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<blockquote data-quote="paradox42" data-source="post: 4020217" data-attributes="member: 29746"><p><strong>Firmament Dragon Re-Repost (Part 2)</strong></p><p></p><p>[code]</p><p><table border="1" style="font-size:small" title="Firmament Dragon Abilities By Age"></p><p> <tr></p><p> <th align="left" colspan="10">Firmament Dragon Abilities By Age</th></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <th align="left" valign="bottom">Age</th></p><p> <th align="left" valign="bottom">Speed</th></p><p> <th valign="bottom">STR</th></p><p> <th valign="bottom">DEX</th></p><p> <th valign="bottom">CON</th></p><p> <th valign="bottom">INT</th></p><p> <th valign="bottom">WIS</th></p><p> <th valign="bottom">CHA</th></p><p> <th align="left" valign="bottom">Special Abilities</th></p><p> <th valign="bottom">Damage Reduction</th></p><p> <th valign="bottom">Caster Level</th></p><p> <th valign="bottom">SR</th></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Wyrmling</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">92</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">44</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">314</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">315</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">314</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Alter Reality, Cosmic Inspiration, Divine Bonus, Extradimensional, Mind Warp, Thelemic Damage Reduction, Transmortality, Universal Insight</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">605/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">432nd</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">746</td></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Very Young</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">100</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">56</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">322</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">323</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">326</td></p><p> <td valign="top"> </td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">630/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">476th</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">802</td></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Young</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">108</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">68</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">330</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">331</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">338</td></p><p> <td valign="top">1 total Virtual Size Category</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">655/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">520th</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">858</td></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Juvenile</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">116</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">80</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">338</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">339</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">350</td></p><p> <td valign="top">1 total Virtual Size Category</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">680/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">564th</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">914</td></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Young Adult</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">124</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">92</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">346</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">347</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">362</td></p><p> <td valign="top">2 total Virtual Size Categories</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">700/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">608th</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">970</td></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Adult</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">132</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">104</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">354</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">355</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">374</td></p><p> <td valign="top">2 total Virtual Size Categories</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">725/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">652nd</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">1026</td></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Mature Adult</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">140</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">116</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">362</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">363</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">386</td></p><p> <td valign="top">3 total Virtual Size Categories</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">750/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">696th</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">1082</td></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Old</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">148</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">128</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">370</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">371</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">398</td></p><p> <td valign="top">3 total Virtual Size Categories</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">775/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">740th</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">1138</td></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Very Old</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">156</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">140</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">378</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">379</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">410</td></p><p> <td valign="top">4 total Virtual Size Categories</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">800/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">788th</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">1194</td></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Ancient</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">164</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">152</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">386</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">387</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">422</td></p><p> <td valign="top">4 total Virtual Size Categories</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">820/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">832nd</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">1250</td></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Wyrm</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">172</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">164</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">394</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">395</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">434</td></p><p> <td valign="top">5 total Virtual Size Categories</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">845/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">876th</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">1306</td></p><p> </tr></p><p> <tr></p><p> <td valign="top">Great Wyrm</td></p><p> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">180</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">176</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">402</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">403</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">446</td></p><p> <td valign="top">6 total Virtual Size Categories</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">870/extrauniversal</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">920th</td></p><p> <td align="center" valign="top">1362</td></p><p> </tr></p><p></table></p><p>[/code]</p><p></p><p>Firmament Dragons are creatures existing in the Pleroma both as parasites of the Time Lords and heralds of universal growth. They attach themselves to Time Lords and similar entities to siphon off portions of the energy and mass contained within them, which is carefully nurtured, shaped, and used to form "eggs" (themselves entire baby universes) which eventually "hatch" as Wyrmling Firmament Dragons once the universal life cycle is complete.</p><p></p><p>Occasionally, a Firmament Dragon is known to enter the universe of a comatose Demiurge instead of an actual Time Lord to get this universe-building material, and those rare occasions are times of fearful import for unfortunate natives of the slumbering reality. Furthermore, some such slumbering universes contain, not Demiurges as normally occurs in the Pleroma, but rather unhatched, still-growing Firmament Dragon Wyrmlings- not yet ready to "break the eggshell" and begin their lives.</p><p></p><p>More powerful than the other three better-known Nehaschimic Dragon types, Firmament Dragons are born with power greater than many actual Demiurges, and do not normally exist within the lower dimensions (or even "Nth Space") as those Nehaschimic Dragon types do.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Combat</span></strong></p><p>Firmament Dragons take maximum advantage of their Thelemic Damage Reduction and Cosmic Inspiration abilities, usually setting Cosmic Inspiration to Abrogate at the start of combat to nullify the opposition's most desirable powers. In later rounds it may use the "Inspiration" defensively as another Thelemic Damage Reduction to force opponents to guess at its vulnerability period rather than being predictable, Learned Ability Immunity to stop an effect that worried it during a previous period of vulnerability, Quixotic to increase its offensive chances by re-rolling all of its dice whenever it needs to, Elusion to avoid any attacks that get through its Thelemic Damage Reduction, or even as Cosmic Firmament to gain a hit point boost. If the dragon has the advantage, by contrast, it may use the slot offensively with such powers as Assimilate (if an opponent is about to die, or otherwise be defeated), a "Daunting" ability to force a penalty to its opponents' rolls, Dominance against clearly-outclassed foes, or even Divine Presence to boost any summoned minions.</p><p></p><p>It balances all of these options against multiple simultaneous magical and physical assaults launched using its formidable Alter Reality ability and other inborn powers (particularly its breath weapon, which it tries to use every round whenever practical). In the end, a Firmament Dragon will typically rely on fighting as a delaying tactic until its Extra-Dimensional ability grants it enough Virtual Size Categories to render the opposition irrelevant.</p><p></p><p><strong>Alter Reality (Su):</strong> Firmament Dragons tear at the fabric of any reality they touch. Once per round, as a free action, a Firmament Dragon can duplicate any spell of a level equal to 9 + its number of Automatic Metamagic Capacity feats. This ability even allows it to duplicate Epic spells with a DC equal to or less than the dragon's Spellcraft modifier + 20.</p><p></p><p><strong>Breath Weapon (Su):</strong> A Firmament Dragon's breath weapon is a line of quark-gluon plasma and inflationary cosmic energy. This destroys part of a foe by causing that portion to revert to a period just after the birth of its universe, essentially turning the affected portion of the target into a miniature Big Bang. This annihilates a percentage of the target's hit points, 1d6% per age category of the dragon; furthermore, this hit point loss is permanent. Permanent damage can only be cured by means of a <em>Limited Wish</em> (which heals 1 point per casting), <em>Miracle</em>, or <em>Wish</em> (both of which heal one point per caster level, per casting). Furthermore, exposure to the explosively expanding time within the false Big Bang ages the target, by an amount shown in the table above. Finally, this breath weapon destroys part of the life energy of the target (essentially, using it to help fuel the false Big Bang), destroying a number of experience points and quintessence as shown in the table above.</p><p></p><p><strong>Cosmic Inspiration:</strong> Firmament Dragons are intimately tied to the universes they create, even the sub-universes growing within their bellies which they eat to nourish. By interacting with these sub-realities, a Firmament Dragon can gain any one Cosmic ability it desires, and can even change this ability once per round as a free action. However, if the dragon has any lasting effects (i.e. effects with a duration other than Instantaneous) in play, then it cannot change the Cosmic ability unless and until it somehow removes those lasting effects. Note that abilities granting constant bonuses do not count as having a duration at all, and thus do not force the dragon to retain the chosen ability.</p><p></p><p><strong>Divine Bonus (Su):</strong> Firmament Dragons are tied to the birth of universes, and therefore gain bonuses tied to the energy of the universes they have created. A Firmament Dragon gains a divine bonus to: armor class, attack rolls, checks (ability checks, caster level checks, skill checks, turning checks), difficulty class (for any special abilities, spell-like abilities, or spells), initiative, saving throws, and Spell Resistance. The value of this bonus is equal to 48 + 16/age category of the dragon.</p><p></p><p><strong>Extra-Dimensional (Ex):</strong> Starting after the first round it is encountered, a Firmament Dragon begins to expand to fill its opponents' perception of their universe. This bestows an additional Virtual Size Category each round on the dragon.</p><p></p><p><strong>Energy Absorption (Ex):</strong> Firmament Dragons are healed by Fire-based attacks.</p><p></p><p><strong>Energy Immunity (Ex):</strong> Firmament Dragons are immune to Sonic effects.</p><p></p><p><strong>Energy Reflection (Ex):</strong> Firmament Dragons reflect Cold-based attacks.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mind Warp (Ex):</strong> The Firmament Dragon's extrauniversal presence extends to 2560 feet per age category of the dragon. Creatures within this radius failing their Will saves against the listed DC go permanently insane, as their minds no longer understand which reality they're in.</p><p></p><p><strong>Thelemic Damage Reduction (Su):</strong> A Firmament Dragon is, by its very nature, able to enter and leave universes at will. By using this ability carefully, it may thus avoid all attacks directed at it in a round by simply not being there when the attack arrives; however, it may only use this ability a certain number of rounds in a row before it tires and must remain within a single universe for a round. A Firmament Dragon may use this ability up to 1 round/age category before it must spend one round recharging the ability; thus, a Wyrmling Firmament Dragon can avoid all attacks in every other round, whereas a Mature Adult can avoid all attacks except in every 8th round.</p><p></p><p><strong>Transmortality (Su):</strong> A Firmament Dragon exists beyond universes, and therefore cannot be permanently destroyed, even by beings of higher divine rank than its divine bonus. A Firmament Dragon which is apparently killed is instead merely forced out of the universe it was just in, or (if attacked in the Pleroma itself) sent into a comatose slumber while it recovers (it regains 1 hit die per day and wakes up when it once again reaches its original total).</p><p></p><p><strong>Universal Insight (Ex):</strong> Firmament Dragons, as custodians of multiple realities and sub-realities, have an incredibly rich and deep understanding of universal laws. A Firmament Dragon gains an insight bonus to: armor class, attack rolls, checks (ability checks, caster level checks, skill checks, turning checks), difficulty class (for any special abilities, spell-like abilities, or spells), initiative, saving throws, and Spell Resistance. The value of this bonus is equal to 48 + 16/age category of the dragon.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Adventure Ideas:</p><p><strong>Low or Mid-Cosmic:</strong> The Demiurge of your universe awakens, only to find that a passing Firmament Dragon long ago seeded it with one of its cosmic eggs. Now the contest to control reality must be fought not just by Demiurge against Sidereals, but also by Demiurge against Dragon hatchling! Will reality tear itself apart in the process?</p><p></p><p><strong>High Cosmic:</strong> An ancient Nemesis awakens in the Deep Voids of Muzaloth, but the only weapon that can defeat it was swallowed long ago by a Firmament Dragon. What became of the weapon and its draconic keeper, and can the weapon be retrieved from whatever sub-reality it is now housed in without destroying the dragon?</p><p></p><p><strong>High Cosmic:</strong> Two Firmament Dragons have discovered that by feeding on each other simultaneously, they can merge both themselves and their sub-realities to become a greater being. Now others are flocking to join them from across the Pleroma, but will the introduction of a parallel hierarchy of High Lords upset the balance of Eternity?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paradox42, post: 4020217, member: 29746"] [b]Firmament Dragon Re-Repost (Part 2)[/b] [code] <table border="1" style="font-size:small" title="Firmament Dragon Abilities By Age"> <tr> <th align="left" colspan="10">Firmament Dragon Abilities By Age</th> </tr> <tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom">Age</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom">Speed</th> <th valign="bottom">STR</th> <th valign="bottom">DEX</th> <th valign="bottom">CON</th> <th valign="bottom">INT</th> <th valign="bottom">WIS</th> <th valign="bottom">CHA</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom">Special Abilities</th> <th valign="bottom">Damage Reduction</th> <th valign="bottom">Caster Level</th> <th valign="bottom">SR</th> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Wyrmling</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">92</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">44</td> <td align="center" valign="top">314</td> <td align="center" valign="top">315</td> <td align="center" valign="top">314</td> <td valign="top">Alter Reality, Cosmic Inspiration, Divine Bonus, Extradimensional, Mind Warp, Thelemic Damage Reduction, Transmortality, Universal Insight</td> <td align="center" valign="top">605/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">432nd</td> <td align="center" valign="top">746</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Very Young</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">100</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">56</td> <td align="center" valign="top">322</td> <td align="center" valign="top">323</td> <td align="center" valign="top">326</td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">630/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">476th</td> <td align="center" valign="top">802</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Young</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">108</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">68</td> <td align="center" valign="top">330</td> <td align="center" valign="top">331</td> <td align="center" valign="top">338</td> <td valign="top">1 total Virtual Size Category</td> <td align="center" valign="top">655/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">520th</td> <td align="center" valign="top">858</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Juvenile</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">116</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">80</td> <td align="center" valign="top">338</td> <td align="center" valign="top">339</td> <td align="center" valign="top">350</td> <td valign="top">1 total Virtual Size Category</td> <td align="center" valign="top">680/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">564th</td> <td align="center" valign="top">914</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Young Adult</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">124</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">92</td> <td align="center" valign="top">346</td> <td align="center" valign="top">347</td> <td align="center" valign="top">362</td> <td valign="top">2 total Virtual Size Categories</td> <td align="center" valign="top">700/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">608th</td> <td align="center" valign="top">970</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Adult</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">132</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">104</td> <td align="center" valign="top">354</td> <td align="center" valign="top">355</td> <td align="center" valign="top">374</td> <td valign="top">2 total Virtual Size Categories</td> <td align="center" valign="top">725/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">652nd</td> <td align="center" valign="top">1026</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Mature Adult</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">140</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">116</td> <td align="center" valign="top">362</td> <td align="center" valign="top">363</td> <td align="center" valign="top">386</td> <td valign="top">3 total Virtual Size Categories</td> <td align="center" valign="top">750/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">696th</td> <td align="center" valign="top">1082</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Old</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">148</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">128</td> <td align="center" valign="top">370</td> <td align="center" valign="top">371</td> <td align="center" valign="top">398</td> <td valign="top">3 total Virtual Size Categories</td> <td align="center" valign="top">775/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">740th</td> <td align="center" valign="top">1138</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Very Old</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">156</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">140</td> <td align="center" valign="top">378</td> <td align="center" valign="top">379</td> <td align="center" valign="top">410</td> <td valign="top">4 total Virtual Size Categories</td> <td align="center" valign="top">800/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">788th</td> <td align="center" valign="top">1194</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Ancient</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">164</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">152</td> <td align="center" valign="top">386</td> <td align="center" valign="top">387</td> <td align="center" valign="top">422</td> <td valign="top">4 total Virtual Size Categories</td> <td align="center" valign="top">820/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">832nd</td> <td align="center" valign="top">1250</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Wyrm</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">172</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">164</td> <td align="center" valign="top">394</td> <td align="center" valign="top">395</td> <td align="center" valign="top">434</td> <td valign="top">5 total Virtual Size Categories</td> <td align="center" valign="top">845/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">876th</td> <td align="center" valign="top">1306</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Great Wyrm</td> <td valign="top">Superluminal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">180</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> <td align="center" valign="top">176</td> <td align="center" valign="top">402</td> <td align="center" valign="top">403</td> <td align="center" valign="top">446</td> <td valign="top">6 total Virtual Size Categories</td> <td align="center" valign="top">870/extrauniversal</td> <td align="center" valign="top">920th</td> <td align="center" valign="top">1362</td> </tr> </table> [/code] Firmament Dragons are creatures existing in the Pleroma both as parasites of the Time Lords and heralds of universal growth. They attach themselves to Time Lords and similar entities to siphon off portions of the energy and mass contained within them, which is carefully nurtured, shaped, and used to form "eggs" (themselves entire baby universes) which eventually "hatch" as Wyrmling Firmament Dragons once the universal life cycle is complete. Occasionally, a Firmament Dragon is known to enter the universe of a comatose Demiurge instead of an actual Time Lord to get this universe-building material, and those rare occasions are times of fearful import for unfortunate natives of the slumbering reality. Furthermore, some such slumbering universes contain, not Demiurges as normally occurs in the Pleroma, but rather unhatched, still-growing Firmament Dragon Wyrmlings- not yet ready to "break the eggshell" and begin their lives. More powerful than the other three better-known Nehaschimic Dragon types, Firmament Dragons are born with power greater than many actual Demiurges, and do not normally exist within the lower dimensions (or even "Nth Space") as those Nehaschimic Dragon types do. [b][size=3]Combat[/size][/b] Firmament Dragons take maximum advantage of their Thelemic Damage Reduction and Cosmic Inspiration abilities, usually setting Cosmic Inspiration to Abrogate at the start of combat to nullify the opposition's most desirable powers. In later rounds it may use the "Inspiration" defensively as another Thelemic Damage Reduction to force opponents to guess at its vulnerability period rather than being predictable, Learned Ability Immunity to stop an effect that worried it during a previous period of vulnerability, Quixotic to increase its offensive chances by re-rolling all of its dice whenever it needs to, Elusion to avoid any attacks that get through its Thelemic Damage Reduction, or even as Cosmic Firmament to gain a hit point boost. If the dragon has the advantage, by contrast, it may use the slot offensively with such powers as Assimilate (if an opponent is about to die, or otherwise be defeated), a "Daunting" ability to force a penalty to its opponents' rolls, Dominance against clearly-outclassed foes, or even Divine Presence to boost any summoned minions. It balances all of these options against multiple simultaneous magical and physical assaults launched using its formidable Alter Reality ability and other inborn powers (particularly its breath weapon, which it tries to use every round whenever practical). In the end, a Firmament Dragon will typically rely on fighting as a delaying tactic until its Extra-Dimensional ability grants it enough Virtual Size Categories to render the opposition irrelevant. [b]Alter Reality (Su):[/b] Firmament Dragons tear at the fabric of any reality they touch. Once per round, as a free action, a Firmament Dragon can duplicate any spell of a level equal to 9 + its number of Automatic Metamagic Capacity feats. This ability even allows it to duplicate Epic spells with a DC equal to or less than the dragon's Spellcraft modifier + 20. [b]Breath Weapon (Su):[/b] A Firmament Dragon's breath weapon is a line of quark-gluon plasma and inflationary cosmic energy. This destroys part of a foe by causing that portion to revert to a period just after the birth of its universe, essentially turning the affected portion of the target into a miniature Big Bang. This annihilates a percentage of the target's hit points, 1d6% per age category of the dragon; furthermore, this hit point loss is permanent. Permanent damage can only be cured by means of a [i]Limited Wish[/i] (which heals 1 point per casting), [i]Miracle[/i], or [i]Wish[/i] (both of which heal one point per caster level, per casting). Furthermore, exposure to the explosively expanding time within the false Big Bang ages the target, by an amount shown in the table above. Finally, this breath weapon destroys part of the life energy of the target (essentially, using it to help fuel the false Big Bang), destroying a number of experience points and quintessence as shown in the table above. [b]Cosmic Inspiration:[/b] Firmament Dragons are intimately tied to the universes they create, even the sub-universes growing within their bellies which they eat to nourish. By interacting with these sub-realities, a Firmament Dragon can gain any one Cosmic ability it desires, and can even change this ability once per round as a free action. However, if the dragon has any lasting effects (i.e. effects with a duration other than Instantaneous) in play, then it cannot change the Cosmic ability unless and until it somehow removes those lasting effects. Note that abilities granting constant bonuses do not count as having a duration at all, and thus do not force the dragon to retain the chosen ability. [b]Divine Bonus (Su):[/b] Firmament Dragons are tied to the birth of universes, and therefore gain bonuses tied to the energy of the universes they have created. A Firmament Dragon gains a divine bonus to: armor class, attack rolls, checks (ability checks, caster level checks, skill checks, turning checks), difficulty class (for any special abilities, spell-like abilities, or spells), initiative, saving throws, and Spell Resistance. The value of this bonus is equal to 48 + 16/age category of the dragon. [b]Extra-Dimensional (Ex):[/b] Starting after the first round it is encountered, a Firmament Dragon begins to expand to fill its opponents' perception of their universe. This bestows an additional Virtual Size Category each round on the dragon. [b]Energy Absorption (Ex):[/b] Firmament Dragons are healed by Fire-based attacks. [b]Energy Immunity (Ex):[/b] Firmament Dragons are immune to Sonic effects. [b]Energy Reflection (Ex):[/b] Firmament Dragons reflect Cold-based attacks. [b]Mind Warp (Ex):[/b] The Firmament Dragon's extrauniversal presence extends to 2560 feet per age category of the dragon. Creatures within this radius failing their Will saves against the listed DC go permanently insane, as their minds no longer understand which reality they're in. [b]Thelemic Damage Reduction (Su):[/b] A Firmament Dragon is, by its very nature, able to enter and leave universes at will. By using this ability carefully, it may thus avoid all attacks directed at it in a round by simply not being there when the attack arrives; however, it may only use this ability a certain number of rounds in a row before it tires and must remain within a single universe for a round. A Firmament Dragon may use this ability up to 1 round/age category before it must spend one round recharging the ability; thus, a Wyrmling Firmament Dragon can avoid all attacks in every other round, whereas a Mature Adult can avoid all attacks except in every 8th round. [b]Transmortality (Su):[/b] A Firmament Dragon exists beyond universes, and therefore cannot be permanently destroyed, even by beings of higher divine rank than its divine bonus. A Firmament Dragon which is apparently killed is instead merely forced out of the universe it was just in, or (if attacked in the Pleroma itself) sent into a comatose slumber while it recovers (it regains 1 hit die per day and wakes up when it once again reaches its original total). [b]Universal Insight (Ex):[/b] Firmament Dragons, as custodians of multiple realities and sub-realities, have an incredibly rich and deep understanding of universal laws. A Firmament Dragon gains an insight bonus to: armor class, attack rolls, checks (ability checks, caster level checks, skill checks, turning checks), difficulty class (for any special abilities, spell-like abilities, or spells), initiative, saving throws, and Spell Resistance. The value of this bonus is equal to 48 + 16/age category of the dragon. Adventure Ideas: [b]Low or Mid-Cosmic:[/b] The Demiurge of your universe awakens, only to find that a passing Firmament Dragon long ago seeded it with one of its cosmic eggs. Now the contest to control reality must be fought not just by Demiurge against Sidereals, but also by Demiurge against Dragon hatchling! Will reality tear itself apart in the process? [b]High Cosmic:[/b] An ancient Nemesis awakens in the Deep Voids of Muzaloth, but the only weapon that can defeat it was swallowed long ago by a Firmament Dragon. What became of the weapon and its draconic keeper, and can the weapon be retrieved from whatever sub-reality it is now housed in without destroying the dragon? [b]High Cosmic:[/b] Two Firmament Dragons have discovered that by feeding on each other simultaneously, they can merge both themselves and their sub-realities to become a greater being. Now others are flocking to join them from across the Pleroma, but will the introduction of a parallel hierarchy of High Lords upset the balance of Eternity? [/QUOTE]
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