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<blockquote data-quote="dante58701" data-source="post: 4421057" data-attributes="member: 40336"><p>That's precisely my problem. Their Strength and Constitution scores end up being WAY too low to make any sense for their size category. </p><p></p><p>And if your divert mental ability bonuses, then you end up with really stupid dragons.</p><p></p><p>As stands a standard dragon would end up with...</p><p></p><p>3HD (Medium) Str 12, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 12</p><p>6HD (Large) Str 14, Dex 12, Con 13, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 13</p><p>9HD (Huge) Str 16, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 14</p><p></p><p>Even after 11 age categories you end up with...</p><p></p><p>36HD (Colossal) Str 34, Dex 12, Con 23, Int 23, Wis 23, Cha 23</p><p></p><p>Which does not match up with their Size Categories at all. Completely breaking away from your rules about Minimum Strength for certain size categories.</p><p></p><p>A 36 HD Dragon should have a Strength of at least 40, not 34, and a Constitution of at least 26, not 23.</p><p></p><p>Even if you took points out of Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma, you would be barely scraping by and at earlier age categories the Dragon would not have very good Strength and Constitution scores in comparison to monsters of equivalent size. </p><p></p><p>In fact at earlier age categories they couldn't even reach the minimum Strength and Constitution by removing points from Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma.</p><p></p><p>A true dragon's size categories rise quickly in the early stages and don't mesh at all the +2 +1 +1 +1 theme. </p><p></p><p>I would think +18, +12, then +6 would be even better since it would grant the true dragon the average increase in mental capacity and physical capacity that you intended.</p><p></p><p>Example:</p><p>+18 Points (+10, +5, +1, +1, +1)</p><p>3HD (Medium) Str 12, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 12</p><p>6HD (Large) Str 22, Dex 10, Con 17, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 13</p><p>9HD (Huge) Str 32, Dex 10, Con 22, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 14</p><p>+9 Points (+4, +2, +1, +1, +1) </p><p>12HD (Huge) Str 38, Dex 10, Con 24, Int 15, Wis 15, Cha 15</p><p>15HD (Huge) Str 42, Dex 10, Con 26, Int 16, Wis 16, Cha 16</p><p>18HD (Gargantuan) Str 46, Dex 10, Con 28, Int 17, Wis 17, Cha 17</p><p>+6 Points (+2, +1, +1, +1, +1)</p><p>21HD (Gargantuan) Str 48, Dex 10, Con 29, Int 18, Wis 18, Cha 18</p><p>24HD (Gargantuan) Str 50, Dex 10, Con 30, Int 19, Wis 19, Cha 19</p><p>27HD (Gargantuan) Str 52, Dex 10, Con 31, Int 20, Wis 20, Cha 20</p><p>30HD (Gargantuan) Str 54, Dex 10, Con 32, Int 21, Wis 21, Cha 21</p><p>33HD (Colossal) Str 56, Dex 10, Con 33, Int 22, Wis 22, Cha 22</p><p>36HD (Colossal) Str 58, Dex 10, Con 34, Int 23, Wis 23, Cha 23</p><p>ect...</p><p></p><p>As you can see this would cover all discrepancies. As it is I'm already going to be house ruling it since a mere +6 contradicts all your rules on Size Categories. </p><p></p><p>True Dragons are the only dragons that do not fit within your design parameters. They are the only ones that need +18 (Age 2-3), +12 (Age 4-6), then +6 (Age 7+).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dante58701, post: 4421057, member: 40336"] That's precisely my problem. Their Strength and Constitution scores end up being WAY too low to make any sense for their size category. And if your divert mental ability bonuses, then you end up with really stupid dragons. As stands a standard dragon would end up with... 3HD (Medium) Str 12, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 12 6HD (Large) Str 14, Dex 12, Con 13, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 13 9HD (Huge) Str 16, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 14 Even after 11 age categories you end up with... 36HD (Colossal) Str 34, Dex 12, Con 23, Int 23, Wis 23, Cha 23 Which does not match up with their Size Categories at all. Completely breaking away from your rules about Minimum Strength for certain size categories. A 36 HD Dragon should have a Strength of at least 40, not 34, and a Constitution of at least 26, not 23. Even if you took points out of Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma, you would be barely scraping by and at earlier age categories the Dragon would not have very good Strength and Constitution scores in comparison to monsters of equivalent size. In fact at earlier age categories they couldn't even reach the minimum Strength and Constitution by removing points from Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. A true dragon's size categories rise quickly in the early stages and don't mesh at all the +2 +1 +1 +1 theme. I would think +18, +12, then +6 would be even better since it would grant the true dragon the average increase in mental capacity and physical capacity that you intended. Example: +18 Points (+10, +5, +1, +1, +1) 3HD (Medium) Str 12, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 12 6HD (Large) Str 22, Dex 10, Con 17, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 13 9HD (Huge) Str 32, Dex 10, Con 22, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 14 +9 Points (+4, +2, +1, +1, +1) 12HD (Huge) Str 38, Dex 10, Con 24, Int 15, Wis 15, Cha 15 15HD (Huge) Str 42, Dex 10, Con 26, Int 16, Wis 16, Cha 16 18HD (Gargantuan) Str 46, Dex 10, Con 28, Int 17, Wis 17, Cha 17 +6 Points (+2, +1, +1, +1, +1) 21HD (Gargantuan) Str 48, Dex 10, Con 29, Int 18, Wis 18, Cha 18 24HD (Gargantuan) Str 50, Dex 10, Con 30, Int 19, Wis 19, Cha 19 27HD (Gargantuan) Str 52, Dex 10, Con 31, Int 20, Wis 20, Cha 20 30HD (Gargantuan) Str 54, Dex 10, Con 32, Int 21, Wis 21, Cha 21 33HD (Colossal) Str 56, Dex 10, Con 33, Int 22, Wis 22, Cha 22 36HD (Colossal) Str 58, Dex 10, Con 34, Int 23, Wis 23, Cha 23 ect... As you can see this would cover all discrepancies. As it is I'm already going to be house ruling it since a mere +6 contradicts all your rules on Size Categories. True Dragons are the only dragons that do not fit within your design parameters. They are the only ones that need +18 (Age 2-3), +12 (Age 4-6), then +6 (Age 7+). [/QUOTE]
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