Homebrew Abishai Race Details

Abishai are medium-sized devils from the first two circles of the Nine Hells, who are servants of Tiamat. They work as guards and torturers.

During the Time of Trouble, a group of thirteen abishai were marooned in Unther. The Cult of the Dragon in Unther considered this a blessing from Tiamat. Each of the thirteen maintained a lair in the Underdark below the city of Unthalass. In truth, Tiamat did not send them as a blessing; the thirteen enjoyed their freedom from serving Tiamat, and the high priest of the Cult was blackmailing them into following his orders lest he send them back to Tiamat in Hell

Abishai Names

Abishai dragonborn have personal names given at birth, but they put their clan names first as a mark of honor.

Male Names: Arjhan, Balasar, Bharash, Donaar, Ghesh, Heskan, Kriv, Medrash, Mehen, Nadarr, Pandjed, Patrin, Rhogar, Shamash, Shedinn, Tarhun, Torinn

Female Names: Akra, Biri, Daar, Farideh, Harann, Havilar, Jheri, Kava, Korinn, Mishann, Nala, Perra, Raiann, Sora, Surina, Thava, Uadjit

In the Dragonlance setting, the followers of the evil goddess Takhisis learned a dark ritual that let them corrupt the eggs of metallic dragons, producing evil dragonborn called draconians. Five types of draconians, corresponding to the five types of metallic dragons, fought for Takhisis in the War of the Lance: auraks (gold), baaz (brass), bozak (bronze), kapak (copper), and sivak (silver). In place of their draconic breath weapons, they have unique magical abilities.

Abishai Traits

Your draconic heritage manifests in a variety of traits you share with other dragonborn.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 2.

Age

Abishai are made, not born. They stay as youthful as the day they were created/changed.

Alignment

Abishai are almost strictly lawful evil, serving directly under Tiamat herself.

Size

Abishai are taller and heavier than humans, standing well over 6 feet tall and averaging almost 250 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. You also have a flying speed of 30.

Draconic Gift

You have draconic powers. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic Gift table. Your breath weapon and damage resistance are determined by the dragon type, as shown in the table.

Draconic Ancestry

Black/Acid, 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Blue/Lightning, 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Green/Poison, 15 ft. cone (Con. save)
Red/Fire, 15 ft. cone (Dex. save)
White/Cold, 15 ft. cone (Con. save)

Breath Weapon

You can use your action to exhale destructive energy. Your draconic ancestry determines the size, shape, and damage type of the exhalation. When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a saving throw, the type of which is determined by your draconic ancestry. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. A creature takes 2d6 damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The damage increases to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th level, and 5d6 at 16th level. After you use your breath weapon, you can’t use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Damage Resistance

You have resistance to the damage type associated with your draconic ancestry.

Devil's Sight

You can see in dim light within 60 ft. as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. Magical darkness doesn’t impede your darkvision.

Magic Resistance

You have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Tiamat's Blessing

You can half damage from non-magically bludgeoning, piercing and slashing attacks, 3 times per long rest.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Draconic, Infernal and have telepathy. Draconic is thought to be one of the oldest languages and is often used in the study of magic. The language sounds harsh to most other creatures and includes numerous hard consonants and sibilants.

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