Dragon Disciple
Red Dragon Disciple
PRESTIGE CLASS: This class is not available at character creation and must be unlocked by meeting special requirements, listed below.
It is known that certain dragons can take humanoid form and even have humanoid lovers. Sometimes a child is born of this union, and every child of that child unto the thousandth generation claims a bit of dragon blood, be it ever so small. Usually, little comes of it, though mighty sorcerers occasionally credit their powers to draconic heritage. For some, however, dragon blood beckons irresistibly. These characters become dragon disciples, who use their magical power as a catalyst to ignite their dragon blood, realizing its fullest potential. Members of this prestige class draw on the potent blood of red dragons coursing through their veins. Though red dragons are among the most cruel and evil creatures on Faerun, red dragon disciples may be of any alignment.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Red Dragon Disciple, the character must fulfill the following criteria.
- Class: Bard or Sorcerer
- Skills: 8 Ranks in Lore, Knowledge: History 4 ranks
- Feats: Magic Atuned, Dragon's Oath (Unique to Sundren)
- Spellcasting: Able to cast 2nd-level arcane spells.
Class Skills
The class skills of the Red Dragon Disciple are:
- Concentration
- Craft Alchemy
- Craft Armor
- Craft Trap
- Craft Weapon
- Diplomacy
- Lore
- Listen
- Parry
- Search
- Spellcraft
- Spot
Class Features
Base Attack Bonus Progression: Medium
Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier
Hit Dice: D12
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The Red Dragon Disciple gains new new proficiencies with weapons or armor.
Natural Armor Increase: At 1st, level, the red dragon disciple's skin toughens and begins to grow scaly, granting them a +1 natural armor bonus to AC. This bonus improves to +2 at 4th level, +3 at 7th level, and +4 at 10th level.
Draconic Ability Scores: As the red dragon disciple's oneness with their draconic blood increases, their ability scores improve significantly. At 2nd level, they gain a +2 to Strength. At 4th level, this bonus increases to +4. At 6th level, the red dragon disciple gains a +2 to Constitution, and at 8th level they gain +2 Intelligence. Finally, at 10th level, they gain an additional +4 bonus to Strength (for a total of +8) and a +2 to Charisma.
Breath Weapon: At 3rd level, the dragon disciple gains the ability to breathe a cone of fire that deals 2d10 points of damage to all creatures within its area. This damage increases to 4d10 at 7th level and 6d10 at 10th level. Targets may make a Reflex save (DC 10 + 1/2 the red dragon disciple's class level + the character's Charisma bonus). This ability may be used once per day.
Blind Fight: At 5th level, the red dragon disciple gains the ability to fight well, even if blinded or against invisible creatures. A character with this ability gets to reroll their miss chance percentile one time to see if they actually hit. Furthermore, invisible creatures get no bonus to hit the character in melee.
Half Dragon: At 10th level, the red dragon disciple's transformation is complete. They become a half-dragon and gains darkvision as well as immunity to sleep, paralysis, and fire.