Homebrew Butchered Dragonborn Species Details

The ancestors of dragonborn hatched from the eggs of chromatic and metallic dragons. One story holds that these eggs were blessed by the dragon gods Bahamut and Tiamat, who wanted to populate the multiverse with people created in their image. Another story claims that dragons created the first dragonborn without the gods’ blessings. Whatever their origin, dragonborn have made homes for themselves on the Material Plane.

Dragonborn look like wingless, bipedal dragons— scaly, bright-eyed, and thick-boned with horns on their heads—and their coloration and other features are reminiscent of their draconic ancestors.

Some, however, unfortunately undergo series mental and physical alterations from a forced hand that was not of their own. These are colloquially known as the butchered. A sorry few really that've lost their draconic scales and even their innate breath weapon, instead gaining an increased mental fortitude and a will to wail out their woes to those around them.

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Dragonborn Traits

Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium (about 5–7 feet tall)
Speed: 30 feet

As a Dragonborn, you have these special traits.

Darkvision

You have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.

Grovel, Cower and Beg.

Once per long rest, you can beckon the sympathy of those before you, gaining advantage on a persuasion check to convince those to take sympathy on your sorry self in hopes for shelter or food.

Psychic Wail

You can, using the attack action, instead let forth a psychic wail - releasing your pent up sorrow and hatred to those around you, beckoning forth a shrill scream of horror and misfortune. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus per Long Rest. The Attack deals 2d10 Psychic Damage.

Damage Resistance

You gain resistance to Psychic Damage as a reflection towards your increased mental fortitude.