D&D 5E Unearthed Arcana: Draconic Options

The latest Unearthed Arcana from WotC is called Draconic Options. It includes three variant Dragonborn races and a new kobold race, as well as a handful of new spells and feats. Dragonlance fans might do a double-take when they see Fizban's platinum shield (two Forgotten Realms dragons are referenced in the spells, too -- Icingdeath and Raulothim -- as is the FR god of fey dragons, Nathair).

Harness the power of dragons in this installment of Unearthed Arcana! This playtest document presents race, feat, and spell options related to dragons in Dungeons & Dragons.

First is a trio of draconic race options presented as an alternative to the dragonborn race in the Player’s Handbook, as well as a fresh look at the kobold race. Then comes a handful of feat options that reflect a connection to draconic power. Finally, an assortment of spells—many of them bearing the names of famous or infamous dragons—offer a variety of approaches to manifesting dragon magic.

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[Faolyn]

Maybe it'll be a combination Draconomicon and Council of Wyrms.

Edit: And My fingers are crossed--although likely in vain--for the inclusion of ferrous dragons.

Honestly, isnt this UA pure awesomeness?!

It turns kobolds from whiny grovelers to actually cook mini-dragons. It gets a big "heck yeah!" from me.

 

[Remathilis]

I'm liking the "stealth" fix to Dragonborn. Makes them playable finally.

 

[Mind of tempest]

Maybe it'll be a combination Draconomicon and Council of Wyrms.


It turns kobolds from whiny grovelers to actually cook mini-dragons. It gets a big "heck yeah!" from me.

the kobold players are likely in a state of pure bliss right about now.

 

[DeviousQuail]

I'll have to ask my DM if I can add Flame Stride to my war wizard's spell list. Upcast it a level or two and run around the battlefield burning everyone. Drop a fireball in my wake for added fun.

 

[Parmandur]

Honestly, isnt this UA pure awesomeness?!

Better dragonborns, yeah!

cool a** spells? yeah!

After being a little disappointed by Tasha's character options, this book look more usable for more classic high fantasy and less fantasy-supers games.

My bet is on FIzban's Tome of Dragons.

You know what, Fizban is a good choice for a generic dragon book, considering that he is a plane hopping Wizard and that

Spoiler

he is actually an avatar of Bahumat.

. The previous two monster books have wizardly main characters (both Volo and Eliminstar for VGtM).

 

[Wrathamon]

I dont picture kobolds bashing people with their rat like tails or roaring

not a fan of this depiction of kobolds.

Also, dont like that the dragonborn lost darkvision again. They just added it to them in the Wildmount book.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

PLANESCAPE CONFIRMED!

 

[Mind of tempest]

I dont picture kobolds bashing people with their rat like tails or roaring

not a fan of this depiction of kobolds.

Also, dont like that the dragonborn lost darkvision again. They just added it to them in the Wildmount book.

have you never dealt with kobold player? they are more or less exactly hit stuff with tail and roar whilst being small and cute.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I've always insisted that there were Kobolds which varied by dragon colour. At least they acknowledge there can be Kobolds with scales that match Chromatic or Metallic Dragons.

Kobolds were the big enemies for the first half of my campaign, and their scale color was a big deal. (Amusingly, my players haven't put two and two together about one of the surviving kobolds and their scale color.)

 

[Faolyn]

I'm liking the "stealth" fix to Dragonborn. Makes them playable finally.

They had included two definitely-better dragonborn subraces in the Wildemont book, so I guess WotC realized they had better fix the main one as well if they wanted it to remain useful at all.