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A half-dragon begins play with two racial hit dice. One racial hit die is determined by the levels of Dragon: 2d12 Hit Dice, a Base Attack Bonus of +2, a base Fortitude bonus of +3, a base creature’s creature typeReflex bonus of +3, and the other racial hit die is dragon. The dragon racial hit die is taken first. This level a base Will bonus of dragon grants 12+CON hit points3, 4 * and 5 x (6 + int) skill points, +1 Base Attack Bonus, and a +2 base save bonus to each saving throw. The racial hit die taken based on the base creature type remains unchanged. The Its class skills for both of these racial hit dice are Balance, Bluff, Climb, Concentration, Craft, Gather InformationDisguise, Escape Artist, Handle Animal, Heal, Hide, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge (arcana), Listen, Move Silently, Perform (all skills, taken individually), Profession, Ride, Search, Sense Motive, Speak Language, Spellcraft, Spot, Survival, Swim, SurvivalTumble, and Use Rope (cuz use rope is cool)Magic Device. A The half-dragon gains a feat at may opt to trade this list of class skills for the class skill list of its first character class level like most creatures do, but its options are much more limited (see “Feats,” below).

A half-dragon’s dragon has a natural armor bonus improves by of +14. If the base creature didn’t have any natural armor, and does not have any other inherited templates which grant had a higher natural armorbonus originally, the half-dragon gains a +2 's natural armor is equal to the base creature's natural armor bonus+1.

A half dragon may make off-hand attacks with its claws or with its bite attack. They are treated as light weapons and count as fighting with two weapons.  A half-dragon that successfully maintains a grapple on an opponent may make a bite attack as a move action. If it has Improved Grapple, the half-dragon may forgo the benefits of that feat during the grapple check in exchange for making a bite attack as a swift action (if it still succeeds to maintain a grapple). ==== Special Attacks ====

[[Breath Weapon (Sp):]] A half-dragon has a breath weapon. To determine the range and type of damage, consult the table in the Monster Manual for half-dragons. This breath weapon deals 1d12 3d6 damage and can be used once every 1d6 rounds as a standard action. Any creature caught within the range of the breath weapon may make a Reflex save (DC 10 + 1/2 half-dragon’s hit dice + Constitution modifier) to take half damage from the half-dragon’s breath weapon.

[[Improving the Half-Dragon’s breath weapon]] - At every third character level (and specifically not at first level), a half dragon may choose to forgo gaining a character feat in exchange for increasing the save DC for its breath weapon by 1 2 and to add adding an extra 1d12 2d6 damage on the breath weapon.

For example, a human Half-Dragon at level 3 with a Constitution of 16 could either gain a character feat (such as Combat Expertise), or he could improve his breath weapon to deal 2d12 5d6 damage instead of 1d12 3d6, and improve his breath weapon’s Difficulty Class by 1 2 to make it a DC 15 16 Reflex save instead of a DC 14 Reflex save.

A [[Draconic Resistances (Ex):]] Whenever a half-dragon has attempts a +2 racial bonus on saving throws throw against paralysisa dragon's frightful presence, a sleep effectseffect, and from damage/effects of a paralysis effect, or the same energy type of damage or effect as its breath weapon, it rolls 2d20 and takes the higher roll result.  [[Intimidating Presence (Ex):]] A half-dragon also applies this +2 racial bonus on saves 's presence can unsettle foes in a way very similar to true dragons. Whenever a half-dragon does something that could be frightening, as well as fail a Disguise check (and the Spot/Sense Motive check maker was not expecting to see a half-dragon), the half-dragon can make an Intimidate check as a free action against all within 30 feet or against effects that target those who tried to see through its disguise (and succeeded). This is resolved in the creature type same way an attempt to demoralize an opponent would be during a round of combat, except this affects all within 30 feet, and those who fail to overcome the base half-dragon's check result become frightened, not shaken. Intimidating Presence can only be used once per round. Any creaturewho succeeds against a half-dragon's Intimidating Presence ability becomes immune to the half-dragon's Intimidating Presence ability for the next 24 hours, akin to a true dragon's frightful presence. However, a half-dragon can still attempt to demoralize the opponent normally (which would result in making the opponent shaken).

A half-dragon has the same armor and weapon proficiencies in the class description of the its first character class level it takes for (aka, whatever class is taken at level 3). For example, if a half-dragon’s first character class is fighter, the half-dragon is proficient in simple weapons, martial weapons, all types of armor, and all shields (including tower shields).  If a half-dragon takes another level of dragon at level 3, the half-dragon is proficient with all simple weapons, along with two martial weapons of the half-dragon's choice, as well as light and medium armor and all shields (excluding tower shields).

+2 Strength. For In addition to the purposes of arcane spellcastingbase creature's racial ability adjustments, a half-dragon’s effective charisma score is increased by dragon has +6 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, and +2Charisma.

Half-dragons have a +2 racial bonus on Search and Intimidate checks, a -10 5 penalty on Disguise checks, and a -2 penalty on Sleight of Hand checks. Half-dragons must make Use Magic Device/Use Psionic Device checks on devices designed for any creature type other than dragon, including the creature type of the base creature.

A half-If the dragon also has extra class skills based on its a psionic dragon typeheritage, identical to replace the extra class skills a Dragon Shaman receives from her dragon totemKnowledge (arcana), Spellcraft, and Use Magic Device with Autohypnosis, Knowledge (psionics), Psicraft, and Use Psionic Device.

A half-dragon’s first level racial hit dice grant it one character feat can only be one of the following feats: Ability Focus (breath weapon), Acrobatic, Agile, Athletic, Combat Casting, Combat Expertise, Deft Hands, Diligent, Dodge, Dragon Hunter (Draconomicon), Dragoncrafter (Draconomicon), Dragonfoe (Draconomicon), Dragonfriend (Draconomicon), Dragonthrall (Draconomicon), Heighten Breath Weapon (Draconomicon), Magic Talent, Psionic Affinity, Recover Breath (Draconomicon), Self-Sufficient, Skill Focus (for one of the extra class skills it has due to its dragon type), Stealthy, Weapon Focus (any natural weapon), Weapon Proficiency, Wild Talent.

As the base creature, but half-dragons are affected by spells targeting any alignment that its dragon's associated dragon type would have (in addition to any effects that target , or as the half-dragon’s actual alignment)base creature.

By Hit Dice or by character class. If increasing by hit dice, use the hit dice of the base creature, but gain skill points as a dragon (unless if the base creature’s skill points would otherwise be better). The first non-dragon racial hit die a half-dragon takes gains skill points as the base creature, not as a dragon.

+[[Level Adjustment::01]] or +1, depending on your DM’s jurisdiction. I recommend a +0 level adjustment if the class the player wants to be doesn’t exactly synergise well with the half-dragon template (especially a class like the rogue or the beguiler). If something like sorcerer or barbarian, a +1 level adjustment is fine. Base creature race should also be considered. A human, for example, strictly benefits from the half-dragon template, and the bonus feat helps to overcome the level 1 feat limitations, so a +1 LA is very reasonable in that case. A half-dragon half-elf, however, is a different story.