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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 7143862" data-attributes="member: 12377">Hey Ryuujin! I'm very interested to hear about any adjustments you've made to dragon PCs! Please share in detail! Any other things you've learned about adventuring with dragons would surely be welcome too.To address the OP's questions directly:This is kind of a setting issue. It the default assumed setting (which I guess is the Forgotten Realms) most nobles would probably be excited to have such an exotic guest at a ball. Faerun has plenty of examples of socially-active dragons; in a way, it's no different than inviting high-level elven sorcerers to the ball.Polymorphing into human form is also a good solution here. The more I think about it, the more I think that all dragon PCs should be able to polymorph into human form, just for convenience.One solution: Any magic item that is safely stashed in your lair works as though you were wearing it. This encourages dragons to hoard magic items in a cave somewhere.Polymorphing is a solution. Also, most dungeons nowadays are 10-foot corridors. Even a huge creature can squeeze through there. Furthermore, by the time a dragon reaches huge size, their allies should be able to provide teleportation, etc. Finally, magic items could make up the gap here -- give the dragon an item that lets them teleport to their allies 3/day, for example, that's not very abusable.I give some examples of this in the document I linked. Short version -- you are a very eccentric dragon.Actually I don't like this part. In my class, I start with a weak version of Young Adult and advance through to a strong version of Young Adult (or possibly a weak Adult based on final size). I think physical size is one of the few things that can't be abstracted away as &quot;just numbers.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="77IM, post: 7143862, member: 12377"] Hey Ryuujin! I'm very interested to hear about any adjustments you've made to dragon PCs! Please share in detail! Any other things you've learned about adventuring with dragons would surely be welcome too. To address the OP's questions directly: This is kind of a setting issue. It the default assumed setting (which I guess is the Forgotten Realms) most nobles would probably be excited to have such an exotic guest at a ball. Faerun has plenty of examples of socially-active dragons; in a way, it's no different than inviting high-level elven sorcerers to the ball. Polymorphing into human form is also a good solution here. The more I think about it, the more I think that all dragon PCs should be able to polymorph into human form, just for convenience. One solution: Any magic item that is safely stashed in your lair works as though you were wearing it. This encourages dragons to hoard magic items in a cave somewhere. Polymorphing is a solution. Also, most dungeons nowadays are 10-foot corridors. Even a huge creature can squeeze through there. Furthermore, by the time a dragon reaches huge size, their allies should be able to provide teleportation, etc. Finally, magic items could make up the gap here -- give the dragon an item that lets them teleport to their allies 3/day, for example, that's not very abusable. I give some examples of this in the document I linked. Short version -- you are a very eccentric dragon. Actually I don't like this part. In my class, I start with a weak version of Young Adult and advance through to a strong version of Young Adult (or possibly a weak Adult based on final size). I think physical size is one of the few things that can't be abstracted away as "just numbers." [/QUOTE]

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