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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8873307" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Let's see, those are Battle Master abilities I believe…</p><p></p><p>…and 5Esrd.com doesn't have the Battle Master…</p><p></p><p>…so I turned to a Wiki for the <strong><a href="http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/fighter:battle-master:maneuvers" target="_blank">Battle Master Maneuvers</a></strong>.</p><p></p><p>Hmm, well I can see a few issues.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, if it isn't in 5Esrd.com that suggests the Battle Master is not SRD, so I'd rather avoid using it in favour of an SRD ability.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, those both use superiority dice so we'd have to either add a superiority dice mechanism to the Dragon Warriors or have it work like superiority but be a bit simpler. Having them be Recharge would be the easiest approach.</p><p></p><p>Thirdly, both of those abilities do damage and the DPR ranges of the Dragon Warriors I've statted are very narrow. Only a few more points of damage can nudge a Warrior up a Challenge Rating and I (a) kind of like the CRs they're at and (b) would have to refigure all the Warriors so their statistics match their new CRs without messing up the order.</p><p></p><p>If you want a Battle Master modelled ability, a non-damaging one would be better.</p><p></p><p>So something like <strong>Menacing Attack</strong> or <strong>Pushing Attack</strong> might work, but neither of those are Reactions.</p><p></p><p>Hmm… I wouldn't mind something like <strong>Menacing Attack</strong> as a Bonus Action though. It'd thematically tie into Dragon Fear.</p><p></p><p>Another idea I've had is to give them a Riposte Reaction that allows them to use their <em><strong>Flashing Blade</strong></em> Bonus Action to attack a creature that makes a melee attack against them, possibly with advantage if the creature missed the Dragon Warrior.</p><p></p><p>As listed, that option would only be open to the Bronze, Gold and Silver Warriors since they're the only Dragon Warriors with <em><strong>Flashing Blade</strong></em> (I added it so those DWs have three melee attacks per round without them all being in <em><strong>Multiattack</strong></em>).</p><p></p><p>We could get around that by only granting the Bronze, Gold and Silver <em><strong>Multiattack</strong></em> and giving ALL Dragon Warriors <em><strong>Flashing Blade</strong></em> but I don't much care for the idea of a DW without <em><strong>Multiattack</strong></em>.</p><p></p><p>…and I just noticed the <strong><a href="https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8867446" target="_blank">Dragon Warriors</a></strong>' current draft calls that Bonus Action extra attack <em><strong>Flashing Steel</strong></em> not <em><strong>Flashing Blade</strong></em>. I remember going back and forth on what to call it multiple times.</p><p></p><p>Since the sword is made out dragonscales rather than metal I prefer Blade, plus it's got a nicer ring to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8873307, member: 57383"] Let's see, those are Battle Master abilities I believe… …and 5Esrd.com doesn't have the Battle Master… …so I turned to a Wiki for the [b][URL='http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/fighter:battle-master:maneuvers']Battle Master Maneuvers[/URL][/B]. Hmm, well I can see a few issues. Firstly, if it isn't in 5Esrd.com that suggests the Battle Master is not SRD, so I'd rather avoid using it in favour of an SRD ability. Secondly, those both use superiority dice so we'd have to either add a superiority dice mechanism to the Dragon Warriors or have it work like superiority but be a bit simpler. Having them be Recharge would be the easiest approach. Thirdly, both of those abilities do damage and the DPR ranges of the Dragon Warriors I've statted are very narrow. Only a few more points of damage can nudge a Warrior up a Challenge Rating and I (a) kind of like the CRs they're at and (b) would have to refigure all the Warriors so their statistics match their new CRs without messing up the order. If you want a Battle Master modelled ability, a non-damaging one would be better. So something like [b]Menacing Attack[/b] or [b]Pushing Attack[/b] might work, but neither of those are Reactions. Hmm… I wouldn't mind something like [b]Menacing Attack[/b] as a Bonus Action though. It'd thematically tie into Dragon Fear. Another idea I've had is to give them a Riposte Reaction that allows them to use their [I][B]Flashing Blade[/B][/I] Bonus Action to attack a creature that makes a melee attack against them, possibly with advantage if the creature missed the Dragon Warrior. As listed, that option would only be open to the Bronze, Gold and Silver Warriors since they're the only Dragon Warriors with [I][B]Flashing Blade[/B][/I] (I added it so those DWs have three melee attacks per round without them all being in [I][B]Multiattack[/B][/I]). We could get around that by only granting the Bronze, Gold and Silver [I][B]Multiattack[/B][/I] and giving ALL Dragon Warriors [I][B]Flashing Blade[/B][/I] but I don't much care for the idea of a DW without [I][B]Multiattack[/B][/I]. …and I just noticed the [B][URL='https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8867446']Dragon Warriors[/URL][/B]' current draft calls that Bonus Action extra attack [I][B]Flashing Steel[/B][/I] not [I][B]Flashing Blade[/B][/I]. I remember going back and forth on what to call it multiple times. Since the sword is made out dragonscales rather than metal I prefer Blade, plus it's got a nicer ring to it. [/QUOTE]
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