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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6669126" data-attributes="member: 20323">I'm starting to convert my old home-brew setting to 5e (it has seen versions in AD&D2e and 4e), and could use some help with how to implement an idea.Some relevant information about dragons in my setting:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The campaign setting has a Celtic and Arthurian vibe to it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In a distant age dragons ruled over humans.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragons have mostly been asleep for nearly 500 years, and the land has grown over them. Even more so than before, they have a strong connection to the land because of this.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragons spawned the wyverns from eggs that were not fertilized/incubated.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The royal family has diluted dragon blood in their veins. Dragon blood has power.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The magical seal which put the dragons into their long sleep is losing power, so dragons are waking up.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragons are all ancient but in a weakened state, and must rebuild their power (e.g. speech, flight, spellcasting, human-form) thru time, ritual, and sacrifices.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There are not many dragons at this point, maybe 6-12, and each is an individual. Should the draconic awakening enter full swing, however, that number could triple or quadruple.</li> </ul>How would you represent these dragons mechanically in 5e?I've been contemplating a couple options...Converting linnorms from Pathfinder and 2e. Linnorms are more primeval dragons with a connection to the land, and have a more savage feel than the chromatic dragons. Plus linnorms kind of resemble wyverns which these dragons spawned in the setting.Keep each dragon's size as Gargantuan, but for its stat block use the Young version, then the Adult version, then the Ancient version as they regain power. Some modification would be needed to account for needing to regain speech, flight, spellcasting, human-form, etc.Make the dragons unique monsters from scratch using the 5e monster building guidelines in the DMG....but would love to get some fresh thoughts! <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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