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I didn't realize it was out yet. I will have to watch this week.

That would be fine I guess but we replaced the Cant with "Voices of Nature" (allowed the Scout to identify, mimic, and communicate with animal calls), we replaced Thieves tools with "Forager's Tools" (aid in identifying, foraging, and preparing herbs and natural ingredients to make poultices -...

W used a rogue scout as a spelless ranger

Depending on how far you want to go, just eliminate caster classes (or just full caster) / subclasses and then offer a few new non-magic classes. I don't see any need to rebalance existing ones. If you want a low-magic you just have few classes. I mean there is reason the One Ring doesn't a...

I moved the cleanse to a trait like I had for the other dragons. Draconic Recovery. On its initiative count (losing initiative ties), the dragon ends one negative effect or condition on itself, even if it has the Incapacitated or Unconscious conditions.

3/Rest I believe, but valid point. IMO it demonstrates that it is a choice the dragon makes.

I understand what you are say. However, for me, it is a trait that as flavor to the dragon. It tells a story about this dragon. This dragon wants smash you between its claws and tear you apart with its teeth and it will sacrifice its body to do that.

That is to gamist for me and I feel that it is easy for a DM to add if they want to do that. To me, that is advice that belongs in the DMG not in the monster statblock. To be clear, this is ability of this dragon, not all dragons. Its whole point is being a nemesis to caster. Caster can still...

Thank you for the comments! I have no idea why I did that way - I don't remember. It doesn't make sense to me now that I look at again, but I has some idea when I wrote it. Regardless I think you are correct and I plan to change it (unless I remember why I did it!) Yep, that is actually a...

They may also be updating some of those monsters. That book came out a while ago IIRC.

Thank you as always for your thoughts. I do want to say that what I showed was not what I consider a typical dragon. I had particular ideas I wanted to express in this version of white dragon. Here are my first pass reactions: That is probably a good idea. Most of the dragons will have a...

Yep, I read about them on KB's blog a few years ago.

Let me know how it works for you.

Ok, @evilbob, @Stalker0, @Reynard, and @Matrix Sorcica here is a revised take that leans into Legendary style actions, removing no legendary actions from the design. I tried this out in some deity (avatar) statblocks a while back and then stopped using it. I think it is time to bring it back!

In my forthcoming love letter to Tiamat (64 page PDF), my initial pass had her broken down into 7 stat blocks: 5 heads, body, tail. I have moved away from that (switched her statblock to my deity rules and made her 3 statblocks), but it is a decent idea. It harkens back to the OG 1e MM.

I am going to post this in my Legendary Monster thread, but since you summoned me here, what do you think about this option. Here all the dragon's actions are legendary style actions. I started using this approach with my deity avatar stat blocks a year or two ago, but now I think it just might...