Tired of getting Thunderwave spells in your face? Go Sapphire and laugh at the Thunder damage.Ĭombine this with limited telepathy letting the Gem Dragonborn send messages to anyone within 30 feet that it can see and at 5th level the Gem Flight ability, letting them summon psychic wings to fly with for one minute every long rest and we’re looking at a very strong option, mechanically speaking. Amethyst Dragonborn? Magic Missile is no longer such a concern. Just off the top of my head, this would make a Bear Totem Barbarian who was also an Emerald Dragonborn practically unstoppable, as it would cover the one damage type they don’t have resistance to while they are raging. Furthermore, you get resistance to that damage type, meaning you take half damage from it. With the addition of the Kalashtar in the Eberron campaign book, the various subclasses like the Psi Warrior Fighter or Aberrant Mind Sorcerer in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, and of course monsters like Mind Flayers, we’ve gotten a fair amount of psionic content in D&D 5e - and the Gem Dragonborn give you an interesting new way to explore that.įor starters, Gem Dragonborn get a Breath Weapon based on their draconic ancestry, and though that may seem a little boring because all Dragonborn have a breath weapon, unlike the others, Gem Dragonborn can exhale a breath deal Force, Radiant, Thunder, Psychic, or Necrotic damage, all damage types that tend to be very hard to resist. Some editions had really wonky rules, others did it pretty well - both 3e and 4e did interesting things with the concept and were arguably better than 5e in that regard. It’s no secret that Dungeons and Dragons has a long, convoluted history with psionics and psychic powers. Gem Dragonborn bring the weird and psychic into your game Whether you’re building a new character right now or aren’t quite convinced that Dragonborn are the way to go, let’s talk about how you can make use of this book’s new Dragonborn options to make your characters more fun or interesting. Now that we’ve done that, I’ll go more into detail about why the Dragonborn in Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons are worth playing. If you already like Dragonborn they provide more depth and interesting options, and if you’ve never given Dragonborn a chance, now is your time to do so.
Yes, you should play a Dragonborn from Fizban’s. I know you’re going to want me to expand on why I believe that you should indeed at least consider playing one of the new Dragonborn race options from the excellent Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, but before I do that, I wanted to make sure I gave you a solid answer.