Dragon Rider

Dragon Riders are rangers who have, through their natural inclination towards the wild and their innate magical ability created an enduring bond with a dragon. This bond between their dragon and their rider is as strong as blood and they work together to wield awe-inspiring power and amazing abilities.

Consider how your ranger gained their bond with the dragon. The Dragon Rider Origin table offers some examples.

Dragon Rider Origin
d6	Origin
1	You studied a dragon’s scale or claw, or a trinket from its hoard, and created your bond through the token’s lingering draconic magic.
2	A secret order of rangers who collect and guard draconic lore taught you their ways.
3	A true dragon gave you a dragon egg to care for. When it hatched, the dragon bonded to you.
4	You drank a few drops of dragon blood, forever infusing your nature's magic with draconic power.
5	An ancient Draconic inscription on a standing stone empowered you when you read it aloud.
6	You had a vivid dream of a mysterious man, accompanied by seven yellow canaries, who warned you of impending doom. When you awoke, your dragon was there, watching you.

 

Draconic Gift

At 3rd-level the bond you share with your drake creates a deeper connection to dragon kind, granting you understanding and empowering your presence.

You gain the following benefits:

• If you can’t already, you learn to speak, read, and write Draconic.
• You learn the thaumaturgy cantrip, which is a ranger spell for you.

Dragon Companion

At 3rd Level you create a bond with a dragon sealing your fate together. You choose the type of dragon you create a bond with which will determine Its abilities and stat block

The dragon is friendly to you and your companions and obeys your commands. See its game statistics in the Dragon Companion stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places. At the end of each long rest, choose a damage type listed in its Draconic Essence trait. You can determine the cosmetic characteristics of the dragon such as its color, scale texture, or any visible effect of its Draconic Essence; your choice has no effect on its game statistics.

In combat, the dragon shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take another action. That action can be one in its stat block or some other action. If you are incapacitated, the dragon can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.

Drake

Drakes were draconic creatures that were distantly related to wyverns. They were smaller and not as powerful as true dragons but were much easier to train, so they were commonly used as mounts. They were often used as guards by dragons, or they were given to the dragons' humanoid servants.

Drake Companion
Small dragon
Armor Class: 14 + PB (natural armor)
Hit Points: 5 + five times your ranger level (the drake has a number of hit dice [d10s] equal to your ranger level)
Speed: 40 ft.
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	12 (+1)	15 (+2)	8 (−1)	14 (+2)	8 (−1)
Saving Throws: Dex +1 plus PB, Wis +2 plus PB
Damage Immunities: determined by the drake’s Draconic Essence trait
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages: Draconic
Challenge: Equals your proficiency bonus
Draconic Essence. At the end of each long rest, choose a damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. The chosen type determines the drake’s damage immunity, the damage of its bite, and the damage of its Infused Strikes trait.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 plus PB to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d6 piercing damage + (your proficiency bonus) damage of a type determined by the drake’s Draconic Essence.
Reactions
Infused Strikes. Whenever you hit a weapon attack within 30 feet of the drake that it can see, the drake can infuse the strike with its essence, causing the attack to deal an extra 1d6 damage of the type determined by its Draconic Essence.

Pseudodragon

A pseudodragon was a small dragonkin known to be playful but shy. Pseudodragons were not true dragons but were highly valued for their use as wizard's familiars.[citation needed] They were also sometimes dispatched in times of need by an array of deities.

Pseudodragon Companion
Tiny dragon
Armor Class: 10 + your proficiency bonus (natural armor)
Hit Points: 5 + 2 times your ranger level (the pseudodragon has a number of hit dice [d10s] equal to half your ranger level)
Speed: 40 ft. (walking), 30 ft. (flying)
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
10 (+0)	15 (+2)	12 (+1)	9 (-1)	16 (+3)	18 (+4)
Saving Throws: Dex +1 plus PB, Wis +2 plus PB
Damage Immunities: determined by the pseudodragon’s Draconic Essence trait
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages: Draconic
Challenge: Equals your proficiency bonus
Draconic Essence. At the end of each long rest, choose a damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. The chosen type determines the pseudodragon's damage immunity, the damage of its bite, and the damage of its Infused Strikes trait.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 plus PB to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d4 piercing damage + (your proficiency bonus) damage of a type determined by the pseudodragon’s Draconic Essence.       Sting. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 1d4 + 2 piercing damage + (your proficiency bonus) damage of a type determined by the pseudodragon’s Draconic Essence. The target must succeed on a dc 12 constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 hour If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target falls unconscious for the same duration, or until it takes damage or another creature uses an action to shake it awake
Reactions
Infused Strikes. Whenever you hit a weapon attack within 30 feet of the pseudodragon that it can see, the pseudodragon can infuse the strike with its essence, causing the attack to deal an extra 1d8 damage of the type determined by its Draconic Essence.

 

 

 

Young Dragon

Dragons were very powerful and magical creatures. There were several types of dragons, the most common of which were chromatic and metallic, which were evil and good respectively. They were an ancient race. Few species that still exist can claim longer lineage.

Dragon Companion
medium dragon
Armor Class: 14 + PB (natural armor)
Hit Points: 5 + five times your ranger level (the dragon has a number of hit dice [d10s] equal to your ranger level)
Speed: 50 ft. (walking), 50ft (Flying)
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	12 (+1)	15 (+2)	8 (−1)	14 (+2)	8 (−1)
Saving Throws: Dex +1 plus PB, Wis +2 plus PB
Damage Immunities: determined by the dragon Draconic Essence trait
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages: Draconic
Challenge: Equals your proficiency bonus
Draconic Essence. At the end of each long rest, choose a damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. The chosen type determines the dragon’s damage immunity, the damage of its bite, and the damage of its Infused Strikes trait.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 plus PB to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 piercing damage plus PB damage of a type determined by the dragon’s Draconic Essence.                                             Fire Breath (Recharge 6). The dragon exhales fire in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 15 (5d6) damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Reactions
Infused Strikes. Whenever you hit a weapon attack that the dragon can see and you are within 5 ft of it, the dragon can infuse the strike with its essence, causing the attack to deal an extra 1d10 damage of the type determined by its Draconic Essence.

Draconic Invocations

At 7th Level, the bond between you and your dragon grows much strengthening increasing the connection between. you gain the ability to, as a bonus action, consume a draconic invocation and you manifest abilities of draconic nature. You can activate this feature once and it resets on a short rest. When you consume an invocation you gain one of the following abilities for 1 minute:

• You manifest a pair of ethereal dragon wings and gain a magical flying speed equal to your walking speed.

• You gain the ability to, as an action, breath a cone of flame in a 15ft radius, and all creatures must make a DC 12 DEX save or take 5d6 damage of the type determined by your dragon's Draconic Essence.

• Your body begins to crack and energy of the type determined by your dragon's Draconic Essence seeps through you gain 15 temporary hit points and whenever you are hit with a melee attack you deal 1d4 damage of the type determined by your dragon's Draconic Essence.

Telepathic Bond

At 11th Level, your bond with your Dragon transcends the physical. you and your drake gain the following benefits:

• You can communicate telepathically over any distance and through any dimension or plane of existence

• You can see through your dragon's eyes and hear what it hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any special senses that the dragon has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own senses.

• once per short rest, as a bonus action, you and your familiar can switch positions instantaneously over any distance.

Perfected Bond

At 15th-level your bond to your dragon reaches the pinnacle of its power. You and the dragon gain the following benefits:

• The Dragon grows by one size catergory size.

• The Dragon’s bite attack deals an extra 1d6 damage of the type chosen for its Draconic Essence (for a total of 2d6 extra damage).

• When either you or the dragon takes damage while you’re within 30 feet of each other, you can use your reaction to give yourself or the dragon resistance to that instance of damage.