• Ability Score Increase. Your Strength increases by 2, and either your Constitution or Charisma increases by 1.

• Age. A dragon left unchecked can live for at least a millennium, as far as recorded history has found. A newborn dragon is barely been out of the shell for less than 100 years. A true dragon reaches maturity around 2,000 years old.

Your alignment depends on the color of your scales. The metallic dragons; Brass, Bronze, Copper, Gold, and Silver, trend heavily towards Good. The chromatic dragons; Black, Blue, Green, Red, and White; are instead favored towards Evil.

As a newborn Dragon, you are barely three feet tall and about six feet from tip to tail. Your size is Medium. You way between 300-400 pounds

Since you are a young dragon, your body is still growing, and you are still growing into your body. As a result, while you might not be clumsy, your short legs reduce your speed to 25'.

You are born with a set of fledgling wings, which will develop over time. At 1st level, you gain a fly speed equal to your base speed, though only in limited bursts. Once you fly 100', you fall if nothing else is holding you aloft. You recover 50' of flight per long rest. At 3rd level, you instead recover 50' of flight every short rest, and your full 100' of flight every long rest; at 11th level you recover your full 100' every short rest.

Your fanged maw is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. Your maw is considered a light weapon. At 3rd level you can use your bite as a second attack; this cannot be used while using Extra Attack. At 5th level, you deal an additional 1d4 damage of the type appropriate to your color, as shown of the Draconic Ancestry table.

Your taloned paw is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. At 3rd level, you can make a second attack with your other talon; if you do this, you have disadvantage on Grapples, and on Athletics and Acrobatics checks until your next turn; this second attack cannot be used while using Extra Attack.

Your form makes most normal gear completely alien to you. You cannot wear normal armor, and instead must purchase or craft it as if it were barding for a mount. Your claws are also not as strong or dexterous as normal humanoid hands, and you must grasp items between your front feet. You may only attune to one item that is held or worn on your hands at a time, and you may only hold one weapon or object at a time. You may not use weapons that have the Heavy property, unless you take Great Weapon Fighting as a Feat or Combat style. You have disadvantage on attacks made with weapons that have the do not have the Light property. If you are holding a weapon with the Light property in your claws, you may take advantage of Two-Weapon Fighting along with your maw, though you may not add your ability modifier to the damage of that weapon.

Dragons have a natural affinity for gold and treasure. Whenever you make a Wisdom (Perception) or an Intelligence (Investigation) check related to searching for gold or treasure, you are considered proficient in that skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus. You also have the flaw "Inherent Greed: whenever you see treasure, you have a compulsion to grab it and claim it"

You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic. 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.