| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| STR | 19 | +4 | +4 |
| DEX | 14 | +2 | +5 |
| CON | 16 | +3 | +3 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | 10 | +0 | +0 |
| WIS | 15 | +2 | +5 |
| CHA | 14 | +2 | +2 |
Resistances. Damage type chosen for the Draconic Origin trait below.
Draconic Origin. The half-dragon is related to a type of dragon associated with one of the following damage types (DM’s choice): Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Poison. This choice affects other aspects of the stat block.
Multiattack. The half-dragon makes two Claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 10 ft. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) Slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) damage of the type chosen for the Draconic Origin trait.
Dragon’s Breath (Recharge 5–6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 14, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: 28 (8d6) damage of the type chosen for the Draconic Origin trait. Success: Half damage.
Leap. The half-dragon jumps up to 30 feet by spending 10 feet of movement.
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Posted Feb 5, 2025Seems they went away from templates to make any monster into a half dragon and into just one half dragon stat block. I do like some of lore text though.
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Posted Feb 5, 2025Dislike all this lore, loved that dragon offspring with non-dragons were just half dragons....it made sense
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Posted Feb 6, 2025I'm failing to see how is this a half-dragon if they are just made from the essence of dragons and nothing else. What's the other half? It sounds like a dragon wants a strong minion, does a ceremony with their magic pulling out some of their essence or some other magic user does it, and boom a half-dragon is in existence as a separate entity as they tend to hate their creators.
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Posted Feb 6, 2025I can understand Wizards wanting to get rid of half-humanoid lore, because otherwise they'd have to justify every sort of half-half creature, which becomes especially annoying when people ask for every sort of half-creature player species. But it is truly a shame that we lose the half-monster lore altogether, whether that is for Cambions not being born of fiendish descendants, or Half-Dragons. It gave opportunities for fantastic plot-hooks that are now lost.
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Posted Feb 14, 2025There's nothing stopping a DM from saying, "This half dragon is the offspring of a dragon and a mortal." There are a few things stopping Wizards from saying that, though.
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Posted Mar 25, 2025Agree that I'm not a big fan of this lore. Infact contrary to it being a unique monster I think basically what this is is a higher CR Guard Drake, which are also just draconic creatures created by magical rituals. This is just smarter & stands on two legs if it wants. I also feel like there shouldn't be so much emphasis that metallic dragons don't make these. Having some dragon war between the two sides manned by half dragons would be hella cool.
Much preferred the flavor of it being a genuine hybrid, which itself have the monster lots of implied freedom to e.g. be a hybrid of various different species & creatures, or to use an NPC statblock as a base to apply the template to.
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Posted May 24, 2025Look at you, being logical