Dragon Slayer (Sorcerer Archetype)

Dragon slayers are a special breed of sorcerers, developed over five generations to manipulate the magic inherent to dragons of every kind. Their gift can be acquired by consuming dragon flesh, being imbued with a dragon’s soul, or some combination of the two alongside training from the dragons they would eventually betray.

Spellcasting: Dragon slayers gain 1 fewer spell per day of each spell level they can cast.

Unarmed Strike (Ex): At 1st level, a dragon slayer gains Improved Unarmed Strike as a bonus feat. The dragon slayer’s unarmed strike functions as the monk feature of the same name, increasing her unarmed damage as appropriate for her size at 1st, 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 20th level.

Dragon Element: All dragon slayers have both the draconic and elemental bloodlines. When a dragon slayer would gain a bloodline feat, power, or spell, she chooses 1 from either bloodline. She can choose lower level bloodline powers or spells she does not already have in place of higher-level powers or spells. Spells chosen in this way always use the spell level that they would be if the sorcerer had learned them with the appropriate bonus spell. This alters the sorcerer’s bloodline.

Eyes of the Dragon (Su): As a dragon slayer grows in power, her natural form attempts to reject the draconic magic within. She takes a penalty on all Fortitude saving throws equal to the total number of bloodline powers she possesses. Half of this penalty also applies to the dragon slayer’s Perception checks. The dragon slayer can trade her 9th-level bloodline power to reduce the total penalty by half.

Dragon Familiar (Ex): At 3rd level, a dragon slayer can use her bloodline feat to gain a familiar, as the wizard arcane bond feature. She does not gain the bonus granted by that familiar, and the familiar does not gain the deliver touch spells, scry on familiar, share spells, speak with animals of its kind, or spell resistance special abilities.

At 7th level, the dragon slayer adds Improved Familiar to her list of bloodline feats, but only to transform her familiar into a faerie dragon, pseudodragon, or another draconic option (her choice). This alters bloodline feats.