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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MortalPlague" data-source="post: 6014441" data-attributes="member: 62721">I was a little concerned about making the dragon too powerful, going by the latest playtest rules.  I decided I wanted his attack to be +5, but I didn't want PCs to be able to match him for strength, so I bumped the STR up and lowered his attack bonus.In future iterations, I'm going to bring his bonus to hit up by a few points.The philosophy for 5th Edition seems to favor a smaller scale of stats.  Strength has a hard cap at 25 for giants, and since this dragon was far from a great wyrm, I decided to peg it around 22.  I think on a scale that only goes to 25, it's an appropriate value for a dragon of this age.Multiple different sizes of dice sounds like it would get complicated to run very quickly.  I was considering a mechanic that allowed him to generate dice based on what was happening in the battle, though, which would give him more options.I might just add that in for the next build.  As it was, I wanted to see how the dragon fought purely in a combat sense.  If the whole party became stunned while he snacked on the cleric, that would end up being a poor test of combat.  Still, it is an iconic power, so I'll see about putting it in for next time.They were all level 5 PCs.After the fight, I agree with you.  Although I may just see how it plays with the increased accuracy.  My dragon wasn't hitting often enough to be dangerous, so if that changes, it might be enough damage to threaten.</blockquote>

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