Homebrew Faerie Dragon Species Details

Faerie dragons are cat-size pranksters with draconic features, butterfly-like wings, and scales with various hues.

Faerie Dragons are considered true dragons, despite being significantly smaller than their Metallic and Chromatic cousins. Faerie Dragons look like miniature versions of their cousins, with long bodies made of vibrant scales. About the size of a house cat, these creatures are incredibly dexterious, using their size to their advantage when it comes to stealth, combat, or pranks. Some Faerie Dragons have wings and can fly, while others are more serpent-like in appearance and are excellent swimmers. The blood of a particular type of dragon can affect features and colour.

Some Faerie Dragons retain the draconic ability to shapeshift into human forms, and use this ability to hide in plain sight. Due to draconic involvement in the Catacalysm, there is still a lot of lingering distrust of these creatures.

 

Faerie Dragon Traits

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

Ability Scores

Your Strenght decreases by 1. Your Dexterity increases by 2 and your Intelligence or Charisma increases by 1.

Age

Faerie Dragons mature earlier than most dragons, usually at around 5 years, although they are not considered "emotionally mature" (in a relative sense) until they are around 50 years old. They can live upwards of 5000 years.

Size

A typical Faerie Dragon is around 2 feet long and weighs in the area of 5-10 pounds around the size of a large house cat.

  • You do not benefit from the Light property, so these weapons cannot be used in the off-hand for two-weapon fighting. But they are still a one-handed weapon
  • Versatile weapons must be wielded in two hands, and deal their basic damage rather than their versatile damage
  • You have Disadvantage on attack rolls with Two-handed weapons.
  • Heavy weapons cannot be wielded at all
  • All other one-handed weapons must be wielded in two hands
  • Tiny races do not benefit from the Finesse property, unless the weapon is also light
  • You are able to make better use of cover, treating 1/2 cover as 3/4 cover and 3/4 cover as total cover. 
  • You can also use smaller items in the environment like boxes or smaller rocks as half cover 
  • You may occupy the same space as a tiny or larger creature 

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Your swim speed is 60 feet.

Draconic Ancestry

You have draconic ancestry. You gain Euphoric Breath and three cantrips, which you can cast at will. Your creature type is Dragon.

Faerie Dragon Magic

You know the Dancing Lights, Mage Hand, and Minor Illusion cantrips. You can cast these at will at level 1. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Euphoric Breath

You can exhale a puff of euphoric gas at a creature within 5 feet of you. The creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw with a DC equal to 8+your Charisma modifier+your proficiency bonus. A creature that fails its save cannot take reactions and must roll a d6 at the start of its turn to determine what it must do. On a roll of 1, the target moves in a random direction and takes no actions or bonus actions. On a 2-5, the target moves in a random direction. On a 6, the target behaves normally for this turn. The effect lasts for 1 minute or until it succeeds on a Wisdom saving throw at the end of its turn. You can only use this feature once per short rest.

 

 

Weapons

Faerie Dragons gain a Bite attack.

Languages

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

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