11-26-2019, 08:10 PM | #1 |
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[DF] Faerie Dragon racial template
A friend of my daughter (who plays a mermaid, discussed here not long ago), wants to create a faerie dragon character. She got the idea from D&D where the latest iteration of the creature is described in the 5e Monster Manual. My thought was to use the pixie from DF3 as a start and adjust from there.
So, first of all, has anyone designed this already? Assuming not, here are some rough thoughts:
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11-26-2019, 08:19 PM | #2 |
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Re: [DF] Faerie Dragon racial template
The obvious implementation of the hallucinogenic breath is affliction (hallucinating), though you might want Ecstasy instead, Hallucinating is a fairly underwhelming effect.
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11-26-2019, 08:24 PM | #3 | |
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Re: [DF] Faerie Dragon racial template
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Reduced HP fits the lower mass but lowers survivability, so maybe not reduced so much because there dragons. Invisibility with requires Concentrate and Reduced duration maybe? Racial telepathy could just be telecommunication (Racial, -20%) but more discount if race is rare. Euphoria Breath weapon sounds like Affliction (Ecstasy) -very effective.
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11-27-2019, 01:09 AM | #4 |
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Re: [DF] Faerie Dragon racial template
I would just like to point out that their invisibility in Gurps terms is pretty much a free action to activate.
The concentration of D&D Next does not mean they have to take an action each round, just that only one effect of that kind can be active at the same time, and it can be disrupted by damage. I'm also thinking you need the improved version of magic resistance if you want to combine it with magery. Last edited by Aldric; 11-27-2019 at 01:21 AM. |
11-27-2019, 01:22 AM | #5 |
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Re: [DF] Faerie Dragon racial template
The racial telepathy could be a Perk, if you plan for one or two other specimens during the campaign as fluff encounters. That way, she'll get to use a cool ability, even if it's for something relatively unimportant, without paying through the nose for something that the players would have been just fine without.
Examples of fluff encounters: The familiar of a quest giver, a random encounter in the wilderness.
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11-27-2019, 01:24 AM | #6 |
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Re: [DF] Faerie Dragon racial template
The Shoulder Dragon on p.27 of DF5 is similar.
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11-27-2019, 01:43 AM | #7 |
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Re: [DF] Faerie Dragon racial template
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Invisibility, switchable, reduced time (should be legal after switchable) is expensive, but it should have some kind of limitation where it can be shut down by damage, also note that most of the spell like abilities end up being alternate abilities to this, since a Faerie Dragon can't have them all active at the same time (you can only concentrate on one effect at a time) |
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For HP, pixies actually have appropriate HP for their size (1), while leprechauns are a bit robust for their size (HP 4, when we'd expect HP 2 or 2.5). I'd probably have faerie dragons be more robust than leprechauns, so leave HP as-is for their ST. Quote:
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Personally, I favor a No Wounding attack with a Side Effect over Affliction. Consider Toxic Attack 2d+1 (Jet +0%; Respiratory Agent +50%; Side Effect: Daze and Euphoria +130%; No Wounding -50%; Reduced Range x1/5 -20%) [20] as opposed to Affliction (Jet +0%; Respiratory Agent +50%; Daze +50%; Euphoria +30%; Reduced Range x1/10 -30%; Reduced Range, Max Only x1/5 -10%) [19]. The former will, on average, cause the foe to resist at HT-3, with Daze lasting (20-HT, minimum 1) minutes (or until the character is hit), and Euphoria lasting (20-HT, minimum 1) minutes after Daze wears off. The latter will cause the foe to resist at HT, with Daze lasting MoF minutes (or until the character is hit) and Euphoria similarly lasting MoF minutes after Daze wears off. Each has Range 1/2, with the Side Effect build simply having half the penalty at Range 2, while Affliction gives +3 to resist. The Side Effect build also scales up more readily - each -1 to resist costs around [+5.04] (the cost of +2 to damage, which is 0.6 dice), while for Affliction each -1 to resist costs [19]. If you opt to allow bites or the like to deliver the same effect, consider taking the above builds, taking off Jet and Respiratory Agent, and adding on Follow-Up +0%. Set the resulting ability as an Alternate Attack to the breath weapon, and you're good to go. Consider allowing the character to get a Perk similar to Leprechaun Charms for such innate spells; this allows the character to learn them even if he/she lacks the prerequisites.
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Re: [DF] Faerie Dragon racial template
I would combine the pixie template with the shoulder dragon (DF allies) and work from there. Here is what I got so far.
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11-27-2019, 10:32 AM | #10 |
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Re: [DF] Faerie Dragon racial template
You might also find some useful ideas in the fly-dragon monster write-up on pp. 16-17 of Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 2.
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