The Apocrypha

This series of tomes catalogs all of my various homebrew content into a series of documents based on type. Each book in the series separates everything into an easily digestible format for everyone to enjoy. Single document content will still be made, however they will also now be added to the proper apocrypha. Each document in the apocrypha can be linked to one another. For instance, spells in the Shadowheart Apocrypha: Spells document will have spell lists for homebrew classes found in Shadowheart Apocrypha: Classes.

In the end, the Shadowheart Apocrypha is a series designed to decrease the amount of clutter one has to go through when making a 5th edition character. So instead of opening a dozen different documents all made by me just to get one character done, you can open only the ones you need, with everything in the right place to begin with.

Classes

Class Features

As a dracolyte, you gain the following class features.

Draconic Awakenings

Dracolytes are drawn to different aspects of the mighty dragons they aspire to become. These aspects reflect the dracolytes desire for power as they train.

Additional Draconic Options

Between Fizban's Treasury of Dragons and my own homebrew dragon species, there are quite a few additional dragons spirits that a dracolyte could be a part of. This section gives several new options for your dragon spirit and features for Dragon Spirit, Minor Bloodline Trait, Dragon Skin, and Major Bloodline Trait.

Class Features

As a dracomancer, you gain the following class features

Solar Halo Legacy

Due to their social nature, solhalysis dragons make excellent companions for any adventurer, however Knights who bond with these unique dragons find themselves with a deep psychic connection unlike any other.

Prerequisite: Only a dracomancer with a Solhalysis draconic companion can take this archetype.

Warkite Legacy

Proud and powerful, warkites are dragons who are built for mounted combat and battlefield support. Dracomancers who ride warkites are often called 'dragon knights.' These dracomancers offer their services as specialized battlefield commanders to various kingdoms and are generally seen as paragons of order.

Draconic Ancestry

Starting when you choose this class at 1st level, you gain access to power your draconic ancestors have held for generations. This power grants you features when you choose it at 1st level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.

Draconic Evolution

Also at 1st level your body adapts as you grow, unlocking various draconic traits that enhance your power. You know two draconic traits at 1st level and can gain more at certain levels as show in the Draconic Traits column of the Great Wyrm table. In order to take a trait, you must meet all its prerequisites. You cannot take a trait more than once.

Some traits replace traits you already have. When you take one of these replacement traits, you are able to take another trait that doesn't replace one you already have.

Whenever you are given the option to take a feat, you can choose to instead gain a new draconic trait that you meet the prerequisites for.

Familial Awakening

At 2nd level, the power of your great dragon family has awakened in you. You gain special benefits based on your draconic subrace and which family it falls into.

Ability Score Improvement

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.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Extra Attack

Starting at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Moreover, if you have any cantrips, you can cast one of your cantrips in place of one of those attacks.

Young Advancement

At 7th level your body has grown into that of a young dragon. You gain the following:

• Your size increases to Large.
• Your walking speed increases by 5 feet and your fly speed increases by 10 feet.
• The size of your breath weapon increases to a 60-foot line, or 30-foot Cone. A solar dragon's Photonic Breath has its range increased to 60 feet and the blast area is now a 15-foot sphere.

Adult Advancement

Beginning at 13th level your growth reaches the next stage of a dragon's life cycle, an adult. You gain the following:

• Your size increases to to Huge.
• Your walking speed increases by 5 feet and your fly speed increases by 10 feet.
• The size of your breath weapon increases to a 90-foot line, or 60-foot Cone. A solar dragon's Photonic Breath has its range increased to 90 feet and the blast area is now a 20-foot sphere.

Ancient Advancement

At 18th level you become an ancient dragon. You gain the following.

• Your size increases to to Gargantuan.
• Your walking speed increases by 5 feet and your fly speed increases by 10 feet.
• The size of your breath weapon increases to a 120-foot line, or 90-foot Cone. A solar dragon's Photonic Breath has its range increased to 120 feet and the blast area is now a 25-foot sphere.

Elder Wyrm

At 20th level you have reached the pinnacle of your draconic might. Choose two ability scores, they increase by 2. Your maximum for those scores is now 22.

Dragon Mage Ancestry

For eons dragons have sought to unlock the true power of their blood and become powerful spellcasters. Those that do are known as Dragon mages, who infuse their very essence with the might of arcane power. The magic flowing through their veins grants them incredible spellcasting prowess that sets them a cut above other dragons.

Song Dragon Ancestry

Song dragons are a peculiar sort, known for their melodic magics and shapeshifting abilities. Often referred to as 'weredragons,' these wyrms have the rare ability to craft a beautiful human guise that is a step above even the most talented shape shifting dragons.

Draconic Traits

Bloodline Strikes

Prerequisite: Variable Appendages

The innate sorcerous power within you bleeds out even when no magic is needed. You can use your Charisma modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls of your natural weapons.

Bloodscale Magery

Prerequisite: Bloodscale Ancestry

Your familiarity with dragon blood has allowed you some limited use of blood magic. You learn the blood bolt, and sanguine slash cantrips. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the sanguine senses spell with this trait. At 5th level You can cast the tendrils of ichor spell with this trait. You can cast these spells without the need for material components, and you can cast these spells even while in a blood fury. Once you cast a spell with this trait, you can't cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast the spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.

These spells can be found in Shadowheart Apocrypha: Spells.

Breathing Technique

Prerequisite: 5th level, not a Solar Dragon

You have learned to exhale your breath weapon for an extended period of time. When you use your breath weapon you can choose to sustain it for a number of rounds equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum 1). When you do, your movement becomes 0, and you can spend your action each turn continuing the exhalation. When you spend your action to do so, each creature within the area repeats the saving throw against your breath weapon.

While channeling your breath in this way, you can use your bonus action before sustaining your breath to shift your body and move the breath into a new orientation, potentially putting new creatures into its area.

Once you have used this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Brutal Serrations

Prerequisite: 9th level

Your natural weapons become serrated, causing massive damage. You can roll one additional weapon damage die when determining the extra damage for a critical hit with a melee attack made with one of your natural weapons.

Bulky Build

Prerequisite: Strength 13 or higher

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. Additionally, if your size is Medium, you can act as a mount for a Medium creature without any penalties.

Caustic Breath

Prerequisite: 15th level

Your breath weapon has become so powerful that it instantly destroys those to weak to withstand it. Whenever the damage from your breath weapon drops a creature to 0 hit points, it instantly dies and its body is destroyed.

Chameleon Scales

Prerequisite: Proficiency in Stealth and Nature

You can alter the color of your scales to blend into any environment. You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide. Additionally while you are in a natural environment, such as a forest or cave, you can use your action to become invisible until the start of your next turn.

Cold Immunity

Prerequisite: 9th level, Crystal Dragon, Topaz Dragon

Your draconic lineage empowers your body. You gain immunity to cold damage.

Constrictor

Prerequisite: 5th level, Powerful Tail

Your tail is long and dexterous, able to wrap up your foes. Whenever you hit a creature with a tail attack, you can choose to automatically grapple the target instead of knocking it prone. You can only grapple one creature with your tail at a time.

Crystal Psionics

Prerequisite: Young Advancement, Crystal Dragon

Your innate psionic power has awakened. You can cast the hypnotic pattern and lesser restoration spells without the need for material components once per day each with this trait. You can't cast those spells with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Deadly Spines

Prerequisite: 3rd level

Your body is covered in sharp spines. Creatures have disadvantage checks made to grapple you. Additionally, when a creature misses you with a melee weapon attack you can use your reaction to spear them with your spines, dealing piercing damage to the creature equal to your proficiency bonus.

Debilitating Pitch

Prerequisite: Adult Advancement, Sapphire Dragon

Your breath weapon has evolved along with you. A creature that fails the save against your breath weapon is incapacitated until the end of its next turn.

Debris Storm

Prerequisite: 10th level

You kick up debris with your tail and wings to disrupt the enemy. As a reaction when you are the target of a ranged attack, you can roll 1d6 and add it to your AC against the triggering attack. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus and regain all uses when you finish a long rest.

Desiccating Gas

Prerequisite: Adult Advancement, Topaz Dragon

Your breath weapon has evolved along with you. A creature that fails the save against your breath weapon has has disadvantage on Strength-based ability checks and Strength saving throws, and the creature's weapon attacks that rely on Strength deal half damage until the end of its next turn.

Disorienting Dissonance

Prerequisite: Adult Advancement, Emerald Dragon

Your breath weapon has evolved along with you. A creature that fails the save against your breath weapon subtracts 1d6 from any attack roll or ability check it makes before the start of your next turn.

Draconic Knowledge

The mind of dragon is filled with all sorts of knowledge. You gain proficiency in the Arcana and History skills. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of those proficiencies.

Dragon Engine

Prerequisite: Young Advancement

Your bulk and the sheer force you put behind it crushes any obstacle in your way. You deal double damage to structures.

Dragon's Aid

You back up your companion's when they need it most. You can use the Help action as a bonus action.

Dragon's Immutability

Prerequisite: Shape Changer

Your shapeshifting abilities are empowered by your draconic blood. You are immune to any spell or effect that would alter your form against your will.

Dragon's Vitality

Prerequisite: Increased Vitality, Adult Advancement

Your hit dice increases to a d12. Your hitpoint maximum increases by 1 per level in this class when you take this trait.

This trait replaces the Increased Vitality trait.

Early Warning System

Always on the look out for trouble, you are prepared even when relaxing. You can cast the alarm spell with this trait. You can't cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast the spell using any spell slots you have.

Eldersong Spellcasting

Prerequisite: Song Dragon Ancestry

You have learned the ancient magics from the song dragons of old. When your Spellcasting feature lets you learn a bard cantrip or a bard spell of 1st level or higher, you can choose the new spell from the cleric spell list or the bard spell list. You must otherwise obey all the restrictions for selecting the spell, and it becomes a bard spell for you.

Elemental Carvings

Prerequisite: 9th level, Hidecarved Ancestry

You gain the following boon that you can choose when using your Mystical Protection:

Elemental Etchings. When you activate this boon, choose an element from among acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant, or thunder. You have resistance to the chosen element.

Elementalal Fangs

Prerequisite: Young Advancement

Your teeth become coated in the same energy as your breath weapon. Whenever you deal damage with your bite attack, you deal additional damage to the target. This damage is the same type as your breath weapon and is equal to your proficiency bonus.

Emerald Psionics

Prerequisite: Young Advancement, Emerald Dragon

Your innate psionic power has awakened. You can cast the invisibility and silent image spells without the need for material components once per day each with this trait. You can't cast those spells with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Empowered Breath

Prerequisite: 4th Level

You have learned to exert more force in your exhalations. Increase the damage dice of your breath weapon by 2.

Empowered Shadows

Prerequisite: 7th level, Shadow Dragon Ancestry

Your shadow magic empowers the shadows you create. Your Corpse Shadows gain a bonus to attack and damage rolls equal to your proficiency bonus. Additionally, whenever you create a Corpse Shadow, it gains a number of temporary hit points equal to your Dragon class level.

Enhanced Senses

Your senses aren't dulled simply because you can't see. You gain blindsight out to a range equal to 5 x your proficiency bonus.

Eternal Vigor

Prerequisite: 4th level

Your draconic body has become more biologically efficient. You don't need to sleep, and magic can't put you to sleep. Additionally, you can finish a long rest in 4 hours provided you only engage in light activity.

Expanded Casing

Prerequisite: 3rd level, Dracolich Ancestry

The magic of your phylactery allows for a greater number of souls to be housed within it. Your phylactery can now hold twice as many souls within it.

Eyes of the Shadestalker

Prerequisite: Shadow Dragon Ancestry

Your attunement to the Shadowfell allows you to pierce through even the darkest nights. You can see in magical darkness as if it were dim light.

Eyes on the Prize

Prerequisite: 5th level

You're always on the look out for traps and treasure. You gain proficiency in Investigation and Perception. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of those proficiencies.

Fear Expansion

Prerequisite: Adult Advancement, Frightful Presence

Your ability to terrify those expands. The range of your frightful presence is now 60 feet.

Fire Extinguisher

Prerequisite: Cold Breath

The icy wind from your breath is great for putting out fires. Any flames, magical or otherwise, in the area of your breath weapon are instantly doused.

Fire Immunity

Prerequisite: 9th level, Emerald Dragon

Your draconic lineage empowers your body. You gain immunity to fire damage.

Flexible Maw

Prerequisite: 4th level

You know how to flex your jaws in different ways, altering the shape of your breath weapon exhalation. When you use your breath weapon, you choose whether you exhale as a line or a cone.

Flyby

Prerequisite: 7th level

You do not provoke opportunity attacks for flying out of an enemy's reach.

Forest Ruler

Prerequisite: 3rd level, Green Dragon

Your time in the forests of the world give you quite the advantage within them. You ignore difficult terrain when in a forest or jungle environment and have advantage on saving throws against spells that create or manipulate plants, such as entangle or grasping vine.

Frightful Fury

Prerequisite: Bloodscale Ancestry, Frightful Presence

The sight of your rage terrifies those around you. When you enter your blood fury, you can use your frightful presence as part of the same bonus action.

Frightful Presence

Prerequisite: Young Advancement

You have gained the menacing aura of a true dragon. As an action each creature that is within 30 feet of you that can see you must make a Wisdom saving throw against your Dragon's Wrath DC or be frightened of you for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to this feature for the next 24 hours.

Frozen in Fear

Prerequisite: 13th level, Frightful Presence

Those who fear you find themselves unable to move. Creatures who fail the saving throw against your Frightful Presence have their speed reduced to 0 while frightened of you.

Hidecarved Resistance

Prerequisite: 7th level, Hidecarved Ancestry

You gain the following boon that you can choose when using your Mystical Protection:

Hidecarved Resistance. When you activate this boon, you have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks.

Hivemind Dragon

Prerequisite: Solhalysis Dragon

You're natural psionic energy allows you a unique telepathic link with others. You have telepathy out to a range of 60 feet. Additionally, you can create a telepathic psychic network with a number of other creatures equal to your proficiency bonus, While within range of your telepathy, each of the connected creatures can speak with each other telepathically.

Honed Craft

Choose a skill you are proficient in. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses the chosen skill.

Hunger of the Void

Prerequisite: Voidmaw Ancestry

When you deal damage with your Breath Weapon, or any of your Voidmaw Ancestry features to a creature for the first time on your turn, you gain temporary hit points equal to half your dragon level. If multiple creatures take damage from the same source, you choose which creature you gain the temporary hit points from.

Impenetrable Armored Scales

Prerequisite: Ancient Advancement, Reinforced Armored Scales

Your scales have hardened, granting you greater protection. Your AC is now equal to 14 + your Dexterity Modifier + your Constitution modifier.

This trait replaces the Reinforced Armored Scales trait.

Impotable

Prerequisite: 5th level, Black Dragon

The acid and bacteria that coats your scales is toxic to drink. While you are at least half submerged in a body of water with little current such as a lake or a well, you can toxify it. For every 1 minute you remain in the water, it ceases to be drinkable for 1 week. After 10 minutes, the toxicity in the water makes it unable to support life for the duration and kills fish and other aquatic life in the area. After an hour, the effects become permanent.

A creature that drinks the impotable water makes a Constitution saving throw against your Dragon's Wrath DC. On a failed save, the creature is poisoned for 24 hours.

Increased Vitality

Prerequisite: Young Advancement

Your hit dice increases to a d10. Your hitpoint maximum increases by 1 per level in this class when you take this trait.

Iron Grip

Prerequisite: 7th level

No creature can escape your wrath. Whenever you hit a creature with an opportunity attack using one of your natural weapons, that creature's speed is reduced to 0 until the end of the turn.

Keratinous Growth

Prerequisites: Young Advancement

Your natural weapons become larger and sharper as you age. The damage dice of your natural weapons increase to 1d8.

Legendary Resistance

Prerequisite: Adult Advancement

You have gained the fearsome ability to shrug off debilitating effects. When you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead. Once you have used this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Lightning Immunity

Prerequisite: 9th level, Sapphire Dragon

Your draconic lineage empowers your body. You gain immunity to lightning damage.

Lost Crescendo

Prerequisite: 15th level, Song Dragon Ancestry

You have learned one of few ancient song dragon spells that have been lost to the ages. Choose one of the following spells: Plane Shift, Reverse Gravity, Teleport, or True Seeing. You can cast the chosen spell once per day and regain the use of it in 1d4+1 days. Whenever you gain a new draconic trait, you can change what spell you know with this trait.

Lunar Phases

Prerequisite 9th level, Lunar Dragon:

You become partially incorporeal, gaining a measure of defense against attacks. You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage for 1 minute or until you lose your concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell).

Magma Diver

Prerequisite: Red Dragon

Much as a sea serpent winds through the seas, you can wind through lava and magma. While you are submerged in lava or magma, you have a swim speed equal to your walking speed.

Moonsilver Strikes

Prerequisite: Lunar Dragon

The moon infuses your body just as much as your soul. Your natural weapon attacks are treated as silvered for the purposes of overcoming resistances and immunities.

Natural Magic

The magic of dragons is deep within your veins. You learn a cantrip of your choice from any spell list. This cantrip must either have an attack roll or saving throw and must deal the same kind of damage as your breath weapon. Charisma is your spellcasting stat for the cantrip.

Nightmare Fuel

Prerequisite: 3rd level, Deep Dragon

Your ability to tap into the nightmares of others is truly terrifying. You can cast the cause fear spell once per day with this trait using Charisma as your spellcasting ability. You can't cast it with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast the spell using any spell slots you have.

Old Blood Scalation

Your ancestral genetics are so infused with raw magic that it hardens your scales. You can choose to use Charisma instead of either Dexterity or Constitution for calculating your AC when using your Dragon Scales feature.

Organic Weaponry

Prerequisites: Ancient Advancement, Sharp as Steel

Your body is that of a living weapon. The damage dice of your natural weapons increases to 1d12.

This trait replaces the Sharp as Steel trait.

Paralyzing Breath

Prerequisite: Young Advancement, Silver Dragon

You can use a charge of your breath weapon to exhale paralyzing gas in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a Constitution saving throw equal to your Dragon's Wrath DC or be paralyzed for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Perfect Etchings

Prerequisite: Ancient Advancement, Sigil Empowerment

Your arcane sigils are marked with perfection. You get a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with your natural weapons and they count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

This trait replaces the Sigil Empowerment trait.

Poison Immunity

Prerequisite: 9th level, Deep Dragon

Your draconic lineage empowers your body. You gain immunity to poison damage.

Powerful Tail

Your tail has become well adapted for use in combat. Your tail becomes a natural weapon that counts as an unarmed strike for you. It has a reach of 10 feet and uses your choice of Strength or Dexterity for its ability modifier. On a hit, it deals 1d6 + the chosen modifier bludgeoning damage. A creature hit by your tail must make a Strength saving throw against your Dragon's Wrath DC. On a failed save, it is knocked prone.

Psychic Immunity

Prerequisite: 9th level, Amethyst Dragon

Your draconic lineage empowers your body. You gain immunity to psychic damage.

Quick Claws

Prerequisite: 3rd level

Your quick reflexes allow you to strike more often. Whenever you take the Attack action and make at least one attack with your claws, you can use your bonus action to make one additional claw attack.

Reflexes of the Ancients

You are very familiar with the long history of draconic combat. You add either your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma modifier to your initiative rolls.

Reinforced Armored Scales

Prerequisite: Adult Advancement, Armored Scales

Your scales have hardened, granting you greater protection. Your AC is now equal to 12 + your Dexterity Modifier + your Constitution modifier.

This trait replaces the Armored Scales trait.

Relentless Exhalation

Prerequisite: 10th level

The power of your breath weapon is seemingly unmatched. Your breath weapon ignores resistances.

Repulsion Breath

Prerequisite: Young Advancement, Bronze Dragon

You can use a charge of your breath weapon to exhale repulsion energy in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your Dragon's Wrath DC. On a failed save, the creature is pushed 40 feet away from you.

Sandstorm

Prerequisite: 3rd level, Blue dragon

You conjure a sandstorm to buffet your foes. You can cast the gust of wind spell without the need for material components and without expending a spell slot. When you cast the spell using this trait, a creature that ends its turn in the area must make a Constitution saving throw against your Dragon's Wrath DC or be blinded until the end of its next turn. You can't cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast the spell using any spell slots you have.

Sapphire Psionics

Prerequisite: Young Advancement, Sapphire Dragon

Your innate psionic power has awakened. You can cast the dissonant whispers and hold person spells without the need for material components once per day each with this trait. You can't cast those spells with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Scintillating Radiance

Prerequisite: Adult Advancement, Crystal Dragon

Your breath weapon has evolved along with you. After using your breath weapon, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Great Wyrm level.

Shadow Puppeteer

Prerequisite: 10th level, Shadow Dragon Ancestry

You have mastered the art of controlling the shadows of others. You can now create and control a number of Corpse Shadows equal to your proficiency bonus.

Shape Changer

You have unlocked the ancient draconic art of shapeshifting. As an action you can polymorph into a Medium or Small humanoid creature, or back into your draconic form. You retain your game statistics and you lose any abilities that rely on parts of your body that you don't have in your humanoid form.

Any equipment you are wearing when you transform is absorbed into your being and are inert and inactive while in the opposite form.

Sharp as Steel

Prerequisites: Adult Advancement, Keratinous Growth

You've learned to use your body's defenses as deftly as any trained warrior. The damage dice of your natural weapons increases to 1d10.

This trait replaces the Keratinous Growth trait.

Sigil Empowerment

Prerequisite: Adult Advancement, Arcane Sigils

You have refined the sigils on your scales. You get a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with your natural weapons and they count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

This trait replaces the Arcane Sigils trait.

Singularity's Pull

Prerequisite: Adult Advancement, Amethyst Dragon

Your breath weapon has evolved along with you. A creature that fails the save against your breath weapon has its speed reduced to 0 until the start of your next turn.

Size Matters

Prerequisite: Young Advancement

You can throw your weight behind every move, causing chaos around those smaller than you. Once per turn you can gain advantage on an attack roll you make against a creature that is smaller than you. Additionally, you cannot be nonmagically shoved or grappled by creatures smaller than you.

Sleep Breath

Prerequisite: Young Advancement, Brass Dragon or Moonstone Dragon

You can use a charge of your breath weapon to exhale sleep gas in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against your Dragon's Wrath DC or fall unconscious for 5 minutes. This effect ends for a creature if the creature takes damage or someone uses an action to wake it.

Slowing Breath

Prerequisite: Young Advancement, Copper Dragon

You can use a charge of your breath weapon to exhale gas in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against your Dragon's Wrath DC. On a failed save, the creature can't use reactions, its speed is halved, and it can't make more than one attack on its turn. In addition, the creature can use either an action or a bonus action on its turn, but not both. These effects last for 1 minute. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a successful save.

Spell Repellent

Prerequisite: 13th level, Bloodscale Ancestry

The dragon blood coating your scales makes you resistant to magic. While in a blood fury, you have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Spellsong Reflexes

Prerequisite: 3rd level, Song Dragon Ancestry

The draconic magics in your lilting melodies empower those around you into action. Whenever you or an ally within 30 feet of you roll for initiative, you can use your reaction to expend a spell slot of 1st-level or higher. When you do, you or an ally within range gain a bonus to the roll equal to the spell slot expended.

Spontaneous Revival

Prerequisite: 5th level, Dracolich Ancestry

Your undead nature allows you to shrug off most 'mortal' wounds. When damage reduces you to 0 hit points, you can make a Charisma saving throw (DC equal to your proficiency bonus + the damage taken). On a success, you instead drop to 1 hit point. You can choose to consume souls when you succeed on the save, gaining a number of hit points equal to the number of souls consumed.

After the saving throw succeeds, you can't use this trait again until you finish a long rest.

Starstorm

Prerequisite: 15th level, Solar Dragon

You can rapid fire your photonic breath. When you expend a use of your breath weapon, you can use your bonus action to expend another use. You can also use your reaction to expend another use in the same turn. Once you have used this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Sticky Pads

Prerequisite: You have a climb speed

The pads of your hands and feet adhere to most surfaces. You can move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and upside down along ceilings, while leaving your hands free.

Sun Spots

Prerequsite: 9th level, Solar Dragon

The heat of your blasts linger. The area from your photonic breath remains for a number of rounds equal to half your proficiency bonus. A creature that enters the area for the first time or starts its turn there makes a saving throw against your photonic breath. On a failed save it takes half the damage it would normally deal, a successful save halves that damage.

Swift Reflexes

Your instincts are impeccable when needing to dodge incoming attacks. You can take the Dodge action as a bonus action.

Tail Sweep

Prerequisite: 5th level, Powerful Tail

You spin in place, swinging your tail at every enemy at once. Make a single attack with your tail against each creature within its reach. A creature that is hit by the attack takes half the damage dealt, is pushed back 5 feet, and automatically fails the saving throw against being knocked prone. You can do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus and regain all uses when you finish a long rest.

The Shadowfell Approaches

Prerequisite: 3rd level, Shadow Dragon Ancestry

You can cast the darkness spell once per day with this trait using Charisma as your spellcasting ability. You can't cast it with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast the spell using any spell slots you have.

Topaz Psionics

Prerequisite: Young Advancement, Topaz Dragon

Your innate psionic power has awakened. You can cast the bane and create or destroy water spells without the need for material components once per day each with this trait. You can't cast those spells with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Twinned Resonance

Prerequisite: 7th level, Song Dragon Ancestry

The magic of your song spreads to others with ease, Whenever you cast a spell that targets only you or an ally within 15 feet of you, you can have the spell also target another ally within 15 feet of the first target.

Undead Viscount

Prerequisite: 9th level, Dracolich Ancestry

From your own undead ritual you have learned how to raise undead yourself. You learn the animate dead spell and can cast it a number of times per day equal to your Charisma modifier. When you cast the spell using this trait, instead of requiring a corpse it consumes a soul from your phylactery to make a skeleton or zombie. When the undead created by the spell would normally be released from your control, they die and disintegrate into dust.

Unknowable Etchings

Prerequisite: 5th level, Hidecarved Ancestry

You gain the following boon that you can choose when using your Mystical Protection:

Unknowable Etchings. When you activate this boon, you cast the nondetection spell on yourself without the need for material components.

Unifying Orator

Prerequisite: 10th level, Song Dragon Ancestry

The magics of your voice cross all cultural boundaries. You are permanently under the effects of the tongues spell.

Unrelenting Force

Prerequisite: 5th level, Hidecarved Ancestry

You gain the following boon that you can choose when using your Mystical Protection:

Unrelenting Force. When you activate this boon, you cast the haste spell on yourself without the need for material components.

Variable Appendages

You have honed your body into a perfect killing machine. Choose whether to use your Strength or Dexterity modifiers for attack and damage rolls made with your natural weapons.

Venomous Fangs

When you hit a creature with a bite attack, it must make a Constitution saving throw against your Dragon's Wrath DC. On a failed save the creature is poisoned until the end of your next turn.

Vent Heat

Prerequisite: Young Advancement, Solhalysis Dragon

You can use a charge of your breath weapon to release the heat built up in your body as a destructive force. Each creature within 10 feet of you must make a Dexterity saving throw against your Dragon's Wrath DC. On a failed save a creature takes your dragon's breath weapon damage as fire damage, or half as much on a successful save.

Vibrational Senses

Prerequisite: You have a burrow speed

Your time burrowing through the earth has taught you how to sense life via vibrations. You have tremorsense out to a range of 30 feet.

Vicious Assault

Prerequisite: 3rd level

You have perfected how you use your natural weapons with deadly efficiency. Your natural weapons score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

Waking Nightmare

Prerequisite: Young Advancement, Deep Dragon

The spores of your breath weapon alter the minds of those effected. A creature that fails the saving throw against your Nightmare Breath is frightened of you for 1 minute. A frightened creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Wandering Wyrm

You've been through many environments and adept at traversing them. Your walking speed increases by 10 feet and you ignore nonmagical difficult terrain.

Weakening Breath

Prerequisite: Young Advancement, Gold Dragon

You can use a charge of your breath weapon to exhale gas in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your Dragon's Wrath DC or have disadvantage on Strength-based attack rolls, Strength checks, and Strength saving throws for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Weight Training

Prerequisite: Bulky Build

You can wear heavy armor and still use your fly speed.

Winding Coils

Prerequisite: Dexterity of 17 or higher

You can manipulate your body like a serpent. Moving out of the threat range of a hostile creature does not provoke attacks of opportunity.

Wing Attack

Prerequisite: 13th level

You beat your wings to escape your foes. As an action you begin to flap your wings and each creature within 10 feet of you must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your Dragon's Wrath DC. On a failed save a creature takes 3d6 bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone. You can then fly up to half your fly speed without provoking opportunity attacks.

Wing Shield

Your quick reflexes can defend your allies. When a friendly creature within 5 feet of you is the target of the attack, you can use your reaction to attempt to shield them with your wing. The creature making the attack has disadvantage on the roll.

Winter Wonderland

Prerequisite: 9th level, White Dragon

Your love of the cold allows you to bring winter wherever you go. You can cast the sleet storm spell once per day with this trait using Charisma as your spellcasting ability. You can't cast it with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast the spell using any spell slots you have.

Young Exhalation Upgrade

Prerequisite: Young Advancement

As you grow in strength, so does your breath weapon. The damage dice of your breath weapon become d8's.

Bard

College of Dragonsong

The college of Dragonsong use ancient and powerful draconic magics to amplify their talents. This special magic is known as dragonsong, a very rare and old performance art created by dragons millenia ago.

Bards who are a part of the College of Dragonsong are often well respected by dragons for their dedication to such an old practice, however can be misunderstood by others due to the strange nature of the draconic language when sung.

College of Dragonsong Features

Bard Level	Feature
3rd	Draconic Understanding, Song of Resistance
6th	Song of Draconic Restoration
14th	Song of Flight

Draconic Understanding

Starting at 3rd level you understand how to use the charismatic nature of dragons to your advantage when dealing with them. Whenever you make a Charisma check when interacting with dragons, your proficiency bonus is doubled if it applies to the check.

Additionally you can speak, read, and write Draconic if you could not already.

Song of Resistance

Beginning at 3rd level, the magic of your dragonsong grants you defenses against the elemental effects of dragons. Choose acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, radiant, poison, psychic, or thunder. You have resistance to the chosen damage type.

Additionally, whenever a creature rolls a bardic inspiration die granted by you, they have resistance to the same damage type until the end of their next turn.

At 11th level, you choose a second element to resist, this resistance also applies your creatures when rolling bardic inspiration dice granted by you.

Song of Draconic Restoration

At 6th level, your knowledge of weaving dragonsong into your magic helps revitalize your allies. Whenever you use your Song of Rest feature, each creature affected gains temporary hit points equal to your level + your proficiency bonus.

Song of Flight

Starting at 14th level your dragonsong magic imbues those around you with the ability to fly. As an action, you can grant a number of creatures equal to your Charisma modifer within 60 feet of you that you can see a fly speed of 40 feet for 1 minute. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.

Warlock

Dragon Lord Patron

Your patron is an ancient and powerful dragon that believes you worthy of its time. Perhaps it is curious to see what a mortal can do with such power, or maybe you found a teacher in a very unlikely place.

Dragon Lord Features

Warlock Level	Feature
1st	Bonus Cantrip, Expanded Spell List, Draconic Empowerment Dragon's Senses
6th	Gift of the Draconic
10th	Adept Draconic Casting
14th	Dragon's Magus

Bonus Cantrip

When you choose this patron at 1st level, you learn one cantrip of your choice. The chosen cantrip must deal damage and require an attack roll or saving throw.

The chosen cantrip is affected by your blast shapes where it makes sense for the spell to have such a function, but cannot be altered by blast shapes with the transfiguration tag.

Expanded Spell List

The Dragon Lord lets you choose from an expanded list of spells for you to cast as invocations. You add the following spells to your list of invocations known at the following levels. These do not count against your number of invocations known.

Dragon Lord Expanded Spells

Spell Level	Spells
1st	absorb elements, identify
2nd	alter self, rime's binding ice
3rd	ashardalon's step, protection from energy
4th	charm monster, raulothim's psychic lance
5th	seeming, summon draconic spirit

Draconic Empowerment

At 1st level, the dragon lord you serve fills your veins with its arcane power. Choose a damage type from acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant, or thunder. Whenever you cast a spell of 1st level or higher that deals damage and only targets one creature, you can choose to add 1d4 damage of the chosen type to the damage of the spell. You can add this damage to your spells a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and regain all uses when you finish a short or long rest.

This damage increases to 2d4 at 5th level, 3d4 at 11th level, and 4d4 at 17th level.

Dragon's Senses

Also at 1st level, you gain darkvision out to a range of 60 feet and blindsight out to a range of 10 feet. If you already have darkvision from your race, its range increases by 30 feet. If you already have blindsight from your race, its range increases by 5 feet.

Gift of the Draconic

At 6th level, your patron's power comes easiest when using their own spells. Whenever you cast a spell from your Expanded Spell List, you cast it at one spell level higher, to a maximum of 6th level.

Adept Draconic Casting

Starting at 10th level your patron's magic allows you to weave their spells with better control. You ignore verbal and somatic components for spells cast from your Expanded Spell List.

Additionally, once per turn when a creature makes a saving throw against one of your spells, you can use your reaction to force that creature to make the save with disadvantage.

Dragon's Magus

Beginning at 14th level, you have mastered your patron's spells. Whenever you cast a spell from your Expanded Spell List for the first time in a turn, it doesn't expend a spell slot if this is the first time you've cast a spell since finishing a long rest.

Spells

Thalia's Ploy

3rd-level illusion

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (20-foot radius)
• Components: V, S, M (the scale of an adult copper dragon)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Dracomancer, Sorcerer, Wizard, Warlock

Several illusory duplicates of yourself spring up, each one appearing to be of a different race. Each creature of your choice that enters the area for the first time, or starts its turn there must make a Wisdom saving trow. On a failed save, the creature is frightened as it perceives various people of all different races, but each one appears to be you in some fashion wandering about. While frightened by the spell, the area is considered difficult terrain as an affected creature tries to avoid the duplicates.

Ualinzundae's Emerald Disorientation

3rd-level Evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (an emerald worth 100gp)
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Dracomancer, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You bring forth the latent potential of the emerald to mentally rend your foes. A 20-foot radius sphere of of psychic energy springs up at a point you choose within range. Each creature within the sphere must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 3d12 psychic damage and has disadvantage on the next attack roll ability check, or saving throw it makes before the end of your next turn. On a successful save the target takes half as much damage and suffers no disadvantage from the spell.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for every slot level above 3rd.

Ulquiel's Vanity

3rd-level enchantment

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 10 feet
• Components: V, S, M (the scale of an adult blue dragon)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Dracomancer, Sorcerer, Wizard, Warlock

Target creature within range makes a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target is charmed by you, believing you to be the most beautiful and intelligent creature in the world. While charmed in this way, you can use your bonus action to command the creature to do your bidding, which it doers to the best of its abilities. The command must be worded in such a manner as to make the course of action sound reasonable. Asking the creature to stab itself, throw itself onto a spear, immolate itself, or do some other obviously harmful act ends the spell.

If the charmed creature takes damage, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a success.

Agathenza's Bloodbath

4th-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S, M (a vial of blood from an ancient red dragon)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Dracomancer, Sorcerer, Wizard, Warlock

Blood seeps from your pores and covers your body creating a grisly armoring. You gain a +2 bonus to your AC and resistance to damage dealt by spells.

Blood Magic. When you cast this spell, you can choose to deal an amount of force damage to yourself equal to half your level (minimum 1), this damage ignores resistances and immunities. When you do this, you gain an additional +1 AC and you have advantage on saving throws against spells.

Hardened Scales

4th-level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: S, M (a handful of dragon scales that are all from the same species worth 300gp)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Dracomancer, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You touch a creature and their skin hardens over with a coat of dragon scales. For the duration of the spell, the target gains a +2 bonus to their AC and they have have resistance to the type of damage related to the species of dragon that the scales came from. If the dragon has multiple resistances, you choose which one you gain resistance to.

Nessavar's Abettance

4th-level divination

• Casting Time: 1 action.
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (the scale of an adult silver dragon)
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Dracomancer, Sorcerer, Wizard, Warlock

You magically seek out the wrongs roiling within those around you and make them right. Choose a number of creatures within range up to your proficiency bonus. You can choose to end one of the following effects from each of them:

• You can end one disease or poison afflicting a creature.
• You reduce a creature's level of exhaustion by one.
• You can end any reduction to one of the target's ability scores.

Zaxaas' Ploy

4th-level illusion

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (the scale of an adult green dragon)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours.
• Classes: Dracomancer, Sorcerer, Wizard, Warlock

You choose a creature within range to subtly manipulate. A creature within range makes an Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, you appear to the target as the person they trust the most, such as a spouse, family member, or commanding officer. For the duration of the spell the target honestly believes you to be this person and willingly offers any information requested or in some cases may take direct orders within reason. If you do or say something that the creature knows is out of character for your disguise, they can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a success. The spell also immediately ends if the real version of your disguise shows up, as there cannot be two of you.

When the spell ends, the target repeats saving throw. On a success, the creature is aware that you manipulated them. If the spell ends after its full duration, the target has disadvantage on the save.

Ithramel's Spellcraft

5th-level transmuation

• Casting Time: 1 hour
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S, M (the brain of an ancient blue dragon)
• Duration: Until the learned spell is cast
• Classes: Dracomancer, Sorcerer, Wizard, Warlock

You weave errant threads of magic, temporarily learn a spell you don't know. When you cast this spell, you learn one spell of 3rd level or lower from any class spell list that is not prepared or known by you. It counts as prepared or known, but does not count towards the total number of spells you can prepare or known.

You cast the learned spell as normal, using the appropriate spell slot and requiring the material components if there are any. Once it is cast for the first time, the learned spell vanishes from your spell list. While the learned spell is on your spell list, you cannot cast Ithramel's Spellcraft again.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th or 7th level, you can learn a 4th level spell. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 8th or 9th level, you can learn a 5th level spell.

Kalfyra's Sanguine Flames

5th-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60-foot cone
• Components: V, S, M (a vial of dragon's blood worth at least 500gp)
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Dracomancer, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You exhale a mix a black fire and dragon's blood in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in the area makes a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 3d6 fire damage, 3d6 force damage, and 3d6 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one.

Blood Magic. When you cast this spell, you can choose to deal an amount of force damage to yourself equal to half your level (minimum 1), this damage ignores resistances and immunities. When you do this, you change the damage dice to d8's.

Morthaas' Cruelty

5th-level conjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (the scale of an adult black dragon)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Dracomancer, Sorcerer, Wizard, Warlock

Chains of acid erupt from the ground and wrap themselves around one creature within range. The target makes Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 4d10 acid damage and is restrained. On a successful save the creature takes half damage and is not restrained.

While the chains restrain the creature, they take 1d10 acid damage at the start of each of their turns. A creature restrained this way can make a Strength check at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the additional damage to the restrained creature increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 5th.

Saryxrysear's Sapphire Burst

5th-level evocation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a star sapphire worth at least 300gp)
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Dracomancer, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You run your hand over the sapphire pulling particles from it and charging them with sonic energy. You fling the charged particles at a point you choose within range. Each creature within a 30-foot radius sphere must make a Constitution saving throw. A target takes 10d8 thunder damage on a failed save, half as much on a successful one. On a success or failure, the target is knocked prone.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot above 4th.

Bestiary

Adult Solhalysis Dragon

Huge dragon, neutral

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• Armor Class 20 (Natural Armor)
• Hit Points 207 (18d12 + 90)
• Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
23 (+6)	12 (+1)	21 (+5)	18 (+4)	15 (+2)	17 (+3)

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• Saving Throws Dex +6, Con + 10, Wis +7, Cha +8
• Skills Deception +8, Insight +7, Perception +12, Persuasion +8, Stealth +6
• Damage Resistances fire
• Damage Immunities radiant
• Senses blindsight 60ft., darkvision 120ft., passive Perception 22
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)

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Superheated Scales. Any creature that physically touches the dragon takes 7 fire damage at the end of each of their turn until they are no longer in direct contact with it.

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

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Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d1 0 + 6) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) fire damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft ., one target. Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 15ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Plasma Breath (Recharge 5-6). The dragon exhales a beam of superheated plasma in a 90-foot line that is 5 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw, taking 66 (12d10) radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Plasma Breath shares a recharge cooldown with Radiant Discharge.

Radiant Discharge (Recharge 5-6). Instead of exhaling destructive energy, the dragon can expend a use of its Breath Weapon trait to create a brief destructive field of radiant energy around it. The dragon vents the magical energy it has built up into its body in a 20-foot radius sphere centered on it. Each creature in the area must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw, taking 66 (12d10) radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Radiant Discharge shares a recharge cooldown with Plasma Breath.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 10 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw or take 13 (2d6 + 6) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Physical Description

Solhalysis dragons are primarily a deep blood red in color, with white underbellies and white wing membranes. Their most notable feature is the long mane of black spikes that starts at the top of their skull and stretches all the way down their necks. When the dragon charges up for an attack with its breath weapon, or it is about to vent out built up magical energy, the spikes heat to extreme temperatures and glow white.

Young Solhalysis Dragon

Large dragon, neutral

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• Armor Class 19 (Natural Armor)
• Hit Points 136 (16d10 + 48)
• Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
19 (+4)	12 (+1)	17 (+3)	16 (+3)	13 (+1)	15 (+2)

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• Saving Throws Dex +4, Con +6, Wis +4, Cha +5
• Skills Deception +5, Perception +7, Stealth +4
• Damage Resistances fire
• Damage Immunities radiant
• Senses blindsight 30ft., darkvision 120ft., passive Perception 17
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)

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Superheated Scales. Any creature that physically touches the dragon takes 4 fire damage at the end of each of their turn until they are no longer in direct contact with it.

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Actions

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

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) fire damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage.

Plasma Breath (Recharge 5-6). The dragon exhales a beam of superheated plasma in a 60-foot line that is 5 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 55 (10d10) radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Plasma Breath shares a recharge cooldown with Radiant Discharge.

Radiant Discharge (Recharge 5-6). Instead of exhaling destructive energy, the dragon can expend a use of its Breath Weapon trait to create a brief destructive field of radiant energy around it. The dragon vents the magical energy it has built up into its body in a 10-foot radius sphere centered on it. Each creature in the area must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw, taking 55 (10d10) radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Radiant Discharge shares a recharge cooldown with Plasma Breath.

Solhalysis Dragon Wyrmling

Medium dragon, neutral

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• Armor Class 18 (natural Armor)
• Hit Points 38 (7d8 + 7)
• Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
15 (+2)	12 (+1)	13 (+1)	14 (+2)	11 (+0)	13 (+1)

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• Saving Throws Dex +3, Con +3 , Wis +2, Cha +3
• Skills Perception +4, Stealth +3
• Damage Resistances fire
• Damage Immunities radiant
• Senses blindsight 10ft., darkvision 60ft., passive Perception 14
• Languages Draconic
• Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)

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Superheated Scales. Any creature that physically touches the dragon takes 2 fire damage at the end of each of their turn until they are no longer in direct contact with it.

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Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2) piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) radiant damage.

Plasma Breath (Recharge 5-6). The dragon exhales a beam of superheated plasma in a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (4d10) radiant damage on a fai led save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Plasma Breath shares a recharge cooldown with Radiant Discharge.

Radiant Discharge (Recharge 5-6). Instead of exhaling destructive energy, the dragon can expend a use of its Breath Weapon trait to create a brief destructive field of radiant energy around it. The dragon vents the magical energy it has built up into its body in a 5-foot radius sphere centered on it. Each creature in the area must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw, taking 22 (4d10) radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Radiant Discharge shares a recharge cooldown with Plasma Breath.

The Solar Halo

Solhalysis dragons have earned the moniker “solar halo dragons” due to their two unique abilities. Their breath weapon is a stream of superheated plasma, when expelled, a halo of light forms around the dragon’s jaws. The other, is their natural ability to absorb magical energy. When expelled, this energy forms a halo of pure magical energy around the dragon that dissipates in moments.

Social and Impressionable

Charismatic and talkative by nature, most solhalysis dragons are more than willing to talk with anyone that ventures into their territory with no hostile intent. They love to sing and try to “befriend” humanoid races to try and better understand their surroundings. These dragons garner most of their knowledge from the experiences they live rather than reading through books, and care little for past histories.

Due to their very impressionable nature and knowledge via lived experiences, solhalysis dragons are often “true neutral” with great sways in alignment based on events that shape the dragon’s outlook on life. For instance, a solhalysis dragon who saw its mother killed and was hunted by dragonslayers for years might be of an evil alignment and despise humanoids. Contrast to this, if the same dragon was instead saved from the dragonslayers after its mother’s demise, it might instead become lawful and strive to protect those that are helpless.

Psychic Controllers

While not present in every member of the species, some solhalysis dragons have developed extremely powerful psychic abilities. These special psionics are generally used to control other dragon blooded creatures and influence their actions. It is important to note that this ability can be used on non-dragon blooded creatures, but the blood of the draconic makes them more susceptible. This has given the dragons the moniker “hive lords” as the more talented of these dragons often surround themselves with other dragons and smaller dragonblooded creatures to do their bidding or protect them from intruders. The most powerful of these psionic dragons are known as Siren Queens, females who weave their psychic talents with draconic song magic to exude a vast influence over even the most powerful draconic creatures.

Lore

This section contains snippets of lore for several of the dragons I've used in my various campaigns. While only one of them has a stat block associated with them at this time, giving them all proper stat blocks is something that might be in as future update.

Vaeralae

(v-air-uh-lay)

An Ancient Amethyst dragon and council member, she is keeper of the compound's records and in charge of the vast collection of draconic artifacts the Reapers hold. She will often impart whatever knowledge she can, answering every manner of question imaginable, believing that knowledge is the greatest weapon to use against one’s foes.

On many occasions she will set up elaborate ‘training sessions’ open to anyone who wishes to participate. These sessions can range from combat training, to simply learning a new skill. She does this under the belief that a direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge. This has earned her the title “Living Library.”

Sazarek

(sah-zah-wreck)

An adult deep dragon who is absolutely fascinated by magic and magical artifacts. He is often tasked with recovering ancient texts and various magical artifacts from caves, underground ruins, and the Underdark. Sazarek has little patience for non-dragons. He’s not especially fond of the Reapers resident kobold faction, the Ruby Raiders as their constant need to be involved in any kind of mining operation has cost Sazarek one to many broken artifacts.

The Ruby Raiders

A group of Kobolds dedicated to Sardior, the Reapers use them to excavate and explore ancient ruins, mines, and other areas where Shards of Sardior are supposedly hidden. Due to their small size and knack for the work, the kobolds are much better for such missions than simply sweeping everything away with a larger dragon. Unfortunately, because of their reckless nature and ceaseless hunt for rubies, they often cause a fair amount of damage to artifacts and valuables found within the ruins they explore.

While there are close to one hundred individual members, the Raiders have a shared hivemind thanks to overexposure to Shards of Sardior. This wouldn’t be so much of an issue except that they all still fiercely try to maintain their individuality. The raiders fall under Szararek’s leadership unless one of the council has need of them, however because of their shared hivemind, the kobolds themselves constantly squabble for which kobold should be in charge when a dragon is not around to lead them.

Star Dragons & The Five Ancients

On the plane of Stelanor, there exists five chromatic dragons that some say are older than time itself. In reality, these titans survived the plane's long forgotten apocalypse that occurred over 10,000 years ago.

The perpetrators of this apocalypse are the star dragons, extra planar draconic entities that are akin to truly omnipotent gods with finite power.

Sheaxelis

(shay-zealous)

One of the three star dragons on Stelanor's material plane. Sheaxelis arrived in physical form during the apocalypse caused by her brethren. Her goal was to preserve as many mortal dragons as possible so that they may rule 'New Stelanor' after the catastrophe had passed. However in her hubris she ended up wiping 99% of the draconic population from the plane. As penance she allowed herself to be swept away in the apocalpyse hoping to atone with her death.

She did not die however, she instead fell into an unnatural slumber, where her body withered and died but her soul still carried on. She would wake roughly 10,500 years later as a dracolich and discovered she could bring dragons back to true life. She set out returning the mighty creatures to the world, much to the dismay of the plane's populace. Sheaxelis would be finally put down once and for all by a team of experienced dragonslayers.

Agathenza, the Bloodsoaked Fury

(Ah-guh-then-zuh)

The only remaining red dragon native to Stelanor. During the star dragon's apocalypse she fled to elemental plane of fire, where she would make several power plays that would lead her to ruling the sub-plane.

Agathenza was an ancient wyrm long before the world ended, using powerful blood magic to get whatever she desired. Her usual calm demeanor belied a terrible anger that when unleashed strengthened both her body and blood magic. Even in her self imposed exile, Agathenza kept a close eye on the plane of Stelanor from her throne in the plane of fire. While she had no real desire to return to the world, she was always paranoid the next time the star dragons returned, her new home would be next.

10,000 years after the apocalypse, Agathenza would watch the ancient blue dragon Ithramel strike a deal with a powerful necromancer to permanently end the star dragon threat. The Necromancer's strike team would slay the other three ancients before deciding to leave Agathenza alone. Despite this Ithramel would request to at least parlay with Agathenza, understanding the power she held. When the meeting commenced, the red dragon would state she had no quarrel with the group and just wished to be left alone before demanding they leave. The party would agree, but not before one memeber asked if she could attune to the Font of Fire within the plane. Agathenza agreed.

500 years later Agathenza would be approached by Sheaxelis, who promised the return of red dragons and asked for her aid. Agathenza would turn her down stating that others of her kind would just overcomplicate her life. When eventually forced into the conflict, she would side with Ithramel and a team of dragon slayers to bring down Sheaxelis.

Cyraxis, the Alabaster Hellklite

(sear-axe-is)

The ancient white dragon who was known for terrorizing Stelanor before and after the star dragon apocalypse. A territorial brute, Cyraxis is known for his penchant of killing at eating anything that moves instead of try and make conversation. When the catastrophe struck, Cyraxis and several other white dragons hid underground in the frozen north, successfully surviving the changing of the plane. Decades after the event, he would emerge to take the northern region of Stelanor's continent of Darinia. For the next 10,000 years he would hold the land, slowly expanding as he tore through villages in his way and slew anyone brave enough to face him.

When a powerful necromancer and her strike team decided to tackle the star dragon problem, they sought the help of very powerful individuals. One of these individuals was hellbent on killing Cyraxis. The strike team would agree to help slay the hellkite and in return, the individual would help. Once in his territory, the group would be confronted by a female white dragon who explained that for the last several thousand years Cyraxis had essentially been keeping them as slaves to fill his desires and wished to see him dead. The strike team and a group of adult female white dragons stormed Cyraxis' lair and slew him. In return, the freed white dragons promised to never leave Cyraxis' territory and not interfere with any mortals would come exploring.

Where are the other DRAGONS?!

The rest of the dragon lore will come in future updates. Here are the dragons that will be worked on:

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