Path of the Dragon Soul

Made from the reddit post made by MBwithaDMG

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Barbarians on the Path of the Dragon Soul summon the fury of a mighty dragon and manifest incredible abilities. They may come from cultures that revere draconic majesty, have gained their connection by drinking or bathing in a dragon’s blood, or after watching a marauding wyrm burn their village.

Much like the draconic deities Bahamut, Tiamat, and Sardior barbarians with a Metallic dragon soul tend to be good, barbarians with a Chromatic dragon soul tend to be evil, and barbarians with a Gem dragon soul tend to be neutral.

Draconic Instinct

3rd-level Path of the Dragon Soul feature

At 3rd level, you choose one type of dragon as the focus of your rage. The damage type associated with each dragon is used by features you gain later.

Draconic Instinct

Dragon	Damage Type	Saving Throw
Amethyst	Force	Strength
Black	Acid	Dexterity
Blue	Lightning	Dexterity
Brass	Fire	Dexterity
Bronze	Lightning	Dexterity
Copper	Acid	Dexterity
Crystal	Radiant	Constitution
Emerald	Psychic	Intelligence
Gold	Fire	Dexterity
Green	Poison	Constitution
Red	Fire	Dexterity
Sapphire	Thunder	Constitution
Silver	Cold	Constitution
Topaz	Necrotic	Constitution
White	Cold	Constitution

You learn to speak, read, and write Draconic or one other language of your choice. Additionally, whenever you make a Charisma (Intimidation) check while raging, your proficiency bonus is doubled if it applies to the check.

Amethyst

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Force	Strength

Black

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Acid	Dexterity

Blue

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Lightning	Dexterity

Brass

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Fire	Dexterity

Bronze

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Lightning	Dexterity

Copper

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Acid	Dexterity

Crystal

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Radiant	Constitution

Emerald

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Psychic	Intelligence

Gold

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Fire	Dexterity

Green

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Poison	Constitution

Red

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Fire	Dexterity

Sapphire

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Thunder	Constitution

Topaz

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Necrotic	Constitution

White

Damage Type	Saving Throw
Cold	Constitution

Draconic Resilience

3rd-level Path of the Dragon Soul feature

As your rage reveals your draconic powers, it grants you resistance to the elemental damage tied to your draconic instinct. At 3rd level, while you’re raging, you gain resistance to damage of the same type as outlined in the Draconic Instinct table.

Draconic Fury

3rd-level Path of the Dragon Soul feature

Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, you can channel draconic energy into your weapon strikes. While you're raging, each of your melee weapon attacks deals 1d6 extra damage. The extra damage is of the same type as outlined in the Draconic Instinct table.

Breath Weapon

6th-level Path of the Dragon Soul feature

At 6th level, when you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with an exhalation of magical energy in a 15-foot cone or in a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide. Each creature in that area must make a saving throw of the same type as outlined in the Draconic Instinct table (DC = 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus). On a failed save, a creature takes 4d6 damage of the same damage type as outlined in the Draconic Instinct table. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage. The damage increases to 5d6 at 10th level, and 6d6 at 14th level.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Frightful Presence

10th-level Path of the Dragon Soul feature

Beginning at 10th level, you can use your action to frighten creatures with your menacing presence. Each creature of your choice that is within 5 feet of you, plus additional feet equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) multiplied by 5, that can see or hear you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or be Frightened of you until the end of your next turn. On subsequent turns, you can use your action to extend the duration of this effect on Frightened creatures until the end of your next turn. This effect ends if a Frightened creature ends its turn out of line of sight or more than 60 feet away from you.

If a creature succeeds on its saving throw, you can’t use this feature on that creature again for 24 hours.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, including extensions, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Soul of the Dragon

14th-level Path of the Dragon Soul feature

At 14th level, you can embody the power of your dragon soul by transforming into a young dragon when you rage. If you do so, for the duration of your rage, you forgo all features acquired by raging and instead assume the form of a draconic creature that uses one of the Young Dragon stat blocks, plus any additional features granted by the dragon of the same type as outlined in the Draconic Instinct table. Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the Young Dragon, though you retain your alignment and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of the Young Dragon.

You assume the hit points and Hit Dice of the new form. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the number of hit points you had before you transformed. If you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form. As long as the excess damage doesn't reduce your normal form to 0 hit points, you aren't knocked unconscious. This transformation lasts for 1 minute. It ends early if you are knocked unconscious. You can also end this transformation on your turn as a bonus action.

You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them, provided that your new form is physically capable of doing so. You can't use any special senses you have (for example, darkvision) unless the Young Dragon stat block also has that sense. You can only speak, read, and write in languages that you know, along with Draconic, while you are transformed. When you transform, your equipment merges into the new form and has no effect in that state.

You must finish a long rest before you can use this feature again.