Dragonborn

Descendants of dragons who chose to live among the elves they had made and of the elves who accepted them, whose first generation was called abominations and driven into the wildlands.

Physiology
Draconian, Humanoid
Size
Medium
Speed
30 ft.
Ability scores
Free placement
Languages
Common, Draconic
Lifespan
Mature at 15, typical maximum 180 years

Dragonborn reach adulthood faster than either line they came from and then slow sharply. The draconic half shows in the second century, when scale hardens and color deepens toward the line they descend from.

Features

  • Draconic Ancestry

    Choose a dragon line. You gain resistance to that line's damage type, and your breath weapon deals that damage type.

  • Breath Weapon

    As an action you exhale destructive energy in a 15-foot cone or a 30-foot line, your choice each time. Each creature in the area makes a saving throw against DC 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus, taking 2d6 damage of your line's type on a failure and half on a success. The damage rises to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th, and 5d6 at 16th. You regain the use on a short or long rest.

  • Scaled Hide

    While you wear no armor your Armor Class is 12 + your Dexterity modifier.

  • Long Memory of Exile

    You have advantage on saving throws against being Frightened. You recognize another Dragonborn's line on sight.

  • Turn of the Scale

    You turn so your scales take the blow. You gain a +3 bonus to AC against that attack, applied after the roll is known, which can turn a hit into a miss. If it does, the attacker is within reach of your Breath Weapon on your next use of it, regardless of the usual area. Once per short or long rest.