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<blockquote data-quote="Everwho" data-source="post: 5848633" data-attributes="member: 6689431"><p><strong>Draconic Legacy CRs: a solution for 1st level</strong></p><p></p><p>A lot of the reviews for <em>Children of Wyrms</em> have touched on the lack of ability to play these characters at 1st level due to the CR adjustments. As such, I have something of a "fix" for that. It's not perfect, but I think it might do...</p><p></p><p>Basically, take all the special qualities of each template and put them in a pool. The player creating the character then chooses <strong>two</strong> of these qualities/abilities for his character, replacing the two traits she'd normally get at first level. This means that each template has a decreasing trait pool to choose from as it gets further away from the draconic ancestor. The individual trait pools would looks like this:</p><p></p><p><strong>Legacy Half-Dragon trait Pool</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">+4 natural AC</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ability adjustments</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">immunity to sleep and paralysis</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">immunity to energy of the same type as draconic breath weapon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">wings (fly speed)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">claw attacks</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">breath weapon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">fast flight (Req: wings, gold legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">fog vision (Req: silver legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">graceful flight (Req: wings, silver legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">luck (Req: gold legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">paralyzing breath (Req: breath weapon, silver legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">repulsion breath (Req: breath weapon, bronze legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">water breathing (Req: bronze legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">weakening breath (Req: breath weapon, gold legacy)<br /> <br /> <strong>Quarter-Dragon trait Pool</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">+3 natural AC</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ability adjustments</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">immunity to sleep and paralysis</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">immunity to energy of the same type as draconic breath weapon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">wings (glide speed)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">claw attacks</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">breath weapon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">fog vision (Req: silver legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">luck (Req: gold legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">water breathing (Req: bronze legacy)<br /> <br /> <strong>Greater Draconic Legacy trait Pool</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">+1 natural AC</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ability adjustments</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">+2 to sleep and paralysis and energy of the same type as draconic breath weapon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">claw attacks</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">breath weapon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">fog vision (Req: silver legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">luck (Req: gold legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">water breathing (Req: bronze legacy)<br /> <br /> <strong>Lesser Draconic Legacy trait Pool</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ability adjustments</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">claw attacks</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">fog vision (Req: silver legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">luck (Req: gold legacy)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">water breathing (Req: bronze legacy)</li> </ul><p>Otherwise, all templates are applied as normal. Additional abilities may be purchased via the feat, "Additional Traits." While this does eliminate the "fading draconic power" theme the templates are meant to represent (basically each generation being weaker than the one before it), it does even the playing field a bit and should allow for a more "balanced" PC at first level. I also don't see why this method couldn't be applied to any creature, race or template that carries a CR adjustment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Everwho, post: 5848633, member: 6689431"] [b]Draconic Legacy CRs: a solution for 1st level[/b] A lot of the reviews for [i]Children of Wyrms[/i] have touched on the lack of ability to play these characters at 1st level due to the CR adjustments. As such, I have something of a "fix" for that. It's not perfect, but I think it might do... Basically, take all the special qualities of each template and put them in a pool. The player creating the character then chooses [b]two[/b] of these qualities/abilities for his character, replacing the two traits she'd normally get at first level. This means that each template has a decreasing trait pool to choose from as it gets further away from the draconic ancestor. The individual trait pools would looks like this: [b]Legacy Half-Dragon trait Pool[/b] [list][*]+4 natural AC [*]ability adjustments [*]immunity to sleep and paralysis [*]immunity to energy of the same type as draconic breath weapon [*]wings (fly speed) [*]claw attacks [*]breath weapon [*]fast flight (Req: wings, gold legacy) [*]fog vision (Req: silver legacy) [*]graceful flight (Req: wings, silver legacy) [*]luck (Req: gold legacy) [*]paralyzing breath (Req: breath weapon, silver legacy) [*]repulsion breath (Req: breath weapon, bronze legacy) [*]water breathing (Req: bronze legacy) [*]weakening breath (Req: breath weapon, gold legacy) [b]Quarter-Dragon trait Pool[/b] [*]+3 natural AC [*]ability adjustments [*]immunity to sleep and paralysis [*]immunity to energy of the same type as draconic breath weapon [*]wings (glide speed) [*]claw attacks [*]breath weapon [*]fog vision (Req: silver legacy) [*]luck (Req: gold legacy) [*]water breathing (Req: bronze legacy) [b]Greater Draconic Legacy trait Pool[/b] [*]+1 natural AC [*]ability adjustments [*]+2 to sleep and paralysis and energy of the same type as draconic breath weapon [*]claw attacks [*]breath weapon [*]fog vision (Req: silver legacy) [*]luck (Req: gold legacy) [*]water breathing (Req: bronze legacy) [b]Lesser Draconic Legacy trait Pool[/b] [*]ability adjustments [*]claw attacks [*]fog vision (Req: silver legacy) [*]luck (Req: gold legacy) [*]water breathing (Req: bronze legacy)[/list] Otherwise, all templates are applied as normal. Additional abilities may be purchased via the feat, "Additional Traits." While this does eliminate the "fading draconic power" theme the templates are meant to represent (basically each generation being weaker than the one before it), it does even the playing field a bit and should allow for a more "balanced" PC at first level. I also don't see why this method couldn't be applied to any creature, race or template that carries a CR adjustment. [/QUOTE]
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