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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8542402" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I'm not who you responded to, but: Alright. If it has nothing to do with power level, you can be an ancient red dragon...trapped in the form of a lowly human (or some other "mundane" race). Perhaps it's a curse (a la Cthulhu Saves the World), or you lost a bet, or you accidentally fell asleep for one of your decade-naps while in human form and now can't seem to shift back out. Or maybe you're playing a long, long game, which requires you to "legitimately" earn power as a "mortal" and then unveil your true form only after there's no hope of loosening your iron grip.That's a pretty fascinating array of possible story arcs--you're going to have to do things you would normally despise (find, eugh, mortal "allies"! be diplomatic with these...these...soft-skinned weaklings!) and perform actions that would normally be a cakewalk if you had your full powers, but which are actually quite dangerous to you in your weakened form. We can work out the specifics; perhaps you retain some of your draconic properties (=Variant Human with a character-specific feat), or have knowledge that normally shouldn't be possible for your class (e.g. if playing a full spellcaster, we can discuss a minor expansion of spells that would be particularly appropriate for an ancient red to know, regardless of the class you choose to play). Perhaps you can even have a super mode where some of your red dragon powers come out to play for a bit, but it can only be used very rarely (e.g. once per level or per major story milestone), or perhaps you can fly around in red dragon form once a day for utility purposes (e.g. carrying loads/people, crossing difficult gaps, etc. and retaining greater and greater materiality and power as you gain levels) so long as it doesn't compromise your goals/mission or violate your curse (etc.) to do so.Unless, of course, it genuinely does have something to do with power level, aka, you aren't actually okay with being a red dragon without its powers...</blockquote>

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