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<blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9651617" data-attributes="member: 6906980">A few things. First, where did you find the CR calculator?I think the effectiveness of the non-legendary dragons is limited because they only have 1 reaction per turn.&nbsp; If it's a small group it won't make a big difference but with a larger group?&nbsp; It's going to be hurting, you may want to increase the number of reactions the dragon has but then you're just in legendary territory.&nbsp; Not having enough legendary actions can still be an issue with larger groups so I increase the number of legendary actions for bigger groups.It's an interesting take on it, but not having legendary resistance (I increase that number as well for bigger groups) is likely to be it's Achille's Heel.&nbsp; That and how many times can the Spawn of Tiamat be used?&nbsp; Kind of hard to kill a monster that always comes back.&nbsp; Is there any way of shutting it down?Anyway those are my thoughts at the moment.&nbsp; If I get a chance I'll look back at an old campaign and review what those 20th level PCs had at their disposal.&nbsp; But I will say that solo monster can go from slog-fest to virtually unbeatable based on how they are used which is difficult to encapsulate in a CR calculation or on paper.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AlViking, post: 9651617, member: 6906980"] A few things. First, where did you find the CR calculator? I think the effectiveness of the non-legendary dragons is limited because they only have 1 reaction per turn. If it's a small group it won't make a big difference but with a larger group? It's going to be hurting, you may want to increase the number of reactions the dragon has but then you're just in legendary territory. Not having enough legendary actions can still be an issue with larger groups so I increase the number of legendary actions for bigger groups. It's an interesting take on it, but not having legendary resistance (I increase that number as well for bigger groups) is likely to be it's Achille's Heel. That and how many times can the Spawn of Tiamat be used? Kind of hard to kill a monster that always comes back. Is there any way of shutting it down? Anyway those are my thoughts at the moment. If I get a chance I'll look back at an old campaign and review what those 20th level PCs had at their disposal. But I will say that solo monster can go from slog-fest to virtually unbeatable based on how they are used which is difficult to encapsulate in a CR calculation or on paper. [/QUOTE]

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