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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 7102749" data-attributes="member: 32740"><p>Why should age need to be a consideration? Is an orc older because it has 8 hit points instead of 4? Or is it just a bit bigger/tougher? Age should not need to be tied directly to hit dice/hit points per die or the like for dragons. Every other critter in the book does not make it a factor. Roll the hit points randomly by hit dice just like any other monster or assign them as desired, just like any other monster. If you want it to be a smaller or younger dragon, then say it is smaller or younger. If you want it to have lesser abilities than others of its kind because it is younger, so be it. But I have found that using age categories for dragons as special snowflake monsters unlike all others is more trouble than its ever been worth.</p><p></p><p>So, _I_ give them standard abilities that vary somewhat by size (S, M, L), and AGE is something I consider <em>a factor</em> in determining what size it is, but when I start putting dragons up against PC's they are NOT going to be fighting a 2hp/die 5HD dragon that they can just subdue - they will face a <strong>legendary, feared, magical, biological death machine</strong> that is MAYBE nominally geared to be something they can defeat. And its actual age is generally irrelevant at that point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 7102749, member: 32740"] Why should age need to be a consideration? Is an orc older because it has 8 hit points instead of 4? Or is it just a bit bigger/tougher? Age should not need to be tied directly to hit dice/hit points per die or the like for dragons. Every other critter in the book does not make it a factor. Roll the hit points randomly by hit dice just like any other monster or assign them as desired, just like any other monster. If you want it to be a smaller or younger dragon, then say it is smaller or younger. If you want it to have lesser abilities than others of its kind because it is younger, so be it. But I have found that using age categories for dragons as special snowflake monsters unlike all others is more trouble than its ever been worth. So, _I_ give them standard abilities that vary somewhat by size (S, M, L), and AGE is something I consider [I]a factor[/I] in determining what size it is, but when I start putting dragons up against PC's they are NOT going to be fighting a 2hp/die 5HD dragon that they can just subdue - they will face a [B]legendary, feared, magical, biological death machine[/B] that is MAYBE nominally geared to be something they can defeat. And its actual age is generally irrelevant at that point. [/QUOTE]
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