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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ppward" data-source="post: 6955238" data-attributes="member: 15927">Hi all.I'm busy converting my 3.5e Night Below campaign to 5e at the moment and in it I have an adult Fang Dragon (not originally in Night Below). I wonder if you could look over my Draining Bite ability and let me know what you think. I've based it on the Weakening Breath weapon ability from an adult Gold dragon in the 5e MM pg. 114.  Draining Bite: An adult Fang Dragon does not have a breath weapon, but its bite drains Constitution. Any creature bitten by the Fang Dragon must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving throw or have disadvantage on Constitution-based attack rolls, Constitution checks, and Constitution saving throws for 1 minute. Any extra hit points gained by Constitution/level are lost. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.As the Fang Dragon isn't able to effect everyone in 60' cone with his bite like the Gold dragon can, I wonder if the Fang Dragon Draining bite ability as I've outlined above is too weak and if so what changes should I make to keep it balanced. Should I mimic the Shadow's ability from the MM pg. 269 which does necrotic damage, where the target's Strength score is reduced by 1d4 and the target dies if this reduces its Strength to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest?Many thanks for your time.</blockquote>