Homebrew Sealed Dragon Species Details

"Sealed dragons? Oh they exist alright. I didn't believe it either, until my own best friend morphed right in front of me. Was unlike anything I'd ever seen, one moment a man, next a hulking monstrosity of gold scale."  

- Ivan Crimsonhand, Court Wizard

 

Sealed dragons are among the rarest of species on the prime material plane. Often the subjects of folklore and song their existence is considered among all but the few to be a hoax. Sealed dragons get their name from the defining characteristic, that they are "sealed" dragons. Whether it be a curse cast from a vengeful Wizard's dying breath, a cruel trick played by a mischievous goddess, or a strange affliction granted by a mysterious artifact, all sealed dragons are stuck in humanoid form. Infused with the elemental essence of their dragon type they are often the center of attention due to their unique appearance, though such questions as to why they look like they do are often subtly waived with a passing shrug and change of topic. Most sealed dragons appear to be normal medium sized humanoids of varying height and build. Depending on their draconic blood their eyes tend to take on a similar color to that of their scales, becoming more vibrant with age. A sealed dragon's teeth in humanoid form are significantly more pointed.

Sealed Dragon Traits

Sealed dragons are dragons forced into humanoid form. Despite their goal to return to normal, they prefer to keep a low profile.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.

Age

Sealed dragons do not age like normal humans, since they are forcibly shape shifted dragons. Therefore, sealed dragons reach an appearance of an adult human around the age of 20, but do not appear to age afterwards. Sealed dragons can live for as long as their corresponding dragon type can.

Alignment

Sealed dragon is alignment is quite similar to the natural alignment of their corresponding dragon type. A chromatic type sealed dragon has a high chance of being evil or chaotic neutral, while a metallic dragon type has a high chance of being good or lawful neutral. However, due to the  uniqueness of their situation, sealed dragon alignment is not always dependent on color, and as they age most sealed dragons gravitate towards a true neutral alignment.

Size

Sealed dragons tend to be closer in build to humans and elves. Your size is medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Language

You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic.

Darkvision

Due to your true nature as a dragon, 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 Resistance

You have resistance to your dragon type's primary element. If you are a red sealed dragon you have resistance to fire, if you are a white sealed dragon you have resistance to cold.

Unsealed Form

When you reach 5th level you may once per long rest, using your action, briefly unseal yourself and morph into a wyrmling of your associated dragon color for up to a minute, or when the form is dropped by a bonus action. A white sealed dragon would morph into a white dragon wyrmling, gaining similar physical stats. However, health remains the same, when knocked unconscious in dragon from you revert to humanoid form unconscious.

When you reach 12th level you may instead morph into a young dragon of your color type, gaining 50 temporary hit points(available until form is dropped).

When you reach 18th level you may instead morph into an adult dragon of your color type, gaining 100 temporary hit points (available until form is dropped).

When morphing all equipment on you melds into your being, and reforms upon the end or release of the transformation. While morphed you lose all class and subclass features, mental stats such as Wisdom, Intelligence, and Charisma stay the same. Physical stats such as Strength, Constitution, and Dexterity are those of the assumed form. When assuming the new form you do not gain its' legendary actions or resistances, where multi-attack is noted you instead make two attacks instead of three (bite and then one claw attack). Generally spell-casting ability is up to DM's discretion. Most adult dragons have some degree of innate spell-casting, so carrying over the spells your sorcerer can do can work, however, most young dragons have very little or no innate spell-casting at all, making the argument of being able to cast from your sorcerer's spell list obsolete. As a rule, adult dragon form can cast from your spell list normally, young and wyrmling forms cannot. Some specific class features do carry over, active barbarian rage can carry over, but mostly your class features are replaced with those of the dragon's (such as frightful presence). DM's discretion as to what carry's over and what does not. 

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