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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Betrayor" data-source="post: 5862859" data-attributes="member: 95954">First of all the rules about advanced dragon from ELH are superseded from those in Draconomicon,there aren't really any big diiferences but the Draconomicon is 3.5....Second the advanced dragon only gives dragon hd,so class levels are entirely different from dragon racial hd......So a dragon's age category and other abilities are strictly derived from racial hit dice.....Class levels only give what they say in their description..... Now you ask why would an epic dragon take class levels instead of Racial dragon hit dice?First of all it is very difficult for a dragon to take more racial hit dice after he reaches Great Wyrm status,according to the draconomicon it would stay stable after  the 1200 year milestone until its twilight.....There are few ways to my knowledge for a dragon to take more racial hit dice,one of them is with a dragon totem and another is with an epic spell,there may be other ways but these are from the top of my head....So if a a dragon is allready a great wyrm and has not access to some of the ways to take racial hit dice and therefore virtual age categories, then its only choice if it wants to advance is to take class levels..... The important thing is to remember that the dragon's abilities are derived strictly  by its racial hit dice,so for example a Great Wyrm Red Dragon/Barbarian 10 would have Natural armor equal to classless Great Wyrm Red Dragon and its base attack and saves would increase according to the class and not the advanced Dragon Template....... If you have any more questions I would be happy to answer them....</blockquote>

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