Drakewarden Ranger - D&D's Unearthed Arcana
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Todd Kenreck and James Haeck discuss the The Drakewarden option for the Ranger in the latest Unearthed Arcana for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition - Available now on D&D Beyond: www.dndbeyond....
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I'm currently the DM in a campaign with a Drakewarden player, and I can't wait to see how this goes. After reading what others have stated, I still think the drake should definitely start out small, grow to medium size at 7th or 11th level with breath weapon, and then grow to large at 15th. I think mount options in late-game are great. What an amazing capstone!
The problem with having them become Medium halfway through is that it then makes Small PCs the objectively superior choice at character creation, because they can get their mount faster. It wouldn't be fair to everyone who wants to play a race other than halfling, gnome, goblin, kobold, etc. Jumping from Small to Large is clunky, yes, but it means every PC can get their mount at the same time.
@@Bluecho4 Honestly, I'd rather the drake have a reasonable size progression. Consider that small races are already king for turning companions into mounts. Look at the Beast Master Ranger and the Battlesmith Artificer. Both can get medium-sized companion options at level 3 and there is nothing in the rules that prevents you from riding them as mounts, and medium sized creatures cannot use them as mounts under normal circumstances.
The drakewarden would be another instance where small size is nice for an early bonus, but in this case, at higher levels anyone can ride it, so if you're patient, the early benefits of being a small race don't matter as much in the long run.
I agree that growing to medium at 7th level is more natural, since it starts small at 3rd level and grows to large at 15th. Alternatively, a drake is a medium creature, so starting medium doesn't really make much difference other than the small races (damn them smallfolk) being able to mount them at 3rd level
@@Bluecho4 Isn’t that just a benefit of playing a small character in general though? Like, for a beast master, small rangers can ride their companions while medium rangers don’t even get that choice at all. I don’t think that’s too unfair.
I'm going to go further in my feedback I'll suggest the drake becomes medium at 7th level, large at 11th level and huge at 15th level. Because seriously at 11th level full casters can cast fly pretty much at will anyway so having a single flying mount that can carry one person at that level is acceptable. Flying at 7th level as a small character is fine at 7th level full casters can cast polymorph. It's a single spell, while this is the main class feature of a subclass.
And being huge and able to carry multiple characters at 15th level is fine because at that point you are entering the endgame.
To nerf them back down you should chose your draconic essence once when you first get the ability and then have to stick to it.
Also maybe it should always be there not just proficiency level number of hours. Are they seriously concerned that a ranger subclass may end up overpowered? Well then it may cancel out with the main class being under powered and make it actually playable.
Since it doesn't specify how its summoned, you can flavour that as it just being off hunting etc, or as I prefer, summoning it opens a wyrmhole... I'll see myself out
Agreed. That's what I'm going to do. The only issue I have here is that the whole summoning thing takes away from the danger of the companion getting seriously hurt or killed. I much prefer the revive mechanic of the new Beastmaster companions for that reason.
Even as a tattoo, playing into some of the tattoo magics.
I'm using mine as scales on my arm that disappear when it's summoned and reappear when it's not. The DM agreed that while Lapis (my drake) isn't summoned, we share a telepathic connection that breaks when she is summoned and we have to use draconic again.
It's not a huge stray from RaW but it gives me a really nice angle to explore - the character's mind gets a bit messed up by constantly feeling the drake's impulses and he ends up a bit socially awkward since most of his talking is inside his own head.
It helps that in the backstory they started off doing a drake-and-flute based choreography (entertainer background) which makes for the perfect mix of awkward yet flamboyant.
yea, id make it a ring, statuette, or even a tattoo. maybe a dragon stone itd be cool as hell
What name would a dragon-like Stand have?
This needs to see the light of published material.
as Picard says: Make it so!
It will be in the new book Tasha's
@@jasparsingh7707 nope
@@jasparsingh7707 Heh, no, those usually take a yeah to publish, if they ever are.
@usernamedkjah no. The table of contents was released for Tasha's, there's the Fey Wanderer, Swarmkeeper, and Beastmaster Companions (as well as Class Feature Variants for Ranger). No mention of Drakenwarden. As cool as that would be, its too close to release
For those who are wondering about the old man with canneries: Spoiler*
It’s Bahamut in his human form and the seven canaries are Ancient Gold Dragons.
Which itself is a reference to the "my father's dragon" children book series from the 40's.
Probably why I like Bahamut in D&D...he's one if those deities who walks the earth, and mingles with mortals.
I have similar respect for Helm...except he just wanders around, kicking evil-*ss. : )
@@MisterSmith00 I like Bahamut too, he's the only DnD god that I transferred over to a late antiquity setting I'm working on. Him and Tiamat takes on the roles of Ahura Mazda and Ahriman in my perisan inspired dragonborn society.
The Saoshyant (the zoroastiran messiah figure) counterpart is the platinum dragonborn.
When I saw this I was so happy I’m not the only one who knows this it’s a super fun part of the lore
Apparently, it isn't just canaries...he can also take the form of a beggar who also has a pack of dogs with him.
I may have rolled up a Drakewarden the moment I saw this UA to play in my stream campaign
WHY U NO LINK
@@MurkyTheSquid SAME
@@MurkyTheSquid honestly I didn't think people would be interested but ny channel is Yorkshirerolls on YT, Twitter and Twitch
@@therobotFrom94 subbed, i'll be checking your stream out soon!
@@MurkyTheSquid thank you so much! We upload to YT pretty regularly. Also I didn't do super well first off, my drake died a few turns in bc I wasn't maximising my action economy
As an ordained Cleric of Bahamut, I approve of and bless this video in his name.
Along that same vein, an Ancient Dragon Warlock would be nice
YEEEEEEEEEEES
Might have to reflavour a Genie Warlock for a while :/
@@scumbad7953 Too elementalish, I want something to reflect the grandiose and intimidating aspects of big-ass dragons!!
That is cool!!!!!!!?!!
I’m thinking the Fear spell would be in there. As well as the Dragon Breath spell.
Now if only the core Ranger class was tweaked to be less blah.
Also, drakewarden (and swarmkeeper) ought to be the template for beast companion Rangers going forward.
I'm only bugged by the fact that they drop everything they're holding. A big thing about pet classes is that they want to equip their companions with barding and magic items, that complicates things a bit. It can be worked out with a DM, but in AL things are RAW so you can't count on that.
All they have to do is make the UA class feature variants canon for me.
@@toshomni9478 Those are coming Nov 17th in Tasha's
@@toshomni9478 I believe they're confirmed for Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. At least, there's a table of contents going around with "Optional Class Features" for every class, and it'd be bizarre if none of those optional class features are from the UA.
Right now, it looks like Tasha’s will make those things exactly the case.
Make the Drake go medium at level 7, Kinda sucks going from Small -> Large at 3 to 15
RIGHT!? RIIIGHT!??!!
I think its deliberate because if it became medium it would let small races to gain a flying mount way earlier than others
@@echocereal6255 But it's also temporary, and some spells are more useful than this thing pre-15
@@echocereal6255 Thats valid but its still kind of awkward, then again with that argument. What about smaller races having medium flying familiars regularly? Or the occasional wildshape into a flyer. If thats the case I'd just make it a guard drake or something of the like or give the drake a lower flight speed when mounted. But I guess people who want the medium drake will hb it in then see how it is and possssibly voice their opinion on it
@@echocereal6255 there are more races that can Fly by level 4 than Small Races that could ride the pet at 7.
WotC is just scared to let Ranger have nice things
i remember reading a book series as a kid called the dragonback books about a kid who finds an alien thats basically a super smart symbiote drake and they team up, in order for the dragon to survive they basically slide onto their host/friends body and the look like intricate tattoos when on their body. Then when the going gets rough they slide off the hosts body to combat the threat. I think that would be a really interesting flavor for why they vanish.
Omg you have literally just solved a 10 year problem for me . I have nit been able to figure out what the names of these books are til now
@@runningfastandfree lol if i recall they're all called "Dragon and ____" Dragon and Thief being the first
Oh man, someone else actually read those? I just randomly found it on kindle one day and go hooked XD
@@8ballentertainment.885 I found the first one in my middle school library lol read that alongside behemoth and leviathan
Every single Ranger subclass after the PHB has been an apology subclass for the subclasses in the PHB.
If they could just fix beastmaster I'd be happy
honestly yeah :pensive:
rangers are REALLY fun to play, but by god are they crap unless you buy subclasses and stuff lol
Yeah they suck
@@JesusPerez-pe8vk yeah, tashas tried but even the book that introduced bard of eloquence, clockwork sorcerer, and twilight domain cleric, couldnt make that class good.
For the Flumph question: in my Forgotten Realms I created a group of Drow "psyonic" druids who were known as the Flumph Shepards. I haven't fully worked it as a subclass but the basic point was it focuses on communication & coexistance, though the Circle of the Shepherd is close & really could just be accomplished with a coat of Flumph paint.
I love the idea of a psionic Druid. Same for a psionic ranger.
Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon, sometimes walks the world in the form of an old man accompanied by seven yellow canaries. If threatened, these canaries will transform into seven gold dragons to defend him.
seven ancient gold dragons if I'm not mistaken. Bahamut's bodycuard has a cr of 168 before the platinum dragon even enters the fray.
Medium-sized at level 7 please. I know, "but then they'd have flight at level 7 if they're small"
Aarakocra and Winged Tieflings have it at level 1. Protector Aasimar can have a minute of it per day at level 3. Flight can be granted through uncommon items, and while it requires concentration, Fly is a 3rd level spell-half of the fullcasters could have had it two levels ago. Druids of all subclasses and all races get up to 8 hours of flight per short rest at 8. Letting halflings, gnomes, goblins, and kobolds of a specific subclass have mounted flight at 7th level isn't that bad.
Hell I'd say large at 7 no reason to not let medium creatures get the speed either
Imma homebrew the drakewarden a lil bit. Nothing too major, infact the class will mostly remain the the same. Except at a certain level the drake will become medium, you know. Something we want.
id also double the amount of time it can be around. it feels weird having a companion that you have to expend another spell slot to have around for 2 hours. plus itd make the higher tiers of play even more insane with basically a perma dragon on your team
You know how it is Lore that Githyanki knights get a red dragon companion.
I immediately thought: This is how to play that as a PC without having an actual True Dragon as NPC sidekick. ( which would be OP)
Please let the Small Dragon grow to Medium size before it suddenly turns Large at level 15. Level 7 would be a perfect time to have a Medium size dragon buddy!
I believe it doesn't grow to medium-sized to prevent small character from riding it.
@@Rohrmitte well that's absolutely silly! Artificer's and Beastmaster's pets are already Medium, why change the rule for this one? It doesn't even get to stick around like the other two's pets.
@@inuendo6365 most likely because you can fly without concentration.
And WotC is afraid of given the Ranger something that could make it too good.
@@Rohrmitte LOL yeah true, can't have a good Ranger. I'm sure that's why the little dragon has a dumb time limit too.
The fact that there are whole Flying Races at level 1 makes their unwillingness to give Ranger a good boost more obvious
I don't care what's on the book. If I play it, I'm gonna ask the DM to either make them medium on level 7 or from the get go.
I think the breath weapon should be split between the ranger and his drake. When the ranger does it, the drake uses its reaction to also do it, just even out the damage a bit between them. That way it feels more distinct from the Monk's breath weapon and really emphasizes that the ranger isn't alone, he works in synchronization with his drake.
The first character concept that I had which accounts for the fact that the drake disappears: a dying dragon was sort of symbiotically combined with you in order to survive, and then you can use your magic to help it manifest externally. Otherwise, it's sort of a secondary buddy in your head, maybe with running draconic commentary?
Ok but the thing with the 7 canaries is BRILLIANT!
Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon, sometimes walks the world in the form of an old man accompanied by seven yellow canaries. If threatened, these canaries will transform into seven gold dragons to defend him.
Yeah that one is so cool, but I would make it, you met a man accompanied by 7 canaries who gave you the egg, but was it a dream? The egg is there but still...
@@DaDunge That would be great! But I like that the original version could maybe set up Bahamut as an enemy for the party down the line? That sounds like a pretty amazing final boss at levels 18-20, even more if they are being foreshadowed by a character's dream since level 3.
@@adami6187 Enemy? You do realize those 7 canaries are seven ancient gold dragons right? the CR of that encounter is 168 if Bahamut does not raise a finger in his own defence.
@@DaDunge I know that. but for me, that sounds like an awesome battle! Like, the heroes spend the whole campaign uniting the armies of every kingdom in the forgotten realms for one gigantic battle. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers fighting the gold dragons, and our heroes and their greatest allies going for the big guy. If that's not the definition of epic, I don't know what is.
JH: even if you're a gnome or halfling or goblin you can't ride your drake. It's just not strong enough.
Kobold Drakewarden/Sorcerer multiclass with Enlarge/Reduce: I don't have such weakness!
@usernamedkjah Hey. At that point, you can use the Enlarge spell and gain its benefits, and still be able to ride the Drake.
For an optional "below level 10 since not many campaigns make it that far" mounting option, cast Enhance Ability on the Drake, choose Strength, then have it latch onto your character's back. Dragon jetpack.
I feel like the asendent dragon monk hits a chord that many monks miss. Martial arts is all about drawing examples from your environment to create techniques, or martial arts. Auras and chi augments. A more primal way to use magic. Ancient arts that have refined for centuries
The last background was bahumet, the platinum dragon. (And the canaries are ancient gold dragons) my 4th edition paladin served bahumet. (Might've spelled it wrong, it was a long time ago, same with final fantasy)
Stone Sorcerer makes sense thematically, making it about weapons did not. It should have been about seismic attacks, flinging stone shards at enemies, lifting rock up out of the ground, creating walls and difficult terrain to control enemy movement.
I saw an earth sorcerer UA that was pretty cool. Gave off Earth Genasi vibes. Called Earth Soul if I remember right
We need some more earth based spells too I'd live to see this
14:14 - "you can really see the scaling..." Aah! I see what you did there. You didn't but I did!
XD
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Character concept: in a game that starts at level 3, where dragons haven’t been seen in decades, I am a drakewarden who received a drake egg from a true dragon-and nobody believes me.
“But look! There’s my drake companion!”
“Yeah, but that’s not a dragon any more than a tressym is a lion.”
That sounds really fun. As a DM I would end the Campaign with your Drake becoming a true dragon.
@@Forgember That's my character idea! I stole the egg from a mafia trade deal in hopes to sell it in *Insert biggest city*. Only it will hatch at level 3 before I get there and bonds itself to me. Character development ensues.
Sounds like Eragon.
It's the size probably :P
As for combat on a mount that takes it's action after you, all the ranger has to do is -ready an action-. Once the drake moves into range it uses the action. Your drake can imbue your attack or can make its attacks. Then once in melee range atop the drake, you can attack normally on your turn.
Theres alot of potential with taking some dip fighter cavalier.
I like the flavor of the subclass a lot but I feel it needs just a bit of a buff. Although maybe I’m wrong and it’s fine as is
Possible improvements:
- Medium size at 3rd or 7th level (if it's to represent a growth spurt, there definitely has to be a middle point).
- No limit to how long or how many times the drake can move summoned (the ranger is already nerfed WAY MORE than enough), it also doesn't make sense to only have it during combat if the idea is to bond with the drake, by doing this the drake is nothing more than a weapon or tool to be used.
I am playing one of these right now. Lvl10. I was playing a homebrew dragon rider that my dm and I put together for our campaign. But when this dropped we immediately changed it. And our storyline as to how/why this occurred was a magical bond that my tribe does when ranger/dragon bond spiritually and soulfully. Super fun and amazing subclass!!!
I love the idea of this subclass. I never played ranger but this makes me want to
26:39 Would love to see a kraken monk just loads of grapple features, intimidation, water breathing and lock down with stunning strike :D
I would also like to point out to anyone reading this. Any ranger class that doesn't have a focus on spellcasting can easily also be a fighter subclass if you move the level 11 class feature to level 10. You're welcome.
Except, of course, for the lack of native spell slots. Rangers get spell slots as a main class feature, whereas Fighters don't. Since many mechanics in this subclass can be recharged with spell slots, moving it to Fighter loses that capability.
Ranger's getting a serious rework that makes it a lot more applicable to average play, so I feel like this will be less necessary.
@@deadseven3474 When and where is Ranger getting a rework?
@@Halteclere Tasha's Cauldron of Everything has a portion dedicated to class variant features wherein most of Ranger's current abilities are upgraded/updated or given good alternatives.
Beastmaster is also being given some much needed support to put it in line with the Drake Guardian thing here.
@@deadseven3474 Cool, thanks for the info
I’d like to see a medium-sized middle ground drake at either 7th or 11th level. Going straight from small to large seems like a big step.
Talking about Sphinx escenced Monk, tiger styled martial art (advantage in Athletics skill), Sphinx intelligence (finding weak spots in enemy's defence, enemy gets -1 in AC), the fierceness of a carnivore (advantage on Intimidation skill), Sphinx wings (same use as the dragon monk's wings), Cat's eyes (gaining darkvision).
Just some of the Sphinx abilities.
When I was young I found an injured drake hidden in the woods, at first I was scared but after seeing the pain it was in I took pity on it. I began bringing it food and water on a daily basis. I would use a large branch to pass it the offerings from a distance. As each day passed I would pick up the courage to get a few feet closer, until eventually and cautiously I began sitting next to it. Each day I would sit with it, talk to it , I even gave it a name. The drake would lay there, its head on the ground, just looking at me through an half opened eye but unfortunately instead of getting better it's condition slowly declined.
Then one day I arrived food in hand to find my friend had passed. Placed in the spot where I'd usually sit and speak to it was one its claws. The drake had bitten it off and left it there. I stood there for a while and wept. Before leaving I crouched over and picked up the claw, I felt a sharp burning sensation in the palm of my hand before I quickly dropped it again. My palm was badly burned but from that day forth the spirit of my drake friend in the woods has always been with me.
I’d like to see more Phoenix sorcerer but I guess wildfire Druid is the spiritual successor to that
I wish phoenix sorcerer had what pyromancy has, where it treats enemy immunity to fire as resistance to fire. Cause fire is the most common resisted/immune element in the game.
I love this subclass with all that I am, I only wish I could have my drake with me all the time instead of summoning it for a limited time. If its cause of balancing I literaly dont mind if they nerf whatever they want if it means I get to have my precious dragon with me 24/7.
Try talking to your DM about it. Me as a DM would allow it but you would have to make sure you would have to feed and maintain it. Also if it's always around that means it has potential to die. But honestly that would probably just make the bound with ones Drake alot closer.
I'd allow it. I'd probably lower it's hit dice to a d6 or d8, and make the chosen damage type permanent instead of changeable when summoned, but honestly? Other than that, I think it's pretty set.
Tbh you could just flavor it as still accompanying you, it's just not doing anything to benefit you.
In our first ever campaign, my 2 nephews and 1 niece just finished episode 1 of Hoard of the Dragon Queen. My niece has a ranger that just hit level 3 and she was going to pick Beast Master, with us finding her a pet the first thing to do next game, but origin number 6 just fits the whole Tyranny of Dragons storyline so damn perfectly. I think I might make it that it wasn't a dream, and this is a drake the rest of the cult didn't consider worthy or something. Revenge is always fun
I love this ranger. Wish it was out when my rangers companion died and the dm gave me choice of picking new one, or switching subclass.
This is definitely a fun way to play Hiccup and Toothless!
26:38 He never played in one of my campaigns lol had a player become a servant of a big old kraken hanging out in faerun.
Yes the Drakewarden is SUPER COOL but...what I'm hoping for is that they ret-con the Beastmaster so that the animal companion is more like this drake companion or like the Arcanist's companion. GIVE US A BEASTMASTER THAT IS ACTUALLY USEFUL.
The enhancement/replacement UA (which will be in Tasha's) kind of retconned it. The beast of air/beast of earth can attack when commanded with a bonus action.
Still, it's not as good as the drakewarden, but they are working on it.
This is the one I really want to try out. I'm definitely making a Drakewarden Ranger.
If you want to use an attack, spell, or anything after your drake. Just use the "hold action" for your action and make the trigger that it happens after your drakes action.
Anybody else immediately want to make a multi-class of drake warden ranger and ascendant dragon monk?
Dragon sorcerer drake warden.
I’m having trouble figuring out if I want to be Monk or Ranger with these two subclasses.
On the stat block it does say that the drake knows draconic, but doesn't say it can't speak it. So the drake does have the ability to talk
With the recent D&D celebration: Day 1 I'd love you to review the updated version of this subclass
Im new to DnD, hadnt played yet, but having fun building character backstories. I came across the history of the dragons in Forgotten Realms. I came agos the dragonheirs, that were the last remnant of the slaves to the Og dragons, who cared for the dragon eggs and young. And have the ability to control and connect with dragons by touch and voice. My story has my character be a descendant of one of the oldest houses of these dragonheirs, and eventually makes a pact with a dragon. The other idea was to make that pact with a dragonborn ally, where each character gets benefits from the other or gain advantages etc. But this is even awesome to move towards a dragon rider
We're starting a new campaign soon and this is my next character. I'm playing a Kobold Ranger and this really makes me excited for all the RP options.
Recommendation for drake warden, make it change to a medium creature at level 7, and allow it to grow wings & increase the scaling of the imbued attacks at 11, breath weapon size large at 15th level. I would imagine magical effluences are the last thing to mature in a magical creature so the breath weapon is the coup de grace. That way people can use it as a ground mount at least.
Dragonborns supposedly reach mental maturity at 14 human years, and at 10 years of age they have their general full physical build minus a few features like their muscle maturity and horn development. Dragons themselves apparently develop physically even quicker.
Hmmm, a dragon hunting Drakewarden is something I want to try. Drake, of course, being a beast with no emotional investment regarding his big bros and sisters.
Unless I'm mistaken on the order in which you can break up a turn, I would still think since movement isn't an Action (except for the Dash Action of course), you should be able to ride the companion (whether it be the Drake, the Beast companion, or the Steel Defender, as long as the Size is appropriate) and simply have them use their Action after yours as normal.
i.e. You're mounted on a companion. You have them move Xft, take your Action, and they then take their action.
Maybe if that's not possible, you could hold your Action for after the companion's movement, but I think that may eat up your Reaction.
I tried this out in one of my campaigns with an aaracockra ranger. And it was fun. Named my drake Buddy xD my only complaint is the drake doesn't ever increase in size to medium. I believe near the end it gets large but I'd like the sort of ladder of growth
I was able to become a Drakewarden for a campaign as soon as it came out so we could test it out. It's been taking a couple sessions, but I was finally able to bring the drake out this past week.
My character is a Forest Gnome named Pinky and I have dubbed my character "Pinky and the Drake"
Yes the captain falcon build will be done! There are 2 channels on it
I was playing my first D&D character as a Ranger who was raised by a dragon, planning to go Beastmaster when I hit Level 3, especially after my DM educated me on the topic of pseudodragon and offered me the choice for using one. I was very excited about it.
...Until I learned about Drakewarden, which was basically what I was going for. I casually sent my DM a link to the rules saying "You know that pseudodragon thing we were going to do? I might've found a cooler version."
Yesterday I hit level 3 and became Drakewarden. ACCOMPLISHMENTS!!! =D
This will be my favorite ranger for obvious reasons if It is published
Remember folks: You can use Might of the Master or the Revised Ranger Companion scaling if you want to make your Drake level up. And if your DM doesn't agree, well you do have to feed your Drake remember.
An earthbender subclass can totally exist for sorcerers. The combat can be dropped if you keep some of the support things and I'd always take more tunnel and giant wall building
I haven't been this excited for a subclass for quite a while
I feel like the Drake should be medium sized rather than small, and then increase to large. Also maybe make the size increase happen much earlier, to facilitate mounted combat at a level where you can more reasonably use it. Especially if the Drake is only there for a limited time.
Also, the capstone ability should remove the time limit. At that point youre high enough of a level that it's reasonable to be that powerful, and also serves as a perfect completion of your bond with the Drake. That mastering the Drakewarden Conclave means your Drake will always be with you.
A giant flavoured monk. Different stances for the different true giants.
I have no idea what the rest would be, but i have been playing pathfinder recently, and styles for monk would be cool.
0:57 Forgetting a Pixar movie? It's How To Train Your Dragon and it was made by Dreamworks come on Todd
My campaign has a ranger who had a pet drake (rolled very high on an animal handling check so I ran with it.) Decided to start worshipping Bahamut afterwards so I started to include Bahamut in his human guise: a priest Xymor in ragged robes with 7 hounds. (My ranger has no idea!) He's only lvl 4 hunter and I'm trying to tempt him to class switch to be a drake warden - so I can legitimately have him bring Guard Drake "Pickles" into the jungles of Chult and have it scale with him.
This is great. In my last campaign I gave my one player a drake companion for his bloodhunter
Hm, my main issue is that while it gets large at 15th, and thus technically rideable, any gear you give it you need to lug around yourself since it drops to the ground when they vanish, so saddles or barding aren't practical... might just used revised beast master, flavor it as a guard drake, and be able to armor it, plus other BM benefits, can even ride if I'm a halfling xD
Already had a player send me their Gith Dragon Trainer that is raising young red dragons for hunting Mind Flayers for our planechase campaign we are looking at.
sounds incredibly fun
@@CleopatraKing yeah unfortunately he died on like session 6. Killed by a Bodaak due to a natural 1 roll on its Death Gaze save immediately took a failed save from the Bodaks aura then rolled another natural 1 on his death save.
Replaced the character with a full blooded orc oath of conquest paladin.
I am planning to make a Githyanki Drakewarden who seeks to become a great Dragonrider in the astral plane, his drake was hatched from a clutch birthed by the Red Dragons gifted by Tiamat. I feel like that would just SLAP! He and his dragon must get the head of a mind flayer if they are to prove themselves worthy of the astral plane!
Definitely sat down with the DM and gave the Lv 7 feature an extra clause that made the Drake 'Medium' as a Small to Large jump didn't make sense to us.
26:30 DISAGREE, I’d love a kraken monk! Theme it around grappling and area control. Provoke opportunity attacks from people that escape your grapple, being able to grapple multiple enemies at one with increasing amounts of your limbs, deal extra damage automatically do people stuck in your grapple, etc.
First thing I'd change is make the base drake medium sized like a proper guard drake, or have it grow to medium at level 5 or 7
The UA Beast Master with the Primal Beasts is actually pretty good and similar to this Drake Warden
Odyssey of The Dragonlords, a 3pp product, has a Paladin subclass and backgrounds, that gives you a full on dragon, complete with the potential of getting a Dragon with Multi-Attack and Legendary Resistance. I'm just saying that if anybody complains about having a Drake instead of a dragon, there's your option.
Yay, I can now play Eragon in D&D ^^
That was my first thought too
I had an idea for a 'failed' Drakewarden, where you put the stat choices on a table and every time you summon, it's a different drake. Mostly for the humor of everyone, Drakewarden included, freaking out when a new Drake appears. You could then RP finally choosing one.
I love this. Its amazing... But have you thought of a dragoon subclass for fighter or paladin?
i feel like the best use of thaumaturgy is making a dragon roar be heard for 300ft
Im currently playing a Drake Warden and i have only a few changes i would personally make. On bond of fang an scale the drake should grow to a Medium sized creature, this is to show the Drake actually growing up with you.(an ofcourse letting small creatures ride it.). Lastly the Drake should get ability score improvements when you do. So the drake gets a little bit stronger, or you can dump all the points into Charisma so your dragon is scarier or cuter to manipulate people. Or perhaps you want it to be able to sniff out a blood trail of a ogre then increase its wisdom, its so every drake warden's drake is different, an not a carbon copy. yes i know the elemental change thing does help, and your drake can look anyway you want. My main point is the ability scores are a part of the character an influence it greatly. So maybe a smarter or more Dexterity based drake would be fun an more unique.
it is cool how they kinda used the theme for the guard drakes.
I only wish for 2 changes: make it become medium at level 7, and allow them to share a turn with Ranger. Current concept works great for ranged combat, but sharing would allow for (multiclassing) sneak attack, (variant rule) flank, or (racial) pack tactics.
The latter would help melee options for Rangers so much!
I love this! This will help immensely to address a few of the serious issues with the Beastmaster.\
I wanna play this class so bad. I was thinking of having the summon flavour be that he has a habit of turning up in the nick of time, like I walk round a corner and there he just is. When time runs out he's just gone again next time I look.
At 6th level it should increase to medium size for sure. This is your starter Pokémon! You need three main evolutions of charmander, charmelion, and charizard. Sure, size small creatures can ride them but it’s not like at level 6 a sustained flight is overpowered in any meaningful way. People already have the fly spell and will have polymorph soon.
Honestly if I were running this I'd house rule that instead of a drake the player could have an actual dragon. I'd just rule that it starts out as a Wyrmling and grows as the player progreses
I strongly feel that this ranger should actually be under an arcane half-caster... same with the horizon walker and some sort of elemental chasing subclass... or ruins and artifact protecting/seeking subclass. They fit more in the realm of the arcane instead of nature or terrain
If a drake companion goes to negative hit points and disappears back into the aether or wherever, is it dead forever in your home campaign plane. And if not, being able to summon it again the following day, good as new, just seems to make it another piece of canon fodder (sorry for the post-medieval metaphor, but not really) rather than a relationship between mutually devoted companions. With an intelligence of 8, it is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but neither is it an idiot. Eventually it will figure out that it has a tricksy master that is just using it and that the bond was really just a one way affair. The Drakewarden should at least have the decency to send a seriously wounded drake back to the aether or wherever first to recover; but then I tend toward the CG-NG range on the alignment wheel.
Oh god option 8 is basically "bahamut showed up and said 'shots going to go down. Here's a pet drake'" (for those who don't what to google when bahamut visits the material plane he likes to show up as and old man and brings an entourage of great wyrm gold dragons who hide shapeshifted as canaries
I love that this subclass makes every race better at being Dragonborn then Dragonborn. Better breath weapon that hits harder, can change the element and can be used more often.
What about a Borrowing Speed for the Drake?
If you mix this with the dragon monk you can flavor it that your dragon tattoos come to life
I love this sub. But it would be better if it was medium and take the time limit off but keep the summons on it and put the time limit on the lvl 15 thing
I would have it guard the party especially at rest time or maybe in the 6 position protecting the rear guard
I've had a campaign idea rattling around in my head for a while, where a bunch of neighboring states go to war with each other. And those states - I call them the Metallic Principalities - have metallic dragon patrons. So the campaign would be a war campaign where all the sides have dragons. It would be a great game to have the players run PCs that go into that theme. Dragonborn and Kobolds. Cults that worship dragons, and imbibe dragon blood to become Draconic Sorcerers. Monasteries where Monks train under ancient dragons to alter their Ki towards draconic might.
And, in this case, Drakewarden Rangers, that bond themselves to newly hatched drake eggs. Using them as companions and, eventually, as mounts. It would go along well with the idea that normal drakes and wyverns would act as mounts for high ranking warriors within the military hierarchies of these states. Including the Princes themselves, who are raised alongside true dragon hatchlings from birth, so they become these dragon knights that are bonded as brothers. I wouldn't let a PC do that (or at least they'd need to be separated from their true dragon mount until high levels). But a Drakewarden Ranger would be a very serviceable substitute.
The guy with the canaries is obviously Bahamut, who often takes the form of an elderly man in disguise with the seven gold dragons that always accompany him disguised as canaries. Look it up. I'm not wrong.
Pirate ranger with a dragon turtle but steam breath instead of fire
Tangential question: will the Hunter and Beast Master subclasses also get new subclass spells to match the other newer subclasses?
might MC this with fighter cavalier.
I need some clarification for the infused strike. Say you have the extra attack feature or an off hand attack, do you get the extra d6 for each hit or only one of the hits?