Converting True Dragons

[RavinRay]

I agree with all three, I'm just curious how we can word the last one.

(With the sidebar on draconic evolution, it's feasible to re-classify the night dragon not as a true dragon, but a lesser dragon that happens to share the same age categories as true dragons—the sea serpents in Dragon Magazine come to mind—although it ages faster, like the rattelyr.)

 

[freyar]

JiCi had a nice idea to give them light sensitivity based on "If strong light is used by its opponent(s), the dragon will be at a slight disadvantage (-1 "to hit" on all of its attacks, including its breath weapon)."

I like shadow blend.

Teamwork (Ex): Night dragons receive double the normal bonus from flanking, X, X.

 

[freyar]

Anyone have thoughts of what other teamwork this should get double benefits from?

 

[Shade]

Anyone have thoughts of what other teamwork this should get double benefits from?

Looking at some feats with similar flavor: additional damage, the ability to flank things that can't normally be flanked, improved dodge bonuses for the flanker.

 

[freyar]

Well, these aren't that powerful for dragons, so I say we give them all of that! For the extra damage, maybe +1d6 for each night dragon within 30 ft or something?

 

[Shade]

Updated.

The beast's quiet movement and the ability to stand perfectly still when approached provide it excellent cover.

Hide in plain sight?

Hide and Move Silently as class skills? Maybe Bluff as the third skill?

 

[freyar]

I like those suggestions. This is starting to become more like a dragon! Anything else we can add? Something about the "group breath weapon" mentioned in the "pack hunting" paragraph?

Group Breath Weapon (Su): If three or more night dragons use their breath weapons simultaneously in such a way that their breath weapon lines intersect at a single point, the breath weapons instead form a spherical area with radius equal to half the length of the breath weapon of the eldest night dragon participating. Creatures within this area take damage as from the sum of the dragons' breath weapons (Ref save for half at the DC of the eldest night dragon's DC). The group breath weapon does not cause blindness.

 

[Shade]

I like it!

 

[freyar]

Oh, good! Just realized that we should say that the "spherical area" should be "spherical region" and that it should be "centered at the point of intersection."

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Breath weapon damage 1d8/age category? Do we want it to still deal greater damage at night/in darkness?