Couldn't find another thread on this so I thought I would start one.
I thought it would be an interesting campaign to run if my players where dragons. However, instead of giving them the stat block of multiple Dragons from the MM, I decided it would be much more exciting to have them as a playable race.
However it is much more complected that I thought. For example there are two sets of variables that change the mechanics of that dragon; it's colour and type (wurm, drake, occidental, etc). And even more complicated, classes don't really function well on Dragons. A few might have aspects that work (such as a Barbarians rage or maybe a rogues sneak attack). So now I have starting making "Dragon Archetypes" that work as classes and it is a lot of work. I want to give my players the full customization that they would have if playing one of the vanilla classes and races but it proves to be difficult.
So I am wondering if anyone else has worked on homebrewing a dragon race and how they went about it.
(I will post my homebrew PDF that I have worked on once I get to a good stopping point so you all may critique it).
Couldn't find another thread on this so I thought I would start one.
I thought it would be an interesting campaign to run if my players where dragons. However, instead of giving them the stat block of multiple Dragons from the MM, I decided it would be much more exciting to have them as a playable race.
However it is much more complected that I thought. For example there are two sets of variables that change the mechanics of that dragon; it's colour and type (wurm, drake, occidental, etc). And even more complicated, classes don't really function well on Dragons. A few might have aspects that work (such as a Barbarians rage or maybe a rogues sneak attack). So now I have starting making "Dragon Archetypes" that work as classes and it is a lot of work. I want to give my players the full customization that they would have if playing one of the vanilla classes and races but it proves to be difficult.
So I am wondering if anyone else has worked on homebrewing a dragon race and how they went about it.
(I will post my homebrew PDF that I have worked on once I get to a good stopping point so you all may critique it).
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D&D Beyond FoundersYou could take a look here which seems to be roughly what you're looking for and should at least give you some ideas. :)
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I also found this homebrew (I did not make) that I really like.
http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?438478-Dragon-Player-Characters
Edit: Stormknight, I didn't see your post. Yes, it is pretty good.
Okay here is what I have made so far for my homebrew...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/slizcjxbudqk4gs/D&D 5e Dragon Race (Homebrew).pdf?dl=0
Hey!
Check this out, could be a great tool and campaign for you:
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/296647/Year-Of-Rogue-Dragons
Just released and Gold rank already!
Did you ever finish that dragon archetypes for classes?
:)