Stat this up # 2

Nookie · Dec 23, 2013

vie been sucked into holiday craziness and finals the last few weeks so my responses are few and far between to say the least.

sorry about that.

Cleon · Dec 24, 2013

Nookie said:
vie been sucked into holiday craziness and finals the last few weeks so my responses are few and far between to say the least.

sorry about that.

Yes, I noticed you'd been quiet recently and had assumed it was Christmas-related.

It's usually not a busy time for RPG forums.

freyar · Dec 25, 2013

Heh, this is the first time in a week I've had a chance to look at ENWorld. Holidays should be a time to get caught up on things, but I always get farther behind!

Cleon · Dec 27, 2013

freyar said:
Heh, this is the first time in a week I've had a chance to look at ENWorld. Holidays should be a time to get caught up on things, but I always get farther behind!

No worries Freyar, it's a hectic time of year.

Nookie · Sep 23, 2016

Cleon said:
No worries Freyar, it's a hectic time of year.

Casts animate thread.
Do you guys want to do the "true Oriental Dragon" version of this fellow?

Cleon · Sep 24, 2016

Nookie said:
Casts animate thread.
Do you guys want to do the "true Oriental Dragon" version of this fellow?

What fellow?

I'm not seeing any creature here*, just the text above.

*We've already got stats for the Invisible Stalker you know.

Cleon · Sep 24, 2016

Cleon said:
What fellow?

I'm not seeing any creature here*, just the text above.

*We've already got stats for the Invisible Stalker you know.

Oh of course, you mean a True Dragon version of the Foxdragon.

I guess I'd be game.

Cleon · Sep 24, 2016

Hold on a moment, checking the Foxdragon Working Draft we never actually finished the conversion!

I never got around to adding the description or tactics (which I have just done), it's still missing entries for Organization, Challenge Rating, Treasure, Alignment and Advancement and the Environment is still ??? marked.

Finally, there's no background flavour text.

We'd better finish those before we start on the True Dragon version!

EDIT: For the missing stats, I think "Temperate or warm forests" is fine and we can use a Pseudodragon for most of the rest:

Organization: Solitary, pair, or clutch (3–5)
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: None
Advancement: 3–4 HD (Tiny)
Level Adjustment: +3

That just leaves Alignment. We could make it Neutral Good like a Pseudodragon but I'd rather switch it for the sake of distinctiveness.

I'm thinking either Neutral, Chaotic Neutral or Chaotic Good maybe with the possibility of Chaotic Evil. I feel there's something rather Chaotic about them. I included an evil option because there are a lot of malevolent fox spirits in Chinese folklore, so the Foxdragon may be similar.

How about "Always Chaotic, usually neutral" or "Always Chaotic, equal chance of good, neutral and evil"?

Any preferences?

Nookie · Sep 25, 2016

Cleon said:
Hold on a moment, checking the Foxdragon Working Draft we never actually finished the conversion!

I never got around to adding the description or tactics (which I have just done), it's still missing entries for Organization, Challenge Rating, Treasure, Alignment and Advancement and the Environment is still ??? marked.

Finally, there's no background flavour text.

We'd better finish those before we start on the True Dragon version!

EDIT: For the missing stats, I think "Temperate or warm forests" is fine and we can use a Pseudodragon for most of the rest:

Organization: Solitary, pair, or clutch (3–5)
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: None
Advancement: 3–4 HD (Tiny)
Level Adjustment: +3

That just leaves Alignment. We could make it Neutral Good like a Pseudodragon but I'd rather switch it for the sake of distinctiveness.

I'm thinking either Neutral, Chaotic Neutral or Chaotic Good maybe with the possibility of Chaotic Evil. I feel there's something rather Chaotic about them. I included an evil option because there are a lot of malevolent fox spirits in Chinese folklore, so the Foxdragon may be similar.

How about "Always Chaotic, usually neutral" or "Always Chaotic, equal chance of good, neutral and evil"?

Any preferences?

Sounds good to me on all accounts.