Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons releases October 26 and offers players a variety of ways to emulate the might of dragons. Chief among these are three feats bestowing draconic power. These could be manifestations of your character's draconic heritage, powerful rewards offered by group patrons, or boons characters earn from vanquishing a powerful foe.

Click below for a sneak peek at the draconic feats from Fizban's Treasury of Dragons:

• Gift of the Chromatic Dragon
• Gift of the Gem Dragon
• Gift of the Metallic Dragon

Gift of the Chromatic Dragon

The mummies lurched toward the party, gibbering as they stretched out bandaged hands in a frantic attempt to grab hold of warm flesh. Without wasting a moment, the wizard launched a scorching ray at the undead, then touched his paladin friend’s longsword. A sliver of flame shot up from the sword’s hilt, flickering through the darkness of the tomb and casting a shadow that almost resembled a ferocious dragon. With a roar, the paladin charged forward with his fiery blade.

Gift of the Chromatic Dragon plays into the impressive resistances of the wyrms on the chromatic spectrum, from red to white. Characters with this feat can channel the fortitude and lethal power of dragons to boost their damage output and add to their defensive capabilities.

What does this feat do?

• Characters with this feat can use a bonus action once per long rest to infuse a simple or martial weapon with elemental magic, causing it to deal an extra 1d4 acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison damage for one minute.
• A character can use their reaction to grant themself resistance to an instance of acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison damage. The number of times they can use this reaction is dependent on their proficiency bonus.

Who might benefit from this feat?

• Specializing in damage types is a niche skill in fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons, but it can certainly prove useful when facing a particularly resistant enemy, or one that has a specific damage vulnerability, like the mummy. Order of Scribes wizards can already switch up the damage of their spells via their Awakened Spellbook feature, but taking this feat lets them confer that ability to other members of the party simply by touching their weapons.
• The second half of this feat is situational, so your mileage will vary. But when you're squaring off against chromatic dragons, elementals, and the like, you'll appreciate the ability to grant yourself resistance to certain damage types.

Gift of the Gem Dragon

The orc raiders were well-organized, setting their sights — and spears — on whoever seemed to be casting healing magic. Stumbling backwards after a battleaxe nearly cleaved both her and her lute in two, the bard focused on her foe and practiced an old trick that she’d learned from an ornery sapphire dragon. Screwing up her face, she imagined hitting the orc on the nose. Half a second passed, and then her opponent flew backwards, almost as if he’d been pummeled with a draconic fist of fury.

Gift of the Gem Dragon ties into the psionic abilities possessed by gem dragons, which include amethyst, crystal, emerald, sapphire, and topaz dragons. Spellcasters interested in a little boost of telekinetic energy would do well to add this gift to their repertoire.

What does this feat do?

• Gift of the Gem Dragon bumps up a character’s Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma by 1.
• A character with this feat can use their reaction to let out a burst of telekinetic energy when they’re attacked by a foe within 10 feet of them. If the enemy fails a Strength saving throw, they’ll suffer 2d8 force damage and be pushed 10 feet away. The number of times a character can use this reaction is dependent on their proficiency bonus.

Who might benefit from this feat?

• Any spellcaster can make fine use of this gift, as the DC of the Strength saving throw is dependent on the ability score you increase. Squishy bards, sorcerers, or wizards can utilize the telekinetic burst to keep enemies off their back, while artificers, druids, and warlocks that enjoy getting their hands dirty in the midst of combat can use it for greater battlefield control.
• Clerics of the Tempest domain already have a similar reaction baked into their Wrath of the Storm feature, but those pursuing other subclasses will find the Gift of the Gem Dragon useful for tanking purposes.

Gift of the Metallic Dragon

The fighter dashed toward his fallen friend, trying to outrun the sprinting wereboar eager for an easy target. Sliding forward, the fighter got there first, and gazed aghast at the arrow embedded in his companion’s side. It was bad, but the fighter thankfully knew a bit of healing magic thanks to an unusual boon he’d received a few years ago. But first, the wereboar needed to be dealt with. As the pig-faced cretin shouted out a battle cry and let loose with a dagger, glimmering wings suddenly emanated from the fighter’s back, knocking the dagger aside and stopping the lycanthrope dead in its tracks.

Gift of the Metallic Dragon radiates the altruistic qualities of most worshippers of Bahamut. Those who choose this feat will be able to heal their comrades and shield them against incoming damage, similar to a regal silver dragon protecting its wyrmlings from predators.

What does this feat do?

• A character with this feat learns cure wounds and can cast it once per long rest without expending a spell slot. Alternatively, the character can spend a spell slot if they’d prefer to cast cure wounds at a higher level.
• When a character with this feat is attacked or sees another creature within 5 feet get attacked, they can manifest spectral dragon wings from their back as a reaction. These wings offer a bonus to the target’s AC equal to the character’s proficiency bonus. This ability can be used a number of times equal to the character’s proficiency bonus.

Who might benefit from this feat?

• Getting cure wounds for free is great. Any spellcaster who doesn’t have it on their class spell list — which includes most sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards — will benefit, and so will martial characters hoping to take a little pressure off of the party healer.
• Clerics and other tanking martial/healer hybrids will find the spectral wings useful. They resemble a cross between the shield spell and the Defensive Duelist feat, though the wings can protect other party members, become stronger as the character’s proficiency bonus increases, and don’t require a finesse weapon to function.

Infuse yourself with draconic power

Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons allows players and Dungeon Masters alike to harness the might of dragonkind. In addition to draconic feats, you'll find all-new dragonborn ancestries, subclasses, dragons, and more!

Jeremy Blum (@PixelGrotto) is a journalist, gaming blogger, comic book aficionado, and fan of all forms of storytelling who rolled his first polyhedral dice while living in Hong Kong in 2017. Since then, he's never looked back and loves roleplaying games for the chance to tell the tales that have been swirling in his head since childhood.