

And modern dragonborn live according to their heritage, more than one aiming to carve an eternal story into the world’s chronicles. Tales, awe-inspiring and terrifying, tell of the rise and fall of dragonborn empires, the greatest among them lost to a war that is still remembered. Myths speak of the birth of the dragonborn, though they differ in the telling. They walk hours after hatching, reach the size and development of a 10-year-old human child by the age of 3 and reach adulthood by 15. Young dragonborn grow faster than human children do.

Most dragonborn have very fine scales over most of their body, giving their skin a leathery texture, with regions of larger scales on the forearms, lower legs and feet, shoulders, and thighs. Rarely do an individual’s scales match the hue of a chromatic or metallic dragon, and scale color gives no indication of the type of breath weapon a dragonborn uses. Their eyes are shades of red or gold.Ī typical dragonborn’s scales can be scarlet, gold, rust, ocher, bronze, or brown. Behind the brow, a crest of hornlike scales of various lengths resembles thick, ropy hair. A dragonborn’s head features a blunt snout, a strong brow, and distinctive frills at the cheek and ear. Their hands and feet are strong, talonlike claws with three fingers and a thumb on each hand. They are tall and strongly built, often standing close to 6½ feet in height and weighing 300 pounds or more. They’re covered in scaly hide, but they don’t have tails. The damage increases to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th level, and 5d6 at 16th level.Īfter you use your breath weapon, you can’t use it again until you complete a short or Long Rest.ĭragonborn resemble humanoid dragons. A creature takes 2d6 damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your Proficiency Bonus. When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a saving throw, the type of which is determined by your Draconic ancestry. Your Draconic ancestry determines the size, shape, and damage type of the exhalation. Dragon Breath : You can use your action to exhale destructive energy.

