Nathaniel Bruha
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Spell: Wyrmling's Breath
🕑 Added 2024-07-13 04:33:28 +0000 UTCThis cantrip lets you quickly release a small bit of dragon's breath (just enough to affect the space in front of you). Each time you cast it, it's the same type of breath weapon (you can learn it up to 5 times to get access to every breath weapon type).
This cantrip is a bit different in that instead of the damage increasing as you hit higher levels, the size of the cone increases.
I could see this being added to items that require attunement by a dragonborn or by characters with one of my dragon-themed subclasses., or the cantrip could become available specifically to such characters as they adventure (through in-game events or experiences). I personally wouldn't add it to general class spell lists, but that's just me.
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Nathaniel Bruha
Thanks for the feedback. This spell definitely doesn't do a lot of damge, but it is a bonus action to use, so it can be combined with other spell use, attacks, or actions. I also didn't want this to be able to really overshadow the normal breath weapon of a dragonborn character, though this can be used every turn while they only get to use their normal one once per short/long rest. I might end up changing it to a 10-foot cone to start, but I'll have to play around with it in game to see how often it actually gets used as-is first.
Lupine_Horror
Interesting, but I'm having trouble seeing the use at higher levels. A larger area is useful, but dealing just 1d6 damage, even in a 30 ft cone, just doesn't seem to be worth it.
