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CHAPTER 3 DRACONIC MAGIC one that a deceased great wyrm used long ago suffices. You must stand vigil in the lair for 24 hours while burning rare incense and herbs, and then scar your face with the tooth of an evil dragon (a small scar will do). From that day forward, you take a –4 penalty on any Diplomacy check made against a dragon. Cost: 11,500 gp; Feat Granted: Lesser Legacy (Wyrmbane Helm). Honor the Fallen: You must visit the tomb of Tiphera tir-Yseldre in the city of Solon and pay homage to the first wearer of the helm, performing funerary rites for three days. Unfortunately, the Soloni hinterlands have become a monster-infested wilderness, and powerful undead haunt Tiphera’s mausoleum. Cost: 39,000 gp; Feat Granted: Greater Legacy (Wyrmbane Helm). WIELDER REQUIREMENTS Most wielders of the Wyrmbane Helm combine both arcane power and skill at arms. Paladin/sorcerers, hexblades (see Complete Warrior), duskblades (see Player’s Handbook II), and warmages (see Complete Arcane) gain the most benefit from the Wyrmbane Helm. Wyrmbane Helm Wielder Requirements Ability to cast 2nd-level arcane spells Base attack bonus +3 Proficient with martial weapons Ability to speak Draconic The Wyrmbane Helm ——Personal Costs —— Wielder Attack Hit Point Spell Slot Level Penalty Loss Loss Abilities 5th — — — Cause fear 5/day 6th — 2 1st Courage 7th — 2 — — 8th –1 — 2nd Lightning bolt 1/day 9th — 2 — — 10th — — 3rd Dragonbane 11th — — — — 12th –2 — — Blindsense 13th — 2 — — 14th — — 4th Charisma boost 15th — 2 — — 16th — — 5th Sudden Empower 17th — — — Frightful presence 18th –3 — — Immune to electricity 19th — 2 — Strength boost 20th — — 6th Lightning breath LEGACY ITEM ABILITIES All the following are legacy item abilities of the Wyrmbane Helm. Cause Fear (Sp): Starting at 5th level, you can use cause fear as a spell-like ability five times per day (caster level 5th). The save DC is 11 or 11 + your Cha modifier, whichever is higher. Courage (Su): Starting at 6th level, you gain a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against fear effects. Lightning Bolt (Sp): Starting at 8th level, you can use lightning bolt as a spell-like ability once per day (caster level 7th). The save DC is 14 or 13 + your Cha modifier, whichever is higher. Dragonbane (Su): Starting at 10th level, you are anathema to dragons of all kinds. Any melee weapon you wield gains a +2 enhancement bonus and deals an extra 2d6 points of damage when you attack a creature of the dragon type. This benefit doesn’t stack with the bane weapon special ability. In addition, any spell you cast that deals damage to a dragon deals an extra 2d6 points of damage to that dragon. If the spell allows a saving throw, the DC of the saving throw increases by 2. A successful save either halves or negates the extra damage, depending on how the normal damage dealt by the spell is affected by a successful save. A single spell can never deal this extra damage more than once per casting. However, if a spell deals damage for more than 1 round, it deals the extra damage in each round. Blindsense (Su): Starting at 12th level, you gain blindsense out to 30 feet as long as you wear the Wyrmbane Helm. You automatically pinpoint invisible opponents, but they still have total concealment against your attacks. Charisma Boost (Su): Starting at 14th level, you gain a +4 enhancement bonus to your Charisma as long as you wear the Wyrmbane Helm. Sudden Empower (Su): At 16th level, you gain the ability to apply the Empower Spell metamagic feat to any spell you cast without increasing the level of the spell or preparing it ahead of time. You can use this ability three times per day. Frightful Presence (Su): When you charge, attack, or cast a spell while wearing the helm, your frightful presence might affect enemies within 30 feet who have fewer Hit Dice than you. Creatures of 4 or fewer Hit Dice become panicked for 1 minute, and creatures of 5 or more Hit Dice become shaken for 1 minute. A successful Will save (DC 17 or 15 + your Cha modifier, whichever is higher) negates either effect. Whether the saving throw succeeds or fails, the creature is immune to your frightful presence for 24 hours. Dragons are immune to your frightful presence regardless of their Hit Dice. Immune to Electricity: Starting at 18th level, you are immune to electricity damage as long as you wear the Wyrmbane Helm. Strength Boost (Su): Starting at 19th level, you gain a +6 enhancement bonus to your Strength as long as you wear the helm. Lightning Breath (Su): At 20th level, you gain a breath weapon equivalent to that of an adult blue dragon, except that you can use it only three times per day and never in consecutive rounds. Your lightning breath deals 12d8 points of damage in a 100-foot line (DC 25 or 20 + your Con modifier, whichever is higher). 106
Illus. by R. Horsley n a world where the influence of dragons reaches into every aspect of an adventurer’s life, new creatures related to and descended from dragons abound. When dragons go beyond simply ignoring the lesser races and begin taking an active hand, their blood inevitably mingles with that of other creatures—in fact, dragons are one of the few beings that can mate and produce offspring with almost any other race. As such, their spawn fill the world just as humanoid offspring do, though perhaps not in such great numbers. When dragons roam the world and are commonplace in any locale, draconic creatures soon follow in their genetic wake. pqqqqqqqqqrs DRAKKEN This book introduces a new classification of animal known as the drakken. Drakken are animals whose ancestry has draconic blood mixed in with that of a mundane race of animal. Essentially, drakken are to animals as sorcerers are to humans, possessing draconic blood and some physical characteristics but no supernatural abilities. Drakken are still considered animals—the dragon blood in their history has been diluted over time—but all are of the dragonblood subtype (see page 4). This chapter presents several unique drakken, though any normal animal of the dragonblood subtype could be considered a drakken. Under normal circumstances, drakken won’t serve as animal companions, though rare exceptions exist (see the phynxkin companion alternative class feature on page 13 for an example). pqqqqqqqqqrs Typically, half-dragons result from unions between dragons and other creatures. Over time, these half-dragons mate with members of their nondragon parentage, producing offspring with weaker draconic blood. Eventually, entirely new beings emerge from such couplings, as these dragonblooded creatures mate with other close relatives and then again among themselves. The end result is a race of creatures that has touches of both draconic and nondraconic ancestry, yet retains almost none of the extraordinary powers that flow from dragon parentage. Just as a dragon’s half-breed offspring are never quite the same as the dragon, sometimes the offspring of true dragons diverge from their normal pattern of growth. On rare occasions, outside stimuli encourage evolution and change within dragons, granting them new abilities while sapping some of their more traditional powers. Indeed, as creatures with a strong link to the realm of magic, dragons are often susceptible to what is known as arcane evolution—that is, changes to the race as a result of magical influence. Similar to how the faintest trace of dragon blood can alter the appearance and behavior of an entire race, a slight magical alteration within a dragon can lead to unexpected or even unknown magical talents. 107
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CHAPTER 1 DRAGONBOUND HEROES —Dee
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DRACONIC CLASS FEATURES Often, drag
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Class: Hexblade (see Complete Warri
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Special: If you are of the dragonbl
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INITIATE OF HLAL [INITIATE] Fueled
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Table 2-1: The Dragonfire Adept Hit
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Greater Invocations Aura of Flame:
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which dragonfire adepts are common
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Table 2-3: The Diamond Dragon Hit D
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ence between the manifesting classe
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Entry Requirements Base Attack Bonu
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HAND OF THE WINGED MASTERS “By th
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Resources If you absolutely must ha
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CHAPTER 2 DRAGON ASPIRANTS people
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Table 2-8: The Swift Wing Hit Die:
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to seek out her own allies. She kno
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Page 71 and 72: PATH OF FROST Transmutation [Cold]
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