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Draconomicon Sample file Credits About Spilled Ale Legal Draconomicon: Dragonbound by and © RDD Studios DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, Wizards of Wilkin / Spilled Ale Studios the Coast, Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft, the Check out the Spilled Ale Studios blog for dragon ampersand, and all other Wizards of Writing and Game Design lots of free 5e content and articles about the the Coast product names, and their respec- RDD Wilkin tabletop RPG hobby! tive logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USA and other countries. https://spilledale.blogspot.com Art Cover art by © David Revoy, Blue dragon This work contains material that is copy- and white dragon by and © Jacob Black- Be sure to take a look at our products page: right Wizards of the Coast and RDD Wilkin. mon, Dragonblood warrior by and © Such material is used with permission un- Michael A. 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Sample© Spilled Ale Studios • Draconomicon: Dragonbound file 1 Contents Sidebars and Tables Dragonbound 3 The Joining 3 Class Features 5 Dragonbound Wyrmling 5 Dragonbound Destinies 13 1-1: Wyrmling Breath Weapons 6 Breath Abilities 18 1-2: Dragon Movement Speeds 6 Bond Boons 25 1-3: The Dragonbound 7 Multiclassing 28 1-4: Dragon Companion Advancement 10 Appendix A: Draconic Characteristics 29 1-5 Change Shape Max CR 12 Appendix B: Other Dragons 30 1-6 Relentless Breath 12 1-7: Spell Slots as Breath 28 A-1: Draconic Characteristics 29 A-2: Draconic Flaws 29 B-1: Gem Wyrmling Breath Weapons 30 B-2: Gem Dragon Movement Speeds 30 B-3: Lost Wyrmling Breath Weapons 30 B-4: Lost Dragon Movement Speeds 31 B-5: Other Wyrmling Breath Weapons 31 2 Sample© Spilled Ale Studios • Draconomicon: Dragonbound file The Joining something happening in the surf, a movement —Draconomicon— It was the day of the choosing. Lysarra had woken that wasn’t just another wave. A shining head Dragonbound early, unable to bear remaining abed; full of rose above the water line and its neck and body followed. Soon the bronze wyrmling was on the Up above the clouds a high elf in thick excitement and giddy glee. Yet as the minutes had ticked by and become hours some trepidation beach, its bronze scales glistening wetly and layers and protective eyewear rides a silver set in. By the time her family rose for breakfast, glinting in the bright sun. It padded across the dragon, a message cylinder that will affect Lysarra was too anxious to speak. Her siblings sand toward her, its reptilian head bobbing back the history of nations clipped securely to jested about it. Her older brother even understood, and forth on its neck. The dragon was beautiful. her belt. for he’d been there himself, though he did nothing Such was Lysarra’s relief and so overcome was A brass dragon and her human to help. Instead he joked that no dragon would she with joy that her legs nearly betrayed her. But the strong grip and comforting presence of the companion plod across the scorched sands choose her. Lysarra’s mother scolded him and told Lysarra that it would be all right. She and Lysarra’s High Lord beside her kept her upright even as tears of the desert in the direction of an ancient father shared a look of understanding, and told the of joy escaped her. ruin. Legend says the buried city contains other children to leave their eldest daughter alone. The bronze dragon paused a short distance away enough treasures to satisfy even their Now Lysarra stood with the High Lord of the and settled in the sand. It turned its head this way combined avarice. Dragonbound. It was her first time in his presence. and that so as to get a good look at Lyssara with A red dragon descends from the night He was fearsome to look at but had proven kindly both its eyes. “You have been taught the tongue of dragons sky, carrying a dragonborn of the very same in person. Yet his presence next to her on the beach where the clan’s territory adjoined the and learned the necessary greetings for this day,” hue. The dragon spits flame, igniting the sacred breeding waters was intimidating, and the High Lord told Lysarra, pushing her gently fabric tents below, as both dragon and rider made her think again about all the ways things forward, “I will now take my leave and give you a relish the screams of fear and pain from could go wrong. What if nothing happened? Worse, chance to get to know each other. I’m sure you’ll their enemies. what if a dragon appeared, but rejected her? They make a wonderful first impression.” Dragonbound are humanoids who, had been waiting for long minutes, and the High He smiled and departed. Lysarra was left alone. Taking a deep breath, and feeling lighter somehow, by tradition or chance, find their fates Lord had stopped calling out his entreatment for a young dragon to come forth from the ocean and she took a step toward the dragon. Somehow, she intrinsically intertwined with the destiny meet their new partner. Lysarra was beginning to sensed that it would be all right. The dragon had of a dragon. The two become partners, panic, and fighting the urge to flee. come, hadn’t he? He was looking for something bound with a closeness exceeding even that The gentle touch of the High Lord’s hand on too. of family by links of ritual and magic. Lysarra’s shoulder startled her, but she soon In her heart, she knew that they would find it realised he was quietly drawing her attention to together. Contracted Companions around the practice. In such places, on the ageing of both participants. The The group of people who can count dragons humanoid races put forward candidates humanoid partner inherits some of the among their friends and associates is to bond with every new wyrmling hatched agelessness of a dragon, physically ageing small, and the number of those who are to their draconic allies. In these places the only one year for every five years that pass. dragonbound is far smaller still. The link joining has become a formal affair with all Meanwhile, the dragon companion ages between a dragonbound and their dragon the markings of ritual. far more rapidly than a dragon normally companion is more intimate even than The bond is governed by certain rules, would, as though their own longevity the relationship between siblings or even the chief of which is its duration. Most has been cut short in payment for their lovers. The pair must share in everything, dragonbound partners agree to a contracted partner’s increased life span. The dragon and can have no secrets from each other. It period of a hundred years. grows from wyrmling to adult in the span isn’t a joining that either party enters into of mere years, at which time their ageing lightly. normalises. In keeping with the bond’s intimacy Unusual Ageing While this may seem an unfair deal for the event of joining can be very informal. One of the side effects of being the dragon, it is generally felt that the However, entire cultures have developed dragonbound is the curious effect it has unique relationship the dragon is able to Sample© Spilled Ale Studios • Draconomicon: Dragonbound file 3.
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