Races of the Dragon.pdf - The Techno Jesus

CHAPTER 1
DRAGONBORN
OF BAHAMUT
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The dragonborn descends slowly in a tight corkscrew
and takes only 1d6 points of falling damage, no matter
the actual distance of the fall.
Flight: When a dragonborn who selected the wings
aspect reaches 6 HD, she gains a fly speed of 30 feet
with average maneuverability. A dragonborn can’t
fly while carrying a medium or heavy load or while
fatigued or exhausted.
A dragonborn can safely fl y for a number of consecutive
rounds equal to her Constitution modifi er
(minimum 1 round). She can double this length of
fl ight but is fatigued by such exertion. The dragonborn
is likewise fatigued after spending a total of more
than 10 minutes per day fl ying. Because a dragonborn
can glide before, after, and between rounds of actual
fl ight, she can remain aloft for extended periods, even
if she can only use fl ight for 1 round at a time without
becoming fatigued.
When she reaches 12 HD, a dragonborn has enough
stamina and prowess to fl y without tiring. She can fl y
at a speed of 30 feet (average maneuverability) with no
more exertion than walking or running.
A dragonborn with fl ight can make a dive attack. A
dive attack works like a charge, but the dragonborn
must move a minimum of 30 feet and descend at least
10 feet. A dragonborn can make a dive attack only when
wielding a piercing weapon. If the dive attack hits, it
deals double damage.
A dragonborn with fl ight can use the run action while
fl ying, provided she fl ies in a straight line.
• Automatic Languages: Draconic. Dragonborn gain the
ability to speak Draconic upon their transformation
but do not lose the ability to speak languages they
already know.
• Favored Class: Fighter. A multiclass dragonborn’s fi ghter
class does not count when determining whether she
takes an experience point penalty for being a multiclassed
character. Furthermore, dragonborn paladins
can leave that class and return to it without penalty.
Also, see the Mechanics of Rebirth sidebar.
AGE
A dragonborn character is reborn, losing any bonuses or
penalties she received because of her age. She emerges from
her transformation as an adult. Dragonborn are hearty and
capable of living long lives. Due to their perilous fi ght
against the spawn of Tiamat, however, most die young.
Table 1–1: Dragonborn Aging Effects
Middle Maximum
Race Age Old Venerable Age
Dragonborn 200 years 300 years 400 years +2d% years
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THE MECHANICS OF REBIRTH
Upon transformation from her initial race to a dragonborn,
a supplicant loses many racial traits and gains those of the
dragonborn. The following information describes how to mechanically
achieve this transformation.
Type, Subtype, and Race: You retain your original type and
subtypes, gaining the dragonblood subtype. You still count as
a member of your original race for the purpose of any effect or
prerequisite that depends on race.
Racial Hit Dice: You retain your original racial Hit Dice, as well
as all benefits gained therefrom (base attack and save bonuses,
skill points, hit points, and so on).
Ability Modifiers: You retain your original racial ability modifiers
and gain the ability modifiers of the dragonborn race.
Size: You retain your original size. If the original race had
powerful build as a racial trait, it is also retained.
Speed: You retain your original base land speed, as well as any
other modes of movement possessed by your original race. Other
racial traits related to speed or movement, such as the dwarf’s
ability to move at full speed in medium or heavy armor, are lost.
Languages: You retain any languages you already know. You
gain Draconic as an automatic language.
Favored Class: You retain your original favored classes and
gain fighter as a favored class. You can multiclass into the paladin
class freely.
Level Adjustment: You retain your original level adjustment.
Other Racial Traits: You lose all other racial traits of your original
race, including bonus feats, skill bonuses, attack bonuses,
save bonuses, spell-like abilities, and so forth. Two specific
instances warrant clarification.
so long as it is not a prerequisite for another feat you have.
• If your original race granted bonus skill points, you should
deduct an appropriate amount of skill points from your current
skill ranks. The specific skills affected are up to you,
but the DM’s input might be required to adjudicate tricky
situations (such as multiclass characters who might have
purchased ranks of various skills as both class skills and
cross-class skills).
The loss of racial traits might mean you no longer meet the
prerequisites for a prestige class, feat, or some other feature.
In general, you lose any special ability for which you no longer
qualify, and nothing is gained in its place. A couple of exceptions
exist.
• If you no longer qualify for a feat due to the transformation,
you lose the feat and immediately select a new feat for which
you qualify in its place. You must also replace any feat for
which the lost feat was a prerequisite.
• If you no longer qualify for a prestige class, you lose the benefit
of any class features or other special abilities granted by
the class. You retain Hit Dice gained from advancing in the
class, as well as any improvements to base attack bonus and
base save bonuses that the class provided. If you later meet
all the prerequisites for the class, you regain the benefits.
Special: Ordinarily, only a 1st-level character can select
certain feats requiring the dragonblood subtype (see Chapter
6). However, upon becoming a dragonborn, you can elect to
replace one (and only one) of your existing feats with one of
these feats. A character cannot have more than one of these
• If your original race granted you a nonspecific bonus feat (such feats. The feat to be replaced cannot be a prerequisite for any
as the one gained by a human at 1st level), any feat can be lost, prestige class, ability, or other feat.
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