Homebrew Drakchaira Species Details

"The beast rose for the inky black pool of water it was birthed in. It's dragon-like wings spread fourth and it's smooth skin glistened in the water covering it. The summoner raised his arms and spoke, the beast turning to the sound of his voice. It opened it's mouth to reply, revealing rows of razor sharp teeth. From it's tongue came a language long lost to time. The summoner thanked his deity for the gift of the beast, deciding to call it, 'Drakchaira' meaning 'Of Dragon and Shark'."

-The written recording of the first time a Drakchaira was summoned.

Born from a ritual involving dark, eldritch magic, Drakchaira are a race of dragon-shark-humanoids. They are, almost without exception, found as a servant to some powerful magic-user ro dark lord. They are strong and agile, tall and muscular, but they were created to be subservient, so their free thinking skills tend to lack. 

Beasts of Many Features

Drakchairan look like a cross between a dragon, shark, and humanoid. They are often tall and broad shouldered, one could mistake them for male, but the beasts are instead almost exclusively sexless, as gender serves no purpose to all but the most twisted of masters. Their body resembles that of a humanoid, but with smooth grey, blue, or black skin like that of a shark. They have fins on their back and ankles. Their head is shaped like a dragon, with scales covering some of their head, back, chest, and arms. Some Drakchairian, called Liamagán, have leathery wings sprouting from their shoulders and additional scales. Their tails look like a sharks tail, which extends from where a human's tailbone would be.

Subservient Slaves

The Drakchairan are born only through summoning, thus their lives are almost exclusively that of servitude. Because of this, their free thinking is rather limited due to conditioning by their masters. What they lack in mental strength they more than make up in physical might. They often serve as bodyguards or physical laborers to their masters. Their conditioning makes them nothing more than devoted brutes, and most don't even know how to read or write. 

Drakchairian Names

Drakchairian have a variety of names that come from an ancient language lost to time, spoken only by the Drakchairian and their summoners. Most Drakchairian are given names by their summoners, the very few who have freedom name themselves. Drakchairan are typically sexless, so they have no gender driven names. 
(For real world reference, this "ancient language" is Greek)

Names: Aeneas,  Ajax, Abi, Bahadur, Daggfin, Echo, Ignacio,  Kaelan, Lasaro, Olalla, Randolph, Raakel, Sabah

 

 

Drakchaira Traits

You half-dragon, half-shark body gives you many unique traits.

Water Breath

You can use your action to exhale your water breath. The blast travels 30 feet, and has a 5 foot width.. When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a Dexterity saving throw. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. A creature takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage and is pushed 5 feet on a failed save, and half as much damage without being pushed on a successful one. The damage increases to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th level, and 5d6 at 16th level. After you use your breath weapon, you can’t use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1. However, your Wisdom decreases by 2 and your Intelligence decreases by 1.

Age

Drakchairans are born fully matured. Most live to be around 100.

Alignment

Drakchairan typically follow a neutral alignment, typically that of their masters.

Size

Drakchairans are taller and heavier than humans, standing well over 6 feet tall and averaging almost 240 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet and you have a swimming speed of 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, as well as speak Drakcharian. Drakcharian is a very musical language, but it's written form is long lost to history.