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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 4805846" data-attributes="member: 17691">Oh don't even get me started on the whole straight vs curved issue! Scimitars... PAH-LEASE. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant    :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" />[sblock=CanadienneBacon]Seeing as how you're deferring to my judgement on the issue (and since you've voiced some concern over my character stealing the limelight overmuch) I feel the need to give you my honest opinion about the draconic alternate form special ability. In brief, it's just too versatile and effective at low levels. The thing is, it allows the dragon to assume the form of any humanoid or animal of medium size or smaller with no duration. Unlike a druid's wild shaping ability, there's no minimum size so a dragon could change into the smallest animals possible; say a field mouse, sparrow or garden snake. Taking into account the size, racial and Dexterity bonuses such fine-sized animals might get to their Stealth checks, the dragon might as well be considered altogether invisible. Add to that the ability to assume the form of any humanoid (from dwarf to gnome to goblin to human) and the ability to further disguise themselves as a specific individual and dragons become versatile spies and infiltrators without peer. Compared to that limiting a dragon PC to using a hat of disguise to pass unnoticed is altogether more bearable. The dragon is at least limited to assuming the form of a quadrupedal animal of the same size with none of the animal's racial benefits.On that basis alone I'd tend to avoid playing a silver dragon. I certainly wouldn't allow one into my own campaigns without serious forethought. Bronze dragons on the other hand gain their alternate form ability relatively late, around 12th level IIRC.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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