Circle of Dragons

Druids of the Circle of Dragons devote themselves to the might of dragonkind. These Druids recognize that all dragons play a role in the natural world. However, similar to the differences in dragon ancestry, a druid taking their shape is filled with the same ancestral instincts. Be it fanatical worship, a lust for power or a desire for balance, a Druid ascending into the form of a majestic tyrant can strike fear and inspire awe in those around them.

Circle Spells

2nd-level Circle of Dragons feature

Your bond with dragons grant you access to new spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the Circle of Dragons Spells table. Once you gain access to one of these spells, you always have it prepared, and it doesn’t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that doesn’t appear on the druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.

Circle of Dragons Spells

Druid Level - Circle Spells
2nd - absorb elements, burning hands
3rd - dragon’s breath, locate object
5th - fear, protection from energy
7th - elemental bane, fire shield
9th - legend lore, summon draconic spirit

Dragon Circle Ancestry

2nd-level Circle of Dragons feature

Choose one type of dragon from the Dragon Ancestry table below which represents which dragon your circle has chosen to protect. Your choice determines the damage type for your other Circle of Dragon traits, as shown in the table.

Additionally, you learn to speak, read, and write Draconic.

Dragon Ancestry

Dragon - Damage Type
Black - Acid
Blue - Lightning
Brass - Fire
Bronze - Lightning
Copper - Acid
Gold - Fire
Green - Poison
Red - Fire
Silver - Cold
White - Cold

Dragon Wild Shape

2nd-level Circle of Dragons feature

You gain the ability to use Wild Shape on your turn as a bonus action, rather than as an action.

Additionally, when you transform by Wild Shape, you can choose to transform into a more dangerous form: your dragon transformation. While you are transformed in this way, your chosen beast shape takes on a dragonlike appearance, resembling your Dragon Circle Ancestry. You must choose a beast shape of small size or larger to benefit from your Dragon Wild Shape.

Choose two benefits to gain while in your wild shape from the list below. One must be offensive, and one must be defensive. You choose wild shape benefits each time you wild shape and can never have more than one offensive benefit and one defensive benefit at a time.

As you gain levels in this class, more benefit options become available.

• Breath Weapon (Offensive). As an action, you exhale destructive energy in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw against your Spell save DC, taking 2d8 damage of the type associated with your Dragon Circle Ancestry on a failed save or half as much on a successful one. After using your breath weapon, you can’t use it again for 1 minute, unless you roll a recharge 6. At the beginning of your turn, roll a d6. On a 6, the breath weapon recharges and is available for use.

• Infused Strike (Offensive). When another creature within 30 feet of you that you can see hits a target with a melee weapon attack, as a reaction you can infuse their strike, causing the target to take an extra 1d4 damage of the damage type associated with your Dragon Circle Ancestry.

• Resistance (Defensive). Gain resistance to the damage type associated with your Dragon Circle Ancestry.

Enhanced Dragon Wild Shape

6th-level Circle of Dragons feature

Your skill in assuming your dragon transformation improves, granting you the following benefits.

• Attacks in your wild shape form count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

• Your breath weapon’s damage increases to 3d6 and extends into a 20-foot cone.

• Your infused strike’s damage increases to 1d6.

Heart of a Dragon

10th-level Circle of Dragons feature

The power of your Dragon Wild Shape improves. The following benefits are added to the list of benefits you can choose when assuming your dragon transformation with wild shape.

• Dragon Flight (Defensive). You have a flying speed equal to your walking speed.

• Dragon Magic (Offensive). You can cast druid spells while transformed. It must use a druid spell slot of 3rd level or lower and cannot require material components.

• Dragon Scales (Defensive). You gain a +1 to your AC.

• Your breath weapon’s damage increases to 4d6 and extends into a 30-foot cone.

• Your infused strike’s damage increases to 1d8.

Dragon Apprentice

14th-level Circle of Dragons feature

Your time spent as a dragon has bled into your normal form. You can choose one of the offensive or defensive benefits even while you’re not in your dragon transformation from wild shape.

Once you choose a transformation benefit, you can’t swap the benefit for another until you finish a short or long rest.

When assuming your dragon transformation with wild shape, you choose two benefits while losing the dragon apprentice benefit until you return to your normal form. You can choose the same benefit you selected as a dragon apprentice when you wild shape.

Dragon Kin

14th-level Circle of Dragons feature

The power of your Dragon Wild Shape has reached its pinnacle, granting you the following benefits:

• Your breath weapon’s damage increases to a 6d6.

• Your infused strike’s damage increases to 1d10.

• Your dragon flight gains hover.

• Your resistance changes to immunity to the damage type associated with your Dragon Circle Ancestry.