Homebrew Drefling Species Details

“But you do know how they will look at you, don’t you?”

10 glowing eyes pierced his heart and the sudden seriousness in her voice jolted him.

“What is it they say?” she asked. “One’s a treasure trap, two’s a deadly birth —”

“Three is the end of an empire,” he finished. “I know, you told me they hate dragons. I still want to leave!”

“do you?” When he glared at her, she added, “It’s not as if I’m plumbing the depths of your mind, dear child. That is the burden of every dragon race. Some use it, some make it a treasure of its own, most revel in it.” She tilted her heads again, scrutinizing him, with that wicked glint in her many eyes. “You'll fight it, won't you? Like a flying wildcat, I wager. Every little jab and comment will sharpen your talons.”

— Tiamat, Queen and Mother of the Dragons

To be greeted with stares and whispers, to suffer violence and insult on the street, to see mistrust and fear in every eye: this is the lot of the tiefling. However, you are not a tiefling. Not a full tiefling, at least. You are part dragon. Your bizarre, draconic ancestry may be because you were formed by Tiamat, maybe it is a curse from Tiamat, or maybe your mother or father got frisky with an evil dragon. Whatever the case, you are one-of-a-kind, a monstrosity, and feared and cast out by all sentient races.

Chromatic Bloodline

You do mainly resemble a tiefling, no question, with the same colour tones, types of horns, size, canine teeth, and solid eyes. But you also have large, dragon-like wings, and the same hands and feet a Dragonborn would have. Your tiefling tail is also thinner than normal tiefling's, but acts the same. Also, some of your scales are filled with the colour of a certain chromatic dragon of your choice, further showing your draconic heritage. 

Alone and Hidden

Dreflings are extremely rare, with only one, or even rarer, two existing at a certain time. Because Dreflings are shunned by society due to the fact they shouldn't even exist, they stay hidden in any region for however long they last. Sometimes, Dreflings will go undercover and go into a town or village, just to see what the other races are like. Usually, due to Drefling's evil nature, when Dreflings come out of hiding, it's never good for the civilizations near it. 

Drefling Names

Drefling names are usually the same as Tiefling or Dragonborn names, but can be any kind of name.

PURE EVIL

People tend to be suspicious of tieflings, and even more so dreflings. When dreflings disguise themselves they look exactly like tieflings, if done right. However, their disguises make them even more suspicious, unless aided by magic. This means that anyone and everyone will always keep a close eye on a Drefling. Of course, people will always blame Dreflings for strange happenings if they are in the area, thinking they are tieflings. Unlike tiefling's, the bloodline of Dreflings does sometime affect their personality. Because of their connection to chromatic "evil" dragons, Dreflings are highly likely to become evil and the hate shown towards them can further strengthen their reasons to be evil. 

Drefling Traits

Your draconic and infernal heritage manifests in a variety of traits you share with other draconic races.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 1, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Age

Dreflings seem to age at a similar rate to humans, but due to the scarcity of your race, no-one knows how long they can live. Most speculate because of your draconic blood, you can easily live for 5 to 6 centuries.  

Alignment

Dreflings are born evil due to their chromatic heritage, and their hate and tendency to be evil is increased due to the hate shown towards both sides of their ancestry. However, they can sometimes, through some crazy event, turn to good. Evil or not, an independent nature inclines many dreflings toward a chaotic alignment. 

Size

Tieflings are about the same size and build as humans. Same with Dreflings. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Darkvision

Thanks to your infernal and Draconic heritage, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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 can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Draconic Durability

You have resistance to a certain element depending on what type of chromatic dragon you descend from. This also changes the colour of a few of your scales.

Draconic Durability

DRAGON	DAMAGE TYPE
Black	Acid
Blue	Lightning
Green	Poison
Red	Fire
White	Cold

Flight

You have a flying speed of 30 feet. You can use this speed as long as your not wearing heavy armor.

Languages

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