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Had to go Elric. Gloomy whining all the way.

Hah! No thanks. I've got enough work ahead of me just doing the metallic dragons. The PCs in the high-level game I run have encountered chromatics (most notably red) and metallics (pretty much all), but no Gem or Lung dragons, though both types exist on my world. So right now I'm only doing...

I wouldn't allow a half-nymph either. As for a Drow/Orc crossbreed ... Hmm. Firstly, we note from the FRCS that a Half-Drow (half-human) is the same as a Half-Elf (half human) except with darkvision. So a Drow/Orc would be the same as an Elf/Orc, but with Darkvision. Now what does an Elf/Orc...

What? How'd you know I was procrastinating? Tomorrow, I pr- ... Oh. Reversed skill points, right. You were talking about you. Heh. Sure, I'd love a copy. Just go ahead and email it. [Edit: Hmm, the email button doesn't allow attachments - hadn't noticed that. My address is...

Agreed.

Right, for creature advancement. But dragons only follow the rules for creature advancement within any given age category. Dragons of different age categories are treated by the MM as if they were different creatures entirely. Incidentally, I agree that WotC was probably just being lazy and...

Believe it or not, Hide. And Move Silently, for that matter. I was amazed to how many dragons I gave these skills. Of course, I think all of the Chromatics (with the exception of the Red) are described as lying in wait and ambushing. Blacks lie buried in the swamp and flee to hide when they...

No problem. Just trying to be helpful.

Well, if you're interested, you can look here for some of what I've done so far. I've got Black, Blue, Green, and Red dragons posted there, with Feats, Skills, and Spell selections. I've also got White done, but I haven't posted it and don't plan to, since my website is more or less in hiatus...

Hmm. Maybe it really *is* made of apricot jam. A giant ball of apricot jam that's on fire. But only the surface (skin of slightly hardened apricot jam? skim?) is actually on fire. So when it moves into the same square as you, it engulfs you completely, and you take damage from passing...

Very nice. I'd heard of the character generator, but I didn't know you had one for dragons. And here I was doing it by hand (the very reason I started this thread!). Might I ask how you select skills and feats for the dragons? As far as I can tell from preliminary investigation, it looks...

Yes, that's exactly how true seeing works. You probably already knew that, but the way you phrased your post ("I said that ...") implied that you were making a house rule. So I'm mentioning it just in case. Off-hand attacks get half your Strength bonus to damage. The bonus to attack is still...

Your interpretation is exactly what I *wanted* the MM to say, and what I could not in good conscience rule that it said. The text reads "All dragons start with 6 skill points per Hit Die, plus bonus points equal to Intelligence modifier X HD". So an Ancient white dragon (30 HD, Int mod +2) has...

Corwyn, Improved Critical does double the original threat range, yes. In the case of a Rapier, the original threat range is 18-20, or three points. Thus, Improved Critical lowers it by an additional three points to 15-20.

Well, spikes is "as brambles", which states the following: While the Target is only "wooden weapon touched", the spell implies that the weapon must be of type Bludgeoning. Of course, out of the PHB and DotF, I don't think there exist any wooden weapons that aren't Bludgeoning. Of course...

Try the two sections on page 151. Don't know if this really helps, but it's as much as I can find in the PHB right now.

Ah, so Greyhawk does indeed use the same "full" racial pantheons as FR and other settings - or perhaps more accurately they use the same racial pantheons as Greyhawk. Interesting that I've never heard of some of those gods, though - they must never have made it into the non-Greyhawk material.

I just did a little math, and as near as I can figure, your party level comes out to about 8.5. Keeping in mind that dragons are a bit tougher than their CR would indicate, a juvenile red (CR 9) should prove somewhat tougher than a normal random encounter, but nothing they can't handle. A...

With five 7th-level characters, two 6ths, and a 4th-level cohort, you've got very nearly a 9th-level party (equivalent). A juvenile red dragon is only CR 9. Personally, I'd be worried about underwhelming them. A young adult seems like a better choice to me. On the other hand, I'm used to...

Hmm, I'm just jumping all over the place today, aren't I? Upon considering the implications of everything I've said here so far, and upon realizing that I seem to have contradicted myself several times, I have to go back and agree with Thanee. Armed and Melee attacks are indeed two different...