Dragonspawn

D&D 3e (3.0/3.5) Rules

by André La Roche

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Dragonspawn are the twisted creations of the overlords now ruling the land of Krynn. Created by a hideous method that transforms humans or demihumans into draconian-like creatures by fusing the mind and soul of the victim with the shard of a draconian's, these reptilian beings are the loyal servants of the overlords, though on occasion some have been known to retain their free will.

Dragonspawn by subtype are referred to by their colour, and likewise often bear striking similarities to the dragon that made them, such as greens having a fin on their head, blues with a horn on the nose, etc. while the features that are shared by all are wings, claws, scales, and a tail. When humans and half-elves are the victims of this process, they still retain their basic body shape and thus differ from draconians and bakali in that members of each gender can usually be separated on sight by others.

Creating A Dragonspawn

"Dragonspawn" is a template that can be added to any corporeal humand or monstrous humanoid creature (referred hereafter as the "base creature"). The creature's type becomes "monstrous humanoid". It uses all the base creatures statistics and special abilities except as noted here:
AC: Natural armor improves by +7
Speed: Dragonspawn fly at twice their normal speed (average maneuverability).
Damage: Use the creature's usual unarmed damage, only for claw attacks treat this as normal instead of subdual damage. For bite damage use the following chart or the base creature's damage, whichever is greater.

Special Attacks: Dragonspawn retain all the special attacks of the base creature and also gain a breath weapon based on the dragon variety, useable every 1d10 rounds. Use all rules for dragon breath (see the Dragon entry except as specified in the table below. All spawn gain the feat School of Sorcery for free, and may only have access to the indicated shool below, with only 25 spell points regardless of Intelligence. Upon being spawned, a creature can make an Intelligence check (DC 15) to retain any previous schools of sorcery and past spell point total. Unless such a check is succeeded, all spawn effectively cast as 5th level primal sorcerers. All dragonspawn have a death throe. The effects of each, and the types of saving throws used depend upon the type of spawn. All death throes affect those within 10 feet of the dragonspawn, and the DC to avoid the effects are the same as the dragon's breath weapon DC. All death throes that damage deal half on a successful save.

Special Qualities: Dragonspawn have all the special qualities of the base creature, plus low-light vision and darkvision with a range of 30ft. Dragonspawn possess resistances of value 30 to certain elements based on their dragon variety.

Mutation: Due to the odd and mysterious process involved in creating Dragonspawn, the process only works out with relatively few obstacles when it comes to humans and half-elves. The magical nature of this fusion of draconian and victim often causes horrendous changes in subjects that aren't human or half-elven. The spawn are commonly known as "Abominations". Roll 1d3 to determine the number of times to roll on the chart below. The game function of each mutation is up to the DM, but an example is given with each one. It should be noted that Onysablet, the black overlord, is the only dragon who actively pursues the creation of Abominations, as all other overlords find them to be vile failures.

Saves: Same as the base creature
Abilities: Adjust the abilities of the base creature as follows according to dragon type.
Black & Green: Str +6, Dex +0, Con +4, Int +0, Wis +0, Cha +2
Blue: Str +10, Dex +2, Con +8, Int +0, Wis +2, Cha +4
Red: Str +14, Dex +4, Con +10, Int +2, Wis +2, Cha +4
White: Str +4, Dex +4, Con +4, Int +0, Wis +0, Cha +0
Skills: A dragonspawn has 4 skill points, plus its Intelligence modifier, per Hit Die. Treat skills from the base creature's list as class skills and other skills as cross-class. If the creature has a class, it gains skills for class levels normally.
Feats: Dragonspawn have one feat for every four levels or the base creature's total feats, whichever is greater. Spawn also have access to Dragon Feats.

Climate/Terrain: As per dragon type.
Organization: Squad (2-5) or Tribe (10-20)
Challenge Rating: Red spawn have the same CR as the base creature +3, white spawn have the same CR as the base creature +1, and all other spawn have the same as the base creature +2.
Treasure: Same as base creature
Alignment: Same as dragon variety
Advancement: Same as the base creature.

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