I'm currently running a DnD 5e campaign in a homebrew setting where Dragons and Half-dragons are the main antagonists. I am planning a non-combat encounter where the group meets a Half-dragon that threatens them with it's breath weapon. But having him say something along the lines of "I'll get you with my Breath Weapon!" or "Watch out or I'll breathe on you!" seems unwieldy.
So, how would a half-dragon, or a full dragon for that matter, refer to its own Breath Weapon? How have you phrased this in your games, so it sounds better? Are there examples of better phrasing in the game literature?
Best Answer
A breath weapon is a tool to achieve a purpose, so probably they wouldn't. They'd threaten to do something more specific with it, instead.
So, none of these:
But instead, more like these:
(Adjust for taste and tolerance of puns, of course.)
If they have a cultural, religious, or pet name for their breath weapon, that'd be an interesting setting detail a DM could add to their world, but still something that's unlikely to be referred to directly in a threat. It would be akin to someone calling their sword “Bloodheart” or something, and always mentioning its name when threatening people — drawing attention to its name at the slightest opportunity would come off as an unusual affectation of that specific NPC, rather than natural dialogue that most people with a named weapon would use.