Homebrew Dragonwrought Kobold Species Details

 

When a Kobold tribe finds itself far from any Dragon to throw awe and respect at they will in very rare cases find that a single egg in their clutch hatches a Dragonwrought to fill the void. These Kobolds, while not Dragons, bear the ressemblance of a true Dragon and is shown nearly the same respect. The Wrought Kobold will find itself having wings, and be ever so slightly taller than the rest, not to mention more independant. These Wrought Kobolds will quickly take over the the Tribe and steer it to its own desires. Through unconditional loyalty and unrivaled power, they often grow selfcentered and loath of sharing.

Disclaimer:  This race was created for a Homebrew Campaign with a Homebrew lore.

Creation of Desperation 

Dragonwrought Kobolds are spawned through desperation. Kobolds love Dragons, and will always throw themselves at any Dragon they can serve.
When there is no Dragon to serve, they find themselves feeling hollow and without purpose. It is through these desperate times that one egg in a rare occassion begins to transform. The Kobolds will take this egg to the deepest depths of their tunnels and guard is closely and adorn it with trinkets of shiney or magical proportions.
When the egg hatches, a Dragonwrought rolls out and is immediately recieved with high praise and put upon a pedestal.

Wrought Personality

During the early years of the Kobolds life it will be taught what it means to be a Kobold, and how they percieve Dragons.
It will be taught, to the tribes best knowledge, what a Dragon wants, and how it should think and behave.
It, very rarely works. And the Wrought Kobold will instead substitute its teachings with its own personal desires.
Fortunately, the other Kobolds are seldom going to disagree, and will fullfill every desire of the Wrought one to their best ability.
This often leaves Dragonwrought kobolds turning out selfish and sometimes even outright evil.

Physichal appearances

A Dragonwrought Kobold can take many appearances, though some are always shared.
They all have draconic wings, though slightly too small to lift them for flight, they do allow for graceful gliding.
Most, if not all of them, carry some appearance traits of the Dragon they share color with.

You can choose your color, or roll for one of the ones below:

1. Red:  Vanity and riches is all you care about. You have two horns curling back over your scalp. A feint scent of smoke and sulfur follows you.
   
   
2. Blue: Order and Chain of Command is something you value above all else. Your ears are frilled, and a single horn petrudes from your nose. The scent of sand follows you.
   
   
3. Black:  You prefer small groups, or solitude. You have a frill on your neckspine and two horns petruding from the side of your skull curving out forward. A feint smell of decay follows you. 
   
   
4. Green: Mystery, secrets, places you shouldnt be, is what you love the most. You have a crest from nosetip to tailtip, along with a forked tongue. A feint scent of Chlorine follows you.
   
   
5. White: Your memory serves you well, and you will not easily forget a grudge. You are smaller than most ordinary Kobolds, and you have thick leathery skin rather than scales. A vaguely chemical odor follows you.
   
   
6. Gold: You respect the laws of other lands, but do not nessecarily confine to them. Horns petrude from your brows and curve backwards, and fleshy whiskers descends from your nostrils and mouth. A feint smell of molten metal follows you.
   
   
7. Silver: Fair is fair. You will do your best to uphold that ideoligy, but not create conflict to do so. You have two horns petruding from you skull, following the base very neatly and a sharp frill under your chin that may ressemble a goatee. The scent of rain follows you.
   
   
8. Bronze: Enjoying the company of other Humanoids, you are a friendly fella. You have six horns in total. Four of which petrude from your cheek on either side, two of which petrude from your brow, they all curve backwards along your head. A scent of sea spray follows you.
   
   
9. Copper: Pranks and puns, Witty Humor and jokes is what tickles your fancy. You have frills on the back of your lower jaw along with segmented plates above your brows that grows into horns. Frills and horns curve along the shape of your skull. A Stoney scent follows you.
   
   
10. Brass: You just won't shut up. Enemy or foe, any chance to talk and you will grab it. Your wings are attached all the way down to the tip of your tail and have two sharp, yet short horns on your chin. A Metallic scent follows you.

Dragonwrought Kobold Traits

When you pick a Dragonwrought Kobold, you gain the following traits:

Age

Dragonwrought mature into adults at the age of 12.
They can live for up to 600 years.

Alignment

Your alignment can be tied to your color, but is not locked by it.
Most Dragonwrought, by virtue of their nature in being picked to lead, often lean towards the Chaotic neutral or Neutral evil.

Size

Your size is small. Between 2 and 4 feet.

Weight

You weight between 60 - 120 pounds

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Your burrowing speed is 5 feet.

Ability Score Increase

Your constitution score increases by 1.
Your Charisma or Dexterity score inreases by 2.

Darkvision

You have  Darkvision to a range of 60 feet.
You can see in dim light as if it were bright light, and in dark light as if it were dim light.
You can not discern colors in dark light, instead everything is greyscaled.

Wrought Wings

For every 5 feet of falling, you can glide 10 feet in any other direction, except up.

• As a reaction while falling, you can slow you fall speed so that you do not take any fall damage from any height, provided you are not restrained.
• When a melee attack fails to hit you, you may use your reaction to flap your wings and send you 10 feet away from the enemy without triggering Attack of Opportunity.
  Once you have used this reaction you can not do so again until after a short rest

Draconic Constitution

You gain resistance to charm effects and magical sleep effects

True Dragon Scales

Your Draconic scales provide sturdier protection than other Kobolds.
You gain +1 bonus to your unarmored Armor Class

Tailwhip

While prone, you may use a reaction to whip your tail distractively around, causing the next melee attack aimed at you to be made with disadvantage.
You can do this a number of times equal to your Strength Modifier + 1 per short rest.

Sunlight Sensitivity

Your natural habitat is under ground.
As such your eyes squint and hurt more out in the open daylight.
You suffer disadvantage on Wisdom (perception) checks in direct sunlight.