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“Draconians, also called dragonmen, are humanoid beings with dragonlike features created during the War
of the Lance. They are originally made from the eggs of good dragons corrupted with dark magic. During Eberron: Rising from the Last War
that era Draconians served as assault troops and special forces in the Dragonarmies of Takhisis. After the
war they scattered to various regions of Ansalon. During the Chaos War a small group of the draconians Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernu
nd eggs containing female draconians. After the females hatched those draconians form the nation of
Teyr, establishing the draconian race. Draconians are split into ve principle races; Baaz, Kapak, Sivak, Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Aurak, and Bozak.[21] There are also noble draconians, which are formed from the eggs of evil dragons, and
have a good alignment. There are ame, vapor, lightning, venom, and frost variants.”—Wikipidia list of Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
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Though similar in some ways to dragonborn, draconians are the twisted creations of evil magic used
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on true-dragon eggs. Draconians gain a few minor abilities and one signi cant ability in exchange for
a dragonborn’s elemental resistance and breath weapon.
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All draconians are immune to diseases and can last for signi cant periods of time without food or
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water. Nearly all draconians have a pair of dragon-like wings that are not strong enough to allow true
ight, but can be used to increase their running speed, as well as to glide. Volo’s Guide to Monsters

The magic that forms their twisted forms at birth collapses in unique and often deadly ways when a Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
draconian dies. Auraks, born of gold dragon eggs, explode into balls of re, where baaz, born of
bronze dragon eggs, turn to stone. Tomb of Annihilation

Though draconian characters can be of any class, many have strong preferences. Aurak sorcerers are Tales from the Yawning Portal
the most common class for that species, as are rogues and ghters for all other evil draconian
species. Bozak barbarians commonly follow the Path of the Dragonwyld and rogues the Thug Storm King’s Thunder
archetype.
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Ability Score Increases. Your Charisma increases by 2, and your Intelligence increases by 1.
Size. 7′ tall. Medium
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Speed. 30′
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Darkvision. You have darkvision to a range of 60 feet.
Immunity. You are immune to disease.
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Low Metabolism. You may double your Constitution modi er to determine how long you can go
without food, and on Constitution saving throws when going without water.
Draconian Magic. You gain one bonus cantrip of your choice. At 3rd level, you may cast charm
person once per long rest. At 5th level, you may cast misty step once per long rest. [Note: Auraks
commonly possess a range of powerful magic abilities, best represented by levels in the draconic sorcerer
class, though all possess some form of basic magical attack as well as limited mind-control and limited
teleportation.]
Death Throes. The rst time you are reduced to 0 hit points, you are reduced to 1 hit point instead
and you enter a rage similar to a barbarian. You gain advantage on Strength and Constitution checks,
gain 2d10 temporary hit points, and gain advantage on melee attack rolls. You may not cast either
cantrips or spells. Once you use this ability, you may not use it again until you take a long rest.
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Should you die before you are able to take a long rest, your body explodes, forcing all targets with 10
feet of you to make a Dexterity save (DC 8 + pro ciency bonus + Charisma modi er) or take 1d10 hit
points of re damage. This damage increases to 2d10 at 5th level, 3d10 at 10th level, and 4d10 at 15th
level. Damage is halved on a successful save. Your body is completely destroyed in the explosion, as
are all of your items (at your DM’s discretion).

Sivaks (Silver)

Ability Score Increases. Your Strength increases by 2, and your Charisma increases by 1.

Size. 8′ tall (male), 6′-7′ tall (female). Medium
Speed. 35′
Darkvision. You have darkvision to a distance of 60 feet
Immunity. You are immune to disease.
Low Metabolism. You may double your Constitution modi er to determine how long you can go
without food, and on Constitution saving throws when going without water.
Vestigial Wings. You take no damage from falls. At 11th level, you can y at a speed of 30 feet, but
cannot hover. If you have not landed by the end of any round in which you use your y speed, you
must have descended at least one-half of the distance you traveled or you fall. [Note: Normally, sivaks
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Bozaks (Bronze)

Ability Score Increases. Your Strength increases by 2, and your Constitution increases by 2.

Size. 7′ tall. Medium
Speed. 35′
Darkvision. You have darkvision to a distance of 60 feet.
Immunity. You are immune to disease.
Low Metabolism. You may double your Constitution modi er to determine how long you can go
without food, and on Constitution saving throws when going without water.
Vestigial Wings. You take no damage from falls. At 11th level, you can y at a speed of 30 feet, but
cannot hover. If you have not landed by the end of any round in which you use your y speed, you
must have descended at least one-half of the distance you traveled or you fall.
Death Throes. When you die, your skin and esh dry and crumble. Your bones then explode, forcing
all targets with 10 feet of you to make a Dexterity save (DC 8 + pro ciency bonus + Charisma modi er)
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or take 1d10 hit points of piercing damage. This damage increases to 2d10 at 5th level, 3d10 at 10th 
level, and 4d10 at 15th level. Damage is halved on a successful save. Your body is completely
destroyed in the explosion, as are all of your items (at your DM’s discretion).

Kapaks (Copper)

Ability Score Increases. Your Dexterity increases by 2, and your Constitution increases by 1.

Size. 5’6″-6’6″ tall. Medium
Speed. 35′
Darkvision. You have darkvision to a distance of 60 feet.
Immunity. You are immune to disease.
Low Metabolism. You may double your Constitution modi er to determine how long you can go
without food, and on Constitution saving throws when going without water.
Vestigial Wings. You take no damage from falls. At 11th level, you can y at a speed of 30 feet, but
cannot hover. If you have not landed by the end of any round in which you use your y speed, you
must have descended at least one-half of the distance you traveled or you fall.
Poison (Male). As an action, you may coat a bladed weapon or up to 3 pieces of ammunition with your
poisonous saliva. The weapon remains poisoned for 1 minute or until it damages an opponent. An
opponent damaged by the weapon must make a Constitution save (DC 8 + your pro ciency modi er +
your Constitution modi er) or take 1d6 poison damage. At 5th level, the target also becomes
poisoned for 1 minute on a failed save. At 11th level, the damage increases to 2d6. Any
creature a ected by this poison may make a new save at the beginning of each round to negate the
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in the area must make a Dexterity save (DC 8 + your pro ciency bonus + your Constitution modi er)
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are all of your items (at your DM’s discretion).

Baaz (Brass)

Ability Score Increases. You Constitution increases by 2, and your Dexterity increases by 1.

Size. 5-6′ tall. Medium
Speed. 35′
Darkvision. You have darkvision to a distance of 60 feet.
Immunity. You are immune to disease.
Low Metabolism. You may double your Constitution modi er to determine how long you can go
without food, and on Constitution saving throws when going without water.
Deceptive. You gain pro ciency with Deception checks.
Vestigial Wings. You take no damage from falls. At 11th level, you can y at a speed of 30 feet, but
cannot hover. If you have not landed by the end of any round in which you use your y speed, you
must have descended at least one-half of the distance you traveled or you fall.
Death Throes. When you die, you re exively grasp anything in your space (including weapons, enemy
limbs, etc) and then turn to stone. If you died from a melee attack, your opponent must make a
Dexterity save (DC 8 + your pro ciency bonus + your Constitution modi er) or have their weapon
trapped. If their weapon was a natural attack, such as a monk’s st or a bear’s claws, the target
becomes grappled. To remove their weapon or break the grapple, your opponent must succeed
in either an Athletics check or Acrobatics check against the same DC. Your body collapses to dust 1d4
minutes later. Your items are not petri ed or destroyed in this process.

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In place of a at increase to walking speed (35′) for draconians with wings, we are playtesting the
following ability:

Winged Loping: Once per round, when you take the Dash action, you may move at twice your walking
speed.
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This means that a draconian that runs can move at 3 times their walking speed, but can take no other
actions. This appeals to some of our playtesters as a more interesting option, while limiting the
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Adam Sanders −
6 years ago
So, winged loping is extremely powerful. We found that an optimized
character with that would be able to increase their speed to 127 miles
per hour. I think giving the race +10 movement speed when dashing
would be much more balanced that just flat out doubling their base
speed. Dashing normally gives you extra movement equal to your base
speed, so either this is very overpowered or it doesn't do anything.

Rogue 2/Monk 17 Draconian: base speed 70. Hasted and Dashing: Base
speed 280. Dash x3 (Action, Bonus Action, Haste Action) gives you 1120
movement when dashing CONSTANTLY. That's 224 squares, or 127.5
miles per hour. This should probably be fixed, as the highest before this
that I could make was only 80 miles per hour.
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Rich Howard > Adam Sanders −
6 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. It's always appreciated. That's certainly a

character I wouldn't allow it at my table either. I agree that changing
the wording slightly will help rein in that craziness:

Once per round, when you take the Dash action, you may move at
twice your walking speed.

As an aside, I will be posting an article soon about the unnecessary

nature of multiclassing in 5th edition and a build like this is a great
example of why I rarely allow it. Even the RAW 80mph build is absurd
and I'd be asking my player what the purpose of the character was
and why this was integral to the story they were telling. There was a
time long before prestige classes, paragon levels, and multiclassing
feats when MC was the only way to build certain flavors of
characters, like fighter/magic-users. That day is long past and it's
time to let it go.
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caleb −
6 years ago

that's pretty neat, I like winged loping better than 35 ft speed

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Rich Howard > caleb −
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Rich Howard −
6 years ago
Caught a couple of typos (kapak spray should be 1 die less, et al). Next
week I will present the "good" draconians known as the Nobles.
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Rich Howard > Rich Howard −
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Typos corrected.
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J. M. Perkins −
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