Base Class: Fighter
Forming a Bond with a dragon is a long and arduous process that involves extensive mental and physical training before a dragon may find you worthy of a bond. Many would argue it isn't worth the time or trouble. Others would argue that it is the only practice worth striving towards. When done correctly, the sacred bond between dragon and rider is a force to be reckoned with.
While the practice is not rare, truly talented dragon riders are a sight to behold. Elite warriors, Riders are not to be trifled with.
Rider's Prowess
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to ride your dragon after you complete your bond with them. You gain the following benefits:
- You gain proficiency in the Animal Handling Skill and you use this skill when interacting with dragons
- You learn draconic
- You have advantage on saving throws made to avoid falling off your mount.
- You can land on your feet if you fall off your mount and descend no more than 10 feet, provided you are not incapacitated.
- You only need to expend 5 feet of movement in order to mount or dismount a creature
- You gain the Mounted Combatant Feat
Dragon Mount
At 3rd level, you bond with your dragon and ride it into battle. There are many different classes, breeds, and colors of Rider Dragons that allow for a personalized bonding experience for each Rider. See the different dragon breed game statistics in the stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places.
When you bond to your dragon, it becomes soul bound to you and friendly with your allies. Your Dragon obeys your commands; however, it is an intelligent creature and may disobey your commands. If it poses too great a risk to itself or importantly, to people or things it cares deeply about.
In combat, the dragon shares your initiative sound, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. however, if you direct it to the move, the movement occurs on your turn if you are riding it. Directing the dragon to move does not require you to take any actions to do so. It can take reactions on its own, but it can only take the dodge action on its turn unless you use a bonus action to command it to take a different action. If you are incapacitated the dragon can take any action of its choice, not just dodge.
If the dragon fails three death-saving throws and dies, you must make a constitution saving throw to avoid falling prone from grief. Death will sever your bond with this dragon, however if the dragon is revived in anyway, said bond with snap back into place. If you bond with another dragon prior to your current dragon reviving, that bond is permanently severed. Bonding to another dragon requires 24 hours. A dragon may sever its bond with you at any time if it feels maltreated or abused.
Additionally, when you gain this feature or when you bond with a dragon, you determine its color and class. Pick from one of the Dragon Classes. The damage type associate with the dragon's color is used for some features within Dragon Class.
Your dragons class determines special stills, stats, and size. Choose one from the following list.
Dragon Mount Color |
Damage Type |
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Gold, Red, Brass |
Fire |
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Copper, Black |
Acid |
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Blue, Bronze |
Lightning |
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Silver, White |
Cold |
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Green, Amethyst |
Poison |
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Topaz and Emerald |
Thunder |
Rathian Class
Rathian
Snaring Hide. Rathian dragons are bred for battle and have a heightened sense of threats to itself and rider. When a ranged weapon attack hits the Rathian or their rider while mounted or within 10ft, the Rathian reduces the damage by 1d10. If damage is reduced to 0, the Rathian deflects the missile completely.
Dragon Color. The Rathian's color determines what damage type is has immunity to and the damage type delt during its attacks.
Bite.Melee Weapon Attack: +3 plus PB to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 piercing damage.
Tail: Melee Weapon Attack: +3 plus PB to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 elemental damage.
Multi-Attack. The Rathian attempts to make two attacks: one with its bite and one with its tail.
Elemental Breath (3/Day). Ranged Weapon Attack: The Rathian exhales a 15-foot cone of elemental energy. Each creature in that area must succeed a dexterity saving throw with a DC equal to 10+PB. Roll a number of d6s equal to PB; a creature takes damage equal to the total rolled on a failed save or half as much on success.
Withdraw. When the dragon or a creature riding the dragon is hit by an attack, it can move up to 10 feet. This movement occurs after the attack hits and does not provoke opportunity attacks.
Swiftclaw Class
Swiftclaw
Phantom Wings. Swiftclaw dragons know how to take their enemies by surprise. At the beginning of combat, Swifclaw dragons have advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn't taken a turn in the combat yet. In addition, any hit it scores against a creature that is surprised is a critical hit.
Dragon Color. The dragon's color determines what damage type is has immunity to and the damage type delt during its attacks.
Bite.Melee Weapon Attack: +3 plus PB to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 piercing damage plus PB damage of the type determined by it's color.
Elemental Breath (3/Day). Ranged Weapon Attack: The dragon exhales a 15- foot cone of elemental energy. Each creature in that area must succeed a dexterity saving throw with a DC equal to 10+PB. Roll a number of d6s equal to PB; a creature takes damage equal to the total rolled on a failed save or half as much on success.
Elemental Bolt. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 plus PB to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: Number of D10's equal to PB of elemental damage.
Withdraw. When the dragon or a creature riding the dragon is hit by an attack, it can move up to 10 feet. This movement occurs after the attack hits and does not provoke opportunity attacks.
Tyrant Class
Tyrant
Siege Monster. The Tyrant deals double damage to objects and structures.
Dragon Color. The Rathian's color determines what damage type is has immunity to and the damage type delt during its attacks.
Bite and Swallow. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 plus PB to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 piercing damage plus PB of elemental damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 13 + Strength modifier). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the toad can't bite another target.
Swallow. The Tyrant makes one bite attack against a medium or smaller target (sizing does not apply to Rider Dragons) it is grappling. If the attack hits, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. The swallowed target is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the Tyrant, and it takes 10 (3d6) elemental damage at the start of each of the Tyrant's turns. The Tyrant can have only one target swallowed at a time.
Elemental Breath (3/Day). Ranged Weapon Attack: The Rathian exhales a 15-foot cone of elemental energy. Each creature in that area must succeed a dexterity saving throw with a DC equal to 10+PB. Roll a number of d6s equal to PB; a creature takes damage equal to the total rolled on a failed save or half as much on success.
Withdraw. When the dragon or a creature riding the dragon is hit by an attack, it can move up to 10 feet. This movement occurs after the attack hits and does not provoke opportunity attacks.
Elemental Typing
When you bond with a dragon, you determine its elemental type via the color it is. Pick from the Dragon Mount Color table. The damage type associate with the dragon's color is used for some features within dragon Class.
Acid
Your Dragon coloring is Copper or Black
Cold
Your Dragon coloring is Silver and White
Fire
Your Dragon is Gold, Red, or Brass in coloring.
Lightning
Your Dragon coloring is Blue and Bronze
Poison
Your Dragon coloring is Green or Amythest
Thunder
Your Dragon coloring is Topaz or Emerald
Tanem Tactics
At 7th Leel you and your dragon mount knows how to take down a single target. As a bonus action, you can activate this feature for 1 minute, until you end it as a bonus action, or until you or your dragon mount dies. While this feature is active when you make an attack against a creature, your dragon mount has advantage on attacks against that creature until the start of your next turn. Likewise, when your dragon mount attacks a creature, you have advantage on attacks against that creature until the start of its next turn.
At 7th Level you have 1 point of this ability, at 10th you have 2 and at 15th you have three. Once you use all points of this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
Draconic Infusion
At 10th level, your bond with your dragon mount begins to magically influence you, granting you draconic powers. You gain the following benefits.
- You gain resistance to the damage type associated with your dragon's color. When you reach 18th level in this class, you also gain immunity to that damage type.
- Once a round when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can eal and additional 2d4 damage to that creature. The damage is of the type associated with your dragon's color. When you reach 18th level in this archetype, this damage increases to 2d6
Resistance
Resistance is based on the damage type associated with your dragon's color.
Synergistic Bond
At 15th level, you and your dragon work together in perfect harmony. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can forgo any number of attacks. When you do this, your dragon mount can make that many attacks that is not their Elemental Breath attack on its next turn, without you having to use your bonus action to command t to do so.
Additionally, whenever you use your Second Wind feature, your dragon mount regains the same number of hit points, and when you use your action surge feature, your dragon mount gains and additional action on its next turn.
Unleash the Dragon
At 18th level, you have reached the apex of your bond with your dragon, making you a formidable combination on the battlefield. When you roll initiative, you regain the use of your Tandem Tactics feature, and your dragon mount regains one ue of its Elemental Breath.
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