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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 9420996" data-attributes="member: 5889">Its true, but on the other hand it would be a lot more consistent to the CR math to have a dragon with a breath, and then a 2nd breath on bloodied rather than the die roll we get now.Right now you actually can get 3 types of dragon encounters, if you go for &quot;optimized damage&quot;. Now since the dragon's breath is very lopsided damage wise in CR calculations, that's actually a HUGE swing. (The 3 rends do 81 dmg, and the breath does 154 for &quot;effective CR&quot; purposes, plus a base of 81 dmg from reaction rends. So each round of breath is 235 dmg, and each round of rend is 162)44% of the time you get a Dragon with 1 breath, and 2 rounds of attacks. (186 dmg, CR23)44% of the time you get a Dragon with 2 breaths, and 1 round of attack. (210 dmg, CR24)12% of the time you get a Dragon with 3 breath, and 0 rounds of attack. (235 dmg, CR26)Where is if you went with a dragon that doesn't recharge its breath through a roll, and only does it on bloodied, then you would get a consistent &quot;2 breath&quot; model for your CR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 9420996, member: 5889"] Its true, but on the other hand it would be a lot more consistent to the CR math to have a dragon with a breath, and then a 2nd breath on bloodied rather than the die roll we get now. Right now you actually can get 3 types of dragon encounters, if you go for "optimized damage". Now since the dragon's breath is very lopsided damage wise in CR calculations, that's actually a HUGE swing. (The 3 rends do 81 dmg, and the breath does 154 for "effective CR" purposes, plus a base of 81 dmg from reaction rends. So each round of breath is 235 dmg, and each round of rend is 162) 44% of the time you get a Dragon with 1 breath, and 2 rounds of attacks. (186 dmg, CR23) 44% of the time you get a Dragon with 2 breaths, and 1 round of attack. (210 dmg, CR24) 12% of the time you get a Dragon with 3 breath, and 0 rounds of attack. (235 dmg, CR26) Where is if you went with a dragon that doesn't recharge its breath through a roll, and only does it on bloodied, then you would get a consistent "2 breath" model for your CR [/QUOTE]

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