demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
CR 22 for the full spellcasting.
Converting Epic Level Creatures
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Shade
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Nope, not the last by a longshot.
It's OK for some of these to slide off the first page. I try not to have more than 10 conversion threads going at a time, as I find that it gets confusing to keep up with and folks tend to only respond to a few at a time. So this thread will be revisited once some of the others get some attention (like the Planescape thread that was just "reactivated").
It's OK for some of these to slide off the first page. I try not to have more than 10 conversion threads going at a time, as I find that it gets confusing to keep up with and folks tend to only respond to a few at a time. So this thread will be revisited once some of the others get some attention (like the Planescape thread that was just "reactivated").
Shade
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Grey Dragon
(Draco Nox Diabolus)
Frequency: Very rare
# App: 1
AC: -5 (-2)
Move: 15"/24"
Hit Dice: 12 (96 hit points)
% in Lair: 100%
Treasure Type: H, S, T, U
# Att: 5
Dmg/Att: 1-8/1-8/1-4/1-4/5-40
Special Attacks: See Below
Special Defenses: See Below
Magic Resistance: Standard
Intelligence: Low
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Size: L (48' long)
Psionics: Nil
Chance of Speaking: 25%
Chance of Magic Use: 75%
Chance of Sleeping: 10%
The grey dragon, Rahab, is hated by dragons as much as he is hated by all other creatures. The only living things around him are the men, dwarves, and goblins he has enslaved. He lives deep in a cavern in a remote mountain range and never ventures forth from it.
The grey dragon attacks with the usual claw/claw/bite routine but gets two additional swings with his claws because of his tremendous speed. The latter two claw attacks are at -1 "to hit" and do only 1-4 points of damage. Rahab's breath weapon is a gas cloud that affects all victims with its boundaries (2" + 2" + 3") as a super-powerful charm spell. Affected characters or creatures who fail their saving throw vs. breath weapon will never again attack Rahab or do him harm for as long as they live, or until the effect of the breath weapon is negated by a remove curse spell.
Those who enter the dragon's cavern will find nothing but a large mound of blackness, for Rahab is hidden by a form of continual darkness. The spell is not affected by anything save continual light, which will act as a light spell. In this darkness, Rahab has an armor class of -5. If the darkness is temporarly alleviated by the application of continual light, its armor class worsens to -2.
If adversaries come close enough to the dragon, or if Rahab advances toward his foes, the grey dragon may be able to envelop his opponents in this blackness, effectively blinding them. If he manages to do this Rahab receives a +5 bonus "to hit" on each character so affected. The dragon's own vision is sufficient to see under the darkness. The edge of the area of darkness is approximately three feet away from the dragon and surrounds him totally.
The dragon can cast two magic-user spells per day, but can use no spell of higher than third level.
Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #62 (1982).
(Draco Nox Diabolus)
Frequency: Very rare
# App: 1
AC: -5 (-2)
Move: 15"/24"
Hit Dice: 12 (96 hit points)
% in Lair: 100%
Treasure Type: H, S, T, U
# Att: 5
Dmg/Att: 1-8/1-8/1-4/1-4/5-40
Special Attacks: See Below
Special Defenses: See Below
Magic Resistance: Standard
Intelligence: Low
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Size: L (48' long)
Psionics: Nil
Chance of Speaking: 25%
Chance of Magic Use: 75%
Chance of Sleeping: 10%
The grey dragon, Rahab, is hated by dragons as much as he is hated by all other creatures. The only living things around him are the men, dwarves, and goblins he has enslaved. He lives deep in a cavern in a remote mountain range and never ventures forth from it.
The grey dragon attacks with the usual claw/claw/bite routine but gets two additional swings with his claws because of his tremendous speed. The latter two claw attacks are at -1 "to hit" and do only 1-4 points of damage. Rahab's breath weapon is a gas cloud that affects all victims with its boundaries (2" + 2" + 3") as a super-powerful charm spell. Affected characters or creatures who fail their saving throw vs. breath weapon will never again attack Rahab or do him harm for as long as they live, or until the effect of the breath weapon is negated by a remove curse spell.
Those who enter the dragon's cavern will find nothing but a large mound of blackness, for Rahab is hidden by a form of continual darkness. The spell is not affected by anything save continual light, which will act as a light spell. In this darkness, Rahab has an armor class of -5. If the darkness is temporarly alleviated by the application of continual light, its armor class worsens to -2.
If adversaries come close enough to the dragon, or if Rahab advances toward his foes, the grey dragon may be able to envelop his opponents in this blackness, effectively blinding them. If he manages to do this Rahab receives a +5 bonus "to hit" on each character so affected. The dragon's own vision is sufficient to see under the darkness. The edge of the area of darkness is approximately three feet away from the dragon and surrounds him totally.
The dragon can cast two magic-user spells per day, but can use no spell of higher than third level.
Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #62 (1982).
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
He reads like he should be somewhat epic, but then his powers don't seem so great. Let's give him a little boost, shall we?
First off, what's the story on this guy? Some sort of mutated true dragon or something else?
demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
He... doesn't have one. The text Shade gives is all of it. We should make one up!
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
That's kind of sad. I expect more from Dragon magazine, really. 
The charming breath is reminiscent of metallic dragons, kind of, while the darkness (and color) fits a black dragon. Maybe he's a unique half-black/half-brass or something. Some failed experiment of Tiamat, perhaps? He's a bit large for 21 HD, but that's ok...
The charming breath is reminiscent of metallic dragons, kind of, while the darkness (and color) fits a black dragon. Maybe he's a unique half-black/half-brass or something. Some failed experiment of Tiamat, perhaps? He's a bit large for 21 HD, but that's ok...
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