Path of the Dragon

Barbarians who follow the Path of the Dragon channel their fury through a sacred bond with a dragon. The two grow together, from a small wyrmling at your side to an ancient wyrm that shares your rage and your wings.

Level 6: Scales of the wrym

At 6th level, your dragon grows into a Drake (see the stat block in Draconic Bond).

While you are raging, you also have resistance to your dragon's ancestry damage type, in addition to the resistances Rage normally grants.

Roar of Kinship. When you activate your Rage, your dragon can use Draconic Breath as a Reaction, without spending its action.

Level 10: Dragon's Dread and Draconic Rider

At 10th level, your dragon grows into a Young Wyrm (see the stat block in Draconic Bond) and gains the following abilities.

Dragon's Dread. When you activate your Rage, each creature of your choice within 30 feet of you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier) or be Frightened until the end of your next turn. A creature immune to being Frightened, or one that has seen your dragon use Draconic Breath within the last minute, has Advantage on the save. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest. You can also expend one use of your Rage to use it again.

Draconic Rider. Your dragon can serve as your mount. While you are mounted on it:
- You can Rage.
- Your dragon shares your Initiative.
- Your Rage's resistances also apply to the dragon.
- Your melee weapon attacks have 5 extra feet of reach.

Dismounting costs half your movement.

Level 14: Wrym Ascendant

At 14th level, your dragon grows into an Elder Wyrm (see the stat block in Draconic Bond). The extra reach from Draconic Rider increases to 10 feet while you are mounted.

Draconic Apotheosis. You can use this feature once, regaining the use when you finish a Long Rest. You can also expend one use of your Rage to use it again. When you use it, you and your dragon become one for 1 minute:
- You sprout spectral draconic wings and gain a Fly Speed equal to your walking speed.
- Your weapon attacks deal an extra 1d10 damage of your dragon's ancestry type.
- You can command Draconic Breath as a Bonus Action, and at the start of each of your turns it recharges on a roll of 5 or 6 on a d6.
- When you take the Attack action, your dragon can make one attack of its own (no action required).

When Draconic Apotheosis ends, you gain one level of Exhaustion unless you expend one use of your Rage to prevent it.

Level 3: Bond

At 3rd level, you form a bond with a dragon wyrmling that fights beside you. You also learn to speak, read, and write Draconic. If you already know Draconic, you learn another language of your choice.

Ancestry. Choose Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Poison. This is your dragon's damage type.

Commanding Your Dragon. The dragon acts on your initiative. It can move and take reactions on its own, but it takes the Attack action only if you use a Bonus Action to command it. Otherwise it takes the Dodge action. If you are Incapacitated, the dragon acts freely.

Rage Synergy. When you activate your Rage, your dragon's Draconic Breath recharges. While you are raging, the dragon's damage rolls gain a bonus equal to your Rage Damage bonus.

Fallen Dragon. If your dragon drops to 0 hit points, it is Unconscious and follows the normal rules for dropping to 0 hit points. If it dies, you can spend 1 hour with it to return it to life with 1 hit point. It regains all its hit points when you finish a Long Rest.

Dragon Companion Stat Block. Your dragon uses the statistics below and grows as you gain Barbarian levels. Use your proficiency bonus (PB) wherever it appears.

Level 3 - Wyrmling (Small)
AC 12 + PB
HP 20 (5 + 5 x your Barbarian level)
Speed 30 ft., Fly 30 ft.
Bite 1d6 + PB piercing
Multiattack: None
Draconic Breath: 15-ft. cone, 2d6

Level 6 - Drake (Medium)
AC 12 + PB
HP 35
Speed 30 ft., Fly 60 ft.
Bite 1d8 + PB piercing
Multiattack: Bite and Claw
Draconic Breath: 30-ft. cone, 3d6

Level 10 - Young Wyrm (Large)
AC 13 + PB
HP 55
Speed 40 ft., Fly 60 ft.
Bite 2d6 + PB piercing
Multiattack: Bite and two Claws
Draconic Breath: 30-ft. cone, 5d6

Level 14 - Elder Wyrm (Huge)
AC 14 + PB
HP 75
Speed 40 ft., Fly 80 ft.
Bite 2d8 + PB piercing
Multiattack: Bite, two Claws, and Tail
Draconic Breath: 60-ft. cone, 7d6

Abilities. STR 14 (+1 per stage after Wyrmling), DEX 12, CON 15, INT 6, WIS 12, CHA 10.

Resistances. Damage of its ancestry type.

Senses. Darkvision 60 ft. (120 ft. from level 10), passive Perception 10 + PB.

Languages. Understands the languages you know and speaks Draconic.

Attack Bonus. Your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier.

Claw (level 6 and higher). Melee weapon attack. Hit: 1d6 + PB slashing damage.

Tail (level 14). Melee weapon attack. Hit: 2d6 + PB bludgeoning damage.

Draconic Breath. The dragon exhales in the cone shown above for its stage. Each creature in the area makes a Dexterity saving throw (DC 8 + PB + your Constitution modifier), taking damage of its ancestry type on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. The breath recharges when you activate your Rage.