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
- The following table shows the character's new strength, dexterity, constitution, temporary hit points, and AC (before applying item bonuses). Note that only the highest AC bonus from armor will merge.
- All dragon forms have immunity to mind spells, sneak attack, and paralysis; spell resistance 20; true seeing; and damage reduction 40/+6.
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.
- Contrary to other unarmed feats not working in shifter forms, improved critical (unarmed) and overwhelming critical (unarmed) work for dragon forms.
- Weapon focus (unarmed strike), epic weapon focus (unarmed strike) and devastating critical (unarmed strike) do not work for this form.
- Epic prowess, bane of enemies, and the druid's outdoor +2 to AB from nature sense can help.
- 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.
- script:
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- breath attack script:
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