Dragonlance Death Dragons and how to run them, from Aabria lyengar, including stat details

[Tales and Chronicles]

"If this damage brings you to 0 you are killed out righ

I've added this feature to a few spells and monster attacks to make them more menacing, Dragon breath being one of them (and many necromantic spells).

I think its pretty thematic

 

[darjr]

I ... I couldn't make it through the gushing on that video. Sounds very Game of Thrones, though. How different are Death Dragons from Dracoliches?

Well the host is the Honest Trailer guy. Surprised he keeps things as low key as he does.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Well the host is the Honest Trailer guy. Surprised he keeps things as low key as he does.

I didn't know that.

 

[Vaalingrade]

See, a breath weapon that raises the dead feels like a thing dracoliches should have been doing this whole time.

I'd rather they be flaming skeletons, but close enough.

 

[darjr]

It’s a world at war. It’s likely you’ll meet a death dragon surrounded by the fallen.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

See, a breath weapon that raises the dead feels like a thing dracoliches should have been doing this whole time.

I'd rather they be flaming skeletons, but close enough.

yeah, I could see that... But I am cool with a new more story nuanced undead. TBH i don't like the dracolich because it never feels as cool as a dragon or a lich (to me)

 

[Vaalingrade]

It’s a world at war. It’s likely you’ll meet a death dragon surrounded by the fallen.

Now I want one accompanied by a banshee that sings Alisha Keyes songs.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

With an adventure that's supposed to be about a war, where the PCs could find themselves surrounded by hundreds of lower-level allies, this could be a very nasty surprise. The PCs could find themselves fighting a dragon and hundreds of zombies within a few short rounds.

It is similar to a lich in that it is not a mindless undead? It doesn't really seem like a lich to me much at all, lore wise at least.

The stat block information is limited. There is this:

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[Velderan]

With an adventure that's supposed to be about a war, where the PCs could find themselves surrounded by hundreds of lower-level allies, this could be a very nasty surprise. The PCs could find themselves fighting a dragon and hundreds of zombies within a few short rounds.

This immediately makes me think of Crawford saying the encounters in this adventure are harder than we've previously seen, so that justifies the bonus feats being given to players. A dragon capable of turning the dozen low level NPCs nearby into a dozen zombies that act on its turn? That's certainly one way to make an encounter harder.

 

[darjr]

This immediately makes me think of Crawford saying the encounters in this adventure are harder than we've previously seen, so that justifies the bonus feats being given to players. A dragon capable of turning the dozen low level NPCs nearby into a dozen zombies that act on its turn? That's certainly one way to make an encounter harder.

Still, something held back maybe.

What if Lord Soth is there too? Suddenly the stakes are much higher.