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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8329650" data-attributes="member: 58172">This is copy-pasted from DnDBeyond.[SPOILER]<h2>Dragonborn Traits</h2>Your draconic heritage manifests in a variety of traits you share with other dragonborn.                                  <h4>Ability Score Increase</h4>Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.<h4>Age</h4>Young dragonborn grow quickly. They walk hours after hatching, attain the size and development of a 10-year-old human child by the age of 3, and reach adulthood by 15. They live to be around 80.                     <h4>Alignment</h4>Dragonborn tend to extremes, making a conscious choice for one side or the other in the cosmic war between good and evil (represented by Bahamut and Tiamat, respectively). Most dragonborn are good, but those who side with Tiamat can be terrible villains.                     <h4>Size</h4>Dragonborn are taller and heavier than humans, standing well over 6 feet tall and averaging almost 250 pounds. Your size is Medium.<h4>Speed</h4>Your base walking speed is 30 feet.                     <h4>Draconic Ancestry</h4>You have draconic ancestry. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic Ancestry table. Your breath weapon and damage resistance are determined by the dragon type, as shown in the table.<h4>Draconic Ancestry</h4> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>Dragon</th><th>Damage Type</th><th>Breath Weapon</th></tr><tr><td>Black</td><td>Acid</td><td>5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)</td></tr><tr><td>Blue</td><td>Lightning</td><td>5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)</td></tr><tr><td>Brass</td><td>Fire</td><td>5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)</td></tr><tr><td>Bronze</td><td>Lightning</td><td>5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)</td></tr><tr><td>Copper</td><td>Acid</td><td>5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save)</td></tr><tr><td>Gold</td><td>Fire</td><td>15 ft. cone (Dex. save)</td></tr><tr><td>Green</td><td>Poison</td><td>15 ft. cone (Con. save)</td></tr><tr><td>Red</td><td>Fire</td><td>15 ft. cone (Dex. save)</td></tr><tr><td>Silver</td><td>Cold</td><td>15 ft. cone (Con. save)</td></tr><tr><td>White</td><td>Cold</td><td>15 ft. cone (Con. save)</td></tr></table><h4>Breath Weapon</h4>You can use your action to exhale destructive energy. Your draconic ancestry determines the size, shape, and damage type of the exhalation. When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a saving throw, the type of which is determined by your draconic ancestry. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. A creature takes 2d6 damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The damage increases to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th level, and 5d6 at 16th level. After you use your breath weapon, you can’t use it again until you complete a short or long rest.<h4>Damage Resistance</h4>You have resistance to the damage type associated with your draconic ancestry.<h4>Languages</h4>You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic. Draconic is thought to be one of the oldest languages and is often used in the study of magic. The language sounds harsh to most other creatures and includes numerous hard consonants and sibilants.[/SPOILER]The Players Handbook Dragonborn is straightforward.1 feat: +2 Strength score½ feat: +1 Charisma score0 feat: Size medium (standard)0 feat: Speed 30 feet (standard)0 feat: Age (rarely matters)0 feat: Language Common (standard)½ feat: Dragonbreath, Damage Resistance, and Draconic languageIn other words, the Dragonborn is slightly less powerful than a Tashas Custom Lineage, since it lacks the Darkvision and extra language that Tashas grants.Custom Lineage• +2 ability score• 1 feat ( ≈ +1 ability score, Dragonbreath, Damage Resistance, Draconic)• Common language• extra language• Darkvision or proficiencyNote:Dragonbreath 2d6 damage is less good than a slot-1 spell like Chromatic Orb 3d8 damage, but Dragonbreath can target more than one creature in the area. So it seems roughly equivalent to a slot-1 spell per short or long rest.Compare the various half-feats. Tashas: Feytouched and Shadowtouched, which grant a slot-2 spell and a slot-1 spell, each per long rest. More pertinently, compare Xanathars: Fey Teleportation, which grants a slot-2 spell per short or long rest plus a useful language.So far, Dragonbreath (slot-1 spell) with a language is less good than Fey Teleportation (slot-2 spell) with a language.Now, the Damage Resistance is not nothing, But it is passive and situational and not great either.All in all, I will say, everything together − Dragonbreath, Damage Resistance, and Draconic language − is worth a ½ feat.One might fiddle about whether the Draconic language should be included in the half-feat or not, but language tends to be neglible in terms of balance. So the ballpark is still about a half-feat.</blockquote>

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