Fire Breath (Line)

This article is about the fire breath attack used by Brass Dragonborn. For the version used by Red and Gold Dragonborn, see Fire Breath (Cone). For other uses, see Fire Breath (disambiguation).

Fire Breath is a Brass Dragonborn racial action. This ability allows them to breathe a line of damaging flame in a target direction.

Description

Spew forth a column of fire.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Damage: 2~12

2d6Fire

Details

DEX Save (DC 8 + Constitution modifier + proficiency bonus) (On Save: Target still takes half damage.)

 Range: Self

AoE: 5 m / 17 ft (Line)

Recharge: Short rest

At higher levels

• At character level 6, the damage increases to 3d6Fire.
• At character level 11, the damage increases to 4d6Fire.

How to learn

Races:

• Character level 1: Brass Dragonborn

(Character level is the sum of all class levels for a multi-classed character.)

Notes

• Breath attacks use spell save DC calculated using Constitution. This means that, despite the unusual casting ability, breath attacks still benefit from anything that improves spell save DC.