Races:
Half Dragon
While you can cross a dragon with most any race (except a soulmech), it is recommended that you choose the non-dragon parent from one of the races listed on this site. There's nothing to stop you from making the wildest match you can imagine, as long as your DM approves. Some dragons have interesting tastes in mates.
If your half-dragon character has a parent of a race with a level equivalent, you should add it to the halfdragon's. For example, a half-dragon/half-drow would have a total level equivalent of (3 + 2 =) 5. If you can't find a level equivalent for the non-dragon parent, ask your DM to determine one.
Half-Dragon Racial Traits
The character has all the racial traits of its non-dragon parent, plus the ones listed here.
- +8 Strength, +2 Constitution, +2 Intelligence, +2 Charisma: Half-dragons are immensely strong, very tough, and possessed of a keen intellect and commanding presence.
- A half-dragon's base speed is the same as that of her non-dragon parent.
- Half-dragons have low-light vision and darkvision, range 60 ft.
- Half-dragons' Hit Dice are one level higher than the norm for their class, up to a maximum of d12. A half-dragon fighter, for example, uses a d12 for her Hit Dice instead of a d10.
- Half-dragons have a natural armor bonus of +4 to their AC.
- Half-dragon characters are the same size as their non-dragon parent.
- If the non-dragon parent's size category is Large or greater, the character has wings that allow her to fly at her base speed and with average maneuverability.
- Half-dragons have bite and claw attacks. The damage for these is determined by the character’s size, as shown on the table below. If the non-dragon parent also has bite and claw attacks, the character uses whichever is better.
- The character has a breath weapon, based on the dragon parent's type, as listed on the table below. This can be used once per day. The DC to save against the breath weapon is listed in parentheses. A line breath weapon is 5 feet high, 5 feet wide, and 60 feet long. A cone is 30 feet long.
- Half-dragons are immune to sleep and paralysis spells and spell-like effects.
- The half-dragon has an additional immunity based on the dragon parent's type. (See table below)
- Half-dragon characters may take a feat available to dragons whenever they are eligible to gain a new feat.
- Automatic Languages: Common, Draconic, and the native languages of the non-dragon parent's race. Also, Draconic Sign Language if the dragon parent is a space or star dragon. Bonus Languages: These are determined by the race of the non-dragon parent.
- Favored Class: Sorcerer. A multiclass half-dragon's sorcerer class does not count when determining whether she suffers an XP penalty for multiclassing. The draconic blood rages in the half-dragons' veins, and they are naturally drawn to sorcery.
- Level equivalent: +3.
| Size | Bite Damage |
Claw Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Fine | 1 | — |
| Diminutive | 1d2 | 1 |
| Tiny | 1d3 | 1d2 |
| Small | 1d4 | 1d3 |
| Medium | 1d6 | 1d4 |
| Large | 1d8 | 1d6 |
| Huge | 2d6 | 1d8 |
| Gargantuan | 2d8 | 2d6 |
| Colossal | 4d6 | 2d8 |
| Dragon Type |
Breath Weapon | Damage (DC) |
|---|---|---|
| Black | Line of acid | 6d4 (17) |
| Blue | Line of lightning | 6d8 (18) |
| Green | Cone of gas | 6d6 (17) |
| Red | Cone of fire | 6d10 (19) |
| White | Cone of cold | 3d6 (16) |
| Brass | Line of fire | 3d6 (17) |
| Bronze | Line of lighting | 6d6 (18) |
| Copper | Line of acid | 6d4 (17) |
| Gold | Cone of fire | 6d10 (20) |
| Silver | Cone of cold | 6d8 (18) |
| Space | Cone of space | 6d10 (19) |
| Star | Line of radiation | 6d10 (20) |
| Dragon Type |
Immunity |
|---|---|
| Black | Acid |
| Blue | Electricity |
| Green | Acid |
| Red | Fire |
| White | Cold |
| Brass | Fire |
| Bronze | Electricity |
| Copper | Acid |
| Gold | Fire |
| Silver | Cold |
| Space | Cold |
| Star | Fire |