Homebrew Dracophage Species Details

 

Born of dragons, as their name proclaims, the dracophage walk proudly through a world that greets them with fearful incomprehension. Shaped by draconic gods or the dragons themselves, dracophage's are a unique race, combining the best attributes of dragons and humans. Some dracophage are faithful servants, others form the ranks of soldiers in great wars, and still others find themselves adrift, with no clear calling in life.
Dracophage are only born to human mothers and Dragonborn fathers, are a rare occurrence in the draconic races. Typically left with their mothers as they are seen as weak amongst the dragonborn race.

Proud Dragon Kin

Dracophage look very much like Dragonborn standing erect in humanoid form, though they lack wings or a tail. The first dragonborn had scales of vibrant hues matching the colors of their dragon kin, but generations of interbreeding have created a more uniform appearance. Their small, fine scales are usually brass or bronze in color, sometimes ranging to scarlet, rust, gold, or copper-green. They are an average height and strongly built, often standing close to 5 1/2 feet tall and weighing 150 pounds or more. Their hands and feet are strong, talonlike nails extrude from their fingers.

The blood of a particular type of dragon runs very strong through some dracophage clans. These dracophage often boast scales that more closely match those of their dragon ancestor—bright red, green, blue, or white, lustrous black, or gleaming metallic gold, silver, brass, copper, or bronze.

 

Dracophage Names

 

Male Names:

kimoth
gunine
eainae
steatcoon
ailcoon
zushavine
qhachuther
mitate
zuteidae
qomeguine

Female Names:

ruthyes
ithyes
giaguine
zeacmian
bhuross
qortochian
cirvucon
philenin
bhirsucon
emavian

DRACONIANS

In the Dragonlance setting, the followers of the evil goddess Takhisis learned a vile 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.

Dracophage 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 1.

Age

Young dragonborn grow quickly. They walk hours after hatching, attain the size and development of a 10-year-old human child by the age of 3, and reach adulthood by 15. They live to be around 80.

Size

Dragonborn 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.

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)

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.