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Creating new dragons!
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RavinRay
Explorer
Back to the peridot dragon.
Since it seems to behave like a great cat, I'd give it the Improved Grab, Pounce, and Rake (Ex) abilities, like the big and dire cats in the SRD. IIRC no other true dragons have all these abilities, not even the somewhat feral beast dragon of the Beastlands.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a peridot dragon must hit with a claw or bite attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can rake.
Pounce (Ex): If a peridot dragon charges a foe, it can make a full attack, including two rake attacks.
Rake (Ex): Attack bonus +n melee, damage increases with age.
Since it seems to behave like a great cat, I'd give it the Improved Grab, Pounce, and Rake (Ex) abilities, like the big and dire cats in the SRD. IIRC no other true dragons have all these abilities, not even the somewhat feral beast dragon of the Beastlands.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a peridot dragon must hit with a claw or bite attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can rake.
Pounce (Ex): If a peridot dragon charges a foe, it can make a full attack, including two rake attacks.
Rake (Ex): Attack bonus +n melee, damage increases with age.
RavinRay
Explorer
Ok, I've added your suggestions to the combat stat block above; take a look if the Rake line can be better worded. For the increased claw damage, I simply doubled the dice.
For the psi-like abilities, I included truevenom, so that the dragon can have one physically-related ability. Energy ball (fire) is already included.
Thoughts?
For the psi-like abilities, I included truevenom, so that the dragon can have one physically-related ability. Energy ball (fire) is already included.
Thoughts?
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
Hmmm, did you mean an additional bonus of +1/age for rake attacks? Maybe we should just have the melee attack bonus be the same as for the rest of its attacks (but put the peridot dragon BAB at the top end of the scale for dragons of each given size). And for the damage, did you want the claw attacks always to have double damage compared to normal for size? In that case, we could have something like:
Ripping Claws (Ex): The claw attacks of a peridot dragon are more deadly than normal dragons and deal twice as much damage as the claw attacks of other dragons of the same size, as follows. This double damage also applies to rake attacks.
(insert table here)
Rake (Ex): When a peridot dragon is in a grapple, it can make two (four?) rake attacks at its full attack bonus, dealing damage as its claw attacks.
What do you think?
Ripping Claws (Ex): The claw attacks of a peridot dragon are more deadly than normal dragons and deal twice as much damage as the claw attacks of other dragons of the same size, as follows. This double damage also applies to rake attacks.
(insert table here)
Rake (Ex): When a peridot dragon is in a grapple, it can make two (four?) rake attacks at its full attack bonus, dealing damage as its claw attacks.
What do you think?
RavinRay
Explorer
I think the Rake line is more streamlined now, as I kept it consistent with the rake ability of other monsters. It actually does less bonus damage (1/2 of 1/2 of the Str modifier (than regular claw attacks). But if we want the trade-off of lacking wing-based attacks for greater claw damage we can stick with ripping claws and finalize the damage dealt.
Let's move on to other stats:
Natural AC: HD -1, or should it have harder scales?
Other psi-Like abilities:
Class Skills:
Movement: Should it also have a swim speed like other gem dragons?
Let's move on to other stats:
Natural AC: HD -1, or should it have harder scales?
Other psi-Like abilities:
Class Skills:
Movement: Should it also have a swim speed like other gem dragons?
Priest_Sidran
First Post
Some requests (If'n you take them)
Obsidian Dragon, Gibbering Dragon ( With similar abilities to a Gibbering Mouther and such), Ash Dragon, Agate Dragon, Glass Dragon, Cryo Dragon (Cold), Dream Dragon (Plane of Dreams), Luminessent Dragon (Blinding attack), and Oracle Wyrm (Non age grouped Dragon) Any one of these would be an awesome help thank you.
Edit to add non standard draconic types
Lionide Dragon (Lion like smaller plains dragon) Bull Iridescent Dragon (Stubborn pursuer of those who get into his territory, iridescent dragon small variety lives in the mountains)
Obsidian Dragon, Gibbering Dragon ( With similar abilities to a Gibbering Mouther and such), Ash Dragon, Agate Dragon, Glass Dragon, Cryo Dragon (Cold), Dream Dragon (Plane of Dreams), Luminessent Dragon (Blinding attack), and Oracle Wyrm (Non age grouped Dragon) Any one of these would be an awesome help thank you.
Edit to add non standard draconic types
Lionide Dragon (Lion like smaller plains dragon) Bull Iridescent Dragon (Stubborn pursuer of those who get into his territory, iridescent dragon small variety lives in the mountains)
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RavinRay
Explorer
A few of your dragons share names with older edition dragons that are awaiting conversion (see the link on message #89 above), and/or already exist (obsidian dragon) and I did a glass dragon, which I might re-write. The cryo dragon seems thematically similar to the Krynnish frost dragon in Age of Mortals: Dragonlance Campaign Setting Companion.
Priest_Sidran
First Post
Thanks for the Heads Up
By glancing at your Glass Dragon, (which I do like) I am not to keen on the theme. I was looking for a True Dragon (glass) of som sort, but thank you for your creation.
By glancing at your Glass Dragon, (which I do like) I am not to keen on the theme. I was looking for a True Dragon (glass) of som sort, but thank you for your creation.
