Converting True Dragons

[RavinRay]

We can either give it the full-blown modify memory or just one application of it, namely the "Eliminate all memory of an event the subject actually experienced. This spell cannot negate charm, geas/quest, suggestion, or similar spells." part.

 

[JiCi]

For the breath weapon, may I suggest this ?

Breath Weapon (Su): A mithral dragon has one type of breath weapon, a line of searing silver light. Creature who fail their save are blinded for 1d6 hours.

and may I suggest these as an "upgrade" ?

- Furthermore, the light can dispel any darkness spell or effect as a caster level equal the dragon's HD (or sorcerer caster level)
*Note: I'm not sure if in the 2e edition, darkness spells could be countered by light spells and vice-versa. So please excuse my ignorance on this one.

OR

- Furthermore, any creature susceptible to silver, like lycanthropes or creatures with silver damage reduction, takes an additional +2 points of damage per age category.
*Note: It's raw silver light. I doubt a lycanthrope could really survive this kind of attack.

Again, I'm only proposing something to suitably upgrade this dragon, not to change it completely.

 

[freyar]

I could see potentially folding blinding into the breath weapon, but I like the half-fire, half-untyped damage. Could see what people think about countering darkness effects, too.

For the forget SLA, let's do a limited version of modify memory.

 

[RavinRay]

So half-fire, half-untyped damage (for which there is no immunity/resistance), and either being blinded or at the very least dazzled.

 

[Shade]

Sounds good. Updated.

*Can also cast cleric spells and those from the Air, x, and x domains as arcane spells. Suggestions?

Skills: x, x, and x are considered class skills for mithril dragons.

 

[freyar]

Sun and maybe Fire could fit.

Hide, Survival, and Tumble. Since they like to fly out of the sun to surprise opponents, we could mention that they have a bonus on Hide checks when backlit by the sun, or remind the DM to give a circumstance bonus, or something.

 

[RavinRay]

I'd go for Sun, not so much for Fire since it already has Air. Maybe Chaos or Trickery (since it has a sense of humor like the copper dragon). Or Travel (no dragon thus far has it AFAIK) since it likes to soar among the thermals.

 

[freyar]

I was thinking about Travel. Let's either do Travel or Trickery as the third one.

 

[Shade]

Let's go with Travel since it is underused by dragonkind.

Adult: conjure (fire) elemental once per day;

Modify one of these abilities from the brown dragon?

Summon Huge Air Elemental (Sp): Once per day, an old brown dragon can cast summon nature's ally VII to summon one Huge air elemental, 1d3 Large air elementals, or 1d4+1 air elementals of smaller size.

Summon Greater Air Elemental (Sp): Once per day, an ancient brown dragon can cast summon nature's ally VIII to summon one greater air elemental, 1d3 Huge air elementals, or 1d4+1 air elementals of smaller size.

 

[freyar]

That sounds right. Since it starts at adult, should it start with Large elementals?