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4e did have some neat elements I wish the designers could have incorporated into 3.5, rather than hold out so they have another area to criticize 3e over. For instance, the monsters feel much more streamlined and less bloated (in terms of stat blocks). There was also the issue of monsters...

I liked the way they redesigned the way monsters worked in 4e. At least higher lv foes aren't just large+ spellcasters pretending to wear armour and wield weapons. Though this only works because PCs no longer have as many options at their disposal. :p

Correct, its creator must be a mindflayer.

Metamagic feats + spells which still remain useful at higher lvs, such as slow, glitterdust and ray of enfeeblement. If you need extra skills, consider taking martial study to add class skills. Tumble and diplomacy are particularly attractive, and you can just afford them as a human sorc with...

Now how did I ever forget entangling breath? :p If I am reading it right, it entangles for no save so long as your foes take damage. But 3d6 doesn't seem like a lot of damage, and fire resistance can easily block it all out (not forgetting damage is halved, and the possibility of successful...

Lv3: haste, slow. Fun for the whole party and unfun for all the foes. Plus, slow continues to be useful even at higher lvs (when heightened) since many enemies continue to have poor will saves, and there are no known immunities to it.

What I meant was that you would first use point buy to determine its base stats, then add the dragon's stat mods on top of it. For example, a young brass dragon gets +4str, +4con, +2int/wis/cha. Say with 28 point buy, I give it str/dex/con/int 14 and wis/cha10. It ends up with str18, dex14...

Few things to note about dragon PCs. 1) As PCs (or cohorts), you are expected to use the same stat generation method as the rest of your players (be it rolling or point buy) and allow them access to gear as a PC. If you ran the dragon right out of the MM, this means its stats would be way...

I would focus on its sleep breath weapon. Maybe give it ability focus and perhaps heighten breath. The key is to crank up its DC high enough to affect at least 1-2 foes (to justify being able to use it only 1/encounter). Perhaps shape breath to make it easier to aim. Try to boost its con as well.

You can use summons to tank for you. I have heard of other people claiming that their malconvoker wizards made better tanks than fighters could ever be (for example, they could summon huge centipedes to grapple the foes or wolves to trip).

Duelward (5th lv spell, spell compendium) lets you counterspell as an immediate action. Probably one of the few times counterspelling is worth it.

It's a weapon property in Underdark. On a crit, the weapon extracts the enemy's brain, killing him unless he makes a fort21 save. Certain creature types are immune. Essentially a vorpal variant. :)

They would be tracked separately. So he has to make a dc15 fort save vs massive damage, and whatever save your devastating crit is pegged at.

Throw in improved trip and high-sword-low-axe and you are easily making 6 attacks for every 1 time you are attacked. :lol:

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If you are looking for guidelines to calculate your own monster's cr, then you are out of luck. Your best bet is to compare its stats to existing monsters and ad-hoc it from there. Perhaps you can post your creation here and let us take a look? :)

Subraces? Bah! Give me Savage Species 4.0, wotc. :mad:

The spell however, does not require a save, which can be problematic when replicated via limited wish (thereby working around the long casting time). Combined with arcane reach, what you have is a 7th lv spell which can potentially disable a foe without need for a save and turn it to your side...

Yes, they are attacks like anything else involving an attack roll. I would say no, since I rule that sneak attack damage is dealt in the same window as your normal damage, while the flat footed condition is applied after damage is dealt. Sneak attack would be "resolved" when your attack hits...

On a side note, does cr17 seem reasonable for a 26HD dragon turtle? Its attacks don't really do much damage and it lacks special attacks. Though I suppose you could give it those draconomicon feats to grant it sr, frightful presence, rend and snatch. For the same cr, you seem to get a stronger...