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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 5944613" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>i like calaystryx. i put her against a group of level 13 pcs and it was a memorable fight! the pcs did not survive... but we all had fun. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> (she thought herself to be a god, and was drinking hydra blood which gave her the extra heads, and she (among other things) had her minions steal dragonborn eggs to raise as her own in the new world order under her, so the PCs were trying to get the eggs while fighting her in a large cave that she had as her lair)</p><p></p><p>Either:</p><p>a) Each head has a Minor Action encounter power (recharge when bloodied?) that Spews fire (Area burst X within Y - area burst as it adds deterrent to ranged attackers as well) to create a zone of fire that lasts until the end of the encounter (similar to the effect line of the breath weapon but longer duration)</p><p>b) or change the breath weapon's effect duration from end of turn to end of encounter. you really will end up with fire fields all around the combat grid encouraging movement from the PCs but the dragon giving them reason to come into the fire zones.</p><p></p><p>Some sort of off-turn action that other dragons have (like elder blue dragon's wingbackblast, or elder red dragon's tail strike)</p><p></p><p>threatening reach 3</p><p></p><p>something to annoy ranged PCs (as many of the above would annoy melee PCs, you need something to at least challenge the ranged PCs as well)</p><p></p><p>Maybe the ability to grab attack followed by a secondary attack to throw the creature to hit another with hit causing moderate damage divided evenly to both creatures and a miss causing some damage to just the thrown creature</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fba827, post: 5944613, member: 807"] i like calaystryx. i put her against a group of level 13 pcs and it was a memorable fight! the pcs did not survive... but we all had fun. :) (she thought herself to be a god, and was drinking hydra blood which gave her the extra heads, and she (among other things) had her minions steal dragonborn eggs to raise as her own in the new world order under her, so the PCs were trying to get the eggs while fighting her in a large cave that she had as her lair) Either: a) Each head has a Minor Action encounter power (recharge when bloodied?) that Spews fire (Area burst X within Y - area burst as it adds deterrent to ranged attackers as well) to create a zone of fire that lasts until the end of the encounter (similar to the effect line of the breath weapon but longer duration) b) or change the breath weapon's effect duration from end of turn to end of encounter. you really will end up with fire fields all around the combat grid encouraging movement from the PCs but the dragon giving them reason to come into the fire zones. Some sort of off-turn action that other dragons have (like elder blue dragon's wingbackblast, or elder red dragon's tail strike) threatening reach 3 something to annoy ranged PCs (as many of the above would annoy melee PCs, you need something to at least challenge the ranged PCs as well) Maybe the ability to grab attack followed by a secondary attack to throw the creature to hit another with hit causing moderate damage divided evenly to both creatures and a miss causing some damage to just the thrown creature [/QUOTE]
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