Need a little help with an unusual monster...

[Lurker]

In a (not so serious) campaign I DM, the PC's are about to face a Half-Black-Dragon-Nymph.
In addition to the halfdragon-template, I want to twist the Beauty-dependent powers of the nymph a bit. Anybody got a good or goof idea?

 

[AuraSeer]

The WOTC website has a description of an Unseelie Nymph. Her presence corrupts nature and fouls bodies of water, which makes her thematically similar to the evil swamp-dwelling black dragon. Instead of striking men dead, she has a Charm ability.

 

[Pylar]

What about making it a half dragon, half succubus, in stead of a nymph. I believe there is a half demon (Maybe teifling) template that you can use.

 

[Valmur_Dwur]

You could have it that she is able to produce the effects of a philter of love and that the next person not the nymph they are smiten with. Talk about your party togetherness

 

[Lurker]

The WOTC website has a description of an Unseelie Nymph. Her presence corrupts nature and fouls bodies of water, which makes her thematically similar to the evil swamp-dwelling black dragon. Instead of striking men dead, she has a Charm ability.

Quite good, Charm will work, but if anybody has other ideas: Give them to me

What about making it a half dragon, half succubus, in stead of a nymph. I believe there is a half demon (Maybe teifling) template that you can use.

You can't just add a template to a template. You still need a basecreature. But from description she'll look like a succubus, so there's no reason to make things that obivious

You could have it that she is able to produce the effects of a philter of love and that the next person not the nymph they are smiten with. Talk about your party togetherness

EVIL grin. Thats quite interesting. DM to Player: "You could fall in love with her, if there weren't thoose wings and thoose claws, perhaps if she would be a bit more like the lovley >Insert name of team-mate<. Oh. Would you please roll for Willpower?"

 

[FCWesel]

In a (not so serious) campaign I DM, the PC's are about to face a Half-Black-Dragon-Nymph.

Okay, this would really suck...

"Sorry Frank, as your hero, Sir Yanni, folds his arms around the darkhued vixen and begins to kiss her his mouth and toungue suddenly begin to burn away from her acidic saliva as her forked half-dragon toungue reaches down into your throat, grabbing your heart and..."

 

[Jondor_Battlehammer]

I forget the name, but there was a potion of Love that turned you homicidel if the target of your affection did not return said affection. Or if you thought someone else was after them, they would become a rival to be evicerated.

I think the Dragon/Succubus would work better, but still nasty either way. Imagine an acidic kiss AND a level drain.

As an aside, make sure she is only wearing clothing that would be a move equivelant action to doff.

Paladin #1 " I take a readied action if she casts a spell."

DM "Well, she isn't casting, but she is fiddling with her zipper."

Paladin #1 "???"

 

[Xarlen]

I would think the dracobus could, y'know, resist melting your tongue. They have to take a Deep Breath to let that stuff go; it isn't like they drool it. Not to mention half dragons can only breathe it once a day, and their bite isn't modified by acid damage, so it wouldn't be As bad.

A half-dragon/succubi would be awesome. Very reptillian, but built like a succubus... Meow.

And, if you Keep the acid, it's like the movie Species. Only... ouchier (Although, in Species, I'd say she was more akin to a Morhge with that tongue).

 

[Nifft]

Twisted beauty effects:

- Emotion: Pity (-4 to attack, will save [DC 10 + Draconymph's HD] or do subdual damage)

- Medusa-effect instead of death-effect (all limits to death-effect apply: only works on opposite sex, once per 10 minutes, DC 17, etc.)

- Charm Reptiles ONLY -- reptiles flock to the draconymph instead of normal animals

- Confusion instead of blindness

-- Nifft