Homebrew Divine Dragonborn Species Details

Born of dragons, as their name proclaims, and the chosen of the Divine, the dragonborn walk proudly through a world that greets them with fearful incomprehension. Shaped by draconic gods or the dragons themselves, dragonborn originally hatched from dragon eggs as a unique race, combining the best attributes of dragons and humanoids. Some dragonborn are faithful servants to true dragons, others form the ranks of soldiers in great wars, and still others find themselves adrift, with no clear calling in life.

Proud Dragon Kin Blessed By The Gods

Dragonborn look very much like dragons standing erect in humanoid form, though they lack wings or a tail. The first dragonborn had scales of vibrant hues matching the colors of their dragon kin, but generations of interbreeding have created a more uniform appearance. Their small, fine scales are usually brass or bronze in color, sometimes ranging to scarlet, rust, gold, or copper-green. They are tall and strongly built, often standing close to 6½ feet tall and weighing 300 pounds or more. Their hands and feet are strong, talonlike claws with three fingers and a thumb on each hand.

The blood of a particular type of dragon runs very strong through some dragonborn. Divine dragonborn gain greater advantage of from their gods and their dragon line. Their dragon ancestor—bright red, green, blue, or white, lustrous black, or gleaming metallic gold, silver, brass, copper, or bronze are also infused with divine power.

Driven By Divine Purpose

To most dragonborn, the clan is more important than life itself. Divine dragonborn are focused on the divine and the will of the Universe itself. Each divine dragonborn’s gains insight from their gods and their will difficult to sway. Granted divine sight, some divine dragonborn flights live deep underground and are sought out as truth-seekers. Many divine dragonborn become clerics or sorcerers based on both a higher calling and a greater connection to magic within. Some seek greater knowledge and are driven with a greater purpose beyond a standard station or duties within the clan. Honor demanding they pursue a higher calling typically leading them away from their clans. Divine dragonborn tend to form their own dragon flights rather than clans and live separate from other dragonborn who may have resentment towards dragons or the gods.

A continual drive for self-improvement reflects the self-sufficiency of the race as a whole. Dragonborn value skill and excellence in all endeavors. They hate to fail, and they push themselves to extreme efforts before they give up on something. A dragonborn holds mastery of a particular skill as a lifetime goal. Members of other races who share the same commitment find it easy to earn the respect of a dragonborn.

Though all dragonborn strive to be self-sufficient,  they recognize that help is sometimes needed in difficult situations. But the best source for such help is the clan, and when a clan needs help, it turns to another dragonborn clan before seeking aid from other races—or even from the gods.

 

 

PATH TO GREATER POWER

Divine dragonborn tend to be aligned toward chaos reflecting the nature of the universe or lean toward law with a drive to bring order to the chaos. With greater constitution, stronger will, and charisma they tend to pursue adventuring or leadership positions.  In addition to their divine sight and divine draconic breath weapons, they have unique magical abilities and feats including casting Thaumaturgy as a bonus action.

Divine Dragonborn Traits

Your divine heritage shows itself in many different ways.

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom score increases by 2, Charisma increased by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age

Young dragonborn grow quickly. They walk hours after hatching, attain the size and development of a 10-year-old human child by the age of 3, and reach adulthood by 15. With Divine empowerment and ancient dragon blood, they live to be around 8000, some rise the ranks of immortals.

Alignment

Dragonborn tend to extremes, making a conscious choice for one side or the other in the cosmic war between good and evil (represented by Bahamut and Tiamat, respectively). Most dragonborn are good, but those who side with Tiamat can be terrible villains.

Tap into the Power of the Universe

Divine Dragonborn are connected to the Universe in a deeper way than most races. Similar to Sorcerer meta-magic, it takes time for Divine-Dragonborn take time to learn how to control their initiate power within. 

Size

Dragonborn are taller and heavier than humans, standing well over 6 feet tall and averaging almost 250 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet and flying speed is 60 feet.

Divine Draconic Ancestry

You have draconic ancestry. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic Ancestry table. Your breath weapon and damage resistance are determined by the dragon type, as shown in the table.

Draconic Ancestry

Dragon	Damage Type	Breath Weapon
Black	Acid and Radiant	5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Blue	Lightning and Radiant	5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Brass	Fire and Radiant	5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Bronze	Lightning and Radiant	5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Copper	Acid and Radiant	5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Gold	Fire and Radiant	15 ft. cone (Dex. save)
Green	Poison and Radiant	15 ft. cone (Con. save)
Red	Fire and Radiant	15 ft. cone (Dex. save) or 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)
Celestial	Psychic and Radiant	15 ft. cone (Will save) or 5 by 30 ft. line (Will save)
White	Cold and Radiant	15 ft. cone (Con. save)

Divine Breath Weapon

You can use a bonus action to exhale destructive energy. Your draconic ancestry determines the size, shape, and damage type of the exhalation. When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a saving throw, the type of which is determined by your draconic ancestry. The DC for this saving throw equals 10 + your Wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus. A creature takes 3d6 damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The damage increases to 1d6 Radiant damage and 3d6 at 6th level, 5d6 at 11th level, 6d6 at 13th level, 7d6 at 16th level, and 8d6 at 19th level. After you use your breath weapon, you can’t use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Damage Immunity

You have immunity to the damage type associated with your draconic ancestry. Thicker hide adds on top of armor class.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Celestial, Common, Draconic, and one language of your choice based on character background. 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.

Will of the Gods

With divine dragon blood running through their veins not only grants great power it also ensures the Will of the gods are not interfered with. Can cast Thaumaturgy, Prestidigitation, or Mage Hand as a bonus action.

Divine Sight

See the Truth regardless of normal or magical darkness. Can see in dim or no light for 120 feet.

Dragon Flight

Powerful Dragon wings can be hidden within the Divine Dragonborn similar to a dragon's capability to shapeshift. These wings are powerful enough to carry the divine dragonborn in heavy armor and can carry one large person. As a bonus action activate the wings.