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Many an adventurer has had to experience the pure terror of facing a dragon in combat. Their immense power and strength has left more than one party reconsidering their life choices. Now, the players can harness that power themselves with the new Dragon Knight Class.

Inspired by those awesome creatures, the Dragon Knight can emulate some of their abilities while adding brand new options to the game. Each calling has its own unique weapon that it uses to unleash their power. Transform into a winged hybrid, inspire fear in your opponents, and even unleash some of your Dragon Master's breath weapon on your foes today!

I've added a new Draconic Calling, which you can download HERE

You can find the new Monk Tradition I wrote HERE

Update 1.1:

I made some minor changes to text to improve the clarity and keep things consistant throughout the documen. I added the save DC formula to the Draconic Power section and removed the repeats of it in the rest of the document to streamline it and added a breath weapon column to the Dragon damage type table for ease of use

I also added new cover art. Feel free to ask any questions you have down below.

Update 1.2:

I made some changes to clarify certain features, improve balance, and add some lore.

The Winged Spear of the Dragoon is now clasified as a ranged weapon that can perform melee attacks to better fit with the theme of the weapon.

The Dragon Transformation extra damage has been editing to state that it only applies to non-Dragon Attack weapon attacks unless specifically stated in the description of the dragon attack.

The Dragon Breath feature has been renamed Gift of the Dragon and now includes that that Dragon Knight cannot die of old age while their master lives.

Most of the Draconic calling features have been renamed to better differentiate the dragon attacks from the other benefits of the features.

Update 1.3

Just some minor changes. Added that the telepathic communication between your Dragon Master and you must be initiated by your Dragon Master to deal with a few instances of people abusing the ability to attempt to get more information than they should have in a given situation. Also added that, if you choose the Javelins as part of your starting equipment, you can treat them as if they have the finesse property to better fit the dex-based dragon knights.

Update 1.4

Some more significant changes, based on feedback.

Changed the wording in the Draconic power Section to better fit with the style of the PHB.
Removed the +1 to AC from the Double Blade weapon feature to better fit with the theme of the Warblade.
Changed the description of the Dragon Transformation text to better align it with 5e wording.
Changed the limitation of Dragon Transformation from "once per encounter" to "you must wait 10 minutes before you can activate this ability again..." to better align it with 5e wording and style.
Added "On a success, they take half damage." to the end of the Hurricane Blade Dragon Attack.
Added "This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks." to the description of the Dragon Charge Dragon Attack.
Removed references to "Dual Blade" as that was an earlier wording for the Double Blade that I decided didn't describe the weapon well.

Huge thank you specifically to Jean-François L and Joshua M for the massive amount of help they gave me in this specific update.

Update 1.5:

A few changes:

After feedback from my own players and seeing the class played, I decided the Dragon Transformation wasn't really working as intended. It was meant to be something that could be used in tandem with the dragon attacks, but with how short it lasted that really wasn't possible. So now, the initial transformation is a flat 30 seconds and Extended Transformation allows you to spend 2 points instead of 1 to make the transformation last 1 minute instead of 30 seconds, but it still has the 10 minute cooldown period between transformations to prevent abuse. I've been having one of my players run the class this way for months now and it hasn't proven to create any balance issues, but feel free to comment on the page if you notice it unbalances the class at your table and I'll make appropriate changes to keep the balance.
Changed the title of Horde's bane so that it used the proper word for Horde.
Added some clarification in the paired shield section to explain that magic shields with bonuses to AC also add that bonus to attack and damage rolls when changed into the Paired Shields.
Added the ability for the Warblade to make shove attacks at range with Improved Tenacity to better align it with the other level 10 abilities.

Thanks to David B for pointing out some of the changes needed, especially catching that I used the wrong word for horde.

Update 1.6

After considering this for years now and learning and discecting D&D 5e class design, I have made the decision to make one final change to the Dragon Knight Class. In 5e, each class should play differently and have certain things that define the class, making it a unique experience. According to accepted 5e design pracitices, those defining features should show up in the first 2 levels. For this class, one of the defining features is the Dragon Weapon and thus far the player has had to wait to get to 3rd level to get that. So, I decided to move the Dragon Weapon Feature to 1st level, which also involves moving the choice of Calling to 1st level as well. Nothing else about the callings has changed. You still get your first dragon attack at 3rd level and everything else remains the same.

Since it's no longer needed, I removed the text in the Equipment section that stated you could use the pike as if it had the finesse property. I also added to each Dragon Weapon that you are proficient with the Dragon Weapon.

Really happy how popular this has been, even 4 years later, and, as always, feel free to ask any questions or leave any comments down below.

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Cris B April 22, 2022 4:39 pm UTC

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Hello there, I've adored this class for a very long time and wondered if it would be OK for me to upload it onto 5e.tools for my campaign to use? All credit and links back to this page of course.

TrainerJodie J April 22, 2022 6:43 pm UTC

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My contract with DMsGuild is they are the sole publisher of this document, so I can't agree to let it be published anywhere else. 5etools publishes copywritten materials so I would prefer my content not appear there in any way shape or form. It is pay what you want here, so I don't really see a reason anyone wouldn't be able to pick it up here for use, and it ensures that I get to keep the creative control over it that I want. So, no I will not give my permission to upload this to another site, and specifically don't want this showing up on 5etools. I do appreciate you asking though. It's been surprising how many people have though simply by downloading this they can post it wherever they want, which is not ok.

Jack A November 07, 2021 12:42 am UTC

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there's a typo in the 1.6 revision under Draconic Presence,"After using this ability, you must complete a short
of long rest before using it again." is there anyway to use a Dragon Transformation before the attack action or outside of combat.

TrainerJodie J November 07, 2021 12:54 am UTC

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Originally Dragon Transformation was a separate action but it wasn't able to be used the way I envisioned it so I changed it to activate when you take the attack action so it could be combined with dragon attacks, but it has always been intended that it could be used outside of combat for the flight ability. I think I'll change it to "As an action or when you take the attack action" to restore its out of combat use. Thanks for pointing this out!

TrainerJodie J November 03, 2020 3:30 am UTC

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One last Update for the class is now live. Check the description for what's changed.

Aubon H July 10, 2020 7:19 am UTC

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Do you plan to update this class

TrainerJodie J July 30, 2020 11:15 am UTC

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First off, sorry this took so long. Didn't get a notification until just now. As far as updating the class, I'm not against it, but I've updated it 5 times now and I feel it's in a pretty good place as far as balance and lore is concerned. Do you have a specific issue that you feel needs updating?

Платон ? January 18, 2019 6:17 pm UTC

Hey

Hope someone can help me. Got confused with Vortex Slash. It is said that all Dragon Attacks don't get bonus Dragon Dice damage from Dragon Transformation and Dragon Pact. So that means that you do 4 attacks without that bonus dices? Do you get bonus from proficiency?

Thanks

TrainerJodie J January 18, 2019 11:08 pm UTC

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Vortex slash is basically making 4 regular attacks, so whatever dice you would roll for a regular attack, you roll for each vortex slash attack. You don't get additional damage from Dragon Transformation or your dragon pact, but since those attacks count as Dragon Attacks, they would all score a crit on a roll of 18, 19, or 20. Still a pretty powerful attack even without the extra dice. Did that answer your question?

Marty R October 14, 2018 8:29 am UTC

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Hey LOVE the class (and a player in my group will be playing it starting friday) but I have 2 questions about the warblades Double Weapon:
1st: does the weapon retain the properties of it's attached weapons for instance: if you combine two rapiers does the war blade have the finesse ability? (my assumption is no but wanted to double check since this seems thematically more dex then str focused)
2nd: if you use a versatile weapon such as the long sword, does it use the d8 or d10 damage dice since you're now forced to wield it with 2 hands. (my assumption is again d8 but my player will ask so figured I'd check with you)

TrainerJodie J October 14, 2018 11:49 am UTC

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1st answer: The only non-magic aspects of the original weapon that carry over are the damage type and the damage die, no other properties. So no, the Double Blade isn't a finesse weapon. This aspect is actually meant to be thematically a strength focused class, not dex. As much as a lot of people think Dex when they think speed, one of my hobbies is staff spinning and getting that thing up to speed takes a TON of strength, compared to something like nun-chucks which require more control and precise movement than brute strength. All the dragon attacks are meant to invoke a sense of power behind them, not really fine control. That's one of the reasons why cyclone strike hits every creature, not just enemies. The Warblade is using their strength to make a large attack, but has to sacrifice control to do it. The rest of the dragon attacks fit along that line of thought as well.

2nd answer: With versatile weapons, you use the 1 handed damage die because, despite the fact that you're now using a 2-handed...See more

Bryson A February 26, 2019 11:07 am UTC

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For multi-classing I notice you allow str or dex and I'm unsure as to why because using this calling would make dex builds gimped. If you're going to allow str or dex then why not transfer over the properties as well so the wielder can decide what kind of swords to use such as finesse or not. For instance I'm a multi-class dual wield dex ranger that would like to use this calling but would be under powered in comparison to a str person using this calling. Please change or can you make a custom one for a price?

Bryson A February 26, 2019 5:16 pm UTC

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Also would this count as two-handed fighting for adding modifier to offhand attack and dual-wielder feat +1 ac while dual wielding?

TrainerJodie J February 28, 2019 9:30 pm UTC

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Sorry for the late response, didn't see this until just now.

The Multi-class dex requirements is for people who want to multi-class the Dragoon or the Warlord as both of those dragon weapons are finesse and those callings are designed to be dex based. The Warblade was never designed to be a dex based class as I explained in my previous post and, from a mechanical standpoint, it doesn't really make sense for a double weapon to be finesse. Take a rapier, for example. The reason it's dex based is because it causes damage through really accurate strike with the tip of the blade. When fencing, you actually do use your off hand, especially when you lunge, as a counter balance. When you lunge, you thrust your off hand backwards so that, after the lunge, you can swing it up and use that momentum to bring you back to your regular fighting stance. Without it, you would be stuck in the lunge position until you used a hand on the floor or something else to lift you back up or dropped the rapier.

Now,...See more

TrainerJodie J February 28, 2019 9:33 pm UTC

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For your second question, The Double Blade does not use the two-weapon fighting rules and, therefor, can't benefit from the dual wielder feat. However, everything except the +1 to AC is already built into the class eventually, so you don't really need it. An earlier version of the class had it getting the +1 to AC as well, but it made the calling a little too tanky and didn't fit with the theme of the class, so I changed it to better balance the calling against the other ones and the core classes.

Bryson A April 19, 2019 10:11 pm UTC

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Thank you, that answered my questions. Did the AC +1 make it overpowered? Also I'm assuming you're proficient in this blade so you can add your strength modifier to the damage on the first hit?

TrainerJodie J April 20, 2019 8:20 am UTC

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You're the first person to ask if you're proficient with your dragon weapon and I can't believe I never thought of that. Yes, you are proficient in it, and I may have to add something to the class to clarify that. As far as being overpowered, +1 AC isn't that massive a deal, but it didn't really go with the theme of the calling. The warblade is all about offense, to the point that they will sacrifice defense for more power. So it just made more sense to get rid of that part.

Wasay B July 26, 2018 10:55 pm UTC

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Hey Jodie,

I'm a huge fan of the class and love the concept behind it, especially the Warblade option. But, I was wondering, if the Warblade's dragon weapon weren't the Double Blades but instead a Greatsword, how would you balance it without changing the overall design and purpose of the class?

TrainerJodie J August 04, 2018 5:45 am UTC

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So, first off, sorry this took so long. Been preoccupied with some other stuff.

The Double Blade is meant to be the equivalent of dual wielding as far as mechanics go. So, the regular fix to that would be to take away the bonus action attack and use the higher dice of the greatsword, since that's what you would do if a a fighter or paladin went from dual wielding to a 2-handed weapon. However, that would cause issues with just about all the dragon attacks since they're based off the attacks of a one-handed weapon, so you'd instantly be increasing their power by quite a bit, from 1d8 max to 2d6. Completely converting the Warblade to a calling that works with a greatsword would take a ton of time and wouldn't really be in the spirit of the calling. I would say using a greatsword or other 2-handed weapon as the basis for a dragon weapon would be a completely different calling and not something you could do with some minor changes to the Warblade.

That being said, if you have a player who's...See more

TrainerJodie J March 04, 2018 3:03 am UTC

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I have made the (hopefully) Final update to this class. As it's been on sale for over 2 years now, I think it's about as polished as it's going to get. That's not to say I wont be interested in feedback or that I'll never make another change if the class needs it, but I'm pretty happy with how it works right now and don't foresee any major changes being needed in the future. Please let me know what you all think!

David B February 24, 2018 2:28 am UTC

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I had a few minor foibles I wanted to point out, to help make this class even better:

1. I saw when reading through these discussions that the Defender's shields benefit from the source shield's enhancement bonus to attack and damage as well, and I feel like that should be more clearly explained.
2. I feel like calling the Warblade's signature weapon the "Double Blade" is a bit misleading, since you can theoretically make one from any two one handed weapons, and they retain their prior damage types, so you can create a "Double Blade" that is made from a warpick and a club, for example, neither of which are particularly blade-y.
3. "Hoard's Bane" seems to be mispelled, based on it being in reference to slaying hordes of enemies, and not hoards as in masses of valuables.
4. Improved tenacity feels rather... underwhelming, compared to what the other subclasses get. It just feels odd to me that the whirling dervish of death gains the power to.... move a...See more

TrainerJodie J March 04, 2018 2:26 am UTC

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First of all, wow.... just wow... Great catches. Not a single one that didn't make me at least pause to consider it.
1. Makes sense, just need to figure out how to word it in the description of the paired shields.
2. I kind of based it on the same principle as the bladesinger description. Their fighting style is the blade song, despite the fact that they don't have to use a blade at all. In fact, one of the styles specifically mentioned is a whip style, which has no blade. So, the reason it's called a double blade is the vast majority of weapons used to create the double blade have a blade of some sort, and it sounds nicer than "Double Weapon."
3. You are absolutely right. I completely missed that I used the wrong word for horde. That will be another thing I change in the final update.
4. Improved Tenacity was a tough one since the other 2 classes had pretty obvious things that fed into their chosen skill. It just made sense for the Dragoon to run on walls since they were designed...See more

David B April 09, 2018 5:08 am UTC

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it's all good. I'm just glad to be able to help. I just downloaded version 2.5, and I can't wait to see what's been tweaked.

TrainerJodie J April 10, 2018 4:33 am UTC

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Hope it lives up to your expectations!

Aaron Y January 14, 2018 7:06 am UTC

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Is there an xml file for this to import into fight club 5?

TrainerJodie J January 19, 2018 6:14 am UTC

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Hi Aaron, I'm not actually familiar with fight club 5, but as of right now the only version of this is the PDF you can download here. I don't even have a Fantasy Grounds version right now unfortunately.

Reuben H January 08, 2018 4:10 am UTC

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Hi! Wow, this looks like so much fun! I started reading this, and I decided very quickly that I either really want to play as a Dragon Knight, or DM for a player who's playing as a Dragon Knight. He's some of my thoughts and feedback.

Full disclosure of my inexperience: I have not played D&D much at all. My actual gameplay experience amounts to playing a Level 1 Rogue (Assassin) in a short-lived 3.5e game that didn't go anywhere, playing a Level 1 Rogue (Assassin) in a 5e one-shot my friend put on, playing a Level 4 Druid (Circle of the Land) in another 5e one-shot a friend was putting on (that we hope to turn into a longer game), and running a single 5e one-shot with two players who both played Level 4 Fighters (Champion and Eldritch Knight). With that said, I have watched 500+ hours of the game being played on the show Critical Role, which familiarized me with the game and taught me 95% of what I know about how to play it, but I only really learned about the very specific classes and archetypes...See more

Jean-Francois L January 08, 2018 8:40 pm UTC

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Hi Reuben,

I haven't had the chance to run this class yet, but have discussed it a lot with Jodie, so I think I can give you pointers for all your questions, which Jodie will be able to correct if I am wrong.

Dragon Pact bonus action
When you activate your Dragon Pact, you effectively replace your damage type to your dragon's damage type. The reason why you may want to cancel it early is that you may be facing an enemy that has resistance or even immunity to your dragon's damage type. If you had to keep this type for a certain duration, you would be at a great disadvantage.

Dragon Strike
When you gain the dragon strike ability, you increase the potency of your attacks when you use your dragon pact ability. Essentially, you add 1 damage die, based on the Dragon Die in the class table on page 3. So by level 11, you dragon die is 1d8, so if you attacked with a shortsword, you would deal 1d6 + 1d8 damage, the type being your dragon's damage type.

If you...See more

Reuben H January 08, 2018 10:03 pm UTC

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Thanks, Jean-François. You answered some of my questions and misinterpreted others.

Dragon Pact bonus action, Cyclone Strike, Hoard's Bane
Okay, thanks for confirming. That's what I thought.

Dragon Strike
The final sentence of your response is just as confusing (to me) as the final paragraph in the feature description. It's just that so many details pile up it's so hard to keep track of everything. This is why I'll never play a game of 3.5 again. It's impossible to keep track of how anything works. Heh. Maybe I'll keep reading Dragon Strike over and over until it makes sense.

Death From Above / Fall Damage
Okay, but does the Aerial Strike cause fall damage? That's really what I was asking. You words would seem to imply the answer is yes.

Vortex Slash
"As part of your attack action, you can spend 1 Draconic Power Point to replace one of your attacks with this Dragon Attack." I can see how this would imply that you can only use...See more

Jean-Francois L January 09, 2018 3:51 am UTC

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Hi Reuben, sorry for not being able to help further. I'll try to clarify things :)

The first thing of note with this class is that a lot of the abilities are linked, which can complicate things a bit if you don't have a very good grasp of the class.

Dragon Strike
When you get your Dragon Pact, as a bonus action, you can replace the damage type of your weapon by your dragon's damage type. So, example with the Shortsword again, instead of doing 1d6 piercing, you now do 1d6 fire (if you have a Dragon Pact with a Red Dragon). When you gain Dragon Strike at level 11, you instead do the 1d6 fire (weapon damage) + 1d8 (dragon die). For the Dragon Transformation, I'll give you an example in combat:

First round:
You move to your target to be in melee range with it. You first use your Bonus Action to activate your Dragon Pact ability. You then use your Action to attack, giving you 2 weapon attacks (Extra Attack at level 5). On your first attack, you activate your Dragon...See more Transformation ability, costing 1 Draconic Power point (you only wish to be transformed for another round). You touch with your first hit, dealing 1d6 fire (shortsword) + 1d8 fire (Dragon Strike) + 1d8 fire (Dragon Strike bonus because of Dragon Transformation) + ability modifier (forgot this guy before :) )

I hope this helps to illustrate the synergies between the different abilities.

Aerial Strike
Since the ability does not mention any jump height, you do not receive fall damage. If you have ever played Final Fantasy Tactics, this is the equivalent to the Jump ability of the Dragoon class. Or, since you seem a bit familiar with 3.5, the Leap Attack feat (or similar from the Diablo 2 Barbarian ability of the same name).

Death From Above is different though. The way I see this ability, is for example, you use your Dragon Transformation ability and use your fly speed to fly vertically, distancing yourself from the enemy. Once you have reached the appropriate height, you drop from high above to deal a lethal blow to your adversary, similar to the downward strike from Link in Super Smash Bro: https://www.zeldauniverse.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Super-Smash-Bros-Link-Down-Aerial.jpg

Vortex Slash
Sorry about that, misread the ability and yes you are right, you could do up to 10 attacks if you also drop to 0 hp your target because of Hoard's Bane.

Paired Shields
So by your understanding, let's say you had a magical +1 Shield, your shield would be broken and unusable the moment you were to bind with a new shield? I find this very penalizing for your player. Since D&D is a magical realm, I would interpret it as the shield gains a new enchantment, transmuting it into two parts. When you drop the enchantment, one of the two parts simply disintegrates and its magic energy returns to its linked part. That's how I would play it.

Lairs
Well, if you think about it, when the dragons came, even in Greyskull Keep, the keep didn't serve them much as a defense mechanism, neither did Whitestone when Voragul passed overhead. If they would have been attacked once again, it would have been the guards that Percy and the others have trained that would have attempted to protect it (and mostly die for it).

If you as a DM wants to provide some lair actions (and their visual effects, such as with the effects from dragon lairs), that is completely up to you. I just have some difficulty in explaining why the Dragon Knight (who has access to all the knowledge of a Dragon :o) has also the ability to infuse their HQ with lair actions, when the Wizard, Cleric or Druid cannot. But then again, as the DM, you have all the power and wisdom to do as you please :)

TrainerJodie J January 19, 2018 6:56 am UTC

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So, first things first, I'm really sorry it's taken me so long to answer these. Normally I get a notification when someone comments here and I never got any notifications about these comments. That being said, I'd like to thank Jean-Francois for his help answering your questions while I was unaware of them. Now, to the questions themselves.

Dragon Pact/Strike is basically just the ability to change the damage type of a weapon. For example, a longsword does slashing damage. By activating your Dragon Strike ability, the Longsword stops doing slashing damage and does your master's damage type instead. It's a really simple way to get around damage resistances/immunities at low levels. At level 11, Paladins can add 1d8 damage to every attack they do, and some clerics get that ability at level 8, so Dragon strike adding a dragon damage die to your attacks was meant to keep them in line with paladins and clerics. Dragon transformation adds another dragon die damage, since there should be an increase in damage...See more while transformed. That last paragraph is worded that way to make sure people understand that the additional damage stacks with other damage instead of replacing it. I have to word it that way to keep loop holes from being used to utilize the skill in unintended ways. It's a little confusing, but each word is chosen on purpose.

Aerial Strike doesn't mention falling damage because it can be done laterally. So, if you and your target are on the same level, there's no falling damage since you don't fall. If you were higher than your target, you would take falling damage like normal until getting death from above.

With Vortex Slash, yes you can do up to 10 attacks if everything works out in your favor. However, This will only really happen if you're fighting one really, REALLY big creature, which doesn't tend to happen a lot in 5e. Vortex Slash forces you to use all 4 attacks against a single target, so if you kill that target on the first or second hit, the rest of the attacks are just wasted, and you do have a very limited pool of power points that, if you do burn them all in one or 2 turns, means you're significantly underpowered for the rest of the fight and any other fights you get into before taking a short rest, which takes an hour. So, both of those combined limit how powerful the ability is and forces the player to make choices as to how to most effectively use their limited power points. But, it is an 18th level ability, so it should be really powerful like Jean-Francois said.

With paired shields, the intent was to not penalize a player for getting a new weapon by destroying the old one. If you want to house rule otherwise, that's your prerogative as a DM, but my view was any other class could change weapons whenever they want and limiting this class to only one weapon that they have to basically attune to would put them at a pretty large disadvantage. Again, up to you, just explaining my reasoning.

With lairs, remember this class is meant to serve a dragon, who already has a lair. Their master would probably get pretty mad if they were creating their own lair instead of guarding their master's lair when not actively enacting their dragon master's will. Also, no other class has any ability like that, so that would make this class overpowered compared to the rest of the base classes.

The rest I think Jean-Francois explained pretty well, but if you still have questions please feel free to ask. I'll be sure to check the actual page instead of just my notifications so I don't miss anything else. Oh, and I'd love commissioned artwork for the class, but I am a poor college student and haven't been able to hold a job for years due to mental disabilities, so I just don't have the money for that. Someday I'd like to do that, but can't afford it just yet. For the Double Blade, look up Twinblades from Dark Souls 2, that's what inspired the weapon.

Thanks for the feedback!

Jacob J December 07, 2017 10:14 am UTC

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I feel like this still needs some heavy edits for an easier read.

TrainerJodie J December 11, 2017 3:51 am UTC

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I have one more update I'm planning on putting out to modify an issue I've had in some more recent playtests, but readability hasn't been something that's been brought up to me as far as issues with the class or pdf. Any specific examples you could give me of parts that were hard to read? I'd prefer to have one final update rather than an update, then another just for rewording, etc.

Katharina K October 16, 2017 10:41 pm UTC

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I translated your Dragon Knight into German for one of my Players and I wanted to ask if I can reupload my german translation here. I would Credit you as Creator and me as the translator.

TrainerJodie J October 18, 2017 6:06 pm UTC

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I have seen your comment and I am currently considering the full implications of what your request would entail and the possible fallout it could create, but this question is deceptively complex and my answer will require a bit of time to formulate effectively. I promise I will answer as soon as is possible, but I need a little time to think about this and consider all of the things I agreed to in the community content agreement when I first published this content.

TrainerJodie J November 02, 2017 4:43 am UTC

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Sorry this took so long, you caught me at a really busy time with the end of my college term recently and quite a few projects all launching or ending right around the same time. I would love non-English speaking people to be able to use this class, but I have also put a ton of effort and time into it and don't like the idea of someone else publishing it in a language I can't speak, so I would have no way of knowing if the translation is accurate, or even if the translation was my actual work. I speak some French, but I can barely pronounce most German, much less understand the language. The lack of cognates compared to the romantic languages, despite English being a Germanic language, also means I can't recognize as many words and "get the gist" of the sentences as I can with French, Italian, and Spanish. All of this makes me wary of granting permission for someone else to publish my work in a different language.

That being said, I did speak to a representative of the DMs Guild about the...See more

Jonathan G October 14, 2017 5:13 am UTC

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so if I turn a magic weapon into my dragon weapon, and that magic weapon had to be attuned to, do I have to stay attuned to it while it is my dragon weapon?

TrainerJodie J October 15, 2017 3:07 pm UTC

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Wow that's a good question... Never thought about that... So, if you are proficient with a magic weapon that requires attunement, you can still just pick up that weapon, without attuning to it, and use it as a normal weapon. You simply don't get any of the magical benefits of that weapon. It just acts like a regular sword until you attune to it. Based on that, I would say that no, you don't have to be attuned to the magic weapon you turned into your Dragon Weapon, but, by not attuning to it, it would act as if it were just a plain, regular weapon. No bonuses to hit or damage, no magical features, etc. Again, the Dragon Weapon is not meant to give you a mechanical advantage or disadvantage, it's meant to flavor the class and help make it play very different from other classes, so in general I tend to err on the side of whatever would give you the same mechanical benefit or disadvantage any other class would have in order to keep the class balanced and fair when compared to other classes. It's never fun to have...See more

Chris C March 23, 2017 12:28 am UTC

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I love this class, and look forward to to both playing it and integrating it into my campaigns! I've read in here that you have a stream you do? Can I get the channel so I can watch it? Some would say keeping up-to-date with three separate D&D campaigns is too much, but I don't think that it's enough! You can never get too inspired as a DM!

TrainerJodie J March 26, 2017 12:34 am UTC

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It's twitch.tv/trainerjodie and I stream on Tuesday Nights at either 8:30PM or 9PM Central Time. I also have all the sessions on my YouTube Channel youtube.com/trainerjodie.

Greg P March 04, 2017 3:36 pm UTC

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Hi Jodie, one of my players is using this for her character. Now I had a few questions regarding the wording? Some of the wording for some sections I found a little confusing. But in regards to The Warblade, Draconic Voracity does this ability allow for the character to attack with both ends of the Double Blade for each attack action and bonus action? So six attacks?

Thanks in advance

TrainerJodie J March 04, 2017 6:18 pm UTC

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Draconic Voracity, as with all the 18th level abilities, is just flavor text to describe how the corresponding dragon attack works. In this instance, it's just referring to how fast the dragon knight can swing his/her blade in order to make 4 attacks in the space of one attack when using Vortex Slash. It doesn't mean you get 6 attacks every turn. The Vortex Slash attack is designed to replace 1 of the 2 attacks you get when you take the attack action with 4 attacks.

For example. Let's say I'm playing a dragon knight Level 18 and it's my turn to attack. I take the attack action, which means I have 2 attacks I can make due to the Extra Attack feature. Now, I decide I need to up my damage, so I replace 1 of those attacks with the Vortex Slash dragon attack. So, I make 4 attacks against a single creature and spend 1 draconic power point. I still have 1 more attack left, so I make that attack as well, giving me a total of 5 attacks this round thus far and that completes my attack action. I still have...See more

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