When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.

The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You’re free to follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be raised above 20.

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. Dragonets tend to be longer-lived compared to other dragonborns and may grow to live up to a century.

Dragonborn are smaller and lighter than their cousins, standing between 3 and a half feet tall to a maximum of 5 feet and averaging about a 100 pounds. Your size is Small.

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. You also have a climbing speed of 20 feet but you need to use all four limbs to successfully use this ability. You can use your hands to perform any action as long as you are not moving even when no longer standing on a horizontal surface, but both hands must be free to move using your climbing ability.

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

Draconic Ancestry

You have resistance to the damage type associated with your draconic ancestry.

You have a flying speed equal to your walking speed. You can’t use this flying speed if you’re wearing medium or heavy armor.

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.