Homebrew Weredragon (2024) Species Details

Lore:

Weredragons, as many folk tales attest, are beautiful human women or human men transformed into dragons — or, more accurately, a race of dragonkind that can assume a female human form or a male human form but depending on what gender they were born as. Weredragons usually live among humankind, revealing their dragon form only in times of personal peril or great crisis.

In human form, a weredragon appears as a healthy human female or a healthy human male about 20 to 30 years of age, with a charisma of 16 or more. In dragon form, a weredragon is slim and splendid, usually iridescent blue and silver in hue, and resembles a copper dragon in shape. In either form, a weredragon possesses 60-foot infravision, has true seeing up to 15 feet away, and can use tongues at will, all from birth. A weredragon retains her full knowledge and awareness in either form, and most are consummate actors, so that humans are usually unaware of the weredragon’s true nature.

 

Combat:

Weredragons strike quickly and mercilessly with their razor-sharp claws and tend to sing joyously as they fight (although they can be silent if noise would endanger allies or the success of their own attack). In human form, weredragons prefer to use slashing edged weapons. In either form, a weredragon can employ his/her spells and special abilities, although use of his/her breath weapon will force an accompanying change in form.

A change from one form to another takes a short time: one round from human to dragon form, and two rounds for dragon to human form. During this transformation, a weredragon cannot move (except to fall) and can only employ spells or her breath weapon; other actions and attacks are impossible. Such a shapechange rends all known bonds, prisons, dothing, and other confinements, without harm to the weredragon. There is no known limit to the number of times a weredragon may change form in a given time, nor is there any known magical means of preventing the change in form.

 

Breath Weapon/Special Abilities:

A weredragon only has one breath weapon: a cloud of supercharged, arcing gas 30 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 20 feet high. Creatures caught in the gas must save vs. breath weapon to escape with half damage, or suffer the cloud’s full electrical effects.

A weredragon casts spells and wields his/her magical abilities at 9th level, plus his/her combat modifier.

From birth, a weredragon can cast light and darkness, 15’ radius (once each every 6 turns) and is immune to electrical attacks.

Weredragons As They Age they gain the following additional powers:

Young, featherfall twice a day

Juvenile, blink twice a day

Young Adult, protection from normal missiles once a day

Adult, teleport once a day

Mature Adult, heal once a day

Old, wall of force twice a day

Very Old, reverse gravity once a day

Wyrm, polymorph any object twice per day

Great Wyrm, plane shift once per day.

In all cases, a weredragon can affect other beings with the benefits or effects of these powers by touch. Weredragons are immune to all natural venoms and toxins.

 

Habitat/Society:

Much of the history of weredragons as a race remains mysterious. Weredragons tend not to consort with others of their own kind and prefer dwelling in cities or courts to wilderness solitude. They delight in beguiling evil and rapacious men in human form, taking them as suitors or husbands, and then slaying them while in dragon form. In this way, many a weredragon has amassed great treasure. Unlike most other dragons, however, weredragons delight in the gaining of treasure, not in having it. Weredragons often serve or cooperate with good mages, Harpers, and groups and individuals with similar aims or opportunities to preserve, renew, and protect the land.

Weredragons are fertile in both human and dragon form. They are always female, and their offspring are always other weredragons. Their name is a misnomer; their natural condition is not the cursed lycanthropy that afflicts other were-creatues. A weredragon cannot be cured of her abilities nor transmit them to other creatures by bite or any means.

Weredragons can eat all plant and animal life.

Weredragon (2024) Traits

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

Charisma base of 16

Weredragons have a base stat of 16 in Charisma 

Dragon Claws

Your huge dragon claws deal 10d6

Ability Score Increase

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

Age

From birth, a weredragon can cast light and darkness, 15’ radius (once each every 6 turns) and is immune to electrical attacks.

As they age, weredragons gain the following additional powers:

Young level 1-3

Juvenile level 4-6

Young Adult level 7-9

Adult level 10-12

Mature Adult level 13-15

Old level 16-17

Very Old level 18

Wyrm level 19

Great Wyrm Level 20

 

Size

As a Weredragon your human form is Medium, While your Dragon Form is Huge

Speed

Your base walking, climbing & swimming speed is 30 feet.

Your base flying speed is 60 feet.

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

Dragon	Damage Type	Breath Weapon
Black	Acid	5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Blue	Lightning	5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
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)
Gold	Fire	15 ft. cone (Dex. save)
Green	Poison	15 ft. cone (Con. save)
Red	Fire	15 ft. cone (Dex. save)
Silver	Cold	15 ft. cone (Con. save)
White	Cold	15 ft. cone (Con. save)

Breath Weapon/Special Abilities

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.

A weredragon only has one breath weapon: a cloud of supercharged, arcing gas 30 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 20 feet high. Creatures caught in the gas must save vs. breath weapon to escape with half damage, or suffer the cloud’s full electrical effects.

 

A weredragon casts spells and wields his/her magical abilities at 9th level, plus his/her combat modifier.

 

From birth level 0, a weredragon can cast light and darkness, 15’ radius (once each every 6 turns) and is immune to electrical attacks.

 

Weredragons As They Age they gain the following additional powers:

 

Young level 1-3, featherfall twice a day

 

Juvenile level 4-6, blink twice a day

 

Young Adult level 7-9, protection from normal missiles once a day

 

Adult level 10-12, teleport once a day

 

Mature Adult level 13-15, heal once a day

 

Old level 16-17, wall of force twice a day

 

Very Old level 18, reverse gravity once a day

 

Wyrm level 19, polymorph any object twice per day

 

Great Wyrm Level 20, plane shift once per day.

 

In all cases, a weredragon can affect other beings with the benefits or effects of these powers by touch. Weredragons are immune to all natural venoms and toxins.

Damage Resistance

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

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common 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.