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DRAGONFIRE ADEPT
BREATH EFFECTS
The breath effects available to dragonfire adepts (see page 24)
are described below. Each description starts with the minimum
level at which the breath effect can be selected.
ACID BREATH
Minimum Level: 5th
Your breath weapon deals acid damage instead of fire
damage.
CLOUD BREATH
Minimum Level: 10th
Your breath weapon takes the form of a 20-foot-radius
spread, centered on you. You can choose to apply any one
other breath effect that you know to the same breath weapon,
as long as it can be applied to a cone-shaped breath weapon.
For example, you could create a cloud of cold (with Frost
Breath) or sleep (with Sleep Breath), but not a cloud of lightning
or force.
DISCORPORATING BREATH
OF BAHAMUT
Minimum Level: 15th
Your breath weapon loses its normal energy type and
becomes a blue-white line of pure energy. This breath effect
doubles the number of dice of damage normally dealt by your
breath weapon (for example, from 7d6 to 14d6). In addition,
any creature that is reduced to 0 or fewer hit points by the
breath weapon is disintegrated (as the disintegrate spell). A
successful Fortitude save halves the damage dealt. Unlike
disintegrate, this breath effect has no effect on objects, even
those made of force.
When you use Discorporating Breath of Bahamut, you also
take a number of points of damage equal to twice your class
level, which can’t be lessened by damage reduction or any
similar benefit. A non-good dragonfire adept instead takes
damage equal to four times her class level.
You can apply this breath effect only to a line-shaped breath
weapon. You must have a non-evil alignment to learn or use
this invocation.
ENDURING BREATH
Minimum Level: 10th
Your breath weapon deals damage over 2 consecutive
rounds. When you use Enduring Breath, the target takes
the normal amount of damage from your breath weapon.
In the next round, the same target takes half that amount
of damage. For example, a creature that takes 22 points of
damage from your breath weapon’s initial use takes 11 more
points of damage in the next round. A creature that takes
no damage from the initial use (whether because of evasion,
resistance, immunity, or any other reason) also takes no
damage in the next round. No save is allowed against this
damage.
FIVEFOLD BREATH OF TIAMAT
Minimum Level: 15th
As a full-round action, you create five different breath
weapons simultaneously: a cone of acid, a cone of cold, a cone
of fire, a line of acid, and a line of electricity. Each breath
weapon deals damage equal to your normal breath weapon
damage, and each one allows a Reflex save to halve the damage
dealt.
When you use this breath effect, you also take a number of
points of damage equal to twice your class level, which can’t
be lessened by damage reduction or any similar benefit. A
non-evil dragonfire adept instead takes damage equal to four
times her class level. In addition, you can’t use any breath
weapon in the round following the one in which you apply
this breath effect.
You must have a non-good alignment to learn or use this
invocation.
FORCE BREATH
Minimum Level: 15th
Your breath weapon becomes a force effect. Its damage has
no energy type, but it affects incorporeal creatures normally.
You can apply this breath effect only to a line-shaped breath
weapon.
FROST BREATH
Minimum Level: 2nd
Your breath weapon deals cold damage instead of fire
damage. You can apply this breath effect only to a cone-shaped
breath weapon.
LIGHTNING BREATH
Minimum Level: 2nd
Your breath weapon deals electricity damage instead of fire
damage. You can apply this breath effect only to a line-shaped
breath weapon.
PARALYZING BREATH
Minimum Level: 15th
Rather than dealing damage, your breath weapon paralyzes
all creatures in its area for 1 round. A successful Fortitude
save negates this effect.
You can apply this breath effect only to a cone-shaped
breath weapon.
SHAPED BREATH
Minimum Level: 5th
You can choose to leave up to 4 squares within the area
of your breath weapon unaffected by the breath weapon.
Effectively, you create one or more small “safe zones” within
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