Homebrew Drakin Species Details

Drakin were originally humans who were transformed by Tiamat through her blessings, as reward for pleasing her with their worship. Most Drakin took on minor draconic features thanks to these blessings, but their leaders went through more extreme transformations, and thus were called the 'Drakaina'.

A Drakin mostly resembles a human, but with notable differences. Patches of coloured scales, a forked tongue, reptilian eyes aresome of the primary physical identifiers. There other traits that can vary between individuals however, such as; sharp nails/claws, spines, and the occasional horns, among other things.

Blessed with resistance to elemental damage & draconic magic, each of these Drakin manifests their draconic heritage in a variety of ways: a forked tongue, reptilian eyes, scales coloured for their specific bloodlines and some other characteristics. However a Drakin looks, they typically hold Tiamat in reverence, either as a direct worshiper of hers or as an example to aspire to, often leading individuals to set out in pursuit of living up to their ideals.

 

Drakin Traits

As a Drakin, you have the following racial traits.

Creature Type

You are a Humanoid.

Size

You are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you select this race.

Speed

Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Draconic heritage

Your draconic heritage offers damage resistance & the chance to deal additional damage, both based on the colour of your scales.

Draconic Pride

The pride granted to you by your draconic blood grants you advantage of saving throws against affects that inflict the frightened condition.

Draconic Spellcasting

You know the command spell. Starting at 3rd level, you can also cast suggestion with this trait. Once you cast each of these spells once without using any spell slots, and can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast these spells using any spell slots you have of an appropriate level or higher.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).