Homebrew Dragon Shifter Species Details
Dragon Shifters are descendants of an ancient union between dragon and humanoid, forged to end a world-shattering war. At the age of eighteen, their dormant draconic blood awakens, manifesting as scales, elemental power, and supernatural resilience.
Though they appear fully humanoid, Dragon Shifters carry a living dragon soul and must balance mortal duty with draconic instinct.
Dragon Shifter Traits
Draconic AncestryDraconic Ancestry
Choose one Dragon Shifter color: Red, Black, Green, Blue, White, or Purple.
Your chosen color determines your damage resistance, cantrip, and unique draconic ability.
Dragon Magic
You know one cantrip determined by your Dragon Shifter color.
Constitution is your spellcasting ability for this cantrip.
Darkvision
Thanks to your draconic heritage, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions.
You can see in dim light within 60 feet 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 Claws
Your hands manifest draconic claws, which are natural melee weapons.
Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 2
Draconic Resistance
You have resistance to the damage type associated with your Dragon Shifter color.
Elemental Strike
When you hit a creature with a weapon or unarmed strike, you may deal extra damage equal to 1d6 of your Dragon Shifter elemental type.
Partial Shifting Surge
As a bonus action, you can manifest draconic traits for 1 minute. While shifted:
Your eyes glow with your dragon color
Scales appear along your skin
You gain advantage on one Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution ability check of your choice (chosen when you activate this feature)
You can use this feature once per long rest.
At 5th level, you can use this feature twice per long rest.
Elemental Rebuke
When a creature hits you with a melee attack, you may deal 1d8 damage of your Dragon Shifter elemental type to that creature.
1 per Short or Long Rest
Winged Burst
Spectral wings erupt briefly.
You may immediately:
Fly up to 30 feet without provoking opportunity attacks
One creature adjacent to your takeoff point must succeed on a Strength save or be knocked prone
1 per Long Rest
True Dragon Ascension
Beginning at 8th level, you can temporarily awaken your full draconic form.
As an action, you transform into a dragon for 1 minute. Your dragon form resembles a true dragon of your Dragon Shifter color, though smaller and bound to your soul.
While transformed, you gain the following benefits:
You gain a flying speed of 60 feet
Your size becomes Large
Your Armor Class becomes 16 + your Constitution modifier if it is not already higher
You gain temporary hit points equal to twice your level
You retain your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores
You may use your breath weapon once without expending its normal use
You cannot cast spells while in this form, but you may concentrate on spells already active.
When the transformation ends, you gain one level of exhaustion.
Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest.
Draconic Claws deal 2d8 damage
Elemental Strike damage is doubled
Draconic Leap becomes flight
Draconic Bounce
When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points or score a critical hit, you may immediately move up to 15 feet and make one Draconic Claw attack against a different creature.
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