Half-Dragon, Variant (3.5e Race)
Half-Dragon:
This is a variant of the half-dragon race found in the Dungeon Master's Guide 3.5. This race is also mentioned in the Races of the Dragon however, just like the other races that are half-breeds listed in the Player's Handbook 3.5 (i.e. half-orc, half-elf), a half-dragon is assumed to be half-human. The half-dragon race-template overwrites all other benefits of the base race, except abilities modifier and sensory skills like Darkvision or Light Blindness.
Description
Half-dragons, to put it simply, look like upright dragons. Depending on the type of dragon a half-dragon is descendant from determines its scale color, immunity, and breath weapon. All half-dragons have claws, razor-sharp teeth, and a tail, and some even have wings. They stand 6 to 8 feet tall and weigh between 250 to 420 pounds. Half-dragons also inherit their dragon parent's quick maturity and long life. They reach maturity at about 12 and live to about 3000 years.
Relations
Half-dragons typically don't coexist with other races, they are often seen as frightening because of their heritage, being of chromatic dragon heritage further hurts this. However, in some cases, they become friends with scholars, dragon-obsessed, and other dragon-like races such as Troglodytes and Dragonborn. In some cases with their long lives they can become revered as great Advisors or Warlords.
Alignment
A half-dragon's alignment is greatly influenced by his dragon heritage: metallic-descent half-dragons generally are Good or lawful, though in very rare cases they are chaotic or Neutral ; it is almost completely opposite for one of chromatic-descent: they tend to lean more on the chaotic side while in very rare cases they are lawful or Neutral.
Dragon Heritage
| Dragon | Immunity | Breath Weapon | Dragon | Immunity | Breath Weapon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Acid | Acid | Brass | Fire | Fire |
| Blue | Electricity | Lightning | Bronze | Electricity | Lightning |
| Green | Acid | Acid | Copper | Acid | Acid |
| Red | Fire | Fire | Gold | Fire | Fire |
| White | Cold | Cold | Silver | Cold | Cold |
Racial Traits
- +4 Str, +4 Con, +2 Int +4 Cha
- Medium Dragon
- +2 Natural Armor
- Gain natural weapons: Bite 1d8, claw 1d6, tail 1d6
- Gain immunity (based on dragon color) and breath weapon (2d8 once per encounter)
- darkvision out to 60 feet
- low-light vision.
- Gain a extra feat
- LA: +1
- When winged, a half-dragon can fly at a rate of 120 feet per round and 30 feet up
At 4HDs:
- +2 Strength, +2 Constitution
- +2 Natural Armor
- Breath Weapon increases to 3d8, and increases by 1d8 each 2 levels thereafter to a maximun of 6d8.(or depending on your age, by example a half-dragon of 200 years shall have a maximum of 10d8 breath weapon when you get level 18 because is like a young adult dragon)
- + 4 to Saving Throw vs Sleep Spell
At 6 HDs:
- Immunity to Sleep
- +2 Initiative
- +2 Natural Armor
- Dragon's Rage (3.5e Feat)
At 8 HDs:
- +2 Strength, +2 Constitution
- +2 Initiative
- +2 Natural Armor
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