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Dragon shape

Type of feat: general (available every three level-ups) (epic)
Prerequisite: 21st level, wisdom 30+, either wild shape 6x/day or greater wildshape IV

Specifics: The character may use wild shape to change into a dragon. The transformation has a duration of 1 hour per class level.

Use: selected. After selecting, the character must choose what type of dragon they will appear as.

Dragon forms

dragon
color
str dex con HP AC attack
modifier
damage breath
attack
special
ancient red 48 36 32 +100 41 (10 base +20 dodge bonus
+13 dex modifier -2 huge size)
+23 claw attack (+19 str modifier
+6 enhancement bonus -2 huge size),
+17 bite attack (+19 str modifier -2 huge size)
claw/claw/bite 2d8+25/2d8+25/2d8+19 fire breath DI fire 100%
DV cold 50%
ancient blue 48 36 32 +100 41 (10 base +20 dodge bonus
+13 dex modifier -2 huge size)
+23 claw attack (+19 str modifier
+6 enhancement bonus -2 huge size),
+17 bite attack (+19 str modifier -2 huge size)
claw/claw/bite 2d8+25/2d8+25/2d8+19 lightning breath DI electricity 100%
ancient green 48 36 32 +100 41 (10 base +20 dodge bonus
+13 dex modifier -2 huge size)
+23 claw attack (+19 str modifier
+6 enhancement bonus -2 huge size),
+17 bite attack (+19 str modifier -2 huge size)
claw/claw/bite 2d8+25/2d8+25/2d8+19 gas breath DI acid 100%
  • For all dragon forms, only armor, helmet & shield merge (unlike for wyrmlings).
  • The dragon's huge size applies a penalty of -2 to AB and AC.
  • Dragons fight unarmed with +6 enhancement claws and bite without enhancement. The +6 damage reduction, however, secures penetration of +6 damage reduction with any of these items.
  • AB in the form is calculated by base attack + strength modifier + 6 (for claws) -2 (for huge size).
  • All properties except for regeneration do not stack. Only the highest AC bonus from armor (armor, shield, helmet) will merge.
  • Breath attacks for dragons without at least 10 levels of shifter suffer a -4 penalty on both DC and damage dice (e.g. -4d10 damage for red dragon).

Notes

  • Requires Hordes of the Underdark.
  • This feat can only be acquired when advancing in druid or shifter levels.
  • Despite the description the duration is permanent.
  • This is the only epic shape feat that is available to druids without shifter levels.
  • This form of shapeshifting cannot be dispelled.
  • Unlike normal dragon monsters, a character will not gain a fear-aura when shapeshifted to a dragon.
  • Due to the high wisdom requirement of this feat, a single monk level — with its associated wisdom-based monk AC bonus — can greatly benefit a character with dragon shape. Furthermore, the monk level provides the monk's unarmed attack progression, stunning fist (with a decent DC), and discipline and tumble as class skills. Moreover, a character can equip a shield before assuming dragon form, which will cause the shield's properties to be merged but will not — while shifted — disable those monk bonuses that are normally disabled when a shield is equipped.
  • A common way to quickly meet the wisdom requirement of this feat is taking levels of champion of Torm after level 20; this class gets a bonus feat every two levels (up to class level 10), and great wisdom is one of the choices (for epic characters).

Previous versions

  • Prior to version 1.69, this feat only required wild shape 5x/day, not 6x/day as stated in the in-game description.
  • When the Hordes of the Underdark was originally released, this creature had only meager damage reduction (5/+1), and its claws only did 2d6 damage, lacking the +6 enhancement.

Custom content notes

  • A custom class must have this feat in their feat list, or that class will not be able to select it as a general feat.
  • breath attack script: X2_S2_EDragBrth.nss
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