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==Death== | |||
The death of a rider's wyrm is a traumatic event, requiring a Wisdom save. On a failed save the rider takes 5d10 psychic damage and makes all saves, attacks, and skill checks at disadvantage until they finish a long rest. On a successful save they take half damage and no disadvantage. | |||
A rider's wyrm immediately becomes feral upon its rider's death and cannot be approached by anyone. It will flee into the Sprawl at its first opportunity. | |||
:'''Note:''' Riders may spend HD on their wyrms during short or long rests. This would be an option for when the wyrm's own HD were used up for some reason. Justification: the psychic bond. Rider's die value for the die, wyrm's =5 con save for the modifier. | |||
Latest revision as of 10:33, 12 July 2024
Dragons as the world once knew them are gone, and the wyrms that inherited their place are - less. Smaller than their ancestral counterparts and wingless, wyrms fly on the updrafts of raw magic rising from the ruins of the Sprawl.
Features[edit]
The following features apply to all PC's bonded companion wyrms.
Appearance[edit]
Wyrms are long, wingless, and covered in scales with tails twice as long as their bodies (think Chinese style dragon over European).
Psychic Bond[edit]
Each Rider's wyrm is bonded to them, mind to mind. They may communicate over any distance. If the rider calls, the wyrm is there.
A rider always knows where their wyrm is.
Draconic Ancestry[edit]
Every wyrm, depending on ancestry, has a breath weapon that is expelled in a 5' x 30' line: Fire, Cold, Acid, Poison, or Lightning. On a failed DEX save, creatures within that line take 5d10 damage, or half that on a successful save.
Breath Weapon is available after a short or long rest, and once used recharges on a 
roll of 
or
Each Wyrm is immune to damage by the type of damage caused by its breath weapon, and its rider is resistant.
Combat[edit]
On its turn, a wyrm may use its breath weapon (see above) or make a melee attack with its bite or its tail (wyrm claws are not suited to attacks).
- Bite: +5 to hit; reach 5'; 2d10+2 damage.
- Tail Slap: +7 to hit; range 15'; 3d10+3 damage
- Natural AC 17 | Max HP 50 | 5d10 HD | Action Surge 1/rest
Miscellaneous[edit]
- Speed: Fly 100 | Walk/Climb/Swim 75
- Language: Wyrms speak and understand draconic. Riders all get Draconic as a free language.
- Skills: Psychic Bond grants proficiency to the wyrm's rider's Perception rolls while they are within sight of one another. If the rider is already proficient, double their bonus.
- Saves: STR, DEX, and CON +5; CHA +3
- Because of their Psychic Bond, while the rider is riding their wyrm, use the better of their two saves.
Death[edit]
The death of a rider's wyrm is a traumatic event, requiring a Wisdom save. On a failed save the rider takes 5d10 psychic damage and makes all saves, attacks, and skill checks at disadvantage until they finish a long rest. On a successful save they take half damage and no disadvantage.
A rider's wyrm immediately becomes feral upon its rider's death and cannot be approached by anyone. It will flee into the Sprawl at its first opportunity.
- Note: Riders may spend HD on their wyrms during short or long rests. This would be an option for when the wyrm's own HD were used up for some reason. Justification: the psychic bond. Rider's die value for the die, wyrm's =5 con save for the modifier.