Heru/DragonothRelicRace
Dragonoth (Relic Race)
Dragonoth: (11 Bonus Points; 7 Bonus Points for Exalted) Poxes (1): Increased Longevity, Increased Sight. Deficiencies (-1): Hungry. Blights (4): Enlightened Essence. Abomination (6): Dragon Form. [Increased Longevity, Hungry, and Enlightened Essence are all lost upon Exaltation]
In the long lost past of the First Age many humanoid races were created and designed using the mighty charms and sorceries of the Celestial Exalted. It was in one such workshop of a mated Solar and Lunar pair that the Dragonoth relic race was conceived and brought forth.
Dragonoths in their birth forms are mortal humans with only their slightly increased sight and the ability to utilize Essence to set them apart. Yet there awakened Essence is not it at all, for what makes the Dragonoth so special is that they have the ability to shapechange into a single alternate true form - that of a gigantic flying dragon. The engineering of a second form into the Dragonoth was only possible due the collaborative work undertaken by uniting the Solar enhanced magitech science of Genesis with the Lunar's natural ability at shapeshifting.
As a human, the Dragonoth look just like every other human, there only major difference is that they are more prone to having hair the color of their dragon skin. Though this feature can be hidden by a simple dying of the hair. What sets them apart is their dragon form, which is a huge winged reptilian creature with a hide color that runs the gamut of almost all possibilities. The most common colors are blue, green, white, black, red, silver and gold.
The process used by the human form Dragonoth to take their dragon form is pretty similar to the method utilized by Lunars in their shapeshifting. Changing form is still a single miscellaneous action. No dice are rolled and the cost is 5 motes of non-committed Essence and 1 temporary Willpower. Their Essence pool is calculated as their Permanent Essence x 12, all of which is accessible without Willpower expenditure. Which means they can have pools of 12/24/36 with a recharge rate of roughly 4 per hour. Upon Exaltation the racial Essence pool is changed to that of the Exalted type.
When a Dragonoth exalts as a Solar or Sidereal the cost goes up from 5 motes and 1 Willpower to 10 motes, 1 Willpower. The reason for this is that the Solar and Sidereal Shard is not completely in tune with the shapeshifting nature of them, even if its only one alternate form. At the same time, if the Dragonoth exalts as a Lunar the cost goes down to 1 mote, including removing the Willpower requirement. Terrestrial Exalted retain the 5 m, 1 wp cost.
Anything the character wears disappears with the transformation into Elsewhere. As with Lunars, the dragon form Dragonoth uses the Strength, Stamina, Dexterity and Appearance natural to the other form. His other Attributes remain his own. The Dragonoth also gains the special attacks, methods of movement and increased soak and health levels available to the dragon form.
As mentioned above Dragonoth are considered fully human, which makes it possible for them to be Exalted as the Chosen of the gods. The interesting effect of its dual Exalted construction is that the Essence pattern of any Dragonoth calls to both Solar and Lunar shards equally. This also has the side effect of making Sidereal exaltations very unlikely, though not impossible. In addition, as with any other human race, millennia of secret interbreeding with the Terrestrial bloodline also makes it possible for Terrestrial Exalted to come out of the Dragonoth line.
So, to sum everything up.
- Dragonoth are considered fully human. They contain the normal hun and po souls and may become Exalted.
- The baseline Dragonoth mutations of Increased Longevity, Hungry, and Enlightened Essence are all lost upon Exaltation. Increased Longevity and Enlightened Essence are both lost due to the natural process of Exaltation. Hungry is lost because the advanced Essence of the Exalted are better able to handle the magic that allows for shapeshifting.
- Dragonoth gain an extra two dice on all Awareness (sight) rolls.
- The cost to shapeshift is not committed and recharges normally.
- Both the dragon form and the human form are considered true forms.
- It costs 5 m, 1 wp to transform from the human form to the dragon form AND from the dragon form to human form.
Mortal Dragonoth
- Essence Pool - Essence x 12 (12/24/36)
- Essence Recharge - normal for exalted (0/4/8 )
- Shapeshift Cost - 5 m, 1 wp
Solar Dragonoth
- Essence Pool - Solar Exalted norm
- Shapeshift Cost - 10 m, 1 wp
Lunar Dragonoth
- Essence Pool - Lunar Exalted norm
- Shapeshift Cost - 1 m (its a true form)
Sidereal Dragonoth
- Essence Pool - Sidereal norm
- Shapeshift Cost - 10 m, 1 wp
Terrestrial Exalted Dragonoth
- Essence Pool - Terrestrial norm
- Shapeshift Cost - 5 m, 1 wp
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Innate Weapons:
- Bite
- Claw
- Wing Buffet
- Tail
Dragon Form Stats:
- Attribute Boost: +3 Strength, +3 Stamina
- Extra HL: -0x1, -1x2, -2x2
- + 4B/4L soak
- +4 dice to Survival
