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5E: Converting Monsters from White Dwarf Magazine for Fifth Edition
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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8867472" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>The original text says "The warriors are clad in exceptionally complete scale armour, colour and armour class equating with that of their “parent” dragon" and are usually armed with broadswords (a weapon that doesn't exist in the 5E SRD). The illustration shows the Warriors with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heater_shield" target="_blank">Heater Shields</a> but they're also clearly wearing full Renaissance period plate armor rather than the scale they're stated to wear.</p><p></p><p>Also, note that the text makes no mention of shields, they're only in the illustration. The Dragon Warrior might not be supposed to have one.</p><p></p><p>Now Scale Armor is a Medium Armor with base AC 14. As Medium armor, the max Dex bonus to AC is +2 for AC 16, so if the Warrior doesn't have a shield then it must get a +1 or +2 bonus from something else to get the AC 17 or 18 I'm aiming for.</p><p></p><p>I suppose these could be suits of <em>+1 scale armor</em> or <em>+2 scale armor</em> as they're "exceptionally complete", whatever that means.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Armor Class #2 [with DEX 14-15 (+2)]</strong> 18 (<em>+2 scale armor</em>) if black, blue, bronze, gold, green, red or silver; 17 (<em>+1 scale armor</em>) if white, brass or copper</p><p></p><p>Or it could have a DEX modifier of +0 or +1 and use a shield as shown in the illustration.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Armor Class #3 [with DEX 12-13 (+1)]</strong> 18 (<em>+1 scale armor</em>, shield) if black, blue, bronze, gold, green, red or silver; 17 (scale armor, shield) if white, brass or copper</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Armor Class #4 [with DEX 10-11 (+0)]</strong> 18 (<em>+2 scale armor</em>, shield) if black, blue, bronze, gold, green, red or silver; 17 (<em>+1 scale armor</em>, shield) if white, brass or copper</p><p></p><p>However, I prefer the current (natural armor) version. Perhaps the "exceptionally complete scale armor" is really the Dragon Warrior's actual skin, which is plated in immensely large and strong scales that just happens to look like a suit of armor.</p><p></p><p>As for the "broadsword" I guess that could be part of the Dragon Warrior's body too. Or we could just give it a Longsword or Greatsword as those are the commonest hefty sword in 5E.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8867472, member: 57383"] The original text says "The warriors are clad in exceptionally complete scale armour, colour and armour class equating with that of their “parent” dragon" and are usually armed with broadswords (a weapon that doesn't exist in the 5E SRD). The illustration shows the Warriors with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heater_shield']Heater Shields[/URL] but they're also clearly wearing full Renaissance period plate armor rather than the scale they're stated to wear. Also, note that the text makes no mention of shields, they're only in the illustration. The Dragon Warrior might not be supposed to have one. Now Scale Armor is a Medium Armor with base AC 14. As Medium armor, the max Dex bonus to AC is +2 for AC 16, so if the Warrior doesn't have a shield then it must get a +1 or +2 bonus from something else to get the AC 17 or 18 I'm aiming for. I suppose these could be suits of [I]+1 scale armor[/I] or [I]+2 scale armor[/I] as they're "exceptionally complete", whatever that means. [INDENT][B]Armor Class #2 [with DEX 14-15 (+2)][/B] 18 ([I]+2 scale armor[/I]) if black, blue, bronze, gold, green, red or silver; 17 ([I]+1 scale armor[/I]) if white, brass or copper[/INDENT] Or it could have a DEX modifier of +0 or +1 and use a shield as shown in the illustration. [INDENT][B]Armor Class #3 [with DEX 12-13 (+1)][/B] 18 ([I]+1 scale armor[/I], shield) if black, blue, bronze, gold, green, red or silver; 17 (scale armor, shield) if white, brass or copper[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]Armor Class #4 [with DEX 10-11 (+0)][/B] 18 ([I]+2 scale armor[/I], shield) if black, blue, bronze, gold, green, red or silver; 17 ([I]+1 scale armor[/I], shield) if white, brass or copper[/INDENT] However, I prefer the current (natural armor) version. Perhaps the "exceptionally complete scale armor" is really the Dragon Warrior's actual skin, which is plated in immensely large and strong scales that just happens to look like a suit of armor. As for the "broadsword" I guess that could be part of the Dragon Warrior's body too. Or we could just give it a Longsword or Greatsword as those are the commonest hefty sword in 5E. [/QUOTE]
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