Dragon Cultist

Skills: Religion

Languages: You know Draconic.

Equipment: A set of common clothes that covers your tattoos (including a hood), an pouch containing an old memento, a set of rusty dragon blood grafting tools, and a pouch containing 25 GP.

Blood Blessing: You have undergone the vile ritual of grafting dragon blood onto your skin, forever marking you as a cultist. You pick a tattoo color and gain resistance to the related damage type: Red (fire), White (cold), Green (poison), Black (acid), or Blue (lightning). You can speak, read, and write Draconic and choose one of the following blood features:

• Bloodfist: You were part of the forward attack troops, making up the bulk of the cultists. You gain proficiency in Intimidation. Additionally, when you hit an enemy with a melee attack, you deal additional damage based on your resistance equal to your proficiency bonus.
• Bloodhead: You were part of the recruiting section of cultists, bringing in new members and grafting blood tattoos on them. Your tattoos cover your head and face. You gain proficiency in Persuasion and Sculptor’s Tools. Additionally, you gain a cantrip based on your color, with Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma as your spellcasting ability for that cantrip (choose when you select this background):
  • Black: Acid Splash
  • Blue: Shocking Grasp
  • Green: Poison Spray
  • Red: Firebolt
  • White: Ray of Frost
  You also may breathe draconic energy. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with an exhalation of magical energy in a 15-foot cone (fire, cold, poison) or a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide (lightning, acid). Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity (Fire, Lightning, Acid) or Constitution (Poison, Cold) saving throw (DC = 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus). On a failed save, the creature takes 2d6 damage of the type associated with your resistance. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage. This damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (3d6), 11th level (4d6), and 17th level (5d6). You can use your Breath Weapon once per short or long rest.
• Bloodchest: You were part of the rear troops, typically dealing with enemies at range, though not afraid to get your hands dirty. Your tattoos cover your torso. You gain proficiency in Intimidation. Additionally, as a bonus action on your turn, you gain spectral wings the color of your tattoos for one minute, giving a fly speed equal to your walking speed. You can do this once per short rest.
• Bloodfoot: You were part of the scout troops, a rare blessing that appeared toward the end of Alabastros’s reign. Your tattoos cover your legs and feet. You gain proficiency with Acrobatics. Additionally, you gain a +5 to your move speed and can use your bonus action to give enemies disadvantage on opportunity attacks made against you until the start of your next turn. At 5th level, you can cast Ashardalon’s Stride once per long rest and with any spell slots you have.