Dragonsbane and Highlord Feats

D&D 3e (3.0/3.5) Rules

by Raistlin's Khellspawn

Egg-Despised

Description: Due to your negative encounter with dragons, you have decided to train in the art of evading them. Dragons take great offense at this.

Prerequisites: Base Attack Bonus +4, must have had a negative encounter with a dragon.

Benefits: You gain a +4 bonus to any Bluff or Intimidate checks made against a dragon and a +4 bonus to AC if attacked by a dragon.

Special: Draconians and kender cannot take this feat. Good characters also cannot take this feat unless the negative encounter was especially horrible (DM's discretion).

Egg-Bane

Description: Your hatred of dragons has given you a skill at assassinating them.

Prerequisites: Base Attack Bonus +6, Egg-Despised, must have slain a dragon out of rage or hatred.

Benefits: You may sneak attack a dragon for +1d6 for every dragon you have personally slain. This stacks with any other form of sneak attack you have. You also may also gain a +4 bonus to damage whenever you deal damage to a dragon.

Special: Draconians and kender cannot take this feat. Non-evil characters cannot take this feat unless the character has slain the dragon for a worthy cause (DM's discretion).

Heroic Dragonsbane

Description: You have declared yourself an enemy of evil dragons, swearing the vows of a Dragonsbane.

Prerequisites: Egg-Bane, good-aligned, Base Attack Bonus +6, must have slain an evil dragon for a good cause.

Benefits: You gain bardic knowledge, but only specifically related to evil dragons. You also may make a final death attempt once a day. If you deal a critical hit to a dragon, it must make a Fortitude save with DC equal to 10 plus your level. If it succeeds, it takes regular damage. If it fails, it dies and its body ignites. You also gain a +2 respect bonus to all checks relating to good dragons in any way (DM's discretion).

Special: Kender and draconians cannot take this feat. If you forsake the vows of the Dragonsbane, you lose this feat forever. Also, if you are given the opportunity to slay an evil dragon and you do not, you lose this feat until you atone.

Dark Dragonhunter

Description: You have declared yourself an enemy of good dragons, swearing the vows of a Dark Dragonhunter.

Prerequisites: Egg-Bane, evil-aligned, Base Attack Bonus +6, must have slain a good dragon for an evil cause.

Benefits: You may use scry on a good dragon as a free action once a day. Your sneak attack also gains an extra +6d6 when used against good dragons. If you are an assassin, you may make death attacks against dragons anytime you could make sneak attacks. Finally, you receive a +2 respect bonus to all checks made relating to an evil dragon (DM's discretion).

Special: Kender and draconians may not take this feat. If you do not kill a dragon once a month, you lose the benefits of this feat until you atone.

Slayer from Dragonback

Description: You have particular skill at killing dragons while airborne.

Prerequisites: Egg-Bane, Base Attack Bonus +10, must have slain at least one dragon from dragonback. Draconians and kender may qualify for this feat without requiring the Egg-Bane feat.

Benefits: Whenever you are riding a dragon and make an attack against another dragon, you gain a +6 bonus on your Ride check. Your weapon's critical range is doubled for 6 rounds (this can only happen once a day). If you succeed in slaying the dragon, you gain a +4 bonus to all checks involving dragons until the end of the day.

Special: Dragon Riders may gain this feat with a Base Attack Bonus of only +8.

Huma's Gift

Description: You have been blessed by Huma's spirit to carry on his legacy of dragon slaying.

Prerequisites: Slayer from Dragonback, Leadership, Knight of Solamnia prestige class, Base Attack Bonus +15, must have slain five evil dragons for a good cause on dragonback.

Benefits: All weapons owned by you that have dealt damage against dragons lose all abilities and gain a permanent +4 holy dragon bane enhancement bonus. Once per month, you may use any power word spell against a dragon.

Special: Dragon Riders, and characters with five or more Knight of the Crown class levels, may gain this feat with a Base Attack Bonus of only +12. If the character meets both of these criteria, he may gain this feat with a base attack bonus of only +10.

The Dark Lady's Gift

Description: You have been blessed by the Dark Lady Kitiara's spirit, giving you unnatural skill of slaying good dragons while airborne.

Prerequisites: Slayer from Dragonback, Leadership, evil alignment, Base Attack Bonus +15, must have slain five good dragons on dragonback for an evil cause.

Benefits: All weapons owned by you that have dealt damage against dragons lose all abilities and gain a permanent +4 unholy dragon bane enhancement bonus. Once per month, you may use any power word spell against a dragon.

Special: Dragon Riders, and characters eith eight or more rogue levels, may gain this feat with a Base Attack Bonus of only +12. If the character meets both of these criteria, he may gain this feat with a base attack bonus of only +10.

Highlord Ascendancy

Description: You have ascended to the coveted dark throne of Dragon Highlord.

Prerequisites: The Dark Lady's Gift, Leadership, 16th level, must have an evil dragon cohort, must have slain at least eight good dragons on dragonback for an evil cause, and must have gained the trust of at least one evil race.

Benefits: You gain a +10 bonus to Bluff and Intimidate against evil beings and a +12 bonus to these skills against non-evil beings. Ten times per month, you may summon your trusted race to perform a task for you. All members of that race have an attitude of helpful towards you and your dragon cohort. You gain a +6 bonus to all attacks, damage, and AC while mounted on your dragon cohort. You do not need to make Ride checks to attack from the back of your dragon cohort except in extraordinary situations. Finally, if your chosen race sees you killing an enemy dragon, 5d20 of them go into a frenzy and immediately gain the fanatic attitude towards you. This lasts for a number of days equal to your level.

Special: This feat is only available if your campaign is in the War of the Lance era.

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