Silver Dragon Knight (Variant)

Silver Dragon Knights are soldiers who have augmented their powers with ritually prepared silver dragon's blood. Silver dragons are virtuous creatures who believe that one must serve to fully live life. They greatly desire to travel world and form friendships with other creatures. Silver dragons rarely ofter this power as they are afraid people will abuse it and harm others. They only grant this power to those who will live a moral life and help others. Those that gain this power often live by the following tenants.

Tenants of the Silver Dragon

1. Serve others and cause no undesrved harm.

2. Respect humanoids. There is a place in this world for all everyone.

3. Protect the innocent from harm and those that do evil. 

Silver Dragon Knights can receive this power from other silver dragon knights. However, they generally only pass it down family lines. Any organizations or villages containing families of these knights are often small in population and size.

Spellcasting

 

When you reach 3rd level, the dragon's blood gives you the ability to cast spells. See Spells Rules for the general rules of spellcasting and the Spells Listing for the sorcerer spell list.

Cantrips

You learn two cantrips of your choice from the sorcerer spell list. You learn an additional sorcerer cantrip of your choice at 10th level.

Spell Slots

The Silver Dragon Knight Spellcasting table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your sorcerer spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. 

For example, if you know the 1st-level spell shield and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast shield using either slot.

 Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher

You know three 1st-level sorcerer spells of your choice.

The Spells Known column of the Silver Dragon Knight Spellcasting table shows when you learn more sorcerer spells of 1st level or higher.

Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the sorcerer spells you know with another spell of your choice from the sorcerer spell list. The new spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

The Silver Dragon Knight gets the following spells added to their potential spell list: "bless, cure wounds, shield of faith, and zone of truth".

Chosen spells must come from the schools of abjuration and evocation. This restriction does not apply to the additional spells added to the spell list or to cantrips. However, the additional spells still count as a known spell if chosen. At levels 3, 7, 13, 17, and 20 a spell can be chosen or a previous spell replaced with one outside of the schools of abjuration and evocation. 

Spellcasting Ability

Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your sorcerer spells. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a sorcerer spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier

Silver Dragon Knight Spellcasting

Blessing of the Dragon

Starting at 3rd level, the dragon blood allows you to read, write, and speak draconic. You also gain the ability to share the power of the dragon with others. As an action you touch a willing creature other than yourself and grant them the Blessing of the Dragon. For the next hour the creature gets advantage on Strength (Athletics) checks. Only one creature can benefit from this ability at a time.

Draconic Might

Starting at 3rd level, your strikes are empowered by the silver dragon's blood. Once on each of your turns, your first weapon attack or unarmed strike that hits deals 1d6 additional cold damage. 

Draconic Shield

Starting at level 7, the dragon's blood lets you protect yourself and others by summoning a magical shield of ice and dragon scales. When you or a creature within 60 ft. of you takes damage you can use your reaction to reduce the damage by 1d6 + your fighter level. This ability can be used once per long rest.

Improved Draconic Might

Starting at 10th level, the extra damage from draconic might increases to 1d8 cold damage. 

Breath of the Silver Dragon

Starting at level 10, you gain greater power of the dragon's blood. As an action you unleash a breath attack similiar to that of a silver dragon in a 30 ft. cone. All creatures within the area must a make a con save equal to 8 + your PB + your charisma modifier. On a failed save creatures take 6d8 cold damage and half on a successful save. Creatures that fail the save have their speed reduced by 10 ft. until the end of your next turn. This ability can be used once per long rest.

This damage increases to 8d8 cold damage at level 18.

Dragon Skin

Starting at level 15, the dragon's blood perfects your body. You gain resistance to cold damage and can withstand the effects of freezing weather. 

Draconic Recovery

Starting at level 15, the dragon's blood allows your body to recover even faster. When you take a short rest you can use Draconic Recovery. When using Draconic Recovery you can choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less half your proficiency bonus rounded down. Each hit dice you use heals additional hit points equal to your charisma modifier. 

Perfect Draconic Might

Starting at 18th level, the extra damage from draconic might increases to 1d10 cold damage. 

Perfect Ice Storm

Starting at level 18, The Dragon's blood allows you to summon massive ice storms. You gain the ability to cast the spell Ice Storm at seventh level. This ability can be used once per long rest.