Dragon's Ascent

Your connection to the draconic gods of old allows you to tap into the deepest reaches of your ancestral power. You use an action to utter a prayer to your draconic patron. At the start of your next turn, a radiant arcane light envelops your body, and you assume the form of an adult dragon, matching your draconic ancestry.

• Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the dragon, but you retain your alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of the creature. If the creature has the same proficiency as you and the bonus in its stat block is higher than yours, use the creature’s bonus instead of yours. If the creature has any legendary or lair actions, you can’t use them.
• When you transform, you assume the dragon’s hit points and Hit Dice. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the number of hit points you had before you transformed. However, if you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form.

Your current equipment is absorbed into your transformation, and you cannot cast spells in dragon form. When the spell fades, the caster suffers 1 point of exhaustion due to the immense strain placed on the mind and body, which increases by 1 with each cast (1st cast = 1 point of exhaustion, 2nd cast = 2 points of exhaustion, etc.). If the caster falls below half hp when the spell fades, they suffer an additional point of exhaustion. This spell cannot be cast more than once, within 24 hours.

When cast using a 9th level spell slot, the caster becomes an ancient dragon that matches their draconic ancestry.