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<blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 8081876" data-attributes="member: 83242">It is just a thought exercise at this point. The CR jump should 7.&nbsp; So that would leave the higher CR dragon a little stronger than the mythic dragon 7 CR below. Here is a comparison:Mythic CR 22 dragon:XP = 82,000 (effective)HP 490 X 2 = 980 (effective)DPR = 160Legendary CR 29 dragon:XP = 135,000HP = 805DPR = 304The mythic dragon has 22% more HP, but the Legendary dragon has 90% more DPR.&nbsp; The thought was to spend that DPR budget to give the higher CR dragon slighly more HP and higher AC then the mythic version, along with better attack bonuses. I haven't tried it yet so I don't know if it works.&nbsp; I was just a quick thought experiment to provide a different type of advancement.&nbsp; The easier thing to do is just increase CR or mythic stages, but I like to try new things out and see what works.That is fine. Everyone has there thing.&nbsp; However, this is indead how dragons were potrayed in basic D&amp;D (BECMI) from 1983 - 1994. There were the dragon &quot;rulers&quot; and the Great Dragon.&nbsp; They had abilities like gods (&quot;Immortals&quot; in BECMI), but they were a separate thing.&nbsp; Now some gods / immortals took the shape of a dragon, but they were gods, not true dragons.&nbsp; Just wanted to clarify that I that my choice stems from nostalgia for the D&amp;D I grew up with, not some made up whimsy.&nbsp; FYI, It is also reminiscent of many Asian mythologies with power dragon rulers who are god-like, but not actually gods.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dave2008, post: 8081876, member: 83242"] It is just a thought exercise at this point. The CR jump should 7. So that would leave the higher CR dragon a little stronger than the mythic dragon 7 CR below. Here is a comparison: [B][U]Mythic CR 22 dragon:[/U][/B] XP = 82,000 (effective) HP 490 X 2 = 980 (effective) DPR = 160 [B][U]Legendary CR 29 dragon:[/U][/B] XP = 135,000 HP = 805 DPR = 304 The mythic dragon has 22% more HP, but the Legendary dragon has 90% more DPR. The thought was to spend that DPR budget to give the higher CR dragon slighly more HP and higher AC then the mythic version, along with better attack bonuses. I haven't tried it yet so I don't know if it works. I was just a quick thought experiment to provide a different type of advancement. The easier thing to do is just increase CR or mythic stages, but I like to try new things out and see what works. That is fine. Everyone has there thing. However, this is indead how dragons were potrayed in basic D&D (BECMI) from 1983 - 1994. There were the dragon "rulers" and the Great Dragon. They had abilities like gods ("Immortals" in BECMI), but they were a separate thing. Now some gods / immortals took the shape of a dragon, but they were gods, not true dragons. Just wanted to clarify that I that my choice stems from nostalgia for the D&D I grew up with, not some made up whimsy. FYI, It is also reminiscent of many Asian mythologies with power dragon rulers who are god-like, but not actually gods. [/QUOTE]

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