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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 6987870" data-attributes="member: 6801228">It wouldn't take much to reflavor these into being Metallic Drakes as well. The only 2 sticking points is the fresh meat (I doubt they'd be much against killing a boar or something, but solely for the purpose of creating a drake is a little grey morality wise) and the fact that the drake is like a mule, and in no way under any circumstances can the drake be used to create more drakes. A pragmatic or desperate enough Metallic dragon could feel no qualms about creating these. Perhaps to help supplement a border guard against a far more dangerous enemy. One thing I really want to do with these things breaks all the rules, but I really want an NPC order of Beastmaster Rangers that specialize in partnering with Guard Drakes. The visual is cool, and having an opponent of the players be this ranger with a small dragon at his side would certainly be memorable. Problem is I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with it as a player option, and sometimes players get upset if the enemy can do a cool thing that they can't do. The ritual that creates them could also be used to create other creatures, if the DM needs an excuses for Draconians, spider dragons (why not) or some horrific monstrosity, they just need to say the Dragon scales and magic enhance the forms of the creature which was used as the raw material, and just start throwing random things into the pot. Also, I know really want to stat up Dragon Spiders... just because that is too weird not to use at some point</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 6987870, member: 6801228"] It wouldn't take much to reflavor these into being Metallic Drakes as well. The only 2 sticking points is the fresh meat (I doubt they'd be much against killing a boar or something, but solely for the purpose of creating a drake is a little grey morality wise) and the fact that the drake is like a mule, and in no way under any circumstances can the drake be used to create more drakes. A pragmatic or desperate enough Metallic dragon could feel no qualms about creating these. Perhaps to help supplement a border guard against a far more dangerous enemy. One thing I really want to do with these things breaks all the rules, but I really want an NPC order of Beastmaster Rangers that specialize in partnering with Guard Drakes. The visual is cool, and having an opponent of the players be this ranger with a small dragon at his side would certainly be memorable. Problem is I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with it as a player option, and sometimes players get upset if the enemy can do a cool thing that they can't do. The ritual that creates them could also be used to create other creatures, if the DM needs an excuses for Draconians, spider dragons (why not) or some horrific monstrosity, they just need to say the Dragon scales and magic enhance the forms of the creature which was used as the raw material, and just start throwing random things into the pot. Also, I know really want to stat up Dragon Spiders... just because that is too weird not to use at some point [/QUOTE]

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