"The fury of the dragon seethes in my blood!"[MP:29]
Inner dragons are specialized dragonborn fighters who train themselves to unleash their draconic heritage as martial power. These individuals nurture the raw fury of their ancestry into an impressive fighting style, manifesting draconic attributes as they grow in experience and power. Whether acquiring these powers through training by others or personal discovery, inner dragons are a fearsome foe to behold.[1]
Prerequisite: Dragonborn, fighter
Inner Dragon Path Features
Breath Action (11th level): When you spend an action point to take an extra action while you are bloodied, you can use your dragon breath racial power as a free action, even if you’ve already used it during this encounter.
Dragonborn Fury (11th level): While you are bloodied, your racial bonus to attack rolls is +2, instead of +1.
Eternal Breath (16th level): Whenever you hit a target with dragon breath, the target takes ongoing 5 damage (save ends). The ongoing damage is the same damage type as your dragon breath.
| Dragon Blast | Inner Dragon Attack 11 |
| As a wound opens, your boiling blood blinds nearby enemies. | |
| Encounter + Martial | |
| Immediate Reaction | Close blast 3 |
| Trigger: An attack damages you | |
| Target: Each creature in blast | |
| Attack: Constitution + 4 vs. Reflex | |
| Level 21: Constitution + 6 vs. Reflex | |
| Hit: 2d6 + Constitution modifier damage, and the target is blinded until the end of your next turn. | |
| Ancestral Manifestation | Inner Dragon Utility 12 |
| Drawing vitality from your draconic legacy, you channel the blood rage of your ancestors. | |
| Daily + Martial | |
| Minor Action | Personal |
| Requirement: You must not be bloodied. | |
| Effect: Your hit points fall to your bloodied value, and you gain temporary hit points equal to the hit points you lost by using this power. Until you have no temporary hit points, you gain resistance to all damage equal to your Constitution modifier. | |
| Dragonbreath Strike | Inner Dragon Attack 20 |
| Each time you swing your weapon, you release a blast of your dragon breath. | |
| Daily + Martial, Stance | |
| Minor Action | Personal |
| Effect: Until the stance ends, when you deal damage with a melee attack against an adjacent enemy, the attack deals extra damage equal to your Constitution modifier. The extra damage is the same damage type as your dragon breath. | |
Inner dragons hone their body, spirit, and mind to further their inherent abilities as distant kin of the dragons. Much like dragon disciples they acquire more and more draconic qualities over time, though they do this through physical training rather than magic. Inner dragons manifest their dragon breath more commonly than most dragonborn, sometimes even twice in the same battle, and over time train it to become more potent and long-lasting. Inner dragons also refine the innately powerful fury of their race, turning their own pain into a source of power.[1]
With enough training, inner dragons manifest powerful exploits. Their own draconic blood becomes a weapon, scalding enemies who are splashed by it. With the ancestral manifestation exploit this same blood to transform themselves into a durable avatar of draconic might, though at the cost of their health. The most experienced and powerful dragonborn also learn a technique, known as dragonbreath strike, which enables them to use their breath weapon every melee attack they make for a short period of time.[1]