Dragon Transcient

Note: This document is a work in progress. Revisions to come.

Building a Dragon Transient

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Starting Features

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Benefit: Choose between Black, Blue, Green, Red, or White. That type of dragon becomes your draconic heritage and you gain the dragon subtype. In addition, you gain the Dragon Form power.

Dragon Form Dragon Transient Feature

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At-will ⋄ Polymorph
Move Action Personal

Effect: You change from your humanoid form to dragon form, or vice-versa. The dragon form is your size and resembles a dragon of your chosen heritage.

While in dragon form, you gain a natural attack. Your natural attack is a melee weapon and implement with which you are proficient. It is part of the light blade group, deals 1d8 damage, and has a +3 proficiency bonus. At 5th level and every five levels thereafter, it gains a +1 enhancement bonus to attack and damage, and deals an extra 1d6 damage per plus on a critical hit.

You cannot use the properties and powers of magic items you wear, but not the properties of weapons, implements, or wonderous items. While equipment is part of your dragon form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container is inaccessible.

In addition, your dragonic heritage determines the keyword type of your draconic attack powers and grants you an additional benefit, as detailed below

Black: Your dragon transient attack powers deal acid damage. In addition, you gain swamp walk and the aquatic subtype.
Blue: Your dragon transient attack powers deal lightning damage and you can exclude any number of targets from those attacks.
Green: Your dragon transient attack powers deal poison damage and targets hit by those attack take a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of their next turn.
Red: Your dragon transient attack powers deal fire damage and targets take an extra 1d8 points of fire damage on a hit or miss.
White: Your dragon transient attack powers deal cold damage and targets are slowed until the end of their next turn.

While in dragon form, you also gain resist to the type of energy associated with your dragon heritage equal to 5 + 1/2 your level.

Additional Features

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Level 5 Feature

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Benefit: While in dragon form, you gain darkvision and a +2 bonus to perception checks.

Level 10 Feature

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Benefit: While in dragon form, you gain Overland Flight 8.

Optional Powers

Draconic Guile Dragon Transient Utility 2
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Daily Free Action Personal Trigger: You make a bluff, diplomacy, or intimdate check.
Effect: Roll the triggering check twice and use either result.

Breath Weapon Dragon Transient Attack 3
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Encounter Standard Action Close Blast 5 Target: Each creature in blast Attack: Primary ability vs reflex
Hit: 1d6 + ability modifier damage. The damage is of the same type noted by your draconic heritage

Draconic Recovery Dragon Transient Utility 6
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Daily No Action Personal Requirement: You must be in dragon form. Trigger: You end your turn.
Effect: You end any dazing, stunning, or dominating effect.

Bloodied Breath Dragon Transient Attack 7
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Encounter ⋄ Varies Minor Action Close Blast 5 Requirement: You must be in dragon form. Target: Each creature in blast Attack: Primary ability vs reflex
Hit: 1d6 + ability modifier damage. The damage is of the same type noted by your draconic heritage.

Draconic MightDragon Transient Utility 10
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Daily Free Action Personal Trigger: You use your Dragon Form power to change into your dragon form.
Effect: You gain temporary HP equal to your healing surge value. In addition, while you are in your dragon form, your size increases to large and you gain a fly speed equal to your overland flight speed. This effect lasts until the end of the encounter.