Homebrew Half-Dragon Species Details
Draconic Nature:
Half-dragons are incapable of having natural-born offspring. Those that wish to propagate must find other ways to do so, almost always involving magic. By way of compensation, half-dragons are blessed with long life. Barring unforeseen misfortune, a typical half-dragon's life expectancy is twice that of its non-draconic line, so that a half-dragon human might live more than a century and a half.
Half-dragons inherit personality traits common to their draconic heritage, so that half-gold dragons are often shy and secretive, while half-copper dragons are impish and playful. Half-green dragons are deceitful, while half-white dragons are often dim-witted brutes. These traits are tempered by a half-dragon's other lineage, but greed, arrogance, and paranoia are qualities that even good-aligned half-dragons often possess.
Half-Dragon Traits
Your draconic heritage manifests in a variety of traits you share with other half-dragons.Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 1, Constitution score increase by 1, and Charisma score Increase by 1.
Alignment:
A half-dragon generally follows the precepts and the beliefs of her dragon parent, adopting the alignment and beliefs typical of that dragon parent's kind. There are those who rebel against their dragon parents and their parents' alignments, sometimes going along with their non-dragon parent’s alignments instead. Though instances of this behavior are more common among chromatic half-dragon, the evil dragons are often keen to destroy rebellious offspring. As a result, half-dragon with unexpected alignments are rare among both metallic and chromatic varieties.
Age
Barring unforeseen misfortune, a typical half-dragon's life expectancy is twice that of its non-draconic line, so that a half-dragon human might live more than a century and a half. Half-dragons take the age of their non-dragon parent and double it.
Size:
Half-dragons range from over 5 to under 7 feet tall and have muscular builds. Your size is Medium.
Speed:
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Vision:
Accustomed to twilit forests, cavernous depths, and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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.
Draconic Ancestry:
You have draconic ancestry. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic Ancestry table. Your breath weapon and damage resistance are determined by the dragon type, as shown in the table.
Draconic Ancestry Table
Draconic Ancestry
Dragon Damage Type Breath Weapon
Chromatic:
Black Acid 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Blue Lightning 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Brown Acid 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)
Grey Acid 15 ft. cone (Con. save)
Purple Psychic 15 ft. cone (Int. save)
Metallic:
Brass Fire 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Bronze Lightning 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Copper Acid 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Cobalt Force 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Chromium Cold 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Mercury Fire 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Mithril Radiant 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Gold Fire 15 ft. cone (Dex. save)
Silver Cold 15 ft. cone (Con. save)
Adamantine Thunder 15 ft. cone (Dex. save)
Tungsten Fire 15 ft. cone (Dex. save)
Nickel Acid 15 ft. cone (Con. save)
Iron Lightning 15 ft. cone (Dex. save)
Orium Acid 15 ft. cone (Con. save)
Steel Force 15 ft. cone (Dex. save)
Gem:
Amethyst Force 5 by 30 ft. line (Con. save)
Crystal Radiant 5 by 30 ft. line (Con. save)
Emerald Sonic 15 ft. cone (Dex. save)
Sapphire Lightning 15 ft. cone (Con. save)
Topaz Fire 15 ft. cone (Con. save)
Obsidian Fire 15 ft. cone (Dex. save)
Ruby Radiant 15 ft. cone (Con. save)
Dragon Scale:
Your scales harden. While you aren’t wearing armor, you can calculate your AC as 13 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.
Breath Weapon (Recharge 6):
When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of 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, At the start of each of your turn you can roll a d6 If the roll is a 6 you regain the use of your breath weapon again. The ability also recharges when the monster finishes a short or long rest.
Damage Resistance:
You have resistance to the damage type associated with your draconic ancestry.
Language:
You can speak, read, and write Common, one other language from your non-draconic parent, and Draconic. 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.
Draconic Knowledge:
You have proficiency in the Arcana skill.
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Posted Apr 3, 2019Want to give Thanks and Credit to @Anoth for their Ideas, Suggestion, and Help with polishing this up. Love to hear more feedback, as well as other suggestions and Ideas to improve this Race So to make its own unique race and not just a better version of the Dragonborn.
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Posted Aug 7, 2019Uh, Sonic isn't an actual damage type in 5e, I'm pretty sure it is in 3.5e, but not in 5e. So you might want to change the damage type of the Emerald breath weapon