Homebrew Draconic Inheritor Species Details
I saw her, wreathed in wings of scales and fire, her eyes blazing with the fury of a dragon. The bone devils stopped in their tracks, shielding their faces. Her blade, now a brand of fire, swept once, twice, three times. The devils’ heads hit the ground, one after another. And thus we learned that an Draconic Inheritor traveled in our ragtag band.
Draconic Inheritors bear within their souls the fire of the dragons. They are descended from humans with a touch of dragon blood in their veins. Draconic Inheritors are born to serve as champions of the dragons, their births hailed as blessed events. They are a people of draconic visages, with scaled and horned features that reveal their draconic heritage.
Draconic Champions
Draconic Inheritors are placed in the world to serve as guardians of a dragons layer. Their believes expect them to strike at evil and introtuders, lead by example, and further the cause of justice. On the rare occasion of the dragons death or the abduction of the Draconic Inheritor, one might pursue a different path.
Hidden Wanderers
While Draconic Inheritor are confident in their strenght, they typically prefer to keep a low profile. Scales, horns, as well as the unusual eyes draws the attention of fanatics, fiends, and other enemies, all of whom would be eager to strike down a Draconic Inheritor if they had the chance since the horns and eyes are a rare occurance.
When traveling, they prefer hoods, closed helms, and other gear that allows them to conceal their identities. They nevertheless have no compunction about striking openly at enemies. The secrecy they desire is never worth endangering the innocent.
Conflicted Souls
Despite its draconic origin, a draconic inheritor is mortal and possesses free will. Most draconic inheritor follow their ordained path, but some grow to see their abilities as a curse. These disaffected draconic inheritor are typically content to turn away from the world, but a few become agents of evil. In their minds, their exposure to celestial powers amounted to little more than brainwashing.
Evil draconic inheritor make deadly foes. The fire power they once commanded becomes corrupted into a horrid, draining magic. And their draconic guides abandon them.
Draconic Inheritor Names
Most draconic inheritor are born from human parents, and they use the same naming conventions as their native culture.
Subrace
No subraces of draconic inheritor exist for now.
Draconic Inheritor Traits
Your draconic inheritor character has the following racial traits.Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 1.
Draconic Soul
Starting at 3rd level, you can use your action to unleash the draconic energy within yourself, causing your eyes to glimmer in red and two scaled incorporeal wings to manifest.
Your transformation lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. During it, you have a flying speed of 30 feet, and once on each of your turns, you can deal fire damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra fire damage equals your level.
Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
Ability Score Increase
Your Charisma score increases by 2.
Age
Draconic Inheritors mature at the same rate as humans, but they can live up to 100 years.
Size
Draconic Inheritors have the same range of height and weight as humans.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision
Blessed with a draconic soul, your vision can easily cut through darkness. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Fire Resistance
You have resistance to fire damage.
With the flame
You know the control flames
cantrip. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it.Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic.
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