D&D General Thoughts about Purple Dragon Knights

[pawsplay]

All the old lore is still valid. The dragon stuff has only occurred in-universe in the last few years. I'm sure there are plenty of PDK classic still around.

If it only occurred in the last few years, that's kind of an "A guy named Otto Ocatvius ends up with eight arms? What are the odds?" kind of moment.

 

[TorgoTheWhite]

Well that party is just itching for an evil storm to ground them. Also, maybe a ballista that gets OA in ambush situations

 

[Greg K]

Hi @I'm A Banana ,
Sorry to bother you with something off topic, but a couple of members have contacted me after seeing my recommendations for your Complete Handbook Conversion and failing to access the Google files through links you provided on this site. They have also told me that they tried to message you without success.
I can still access the files as can a few other ENWorlders, but people trying for the first time seem to be unable to do so. Did you close access for new people or know why they can't access the files using their Google accounts and following the links?

Thanks.

A dragon done as a subclass feature is destined to be a milquetoast disappointment. The power budget just isn't there. Riding an actual dragon (not a wyrmling or a drake or a "draconic spirit") is viable, just not as subclass design. The D&D designers can't even design a satisfying subclass around riding a horse, a dragon is well beyond them.

Mounts are a problem for D&D in party just because they are not a good fit for a dungeon.

The designers just need to tell me how to account for an NPC ally's power in an encounter and let me take it from there. That CR 16 dragon, does it hit as hard as a level 16 character? Can it only take 1/3rd as many hits? Is it better in a LV 15 party or a LV 13 party or a LV 18 party?

You can design monsters that are more suited to be allies, but you can also just use "not suitable" monsters in ways that just take into account the dynamics they're going to bring.