Fire Breath (Cone)

This article is about the fire breath attack used by Red and Gold Dragonborn. For the version used by Brass Dragonborn, see Fire Breath (Line). For other uses, see Fire Breath (disambiguation).

Fire Breath is a Dragonborn racial action. This ability allows them to breathe a cone of damaging flame in a target direction.

Description

Spew forth a cone of fire.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Damage: 2~12

2d6⁠Fire

Details

 DEX Save (DC 8 + Constitution modifier + proficiency bonus) (On Save: Targets still take half damage.)

 Range: Self

 AoE: 5 m / 17 ft (Cone)

 Recharge: Short rest

At higher levels

• At character level 6, the damage increases to 3d6⁠⁠Fire.
• At character level 11, the damage increases to 4d6⁠⁠Fire.

Technical details

UID

Zone_BreathWeapon_Fire_Cone

Spell flags

CanAreaDamageEvade

How to learn

Races:

• Character level 1: Gold Dragonborn, and Red Dragonborn

(Character level is the sum of all class levels for a multi-classed character.)

Notes

• Breath attacks use spell save DC calculated using Constitution. This means that, despite the unusual casting ability, breath attacks still benefit from anything that improves spell save DC.