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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 133011" data-attributes="member: 707">I think it's a bad idea.&nbsp; Sure, with an animal or mineral poison a dragon will be harder to poison than a human than a gnome.&nbsp; But the Fort Save is used for a heck of a lot of stuff besides poison saves.For instance, I see no reason why a dragon should be able to shrug off the Contagion spell any better due to its size.&nbsp; It's hardiness is already reflected in a good fort progression, size is immaterial to magic.&nbsp; Likewise other spells that require a fort save.On a game-balance note, giving a size mod to fort saves also throws the balance of the races out of whack, making it less advantageous to create a gnome or halfling character.&nbsp; It makes polymorph and wildshape even better than they are, allowing those PCs to shapechange into a troll and not only get a better fort save from con, but an even better save simply due to size.All in all, I'd say the system works as is.&nbsp; It's already practically impossible for the dragon to fail its save vs. poison.&nbsp; It doesn't need any more help.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 133011, member: 707"] I think it's a bad idea. Sure, with an animal or mineral poison a dragon will be harder to poison than a human than a gnome. But the Fort Save is used for a heck of a lot of stuff besides poison saves. For instance, I see no reason why a dragon should be able to shrug off the [i]Contagion[/i] spell any better due to its size. It's hardiness is already reflected in a good fort progression, size is immaterial to magic. Likewise other spells that require a fort save. On a game-balance note, giving a size mod to fort saves also throws the balance of the races out of whack, making it less advantageous to create a gnome or halfling character. It makes [i]polymorph[/i] and [i]wildshape[/i] even better than they are, allowing those PCs to shapechange into a troll and not only get a better fort save from con, but an even [i]better[/i] save simply due to size. All in all, I'd say the system works as is. It's already practically impossible for the dragon to fail its save vs. poison. It doesn't need any more help. [/QUOTE]

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