The Dragon

Your patron is an ancient true dragon, an immensely magical creature that grows more powerful as it ages. Dragons, or wyrms, are one of the oldest races, with a vast family. Few species that still exist can claim a longer lineage. You are not a part of this family. You are not a descendant of dragons. You were not blessed with draconic blood before your birth. You were chosen in life by an elder dragon, to bear a portion of its power and spread its influence. You may have gained this pact by showing your patron genuine kindness when no one else would when they were polymorphed as a lowly commoner, helping them at great personal cost unknowing of their true nature, passing their test. Or you may have gained this pact by seeking out your reclusive patron in their hidden domain in a grand quest, beseeching them to allow you to serve them. However you impressed your patron to gain their favor, their gift of magic serves you well to further your patron’s goals, whatever they may be.

Draconic Patron

Your patron is a powerful true dragon, of which there are many kinds. When you choose this Pact at 1st level, you must decide what type of true dragon your patron is. First you must choose your patron’s category of true dragon, and then its specific species of that category. Your patron may be a chromatic dragon, metallic dragon, planar dragon, gem dragon, or lung dragon. You may choose a species of one of these true dragon categories from the following table. Your DM may restrict your options of draconic patron to better suit the campaign, or offer you additional options at their discretion.

Types of True Dragons
Chromatic Dragons	Metallic Dragons	Planar Dragons	Gem Dragons	Lung Dragons
Red Dragon	Gold Dragon	Abyssal Dragon	Amethyst Dragon	Chiang Lung
Black Dragon	Silver Dragon	Astral Dragon	Emerald Dragon	Li Lung
Blue Dragon	Bronze Dragon	Elemental Dragon	Sapphire Dragon	Lung Wang
Green Dragon	Copper Dragon	Feywild Dragon	Topaz Dragon	Pan Lung
White Dragon	Brass Dragon	Shadowfell Dragon	Crystal Dragon	Shen Lung
Brown Dragon	Mercury Dragon	Chaos Dragon	Obsidian Dragon	T’ien Lung
Purple Dragon	Iron Dragon	Ethereal Dragon		Tun Mi Lung
Gray Dragon	Steel Dragon	Oceanus Dragon		Yu Lung
Yellow Dragon	Platinum Dragon	Radiant Dragon

 

Your patron’s type of true dragon is used by features you gain later, and determines your draconic damage type. The following table shows the damage type associated with each type of true dragon. Some dragon types are associated with multiple damage types. You must choose one of these damage types to be your draconic damage type.

Draconic Damage Type
Damage Type	Associated Dragons
Acid	Black Dragon, Copper Dragon, Brown Dragon, Gray Dragon, Steel Dragon, Chaos Dragon
Cold	Silver Dragon, White Dragon, Abyssal Dragon, Elemental Dragon, Chaos Dragon, Pan Lung, Shen Lung, Yu Lung
Fire	Brass Dragon, Gold Dragon, Red Dragon, Yellow Dragon, Abyssal Dragon, Elemental Dragon, Chaos Dragon, Topaz Dragon, Obsidian Dragon, Lung Wang, T’ien Lung
Force	Astral Dragon, Ethereal Dragon, Amethyst Dragon
Lightning	Blue Dragon, Bronze Dragon, Iron Dragon, Elemental Dragon, Chaos Dragon, Oceanus Dragon, Chiang Lung, Shen Lung, Tun Mi Lung
Necrotic	Shadowfell Dragon
Poison	Green Dragon, Mercury Dragon, Steel Dragon, Shen Lung
Psychic	Purple Dragon
Radiant	Platinum Dragon, Feywild Dragon, Radiant Dragon, Crystal Dragon
Thunder	Platinum Dragon, Chaos Dragon, Emerald Dragon, Sapphire Dragon, Li Lung

Expanded Spell List

The Dragon lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.

Dragon Expanded Spells
Spell Level	Spells
1st	burning hands, magic missile
2nd	aganazzar’s scorcher, dragon’s breath
3rd	fireball, lightning bolt
4th	greater invisibility, polymorph
5th	cloudkill, cone of cold

Draconic Magic

Beginning at 1st level, when you cast a spell and the spell deals damage, you can substitute the spell’s usual damage type with your draconic damage type. When you do so, your eyes flare with the color of your draconic energy.

Draconic Resistance

Starting at 1st level, you have resistance to your draconic damage type.

If you’re already resistant to it, you instead gain resistance to another draconic damage type of your choice associated with another type of true dragon of the same general category as your draconic patron (or another damage type your draconic patron is associated with, if any).

Draconic Lore

At 1st level, your patron gifts you with rare knowledge of dragons few ever learn. Whenever you make an Intelligence (Arcana) check, Intelligence (History) check, or Intelligence (Nature) check related to dragons, you may add your Charisma modifier to the roll and you have advantage on the roll.

Wyrm’s Wit

Starting at 6th level, you have learned not only magic and lore from your draconic patron, but an elegant social decorum and cleverness. You gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill. If you are already proficient in it, you gain proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Deception, Insight, Intimidation, or Performance.

In addition, if you fail a Charisma (Deception) check, Charisma (Intimidation) check, or Charisma (Persuasion) check, you can roll it again with advantage. Once you do so, you can't use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest.

Beacon of Belief

At 6th level, your presence and charm is beguiling to those who share a common conviction with you. You gain a benefit that is dependent on your draconic patron’s general category of true dragon.

Chromatic Dragon. If your draconic patron is a chromatic dragon, your alignment changes to evil if it is not already. Your alignment cannot be changed from evil. You have advantage on any ability check to interact socially with an evil-aligned creature until you or your companions do anything harmful to it.

Metallic Dragon. If your draconic patron is a metallic dragon, your alignment changes to good if it is not already. Your alignment cannot be changed from good. You have advantage on any ability check to interact socially with a good-aligned creature until you or your companions do anything harmful to it.

Planar Dragon. If your draconic patron is a planar dragon, your alignment changes to chaotic if it is not already. Your alignment cannot be changed from chaotic. You have advantage on any ability check to interact socially with a chaotic-aligned creature until you or your companions do anything harmful to it.

Gem Dragon. If your draconic patron is a gem dragon, your alignment changes to true neutral if it is not already. Your alignment cannot be changed from true neutral. You have advantage on any ability check to interact socially with a neutral-aligned creature until you or your companions do anything harmful to it.

Lung Dragon. If your draconic patron is a lung dragon, your alignment changes to lawful if it is not already. Your alignment cannot be changed from lawful. You have advantage on any ability check to interact socially with a lawful-aligned creature until you or your companions do anything harmful to it.

Draconic Immunity

Beginning at 10th level, you have immunity to your draconic damage type.

Dragon’s Respect

At 10th level, dragons recognize your power and respect you as a kindred spirit. This feature behaves differently depending on your draconic patron’s general category of true dragon (chromatic, metallic, planar, gem, or lung).

You have advantage on any ability check to interact socially with a dragon with a challenge rating lower than your warlock level or with a dragon of the same general category as your draconic patron, until you or your companions do anything harmful to it.

For example, if your draconic patron is a chromatic dragon, you have advantage on social checks with other chromatic dragons.

In addition, you can strike adoration or fear into the hearts of dragons. You can cast charm monster without expending a spell slot, but if cast in this way you may only target a dragon with a challenge rating lower than your warlock level or a dragon of the same general category as your draconic patron. If the dragon succeeds on the saving throw, it is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

Alternatively, you can cast fear without expending a spell slot, but if cast in this way the spell only affects dragons with a challenge rating lower than your warlock level or dragons of a different general category than your draconic patron. If the dragon succeeds on the saving throw, it is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

Incorruptible Vision

At 14th level, you cannot be fooled by the disguise of a polymorphed dragon, or any other deceiver. You gain truesight to a range of 15 feet.

Inner Dragon

Starting at 14th level, you can summon your inner dragon to terrorize your foes. You can cast illusory dragon without expending a spell slot. After you cast the spell with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Rather than shadowy, the illusion created in this way appears as a spectral dragon of your draconic patron’s species. Its breath weapon deals damage of your draconic damage type.