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<blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 5823934" data-attributes="member: 1231"><p>I knew there would be some comments on the title, <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> . It was mostly aimed at people who read one of my other threads.</p><p></p><p>I starting going throuh the Pathfinder spell list last night, and am going to continue today, to list all the spells that I think are appropriate for dragons to use. Not necessarily in combat, because I agree that having a dragon constantly spellcasting in combat is probably going to break up the action, but a lot of them are buffs.</p><p></p><p>What I have found I though appropriate is that I think most appropriate spells do not have any visual effects (are not flashy), and either effect the dragons stats or an opponents stats. As much as people may despise dragons with mage armour, bulls strength, and the like, I think that those are actually great spells because you cannot tell from looking at the dragon that they have them cast on them. The other thing I have really favoured... is a ton of divination and enchantment. These sort of mesh well I think with the idea of dragons having supernatural senses, and being able to mess with your head, as with frightening presence. Probably the most iconic dragon enchanter is of course Cyan Bloodbane, who is probably one of only a handful of dragons with names that most gamers ought to be familiar with (like Dragotha, Ashardalon, Skie, et al.) . </p><p></p><p>One other thing on my mind though, was how to deal with the different forms of dragons. Right now only the colour coded dragons tend to count as " true dragons " , but I think that Linnorms, Drakes, and Lungs should all get the full treatment, because they each represent a classic dragon form. Linnorms are the wingless dragons, Drakes wings are their arms, Lungs are the Eastern snake-like dragons (and you have Sea Serpents as well, for that matter). Ideally the different forms might all be just different species of dragons but with the same sort of abilities, but since this is D&D and that is not likely to happen, I think the Linnorn/Drake promotion would be a reasonable compromise...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kaodi, post: 5823934, member: 1231"] I knew there would be some comments on the title, :) . It was mostly aimed at people who read one of my other threads. I starting going throuh the Pathfinder spell list last night, and am going to continue today, to list all the spells that I think are appropriate for dragons to use. Not necessarily in combat, because I agree that having a dragon constantly spellcasting in combat is probably going to break up the action, but a lot of them are buffs. What I have found I though appropriate is that I think most appropriate spells do not have any visual effects (are not flashy), and either effect the dragons stats or an opponents stats. As much as people may despise dragons with mage armour, bulls strength, and the like, I think that those are actually great spells because you cannot tell from looking at the dragon that they have them cast on them. The other thing I have really favoured... is a ton of divination and enchantment. These sort of mesh well I think with the idea of dragons having supernatural senses, and being able to mess with your head, as with frightening presence. Probably the most iconic dragon enchanter is of course Cyan Bloodbane, who is probably one of only a handful of dragons with names that most gamers ought to be familiar with (like Dragotha, Ashardalon, Skie, et al.) . One other thing on my mind though, was how to deal with the different forms of dragons. Right now only the colour coded dragons tend to count as " true dragons " , but I think that Linnorms, Drakes, and Lungs should all get the full treatment, because they each represent a classic dragon form. Linnorms are the wingless dragons, Drakes wings are their arms, Lungs are the Eastern snake-like dragons (and you have Sea Serpents as well, for that matter). Ideally the different forms might all be just different species of dragons but with the same sort of abilities, but since this is D&D and that is not likely to happen, I think the Linnorn/Drake promotion would be a reasonable compromise... [/QUOTE]
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