Converting True Dragons

[Shade]

I say give them full casting. Demon drakes sorcerer with a focus on illusions and enchantments

We also discussed some "warlocky" powers for them.

Also, we need to work in their unique spells in some manner.

 

[freyar]

I think I like converting the unique spells as spells, but I could be persuaded to switch them to unique SLAs. In any case, I think the warlocky stuff should be within the range of normal SLAs.

 

[Shade]

What "warlocky stuff" shall we use?

 

[freyar]

demiurge suggested "Ray of doom, beguiling voice, protection of the fiends, etc?" but you weren't too fond of those due to the fact that demon drakes aren't usually viscious in nature, just trouble-making. I own no warlock stuff, so I can't really make suggestions, but bestow curse might be a reasonable SLA at a late age category. Maybe things like hideous laughter, too, stuff that makes you lose actions.

 

[Shade]

Demiurge and RavinRay seemed most enthusiastic about "warlocky" abilities, so I'll wait for them to weigh in.

 

[RavinRay]

Okey-dokey, got a list of warlock invocations, looking for some annoying candidates and their spell equivalents if any.

• charm (4th) aka charm monster
• darkness (2nd) aka darkness
• hungry darkness (3rd) aka darkness filled with a bat swarm
• curse of despair (4th) aka bestow curse

And then there are invocations that transform the warlock's eldritch blast. Basically the blast is a 60-foot ray suffused with energy that hits on a successful ranged touch attack. If we choose such invocations, that means the demon drake could have a few SLA's that use rays. Possible choices are:

• beshadowed blast (4th), blinded for 1 round
• bewitching blast (4th), confused for 1 round
• sickening blast (2nd)

And here's a useful resource for warlock invocations.

 

[freyar]

I don't really get an "eldritch blast" vibe from these. Charm, Darkness, Bestow Curse all sound good as SLAs. Maybe hungry darkness, too, not sure.

 

[Shade]

Hmmm...the eldritch blast invocations listed don't seem particularly evil. Perhaps we could allow the demon drake to comingle some of those effects with its breath weapon a number of times each day?

That would give them a unique niche among dragonkind, eh?

 

[freyar]

Oooh, instead of some SLAs. I like that a lot, and I feel like there's precedent in some metabreath feats, too. Good call!

 

[RavinRay]

Actually, that sounds perfect! The demon drake should be able to enlarge its fire breath weapon 3/day via the equivalent of a metabreath feat, so we can add other enhancements.