistance to fire damage.
• Reserved Companion. You gain proficiency in the Insight skill. You know the prestidigitation cantrip, and your spellcasting ability for this spell is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice). Whenever you would deal fire damage to fiends and undead creatures, you deal radiant  damage instead.

Improved Breath Weapon

Prerequisite: Half Dragon

Extensive training has granted you greater control over your racial breath weapon, allowing you to enhance its speed, power, and range.

• When you roll to regain the use of your Breath Weapon trait, you regain it on a 5 or 6 on the d6 die roll.
• You gain a number of empower points equal to your proficiency bonus. When you use your Breath Weapon trait you can expend an empower point and choose one of the following benefits: You can use your breath weapon as a bonus action, its damage is increased by 2d6, or its range is doubled (30-foot cone or 60-feet long line that is 10 feet wide while you are in your original form). You can only gain each benefit once per use of your breath weapon, but you can expend more empower points to gain multiple different benefits at once.

You regain one empower point after finishing a short rest, and all of them after finishing a long rest.

Dragon Form

Prerequisite: Half Dragon, Improved Breath Weapon feat, 12th-level

As you strive to ascend to dragonhood, you have gained a lesser dragon form of your Draconic Ancestry's dragon.

While all half dragons aspire to assume their rightful true dragon form, only those truly dedicated to this goal will be blessed with a lesser dragon form. This form varies in appearance, but it always looks similar to the half dragon's draconic ancestry. Sometimes it has wings like a wyvern, with four limbs instead of the true dragon's six, including wings. Other times, the dragon form looks like a smaller or more humanoid version of their dragon ancestor.

Regardless, the form drains those who use it, and as such, they are only able to stay in this form for a limited time. Afterwards, these half dragons require rest in order to regain access to this form. Despite its power and majesty, the dragon form pales in comparison to the ascension to dragonhood, and this gift only makes them strive harder to achieve their true and ultimate form.

Ascending to Dragonhood

All half dragons seek to ascend to their dragonhood, gaining the form and power of a true dragon of their chosen Draconic Ancestry. The following boon is only granted with the permission of the DM, and as such, the following rules are directed at the DM:

If you (the DM) are using the Epic Boons optional rule from the Dungeon Master’s Guide (page 231), then once the half dragon player reaches 20th level, you can wish to allow them to begin research, training, or tribulations that, once completed, grant them the following epic boon:

True Dragon Form

As an action, you can transform into your chosen dragon type as if you had cast the shapechange spell. Unlike the normal shapechange spell you can only use your action to assume your original form, or return to your True Dragon Form. Your True Dragon Form doesn't hinder your use of spell components, and is capable of all actions that require hands or speech. This replaces your Dragon Form
                   transformation, if you have taken the Dragon
                 Form feat. Unlike the normal shapechange spell, if
              you concentrate on this transformation for the full
            duration, the transformation becomes permanent
          (until this True Dragon Form loses all of its hit points)
        and you no longer need to maintain your concentration
      to remain in your True Dragon Form. After losing this
   form, you regain the ability to transform in this way when you finish a long rest. Unlike the normal shapechange spell, you can use your legendary actions and lair actions while in your True Dragon Form. While you are in your True Dragon Form, your True Dragon Form's breath weapon replaces your original form's breath weapon, but it can also benefit from your Improved Breath Weapon feat. If you are a half sapphire dragon (page 16), or a different type of half gem dragon (page 18), with the improved breath weapon feat; you can also turn your breath weapon into a Mind Blast while you are in your True Dragon Form. If you are a half celestial dragon (page 16), then those that succeed on their saving throws against your True Dragon Form's breath weapon can still be blinded by your breath weapon afterwards, ignoring the rules of your Radiant Dragon trait.

You also permanently gain the blindsight and darkvision senses from your True Dragon Form. This transformation does not count as a spell, and as such it cannot be affected by the dispel magic spell or a similar effect. You can find the statistics of your chosen dragon type within the Monster Manual (MM), within Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (FToD) or under the dragon types listed in this work on page 124.

 

Draconic Ancestry

Steel

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• Ability Score Increase. Your Strength, Intelligence, and Charisma scores each increase by 1.
• Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals acid damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide. Your breath weapon imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to acid damage.
• Metal Affinity. You have proficiency with the longsword, greatsword, and chain shirt. You gain a +1 bonus to your AC while not wearing heavy armor. Instead of this bonus, you can calculate your AC as 13 + your Dexterity modifier. A shield’s benefits apply on top of either option.

 

Divine Attack

If you are a sorcerer with the Divine Soul sorcerous origin, and provided you have your DM's permission, then you can exchange your Empowered Healing feature with the Divine Attack feature:
When you use your action to cast one of your cantrips, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action. You gain proficiency with one weapon of your choice.

Playing as a Half Steel Dragon

Half steel dragons that live among humans appear as a human or half human, depending on the mortal parent. Half steel dragons in human societies would often live much of their life unaware of their true nature, but they could find strange occurrences that would hint at their heritage; such as a surprisingly durable skin, and an affinity towards metal. They would be unable to use their breath weapon, unless they were made aware of it. Either by their family or by great stress. When used, it would temporarily reveal their true nature to those within 30 feet of them, and make the half steel dragon aware of its true lineage. This disguise can not be detected by magic, but other (half) steel dragons will see through this deception. However, half steel dragons that live among other half dragons for an extended period of time will appear as they truly are, half dragons with horns and a draconic lower body. Through a secretive ritual, half steel dragons can change into other forms like their full blooded steel dragon kin can. Half steel dragons, like their dragon ancestors, prefer to talk instead of entering conflict. When they do fight, they generally avoid melee and rely on their magical spells, even though they can hold their own quite well. Remarkably, they have many Divine Soul     sorcerers, which most believe is a blessing from     Io. Steel dragons would sometimes organize     themselves, but the vaulting would erase the     memories of their half dragon offspring. As such,     half steel dragons have created their own separate     society called the Confluence, a loose and     secretive association of half steel dragons. The     Confluence originated with a pair of steel dragons,             Auntyrlothtor and Quituryte.             They fought against the             malaugrym, evil shapeshifters,             together with a group of noble             women. In time, the two             brothers produced half-breed               offspring with these noble                women, who were then                raised in secret by the        noble families of the original dames. These        half-breed nobles proved vital in repelling        the malaugrym when they subtly attacked        again. In order to stop future resurgences,         they founded the Confluence to control or             eliminate any shapechangers               who entered their cities.

Additional Half Gem Dragons

While half sappire dragons are the most common half gem dragons, players can also choose to play as a different kind of half gem dragon, seeing as there are also different types of gem dragon besides sapphire dragons. These gem dragon types are; the amethyst dragon, the crystal dragon, the emerald dragon and the topaz dragon.

If you wish to play as a different type of half gem dragon, then you can take the traits of the half sapphire dragon as your base, but then choose one of the other gem dragon types from the Gem Dragon Ancestor table. This changes the damage type of your Draconic Ancestry trait to the damage type associated with your gem dragon ancestor, as well as the shape and saving throw type of your breath weapon. In addition, all mentions of your character's Intelligence score in the Ability Score Increase and Psionic Dragon traits are replaced with the ability score associated with your Gem Dragon Ancestor (if it is different). For example; if you are a half amethyst dragon, your Wisdom score increases by 2, your Strength score increases by 1, your Draconic Ancestry trait's damage type changes to force, and Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your

Psionic Dragon trait. You can use the Mind Blast option regardless of half gem dragon type, provided you have your DM's permission. These other types of half gem dragon are less common than half sapphire dragons, and usually don't form communities of their own. Because of this they are not an option for the half dragon brood background (page 92). Instead, they often join half sapphire dragon communities.

Gem Dragon Ancestor

Dragon	Damage Type	Breath Weapon	Ability
Amethyst	Force	15 ft. cone (Str. save)	Wisdom
Crystal	Radiant	15 ft. cone (Con. save)	Charisma
Emerald	Psychic	15 ft. cone (Int. save)	Intelligence
Sapphire	Thunder	15 ft. cone (Con. save)	Intelligence
Topaz	Necrotic	15 ft. cone (Con. save)	Charisma

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Note: If your world also includes the brown dragon, then you can use these rules for half brown dragons by using the half blue dragon as your base, but then replace the lightning damage type of your Draconic Ancestry trait with the acid damage type. Your other racial traits remain the same. If you wish to use the brown dragon for class features, for ascending to dragonhood, as a monster encounter, or for some other reason; you can use the game statistics for blue dragons (Monster Manual page 90) but replace its lightning damage type with the acid damage type. In addition, brown dragons do not have a flying speed, but instead their burrow speed is twice that of a blue dragon of the same age, and they have the Tunneler trait of a sapphire dragon (Fizban's Treasury of Dragons page 214) of the same age.

Fang or Gray

• Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
• Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals acid damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide. Your breath weapon imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to acid damage.
• Vicious. You permanently gain the benefit associated with Faluzure in the Blood Quickening Meditations (page 32).

Moonstone

• Ability Score Increase. Your Strength, Wisdom, and Charisma scores each increase by 1.

• Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals radiant damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide. Your breath weapon imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to radiant damage.
• Fey Trickster. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed. You can cast the sleep spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. At 3rd level, when you cast it with this trait, you cast it at a spell level that is equal to your proficiency bonus. You can also cast this spell using spell slots you have. Your spellcasting ability for this spell is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice).

Song

• Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.
• Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals lightning damage in a 15-foot cone. Your breath weapon imposes a Constitution saving throw. You have resistance to lightning damage.
• Alluring Singer. You gain proficiency in the Performance skill. You can cast the tongues spell once with this trait, but only on yourself when casting it this way, and you regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. You can also cast this spell using spell slots you have of 3rd level or higher. Your spellcasting ability for this spell is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice).

Dracotaur (Variant Half Dragon)

Dracotaur are half dragons that have been born from a union between a dragon or half dragon and a different quadruped race, or are descendants from such unions.

To play a dracotaur, which is a variant half dragon, you must forgo the unique racial trait that is associated with your half dragon subrace. In exchange, your base walking speed is increased to 40 feet, and you gain the Quadruped Build and Stampede racial traits below. You count as a half dragon for all customization options, including variant options for your half dragon subrace.

• Quadruped Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. However, any climb that requires hands and feet is especially difficult for you because of your quadruped legs. When you make such a climb, each foot of movement costs you 4 extra feet, instead of the normal 1 extra foot. In addition, a Medium or smaller creature can ride on your quadruped back if you allow it. In such a situation, you continue to act independently, not as a controlled mount. Once per turn, if you move at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with a lance on the same turn, that attack will deal an extra 1d6 piercing damage. Finally, you can wield a lance in one hand as though you were mounted, and at your DM's discretion you can count as mounted for certain features. However, you cannot mount Large or smaller creatures.
• Stampede. The claws of your legs are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. If you move at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with a melee weapon attack on the same turn, you can immediately follow that attack with a bonus action, making one attack against the target with your claws.

Racial Feats

Monstrous Might

Prerequisite: Centaur, Half Dragon (Dracotaur), Leonin, Minotaur, or Tabaxi

• Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You count as being permanently affected by the magic fang cantrip (page 144).
• Once per turn, if you move at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with a melee weapon attack on the same turn, you can force the creature to make a Strength saving throw (DC 8 + your Strength modifier + your proficiency bonus) or be knocked prone.

Clinging Breath

Prerequisite: Permanent Breath Weapon (Dragonborn, Dragon, Half Dragon, or Kobold (Dragonwrought) with the Kobold Breath feat)

The elemental energies of your racial breath weapon cling to your foes, slowly consuming them whole.

• The DC of your racial breath weapon increases by 1.
• A creature that fails its saving throw against your racial breath weapon (provided it deals damage) must make a saving throw at the start of each of its turns afterwards, with the same saving throw type and DC as that of your breath weapon, taking damage equal to 1d6 times half your proficiency bonus (rounded down) of the same type on a failed save, and ending this effect on a successful one. This effect does not stack on the same creature.

Dragonfire Inspiration

Prerequisite: Bardic Inspiration, Draconic Race (Dragon-born, Half Dragon, Kobold, or Spellscale) or Dragon

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You've learned to imbue your allies with the might of your draconic heritage through your performance.

Choose a number of allies that you can see. As a bonus action, you can expend a use of your Bardic Inspiration for each ally to coat their weapons in the elemental breath weapon of your dragon heritage, making their weapons deal extra damage of that type equal to one roll of your Bardic Inspiration die. This effect lasts for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1). If you are a fang dragon, a kobold who isn't a dragonwrought, or a spellscale, then the damage type of this effect is fire.

Draconic Heritage (Half Dragon)

Prerequisite: Half Dragon

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You are a half dragon blessed by Bahamut, Tiamat, or another dragon god, granting you draconic wings.

• Increase your Strength, Constitution, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• The damage of your Breath Weapon racial trait increases by 1d6.
• You gain the Wings trait of the dragonborn (page 7).

Search for the Dragon

Prerequisite: Draconic Race (Dragonborn, Half Dragon, Kobold, or Spellscale) or Dragon

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You've managed to unlock the sorcerous might within your lineage through the draconic rite of passage. This ritual is mostly done by kobolds, but any draconic race can take it.

• Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You learn one 1st level and one 2nd level spell of your choice from the sorcerer spell list. You can cast each spell at their lowest level without expending a spell slot. Once you cast either of these spells in this way, you can’t cast that spell in this way again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast these spells using spell slots you have of the appropriate level. The spells’ spellcasting ability is the ability increased by this feat.

Items

Dragon's Draught

Potion, varying rarity

Only dragonborn, half dragons, dragons, and dragon-wrought kobolds can benefit from these potions. You can drink a draught as an bonus action, which grants you the draught's benefit(s) for 1 minute. If your breath weapon has the recharge property, doing so will immediately recharge your racial breath weapon, and cause it to recharge on a 4-6 on the d6 die roll for the next minute. The draught has two variants: the type draught and metabreath draught. Rare draughts grant both benefits and increase your breath weapon's damage. Dragons of Large or larger size require a bigger dose, increasing the draught's rarity by one step.

Rarity	Draught benefit(s)
Common	Type
Uncommon	Metabreath
Rare	Type, Metabreath, +2d6 damage

Type Draught. You can choose a dragon type from the Dragon Species and Damage Types table (page 117). Your Breath Weapon's damage type changes to the type associated with that dragon.

Metabreath Draught. You can empower your Breath Weapon with one of the three empower
options of the Improved Breath Weapon
feat (page 14) without expending an em-
power point. The rules
of the feat remain
the same. You
don't need to
have this feat to
use this boon.

Kobold Names

Kobold names are derived from the Draconic tongue and usually relate to a characteristic of the owner, such as scale color, distinctive body parts, or typical behavior. "Red Foot, "White Claw" and "Scurry" are Common translations of often-used names. A kobold might change its name when it becomes an adult, or add additional word-syllables after important events such as completing its first hunt, laying its first egg, or surviving its first battle. Because kobolds can change sex to suit a tribe's needs, they don't differentiate between male or female names.

Kobold Names: Arix, Eks, Ett, Galax, Garu, Hagnar, Hox, Irtos, Kashak, Meepo, Molo, Ohsoss, Rotom, Sagin, Sik, Sniv, Taklak, Tes, Urak, Varn

Diggy Diggy Hole

At their DM's discretion, dwarf players can gain the kobold's Pick Mastery trait as an additional racial trait, to allow them to wield pickaxes as thematic weapons.

Weasel Companions

Kobolds train and domesticate giant weasels and dire weasels as hunting companions, guard animals, and mounts. These domesticated weasels are stronger than their wild counterparts, and trained to work well in groups. A domesticated giant weasel has the statistics of a wolf (Monster Manual page 341), and a domesticated dire weasel has the statistics of a dire wolf (Monster Manual page 321), however both also possess Darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. At your DM's discretion, you can gain a domesticated weasel as your companion during your adventures. This weasel is friendly to you and your companions and obeys any simple verbal commands that you issue to it (no action required by you) such as attack or guard, but it will only allow kobolds to ride it as a mount. If you have proficiency in the Animal Handling skill, and you train with your weasel regularly (at your DM’s discretion), you can add your proficiency bonus to your weasel's damage rolls, and any ability check the weasel makes. This does not stack with similar effects, such as from the Beast Master's Ranger's Companion feature.

Brothers of the Mine

Prerequisite: Dwarf or Kobold, the Pick Mastery racial trait

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Your time spent using pickaxes and war picks allows you to use them to aid your allies. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You gain proficiency with the cartographer's tools. The damage die of a war pick you wield is now 1d8 (1d12).
• When you take the Attack action while using a pickaxe, a war pick, or a similar tool, you can forgo one of your attacks and instead pull a creature within 5 feet of you off balance; the next attack roll an ally makes against this target before the start of your next turn has advan-tage. If the creature is wielding a shield, you temporarily pull it aside, granting all allies a +2 bonus to attack rolls against the creature until the start of your next turn.

Find the Gap

Prerequisite: Kobold, the Fleeting Courage racial trait

• You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than you.
• After moving through the space of a creature that is at least two sizes larger than you on your turn, you can use your bonus action to gain advantage on your next attack roll against that creature before the end of your turn.
• When an ally makes a melee attack against a creature within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to make one melee weapon attack against that same creature.

Kobold Breath

Prerequisite: Kobold, Dragonwrought Kobold variant

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Dragonwrought kobolds have strong ties to their dragon ancestors, and some can even use a racial breath weapon.

• You gain the Breath Weapon trait from the half dragon (page 10). Its damage type, save type, and shape are determined by your dragonwrought dragon ancestor.
• You gain a number of empower points equal to your pro-ficiency bonus. When you use your Breath Weapon trait you can expend an empower point and choose one of the following benefits: You can use your breath weapon as a bonus action, its damage is increased by 2d6 or its range is doubled (30-foot cone or 60-feet long line that is 10 feet wide). You can only gain each benefit once per use of your breath weapon, but you can expend more empower points to gain multiple different benefits at once.

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You regain one empower point after finishing a short rest, and all of them after finishing a long rest.

Kobold Inventor

Prerequisite: Kobold, the Skilled Trapper racial trait

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You are resourceful and clever for a kobold, although quite eccentric as well. You gain the following benefits:

• The damage of your created traps (Xanathar's Guide to Everything page 84) is doubled. You can create a trap outside your short rest instead of during it, and within 1 minute. Afterwards you regain the ability to do so after finishing a short or long rest. When you create a trap, any previous traps you created this way are disarmed.
• You carry six of your inventions with you, and you can use each of the options listed in the Kobold Invention table as an action once. Their DC is 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier. All initial damage caused by your inventions increases by an additional 1d6 at 8th level, 12th level, 16th level and 20th level. You also add your proficiency bonus to the attack rolls of your insect swarms. You can choose to panic and use one of your inventions as a bonus action instead of an action, however you must then roll a d6 die to determine which invention you use. If you roll a used invention, then nothing happens. While using an invention this way, you can choose not to cause its effects. You can only (try to) use one invention each turn. After finishing a long rest, and spending 10 minutes to forage and prepare, you regain all expended uses of your inventions.

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These inventions look like a mess of scrap, and others are unwilling to purchase them and unable to use them.

d6	Kobold Invention
1	Acid. You hurl a flask of volatile acid to a location within 20 feet of you. Those within 10 feet of that location must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6 acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
2	Pocket Sand. You throw sand at a creature within 5 feet of you. The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be blinded until the end of your next turn.
3	Scorpion on a Stick. You attack a creature within 5 feet of you with a scorpion tied to the end of a 5-foot-long pole. The target automatically suffers 1 piercing damage and it must make a Constitution saving throw, taking 2d6 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. On a failed save the target is also poisoned for 1 minute. The affected target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.
4	Skunk in a Cage. You release a skunk into an unoccupied 5-foot-square space within 20 feet of you, which immediately sprays a random creature within 5 feet of it. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target retches and can't take actions for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, and whenever it takes damage, ending the effect on a success.
5	Volatile Fire. You hurl a flask of fire to a creature within 20 feet of you, who must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target suffers 1d6 initial fire damage, and 1d6 additional fire damage at the start of each of its turns. A creature can take an action to extinguish the flames.
6	Wasp Nest in a Bag. You throw a basket into a 5-foot-square space within 20 feet of you. A swarm of insects (wasps) emerges from it, taking its turn after yours. On its turn, the swarm attacks the creature that was closest to (or inside) the space the basket landed in when you threw it, until that creature (or the swarm) is reduced to 0 hit points, after which the swarm disperses.

Pack Tactics

Prerequisite: Kobold

You have advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated. You can only benefit from this feature on your own turns.

— Alan Stuart, human fiancé of Mary Hunt the lamia

The lamia are a race of half serpent half human snake people, known for their kind personalities and loyalty. They are descendants of yuan-ti who intermingled with lamia nobles, yet strangely do not share the same tendency towards cruelty and control as their parent races do. Instead they form a symbiotic bond with humans (or other humanoids), whom they often assist and form relationships with. This has earned them the mocking name "Softblood" by the yuan-ti. They named themselves after their lamia noble ancestors, but aside from the name they wish to distance themselves from lamia nobles as much as they can, and the feeling is mutual. They cannot disguise themselves like yuan-ti can, but their savory behavior and close bonds with human settlements often mean they don't have to. Despite their general warm demeanor, they can be fearsome foes, as their snake like body and sharp fangs can be used as deadly natural weapons. The majority of lamia are female, and because of that many form relationships with human males. The children of a union between a lamia and a human (or other humanoid) are usually born as full lamia, with an average chance of 25% for the child to be born as the race of the other parent. They mate for life, and tend to cling to their partners, but are almost always pleasant and considerate, and form strong bonds quickly.

Lamia Traits

You have a variety of traits you share with other lamia.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2.

Age. Lamia mature at the same rate as humans and have lifespans similar in length to theirs.

Alignment. Despite their yuan-ti heritage, lamia are compassionate and devoted, especially towards their partner. As such most lamia are good aligned instead of evil.

Size. Lamia have humanoid torsos but can have long serpent bodies that vary in size, color, and muscle structure. Lamia match humans in average size, but their serpent tails can range from 12 to 24 feet. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Bite. Your bite is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with your bite, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. If you wish to have snakes as hair, you can bite with them. See also the Medusa Heritage feat on page 112.

Constrict. Your long tail is strong and prehensile enough to grasp at targets, restraining them in place. Your constricting tail is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with your tail, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier. If you hit a target with your tail, you can use your bonus action to make a grapple check against it. A target that is grappled by you this way is also restrained. You can only constrict one target at a time, and while constricting a target your speed is reduced to 0. This grapple ends if you are pushed away from the target you are grappling this way.

In addition, when you would deal damage to a target with your constrict (either with this attack or with your Crushing Coils trait if you have it), you can choose not to deal damage but instead gain advantage on Athletics skill checks made to grapple the target or maintain your grapple on the target until the start of your next turn.

Serpentine Body. You can use your tail to grab, hold, and lift items within 10 feet of you (your constrict attack still has a reach of 5 feet). You can use your Constitution modifier instead of your Strength modifier when determining the amount of weight it can bear. Your tail can't wield weapons or shields or do anything that requires manual precision, such as using tools or magic items or performing the soma-tic components of a spell. You gain an additional object interaction on your turn, provided it is done using your tail.

In addition, you have advantage on Athletics skill checks made to swim or to climb any surface your serpentine body could reasonably grip. You also count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. However, you can still only grapple creatures up to one size larger than you (Large or smaller while your size is Medium).

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic. Draconic is thought to be one of the oldest languages and is often used in the study of magic. The language sounds harsh to most other creatures and includes numerous hard consonants and sibilants.

Subraces. Choose one of the following subraces. Your       choice will determine additional benefits.

Constrictor

The constrictor lamia are the most numerous of lamia, and are known for their powerful tails and strong constitution. They often prefer to subdue their foes without killing them, but should the need arise they can be deadly foes; crushing anyone foolish enough to anger them in their deadly grip.

• Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.
• Athletic. You gain proficiency in the Athletics skill.
• Crushing Coils. When you make an Athletics skill check, or you make an attack or damage roll with your constrict attack, you can add your Constitution modifier instead of your Strength modifier to the roll. A creature grappled by your tail receives bludgeoning damage from your constrict at the start of their turn equal to 1d6 + your Strength or Constitution modifier (your choice).

Hooded

Hooded lamia are known for their hoods with distinct mark-ings and patterns on it, which they can use for intimidation. They can charm others with hypnotic patterns from their eyes and crush them with their coils while convincing them that they are safe, and can also spit venom at their foes.

• Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.
• Intimidating. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.
• Innate Spellcasting. You know the poison spray cantrip, and when you cast it its range is increased by 20 feet. All snakes see you as an ally and are friendly to you, unless you or your allies harm them. You can cast beast bond at will with this trait, but you can target only snakes with it this way. At 3rd level you can cast the suggestion spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. You can also cast these spells using spell slots you have of the appropriate level. You automatically hit and grapple a creature affected by your suggestion spell when you attack it with your constrict attack, and damaging the affected creature with your constrict attack or Crushing Coils trait (if you have it) will not break the spell but instead the creature can make the saving throw again with disadvantage to end the spell. Your spellcasting ability for these spells is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice). You don't require components to cast these spells, except for the verbal suggestion for the suggestion spell.

Viper

Viper lamia are feared for their deadly venom, and admired for their graceful movements. While all lamia have extendable fangs, viper lamia can use them to inject venom into their foes. Most viper lamia are subtle, but some have a rattler at the end of their long tail which they can use to intimidate their foes. Few are foolish enough to ignore their warnings, as most are kind but also deadly when pressed.

• Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 1.
• Stealthy. You gain proficiency in the Stealth skill. If you are a viper lamia with a rattler at the end of your tail, you gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill instead.
• Venom. You have venom glands in your mouth that inject poison during a bite attack. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with your bite attack, the target

•     must make a Constitution Saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier). On a failure, the target takes 1d6 poison damage and is poison-ed until the end of your next turn. This poison damage increases to 1d8 at 5th level, 1d10 at 11th level, and 1d12 at 17th level. Your bite also counts as a finesse weapon.

Serpentine Heritage

Prerequisite: Lamia

You further embrace your serpentine heritage. You can take this feat twice, and its benefits stack.

• Increase your Dexterity, Constitution, or Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• The damage dice of your constrict attack and Crushing Coils trait (if you have it) increase by one step (1d6 to 1d8 etc. to a maximum of 1d12). The DC of your Venom trait (if you have it) increases by 1. The range of your poison spray cantrip (if you know it) increases by 30 feet.
• You gain Infravision (page 34) out to a range of 60 feet. If you already have Infravision, then its range is increased by 60 feet instead.
• The first time you take this feat you become immune to the poisoned condition, and the second time you take this feat you become immune to poison damage.
• When you take this feat you gain a trait of one of the other lamia subraces of your choice, but you must choose a lamia subrace whose trait you don’t have yet. You gain the following trait based on your choice:

Lizards and Dragons

Although the lizardfolk are not a draconic race, their fates are often intertwined with that of dragons. Black and green dragons often share the same habitats, and are known to employ lizardfolk as minions after sufficient intimidation. On the other hand, lizardfolk face far less prejudice from the draconic races, such as dragonborn and half dragons. They respect dragonborn the most as they feel that their natural weapons make them the most self-sufficient, even though they find it odd that the scales of most dragonborn are soft. The Steelscale dragonborn are the exception, as their scales are equally hardened across their body, as opposed to the lizardfolk who have areas on their body that are thicker than others.

Because of this, Steelscale dragonborn may benefit from their scales as an extra layer of defense (unless their scales are completely supplanted by heavier armor), while the lizardfolk's hide is a mere substitute for real armor. How-ever this is adequate for most lizardfolk, as they are able to do just fine by wearing little in very hostile environments.

Half dragons are greatly respected for their power and draconic lineage, while kobolds are seen as either an annoyance or a meal.

The more civilized lizardolk however will generally extend their respect to kobolds as well, provided they pose no threat to their tribe.

Lizardfolk Names

Lizardfolk take their names from the Draconic language. They use simple descriptive terms granted by the tribe based on an individual’s notable deeds or actions. Lizardfolk make no distinction between male and female in their naming conventions. Each example name includes its translation in parenthesis.

Lizardfolk Names: Achuak (green), Aryte (war), Baeshra (animal), Darastrix (dragon), Garurt (axe), Irhtos (secret), Jhank (hammer), Kepesk (storm), Kethend (gem), Korth (danger), Kosj (small), Kothar (demon), Litrix (armor), Mirik (song), Othokent (smart), Sauriv (eye), Throden (many), Thurkear (night), Usk (iron), Valignat (burn), Vargach (battle), Verthica (mountain), Vutha (black), Vyth (steel)

Lizardfolk Traits

Lizardfolk have many innate abilities derived from centuries spent warring among each other and defending themselves from the threats present in the jungles and swamps where they make their home.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Age. Lizardfolk reach maturity around age 12 and rarely live longer than 60 years. However, some sharptooth tribes are known to live to be around 80.

Alignment. Most lizardfolk are neutral. They see the world as a place of predators and prey, where life and death are natural processes. They wish only to survive, and prefer to leave other creatures to their own devices. The more civilized sharptooth lizardfolk follow a code of honor, and tend to be neutral good.

Size. Lizardfolk vary in size, with poison dusk standing between 4 and 5 feet tall on average, blackscale standing around 8 feet tall on average, and sharptooth standing between 6 and 7 feet tall on average. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a swim speed of 30 feet.

Natural Weapons. Your fanged maw is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with your bite, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. You can also use your claws, which follow the same rules as your bite, but deal 1d6 + your Strength modifier slashing damage instead.

Natural Armor. You have tough, scaly skin. You can calculate your AC as 13 + your Dexterity modifier. A shield’s benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.

Cunning Artisan. As part of a short rest, you can harvest bone and hide from a slain beast, construct, dragon, mon-strosity, or plant creature of size Small or larger to create one of the following items: a shield, a club, a greatclub (if the creature is Large or larger), a javelin, or 1d4 pieces of ammunition. You have proficiency with simple weapons.

Hold Breath. You can hold your breath for up to 15 minutes at a time.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic. Draconic is thought to be one of the oldest languages and is often used in the study of magic. The language sounds harsh to most other creatures and includes numerous hard consonants and sibilants.

Subraces. Choose one of the subraces below. Your choice will determine additional benefits.

Subraces

Sharptooth

The sharptooth are the most numerous of the lizardfolk, and usually live in and around bodies of water. They either actively hunt or float just below the water's surface, waiting for an unsuspecting animal to drink or swim by. Their bodies have adapted to survive in even the most fetid of swamps, which grants them a natural resistance to poison. The more civilized ones tend to roam more, forming tribes that hunt around bodies of water as well as on the plains.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Hungry Jaws. In battle, you can throw yourself into a vicious feeding frenzy. As a bonus action, you can make a special attack with your bite. If the attack hits, it deals an additional amount of piercing damage equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1), and you gain temporary hit points equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1) + your level, and you can’t make this special attack again until you finish a short or long rest.

In addition, while you have less than half your maximum hit points remaining, you have advantage on attack rolls you make with your bite.

Hunter's Lore. You gain proficiency with two of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Nature, Perception, Stealth and Survival.

Robust Survivor. You have resistance to poison damage, and advantage on saving throws against being poisoned.

Reptilian Regeneration

Prerequisite: Lizardfolk

You live a dangerous livestyle, and your body had to adapt to survive, allowing you to heal grievous wounds.

• Increase your Constitution score by 1, to a max. of 20.
• On a short rest, if you choose to expend Hit Dice, you regain an additional amount of hit points equal to your proficiency bonus per Hit Die rolled. You regrow severed body parts (fingers, legs, tail, and so on) within 1d4 days.
• You can release a surge of regeneration in your body as a bonus action. You regain a number of hit points equal to 2d6 + half your level (rounded down). You can't regain hit points this way again until you finish a short or long rest.

Poisoner (revised)

You can prepare and deliver deadly poisons.

• You gain proficiency with the poisoner's kit. When you try to harvest a dose of poison from a poisonous crea-ture, you have advantage on the required ability check.
• When you make a damage roll, you ignore resistance to poison damage. In addition, when you create a poison, you can specify a creature type. That poison ignores the immunity to poison damage and the immunity to the poisoned condition (if any) of creatures of that type.
• Once per turn you can apply poison to a weapon or piece of ammunition as part of an attack you make with that weapon or piece of ammunition, instead of an action.
• As part of a long rest, or one workday, you can create a number of doses of potent poison equal to your profi-ciency bonus, or double if you spend 30 gp worth of extra materials. It takes an action to coat one slashing or piercing weapon, or one piece of ammunition, with a dose. Once applied, the poison retains potency for 1 minute or until you hit with the weapon or ammunition. Those hit must make a Constitution saving throw (DC 10 + your proficiency bonus) or take 2d8 poison damage and become poisoned until the end of your next turn.

 

Variant Poison Harvesting

You can use the following variant rule for harvesting poison from dead poisonous creatures, instead of the one listed in the Dungeon Master's Guide (page 258):

Poison Extraction: When poisonous creatures are killed, the player can attempt to harvest all their poison over the course of 10 minutes, followed by making an Intelligence (Nature) check using the poisoner's kit (proficiency with the poisoner’s kit applies to this check if the player doesn’t have proficiency in Nature) against the poison's save DC, for each type of creature. You automatically succeed if the poison doesn't have a DC. On a success, the player extracts 1d4 doses of poison from all the dead creatures combined for that type of creature. On a failure, all the poison is wasted, and those who are not proficient with the poisoner's kit suffer the effects of the poison. Players can use one dose of harvested Injury type poison to coat one slash-ing or piercing weapon or one piece of ammunition. Once applied, the poison retains potency for 1 minute or until you hit with the weapon or ammunition (this works different than basic poison which lasts the full 1 minute duration). Applying the poison takes an action.

— Barnie, tavern keeper who has seen everything

It has long been known that many sorcerers have dragon blood in their veins, which allows them to naturally cast their spells without any formal education. The spellscales are proof of this, as they are often born when two sorcerers or a single particularly powerful sorcerer produces a spellscale as their offspring. Spellscales are draconic humanoids with an artistic flair, great intelligence, a talent for sorcery, and a great hunger for new experiences. Spellscales are, however, a distinct race. They breed true among themselves, and if one parent is a spellscale, their offspring will always be born as full blooded spellscales, regardless of the race of the other parent. Exceptions are tieflings, with whom the children are born as either parent, half dragons and dragons where they are born as half dragons (for the first seven generations), and lamia where their offspring are born as either spellscales or lamia. Spellscales embody the ego, individuality, and magic affinity of dragons, which is reflected by their flamboyant lifestyles.

Many half dragons feel pity for them, as they are unable to ascend to dragonhood as they can, while the less pleasant among them mockingly call them "mutts". Spellscales however, generally don't care about what their stronger draconic blooded cousins say, as they are quite happy with their flamboyant lifestyles. They are known for their ability to meditate upon the concept of one of multiple dragon gods, to gain a benefit based on their choice. While spellscales meditate and seeks inner truth, they view their interpretations as subjective. They live life without lingering regrets. After all, everything they have experienced or done has contributed to the individual they are today. Sensibility, not sense, rules spellscales in matters of affection. They feel love and other emotions with grand intensity, and a spellscale is usually happy with who they are.

Spellscales, their skin formed of lustrous smooth scales, come in a wide variety of hues including nearly every color of the rainbow. No spellscale is merely one color, but each displays a rich spectrum of variants on its main color. A spellscale who is primarily green might have patterns of a deeper, forest green over their body, fingernails and toenails of a slightly lighter green, and eye ridges and nostrils that are a deep greenish aquamarine. The coloration is complex, making a spellscale look much more elegant than other scaled humanoids such as kobolds or lizardfolk.

Blood Quickening Meditations

Whenever you finish a long rest, you can choose a dragon god on which you meditated. You gain the benefit that is associated with that dragon god as listed below.

Asgorath: Meditating on the Great Eternal Wheel will grant you greater insight into magic. You know one cantrip of your choice from the sorcerer spell list while this medi-tation is active. You can choose a different cantrip this way after finishing a long rest. The cantrip's spellcasting ability is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice). You can use your bonus action to infuse yourself with arcane might for 1 minute. During this minute and once on each of your turns, you can deal extra damage to one target when you deal damage to it with a cantrip. The damage is the same type as the damage dealt by the cantrip, and equals your level. Once you use this trait to infuse yourself this way, you can't use it this way again until you finish a long rest.

Bahamut: Meditating upon the king of the good dragons grants you a merciful breath weapon. When you take the Attack action, you can replace one of your attacks with an exhalation of a magical gas (DC 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus). If you do, choose one:

• Each creature of your choice in a 15-foot cone, which originates from you, must make a Strength saving throw or be pushed back 20 feet away from you and be knocked prone.
• Each creature in a 15-foot cone, which originates from you, must make a Constitution saving throw or become incapacitated until the start of your next turn.

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Once you use this breath weapon, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

Zekyl

The zekyl (also known as zekylynor) are the offspring of shadow dragons and their drow partners. The shadow dragons of clan Jaezred created the zekyl as a slave race, until they eventually rose up against their full shadow dragon masters, and formed the secret patriarchal organization known as Jaezred Chaulssin. Now they seek to destroy drow society from within and end the oppressive and cruel matriarchy that Lolth has forced upon the drow race. Though their reasons are less benign, as they seek to rule over all of drow kind themselves, while secretly living among them. As they grow stronger, they are able to ascend to dragonhood in a similar manner as half dragons are, and will become known as draa'zekyl or drow-dragons (not to be confused with the drow-dragons (half-deep), which are an entirely different elven subrace). However, due to the influences of the Shadowfell on their bloodline, as well as the effects of the faerzress in the Underdark, they are not truly half dragons themselves, as they are genetically closer to their elven lineage. Which is why, when ascended, they consider themselves to be an entirely different species.

Due to the chaotic influences of the Shadowfell, their appearance varies, but they always share some draconic characteristics. Some might look like normal half dragons, while others could have less draconic traits (such as drow legs) or even more draconic traits; such as a full dragon's head. Their shadow touched nature allows them to change their appearance, enabling them to infiltrate drow society from within. They are also far more likely to develop wings than regular half dragons are, which scholars believe is due to the influences of the Shadowfell instead of a deity. The zekyl are led by their ascended kin, now called drow-dragons, who genuinly care for them as a family. Because of this strong bond, most zekyl have a strong sense of loyalty to the drow-dragons that govern over them. Yet some zekyl follow the deities Vhaeraun and Eilistraee, whom they consider allies against Lolth. While others become adventurers, and seek to leave the Underdark all together.

If you play an elf, you can choose zekyl as your elven subrace. You have access to all items, feats and epic boons that drow and half dragons have access to. When you ascend to dragonhood you turn into an adult red shadow dragon (Monster Manual page 84 and 98). You also gain the following racial traits:

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Change Shape. You can cast the disguise self spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to do so when you finishing a long rest. You can also cast this spell using spell

slots you have of 1st level or higher. Your spellcasting ability for this spell is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice). When you cast the disguise self spell to disguise as an elf, the disguise remains until you cast this spell again.

Breath Weapon. You can use your breath weapon as an action, after which each creature in a 15-foot cone which originates from you must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus). A creature takes 2d6 necrotic damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The damage increases by an additional 1d6 at 5th level, 8th level, 11th level, and 17th level. After you use your breath weapon, you can't use it again until it's recharged. At the start of each of your turns, provided you already used your breath weapon, you can roll a d6. On a 6, you regain the use of your breath weapon. Otherwise, it recharges 1 minute after you used it. When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with your breath weapon, and you have the Improved Breath Weapon feat, you can spend 2 empower points to raise a shadow (Monster Manual page 269) from its corpse. It lasts for 1 hour, can't reduce Strength or create new shadows on its own, is friendly to you, and understands and obeys your commands. In combat, it shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours.

Superior Darkvision. Your darkvision has a range of 120 feet, instead of 60.

Sensitive Eyes. While in sunlight, you have disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

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

Zekyl players can choose the shadow dragon as their chosen dragon for subclasses that make you choose between different dragon types. Its damage type is necrotic. The shadow dragon counts as either a metallic or chro-matic dragon (your choice). Zekyl Dragon Domain clerics (page 44), that chose the shadow dragon for their Draconic Blessing, will deal necrotic damage in a 30-foot cone (Dex. Save) with their Dragon's Wrath Channel Divinity feature. When zekyl players gain the Drow High Magic feat, they can exchange the levitate spell with the shadow blade spell.

Drow-Dragon (Half-Deep)

Also commonly called half deep dragons, the drow-dragons (half-deep) are born from a union between a drow and a deep dragon (also known as a purple dragon), or are descendants from such unions. These elves are not to be confused with zekyl who have ascended to dragonhood and also call themselves drow-dragons. Drow are the only creatures with whom the deep dragons interact, and form alliances with, while the drow are willing to tolerate the deep dragons for their shared interests. The skincolor of drow-dragons (half-deep) is a deep maroon, which many believe is due to the influence of the faerzress of the Under-dark, which also causes them to be more elven than half dragon. Their appearance is a little less chaotic than that of the zekyl, as most look like regular half dragons, aside from their deep maroon skincolor and (occasional) lack of horns.

Drow-dragons (half-deep) have an affinity towards necro-mancy similar to their full blooded deep dragon cousins. This is because deep dragons tend to lay their eggs near a place with lingering undead energy. They do this in the hopes that this will cause their young to have some necro-mantic affinity (or even turn them into shadow dragons entirely), to help them survive in the Shadowfell should they ever have to enter that plane. This affinity towards necro-mancy is passed on to drow-dragons (half-deep), who often become accomplished and deadly necromancers (page 88).

Avariel

The avariel are winged elves. These rare creatures were more common when the worlds of the multiverse were young, but frequent conflicts with dragons much reduced the winged elves’ number. Still, a few colonies persist here and there in the Material Plane and on the Plane of Air. Avariel society has two distinct subcultures: diametrically opposed in their respective philosophies, but nonetheless working together in perfect harmony. The peaceful avariel focus their attention on the arts as well as diplomatic and scholarly endeavors, whereas the warlike avariel are fierce warriors who abide by a strict code of honor in combat. Choose one of these avariel subcultures for the traits below:

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence or Wisdom score (your choice) increases by 1.

Flight. You have a flying speed of 30 feet. To use this speed, you can't be wearing medium or heavy armor. At 14th level, this flying speed increases to 50 feet.

Avariel Academia (Peaceful only). You have proficiency with one type of artisan's tools or musical instrument of your choice and one of the following skills of your choice: Arcana, History, Performance, or Persuasion.

Avariel Weapon Training (Warlike only). You have proficiency with spears, pikes, shortbows, and longbows. While wielding a spear, the weapon is considered to have the finesse property and a 1d8 (1d10) damage die for you.

Lythari

Lythari, with their soft, yet bestial appearance, are sometimes mistaken for werewolves (and rightfully so, as they can indeed take the form of a wolf). Contrary to typical lycanthropes however, these elves are kind-natured and possess no hyrid form. Like true wolves, they prefer to travel and hunt in packs, sometimes remaining in their wolf form for months or even years at a time.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Wolf-Kin. Your bite counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. While you are transformed into a wolf or dire wolf, you can add your proficiency bonus to your AC and to the attack rolls, damage rolls, and DC of your bite.

Lythari Weapon Training. You have proficiency with the

longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.

Wolf Shape. You can communicate simple ideas with wolves, using gestures and sound. As an action, you can assume your wolf form by using the rules of the druid's Wild Shape feature, but only to turn into a wolf or dire wolf (if you are 8th level, or a 2nd level Circle of the Moon druid), and you regain the ability to do so after finishing a short or long rest. Effects that improve the Wild Shape feature also improve this trait. When you turn into a wolf or dire wolf, you ignore the time limit rules of the Wild Shape feature.

Wild Elf

Wild elves have an appearance similar to that of wood elves, but are notably more feral and savage. Generations of living in the wilderness have refined them into a much hardier form, and they often find themselves more readily accepted by the beasts of the forests than other elves, even their wood elf cousins. The green elves of Faerun are wild elves, as are the grugach in the Greyhawk setting.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Agent of the Wilds. You know one druid cantrip of your choice. At 3rd level, you can cast the speak with animals spell once with this trait, and at 5th level you can cast the beast sense spell once with this trait. You regain the ability to cast these spells this way when you finish a long rest. You can also cast these spells using spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Your spellcasting ability for these spells is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice).

Tribal Hunter. You gain proficiency in the Survival skill.

Wild Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with the spear, shortbow, longbow, and net. While wielding a spear, the weapon is considered to have the finesse property and a 1d8 (1d10) damage die for you.

Additional Half-Elf Traits

At your DM's discretion, you can create a half-elf character whose elven heritage stems from one of the elven subraces mentioned in this book. If so, you can exchange your Skill Versatility trait with another trait based on your elven heritage. Driders aren't included as they are either unable to reproduce or their young are always born as driders.

Avariel. You gain the Wings trait of the Wayfarer dragon-born subrace (page 7), but as feathered wings instead.

Drow-Dragon (Half-Deep). You gain the Infravision trait of the drow-dragon (half-deep).

Lythari. You gain the Wolf Shape trait of the lythari.

Wild Elf. You gain the wild elf's Agent of the Wilds trait.

Zekyl. You gain the Change Shape trait of the zekyl.

Note: If you are playing a drow who undergoes the transformation into a drider, you can replace your drow racial traits with the drider racial traits described here.