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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aleolus" data-source="post: 3931293" data-attributes="member: 53423">Ok, a friend of mine told me about this that he had written up for a Palladium game/systen, and I thought it sounded really good. So, I got his permission, converted it to 3.5, and now I'm posting it here for you all to critique and evaluate! It's the Draconaraei, a type of dragon. He originally had it as a class Dragons could take apparently, but I thought it would work better as a template.DraconaraeiThis template can be applied to any true dragon of adult age or older.Hit Dice: UnchangedSize and type: UnchangedAttacks: Same as base creatureFull attack: Same as base creatureSpecial Attacks: DragonsapSpecial Qualities: Dragonfoe; immortality; DR 10/-; Power UpAbilities: Str +2, Con +2, Int +2, Wis +2, Cha +2Alignment: Any evilAdvancement: Same as base creatureDragonsap (Ex): Whenever a Draconaraei succeeds on a bite attack against an adult or older dragon, the target must make a Fortitude save (DC 10+the Draconaraei's Con modifier+1/2 the Draconaraei's HD) or gain a negative HD. This reduces their HP total, saving throws, and BAB as though they were one HD lower than they actually are. If a dragon with class levels fails this saving throw, he gains a negative level.Immortality: A Draconaraei does not age, and will not die from old age, regardless of how long they live. They can still be killed by being dealt hit point damage, and continue to acquire hit die as normal.Dragonfoe: Dragons revile and despise Draconaraei with a passion. Any dragon who sees a draconaraei, regardless of the form the draconaraei is in at the time, automatically recognizes it for what it is. By the same token, a Draconaraei who sees a dragon, regardless of the form the dragon is in, automatically recognizes it as a dragon.Power up (Ex): Draconaraei do not just gain power in the usual way, as most dragons do. They also can drain the power out of their foes and put it to their own use. Whenever a Draconaraei kills a dragon, be it from his bite attack, or from bestowing negative levels, the Draconaraei gains all supernatural and spell-like abilities of that dragon, as well as the ability to utilize its breath weapon, in addition to their native one.  They also gain the killed dragon's energy immunity, but not it's vulnerability, if it had one.Draconaraei are akin to vampires, in that they feed off of other living creatures, namely, dragons. However, while a vampire feeds by drinking the blood of its victim, Draconaraei actually feed off of their victims life force itself, absorbing it into themselves. Because of this, only the most vile and evil of dragons ever become Draconaraei, and those who do are hunted for the entirety of their existence. Draconaraei are very powerful, but also very hated. All dragons, regardless of color, revile Draconaraei. If rumor comes to a dragon of the existence of a Draconaraei somewhere nearby, they will gather together all of their dragon-kin, regardless of color, hunt it down, and kill it. This is the only thing that can get metallic and chromatic dragons to willingly work together, is the presence of a Draconaraei.However, dragons are also very unforgiving when it comes to false reports of Draconaraei. If a dragon hears a rumor about a Draconaraei being around, and they turn out not to be true, they will hunt down the person or being responsible for starting that rumor, and quite literally torture him, body and soul, until their is nothing left to torture. This is due entirely to the fact that all dragons are of the irrevocable opinion that anyone who would spread tales of Draconaraei, and in so doing tempt vile dragons into becoming one, are to tainted to even be considered food, and should be destroyed before they risk increasing their foes ranks any further.</blockquote>

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