Draconic Bloodline

Draconic Bloodline is one of the subclasses of Sorcerer. These Sorcerers are harder to hit than their counterparts. They also have the ability to gain resistance and deal more damage with certain types of damage based on their bloodline.

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Your veins carry draconic magic, the result of a powerful dragon ancestor.

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Subclass features

Sorcerer's default armour

This subclass obtains all the features from its base class, Sorcerer, in addition to its unique features outlined below.

Level 1

Draconic Resilience

Dragon-like scales cover parts of your skin. When you aren't wearing armour, your base  Armour Class is 13.

This bonus does not stack with Mage Armour. You may also choose an alternate appearance.

Draconic Resilience: Hit Points

Your Hit Point maximum increases by 1 for each Sorcerer level.

Draconic Ancestry (Choose 1)

Draconic Ancestry	Damage Type	Description	Grants
Red	⁠Fire	Fire is the damage type associated with your dragon ancestor.	Burning Hands
Black	⁠Acid	Acid is the damage type associated with your dragon ancestor.	Grease*
Blue	⁠Lightning	Lightning is the damage type associated with your dragon ancestor.	Witch Bolt
White	⁠Cold	Cold is the damage type associated with your dragon ancestor.	Armour of Agathys*
Green	⁠Poison	Poison is the damage type associated with your dragon ancestor.	Ray of Sickness
Gold	⁠Fire	Fire is the damage type associated with your dragon ancestor.	Disguise Self
Silver	⁠Cold	Cold is the damage type associated with your dragon ancestor.	Feather Fall
Bronze	⁠Lightning	Lightning is the damage type associated with your dragon ancestor.	Fog Cloud
Copper	⁠Acid	Acid is the damage type associated with your dragon ancestor.	Tasha's Hideous Laughter*
Brass	⁠Fire	Fire is the damage type associated with your dragon ancestor.	Sleep

*Denotes a spell not otherwise part of the Sorcerer spell list.

Level 6

Elemental Affinity: Damage

When you cast a spell that deals damage of the type associated with your draconic ancestry, you add your Charisma Modifier to the damage.

 Elemental Affinity: Resistance ()

When you cast a spell that deals damage matching your draconic ancestry, you can spend a  Sorcery Point to gain Resistance to that damage type.

Level 11

 Fly ()

Fly to a target position

Appearance

The colour of the dragon scales is determined by the character's chosen Draconic Ancestry. It is possible however to change the scale colour to any other using the Magic Mirror at camp or during character creation.

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  Default Red Ancestry
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  Default Black Ancestry
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  Default Blue Ancestry
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  Default White Ancestry
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  Default Green Ancestry
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  Default Gold Ancestry
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  Default Silver Ancestry
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  Default Bronze Ancestry
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  Default Copper Ancestry
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  Default Brass Ancestry

Dragonborn sorcerers get special coloured scales all over their bodies instead of only their face. The colour depends on the chosen Draconic Ancestry. It is also possible to change these colours to any other while editing their appearance, including during character creation.

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  Red Ancestry on a White Dragonborn

External links

⁠Draconic bloodline on the Forgotten Realms Wiki