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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7296068" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>Welcome Lennaire <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And congrats on taking your first steps toward DMing!</p><p></p><p>Templates in 5e are very very rare – there are only two in the Monster Manual: half-dragon and shadow dragon.</p><p></p><p>What you want to do is best done with a bit of experience under your belt first, but here are the basics...</p><p></p><p><strong>Ghost half-prismatic dragon half-elf sorceress</strong></p><p>1. You don't create monsters like you do PCs in 5e, so read the DMG and know the difference. However, you can give a creature a spellcaster level (often but not always equal to HD) and give it sorcerer spells known.</p><p>2. Once you have your half-elf sorceress NPC created, consider what features of a "prismatic dragon" you want her to have...for example, some kind of prismatic breath weapon. Use the half-dragon template as guidance, modifying as needed to model your idea of a "prismatic dragon."</p><p>3. Now you want to look at the ghost in the Monster Manual and apply its resistances & traits & possibly Possession ability to your half-dragon half-elf sorceress. </p><p>4. That should provide a solid basis for your monster, though I will usually take a final editing pass to eliminate/merge abilities I feel duplicate one another too much, make small edits, and sometimes add a unique power (or feat or magic item) that jumps out at me.</p><p>5. Type will probably be Undead. Then comes the tricky part about calculating its CR (also in the DMG), where you really benefit from experience with the system.</p><p></p><p><strong>Young Draconic Cambion</strong></p><p>I think you mean a half-dragon cambion? Half-dragons have no age category, so assuming that's what you mean... Take a cambion from the Monster Manual and apply the Half-Dragon template. Done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7296068, member: 20323"] Welcome Lennaire :) And congrats on taking your first steps toward DMing! Templates in 5e are very very rare – there are only two in the Monster Manual: half-dragon and shadow dragon. What you want to do is best done with a bit of experience under your belt first, but here are the basics... [B]Ghost half-prismatic dragon half-elf sorceress[/B] 1. You don't create monsters like you do PCs in 5e, so read the DMG and know the difference. However, you can give a creature a spellcaster level (often but not always equal to HD) and give it sorcerer spells known. 2. Once you have your half-elf sorceress NPC created, consider what features of a "prismatic dragon" you want her to have...for example, some kind of prismatic breath weapon. Use the half-dragon template as guidance, modifying as needed to model your idea of a "prismatic dragon." 3. Now you want to look at the ghost in the Monster Manual and apply its resistances & traits & possibly Possession ability to your half-dragon half-elf sorceress. 4. That should provide a solid basis for your monster, though I will usually take a final editing pass to eliminate/merge abilities I feel duplicate one another too much, make small edits, and sometimes add a unique power (or feat or magic item) that jumps out at me. 5. Type will probably be Undead. Then comes the tricky part about calculating its CR (also in the DMG), where you really benefit from experience with the system. [B]Young Draconic Cambion[/B] I think you mean a half-dragon cambion? Half-dragons have no age category, so assuming that's what you mean... Take a cambion from the Monster Manual and apply the Half-Dragon template. Done. [/QUOTE]
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