Drakewarden (Reimagined)

Drakewardens are rangers who use their magical connection with nature to form an enduring bond with a minor dragon, a drake. You came across this drake egg to care for. When it hatched, the drake bonds to you. This bond allows the ranger to summon the drake to their side and to share in the awe-inspiring power wielded by dragons.

Draconic Gift

The bond you share with your drake creates a deeper connection to dragon kind, granting you understanding and empowering your presence. You gain the following benefits:

• If you can’t already, you learn to speak, read, and write Draconic.
• You learn the thaumaturgy cantrip, which is a ranger spell for you.

Drake Companion

At 3rd level, you can magically bond to your drake wyrmling. As an action, you can call the drake to you. If it can hear you, it finds its way to an unoccupied space that you can see within 60 feet of you. If the path is fully obstructed the drake teleports to an unoccupied space within 30 feet of you. A drake called in this way is considered Bound.

The Bound Drake is friendly to you and your companions and obeys your commands. See its game statistics in the Bound Drake Companion stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places. When you first discover your drake or when you obtain a subclass feature at 7th, 11th, and 15th level, choose a damage type listed in the drake's Draconic Essence trait. You can determine the cosmetic characteristics of the drake such as its color, scale texture, or any visible effect of its Draconic Essence at these levels as well; your choice has no effect on its game statistics.

In combat, the Bound Drake shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take another action. That action can be one in its stat block or some other action. If you are incapacitated, the drake can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.

An Unbound Drake is a selfish creature controlled by the DM. It is neutral to you and your companions and forms an opinion of its Drakewarden and their constituents based off their actions.

Once you bond with the drake, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher to bond to it again.

The Bound Drake remains bound for a number of hours equal to your proficiency bonus, until it is reduced to 0 hit points, or until you die. An Unbound drake has another pool of hit points equal to the Bound Drake's hit points. If an Unbound drake has been killed within the last minute, the Drakewarden can expend a spell-slot of 3rd level or higher to return it to 1 hit point. After 1 minute, the Unbound Drake must be revived by some other means; meanwhile, the Drakewarden takes on the statistics of a Beastmaster Ranger.

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Draconic Essence

Each drake has a unique damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. The Drake's type determines the drake’s damage immunity, the damage of its bite, and the damage of its Infused Strikes trait.

Acid

Your drake’s lineage is Black or Copper.

Cold

Your drake’s lineage is Silver or White.

Fire

Your drake’s lineage is Brass, Gold, or Red.

Lightning

Your drake’s lineage is Blue or Bronze.

Poison

Your drake’s lineage is Green.

Drake's Evolution - Young

Your Drake evolves to fit its terrain and the needs of its Drakewarden. A Drakewarden must have an ability score of 13 or higher to select an Evolutionary Path for their Drake. A Drake will not have the ability to "Age" further into an Evolutionary Path until the specified levels: Young Drake Traits are available right at level 7. Adult Drake Traits become available at level 11. Ancient Drake Traits become available at level 15. Drake's 'Age' through each Evolutionary Path so it must have each previous trait to move on to the next.

At 7th level you will select two traits from the following list, at 11th level you will select one trait from an expanded list, and at 15th level you will select two more traits from an even larger list. You must meet the prerequisites to select an option.

Young Drake - Charisma

Your Drake is trained to the rules of the land and will not break any laws while unbound. The locals come to take a liking of your Drake as it is behaved and discourages mischief. NPC's will assume the drake to be Lawful Good.

Young Drake - Constitution

Your Drake's attacks ignore resistances. Your Drake gains a swimming speed of 40 feet and can breathe underwater for 1 hour.

Young Drake - Dexterity

Your Drake gains a flying speed of 30 feet.

Young Drake - Intelligence

Your Drake can speak and understand Common. Your Drake can always sense magic items as if under the Detect Magic spell.

Young Drake - Strength

Your Drake grows to Size Medium. The Drake’s bite attack deals an extra 1d6 damage of the type chosen for its Draconic Essence.

Young Drake - Wisdom

You gain resistance to the damage type chosen in your Drake’s Draconic Essence feature. Your Drake gains a climbing speed of 30 feet. Your Drake's Darkvision increases to 120 feet.

Drake's Evolution - Adult

Starting at 11th level, your Drake, as an action, can exhale a 30-foot cone of damaging breath of the type determined by its Draconic Essence. Each creature in the cone must make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC, taking 6d6 damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This damage increases to 8d6 when you reach 15th level in this class. Once your Drake uses this feature, it can’t do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a spell slot of 3rd level or higher for it to use it again.

Additionally, select one trait from the following list which you meet the prerequisites for.

Adult Drake - Charisma

Any Charisma check made to influence your Drake automatically fails. Your Drake gains proficiency in Persuasion, Deception, or Intimidation.

Adult Drake - Constitution

When either you or the drake takes damage while you’re within 30 feet of each other, you can use your reaction to give yourself or the drake resistance to that instance of damage. Your Drake gains a swimming speed of 80 feet and can breathe air and water.

Adult Drake - Dexterity

Your Drake gains a flying speed of 60 feet.

Adult Drake - Intelligence

Your Drake can speak one other language you know. Your Drake can cast the Slow spell without material components once per long rest.

Adult Drake - Strength

Your Drake grows to Size Large. A mounted rider has half-cover from all attacks.

Adult Drake - Wisdom

Your allies gain resistance to the damage type chosen in your Drake’s Draconic Essence feature while within 30 feet of your Drake.  Your Drake has Blindsight out to 30 feet.

Young Drake - Charisma

Your Drake is trained to the rules of the land and will not break any laws while unbound. The locals come to take a liking of your Drake as it is behaved and discourages mischief.

Young Drake - Constitution

Your Drake's attacks ignore resistances. Your Drake gains a swimming speed of 40 feet and can breathe underwater for 1 hour.

Young Drake - Dexterity

Your Drake gains a flying speed of 30 feet.

Young Drake - Intelligence

Your Drake can speak and understand Common. Your Drake can sense magic items as if under the Detect Magic spell.

Young Drake - Strength

Your Drake grows to Size Medium. The Drake’s bite attack deals an extra 1d6 damage of the type chosen for its Draconic Essence.

Young Drake - Wisdom

You gain resistance to the damage type chosen in your Drake’s Draconic Essence feature. Your Drake gains a climbing speed of 30 feet. Your Drake's Darkvision increases to 120 feet.

Drake's Evolution - Ancient

The drake’s bite attack deals an extra 1d6 damage of the type chosen for its Draconic Essence. Additionally, select two traits from the following list which you meet the prerequisites for.

Adult Drake - Charisma

Any Charisma check made to influence your Drake automatically fails. Your Drake gains proficiency in Persuasion, Deception, or Intimidation (your choice).

Adult Drake - Charisma

Any Charisma check made to influence your Drake automatically fails. Your Drake gains proficiency in Persuasion, Deception, or Intimidation (your choice).

Adult Drake - Constitution

When either you or the drake takes damage while you’re within 30 feet of each other, you can use your reaction to give yourself or the drake resistance to that instance of damage. Your Drake gains a swimming speed of 80 feet and can breathe air and water.

Adult Drake - Constitution

When either you or the drake takes damage while you’re within 30 feet of each other, you can use your reaction to give yourself or the drake resistance to that instance of damage. Your Drake gains a swimming speed of 80 feet and can breathe air and water.

Adult Drake - Dexterity

Your Drake gains a flying speed of 60 feet. 

Adult Drake - Dexterity

Your Drake gains a flying speed of 60 feet. 

Adult Drake - Intelligence

Your Drake can speak one other language you know. Your Drake can cast the Slow spell without material components once per long rest.

Adult Drake - Intelligence

Your Drake can speak one other language you know. Your Drake can cast the Slow spell without material components once per long rest.

Adult Drake - Strength

Your Drake grows to Size Large. A mounted rider has half-cover from all attacks.

Adult Drake - Strength

Your Drake grows to Size Large. A mounted rider has half-cover from all attacks.

Adult Drake - Wisdom

Your allies gain resistance to the damage type chosen in your Drake’s Draconic Essence feature while within 30 feet of your Drake.  Your Drake has Blindsight out to 30 feet.

Adult Drake - Wisdom

Your allies gain resistance to the damage type chosen in your Drake’s Draconic Essence feature while within 30 feet of your Drake.  Your Drake has Blindsight out to 30 feet.

Ancient Drake - Charisma

The Drake gains the Frightful Presence Action. Each creature that isn't friendly with the Drake within 60 feet must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the Drake's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours. Your Drake's Charisma is now 20.

Ancient Drake - Constitution

Your Drake gains resistance to the damage types not selected in the Draconic Essence feature. Your Drake's Constitution score is now 20. Your Drake's hit points are calculated as 10 + 7 times your ranger level.

Ancient Drake - Dexterity

When your Drake makes a melee attack against a creature, it doesn't provoke opportunity attacks from that creature for the rest of the turn, whether it hits or not. Your Drake's Dexterity is now 20. Your Drake's AC is calculated as 15 + PB .

Ancient Drake - Intelligence

As an action, your Drake can magically polymorph into a beast that has a challenge rating of 3 or lower, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it falls to 0 hit points. In a new form, your Drake retains its alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form. Your Drake's Intelligence is now 20 and it has proficiency in Arcana or History (your choice).

Ancient Drake - Strength

Your Drake grows to Size Huge. The Drake's Bite Increases to a range of 10 feet. Your Drake's Strength score is now 20. Your Drake's attack bonus is now 5 + PB.

Ancient Drake - Wisdom

Your Drake's Infused Strikes now deal 2d6 damage of the type determined by its Draconic Essence. Your Drake can understand all languages and speak telepathically to any creature within 60 feet that knows at least 1 language. Your Drake's Wisdom score is now 20 and it is proficient in Insight, Survival or Perception (your choice).

Young Drake - Charisma

Your Drake is trained to the rules of the land and will not break any laws while unbound. The locals come to take a liking of your Drake as it is behaved and discourages mischief.

Young Drake - Constitution

Your Drake's attacks ignore resistances. Your Drake gains a swimming speed of 40 feet and can breathe underwater for 1 hour.

Young Drake - Dexterity

Your Drake gains a flying speed of 30 feet.

Young Drake - Intelligence

Your Drake can speak and understand Common. Your Drake can sense magic items as if under the Detect Magic spell.

Young Drake - Strength

Your Drake grows to Size Medium. The Drake’s bite attack deals an extra 1d6 damage of the type chosen for its Draconic Essence.

Young Drake - Wisdom

You gain resistance to the damage type chosen in your Drake’s Draconic Essence feature. Your Drake gains a climbing speed of 30 feet. Your Drake's Darkvision increases to 120 feet.