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Metallic Dragonborn in Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Metallic Dragonborn

Ability Score Increase Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1
Size Medium
Speed 30ft

Metallic Ancestry. You trace your ancestry to a metallic dragon, granting you a special magical affinity. Choose one type of dragon from the Metallic Ancestry table. This determines the damage type for your other traits as shown in the table.

Dragon Damage Type
Brass Fire
Bronze Lightning
Copper Acid
Gold Fire
Silver Cold
  Breath Weapon. When you take the Attack action, you can replace one of your attacks with an exhalation of a magical energy in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw against a DC equal to 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. A creature takes 2d8 damage of the type associated with your Metallic Ancestry on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. This damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (3d8), 11th level (4d8), and 17th level (5d8). You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.   Draconic Resistance. You have resistance to the damage type associated with your Metallic Ancestry.   Metallic Breath Weapon. At 3rd level you gain a second breath weapon. When you take the Attack action, you can replace one of your attacks with an exhalation of a magical gas in a 15-foot cone. The save DC for this breath is 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. When you use this ability, choose one:   • Each creature in the area must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be pushed 20 feet away from you and be knocked prone.   • Each creature in the area must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become incapacitated until the start of your next turn.   Once you use your Metallic Breath Weapon, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic. Draconic is thought to be one of the oldest languages and is often used in the study of magic. The language sounds harsh to most other creatures and includes numerous hard consonants and sibilants.


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