Special Conversion Thread: Dragonets!

[freyar]

Sure, sounds good to me!

 

[Shade]

I think CR 4 is too high. Although it has some high-level abilities, it really lacks damage output. It has nice defensive abilities, but at best, it can deal 4 points of damage.

Faerie dragon is 8 HD and only CR 6, with a similar batch of abilities.

I think it is probably worthy of CR 3, though. The psionic version would be higher CR, though, as it has potentially variable psionic powers, and could select damaging powers.

For advancement, keep 'em Small, or follow the faerie dragon's lead and go all the way to Huge?

 

[Leopold]

I think CR 4 is too high. Although it has some high-level abilities, it really lacks damage output. It has nice defensive abilities, but at best, it can deal 4 points of damage.

Faerie dragon is 8 HD and only CR 6, with a similar batch of abilities.

I think it is probably worthy of CR 3, though. The psionic version would be higher CR, though, as it has potentially variable psionic powers, and could select damaging powers.

3 works for me

For advancement, keep 'em Small, or follow the faerie dragon's lead and go all the way to Huge?

These are meant to be pets , advisors, familiar based critters. I would cap these at large at the max. Huge just seems silly

 

[freyar]

I agree, let's keep them small. I seem to recall that people didn't really like the Draconomicon treatment of faerie dragons anyway (compared to, say, the ToH).

 

[Shade]

A pseudodragon can be acquired as a familiar by a 7th-level arcane spellcaster with the Improved Familiar feat. Since these are better, how about 9th-level?

 

[Leopold]

9th level is fair, this thing has a bit more power for a caster than the pseudo dragon.

 

[Shade]

I'm beginning to think that we should drop the innate abilities of a 6th-level psion for the psionic variant, and just transfer the SLAs to psi-like abilities, and note that they often advance as psions.

This would keep both the CR and level to be acquired as a familiar the same.

What do you psionic fans think?

 

[freyar]

I'm beginning to think that we should drop the innate abilities of a 6th-level psion for the psionic variant, and just transfer the SLAs to psi-like abilities, and note that they often advance as psions.

This would keep both the CR and level to be acquired as a familiar the same.

What do you psionic fans think?

Sounds reasonable to me. Less worry.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

I think we just need weight. A pseudodragon is a foot long and weighs 7 pounds. No weight is given for faerie dragon.

 

[freyar]

Maybe 15-20 lb? Or do you think we should go on the light end, since they fly?