

Languages. The half-dragon speaks Draconic in addition to any other Languages it knows.


The half-dragon gains Resistance to a type of damage based on its color. Senses. The half-dragon gains Blindsight with a radius of 10 feet and Darkvision with a radius of 60 feet. Otherwise, recalculate the rating after you apply the template. It keeps its Statistics, except as follow.Ĭhallenge. To avoid recalculating the creature's Challenge rating, apply the template only to a creature that meets the options prerequisite in the Breath Weapon table below. This produces a playable race thematically similar to what you’re looking for, but mechanically identical to the existing Dragonborn playable race.A beast, Humanoid, giant, or Monstrosity can become a half-dragon. The half-dragon template added to a humanoid NPC produces a character mechanically similar to a Dragonborn, so I would recommend simply reflavoring the existing Dragonborn playable race to be half-dragon, half-whatever. Just reflavor the existing Dragonborn race.Īll is not lost, however. The illustration of half-dragon champion at the end of Ep1 of ToD looks like dragonborn with a tail. Jeremy Crawford: Dragonborn are a race, whereas half-dragon is a template that can be applied to certain creatures Jason Evans: How are the FR half-dragon monsters related to the dragonborn race? Seem similar except for the tail. Jeremy Crawford sums up the half-dragon rules nicely in this tweet: This template is designed to adapt existing NPC statblocks to half dragons. Otherwise, use the guidelines in the Dungeon Master’s Guide to recalculate the rating after you apply the template. To avoid recalculating the creature’s challenge rating, apply the template only to a creature that meets the optional prerequisite in the Breath Weapon table below. When a creature becomes a half-dragon, it retains all its statistics except as noted below.Ĭhallenge. There is however a half-dragon NPC template in the Monster Manual, here is the intro to the section:Ī beast, humanoid, giant, or monstrosity can become a half-dragon. There simply is no player race for half dragons. There is no playable race for Half-Dragons
