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#1
aravanus
Sep 23, 2005 12:50:14 Do the Venom Draconians have wings (and therefore the ability to glide) or are they wingless like Auraks? Also, can they coat their weapons with their saliva (like a Kapak) and how is the DC for the poison caculated (does it go up with hit dice)? Finally, in the entries for the Noble DRaconians, some of the listed feats have a "(b)" next to them, what does that mean? Oh wait, just thought of another. Are their female Noble Draconians?
#2
cam_banks
Sep 23, 2005 13:49:49 Venom draconians don't appear to have wings, based on the illustration and the descriptive text; this could, of course, have been something of an oversight. I wasn't specifically aware that they were wingless.

Venom draconians do not coat blades with their poisonous saliva, although I don't see a problem in letting them do that. The save DC should typically be based on 10 + 1/2 HD + Con bonus, but that would make it 11. If you want it to scale with HD, give them a +1 racial bonus to this DC. This means an 8 HD venom draconian with 13 Constitution would have a DC 16 (10 + 4 + 1 + 1).

A B next a feat means that it is a bonus feat.

There are no known female noble draconians, but you never can be too sure.

Cheers,
Cam
#3
aravanus
Sep 23, 2005 17:06:37 One more thing...how are the spell resistances calculated for the Noble Draconians or are they even? Also, any particular reason the Venom or Vapor Draconians don't get resistance/immunity from acid? And how can you not know about the lack/presence of wings? Isn't your name on the freaking cover? :P Thanks in advance. And why is the Lightning Draconian's prefered class Paladin when it says in the DLCS that paladins aren't really around? Hope I'm not being overly inquisitive and annoying.
#4
cam_banks
Sep 23, 2005 17:16:17 Neither venom nor vapor draconians are immune to acid, although venom draconians are immune to their own poison. If you compare the noble draconians to the standard five draconian breeds, you'll see that they line up fairly closely. Frost draconians have SR 8 because baaz do; vapor draconians have SR 14 because bozaks do. This was intentional. There's no real correlation between these scores and the draconian's HD or ability scores, but in general the SR is supposed to allow for an even chance of spell resistance based on the expected caster level of PCs who have the same effective character level as the draconian.

Also, the noble draconians were Jamie Chambers' baby. Andre' and Jamie worked together on them for the book - I didn't do anything with them!

As for paladins - you should consider them rare, but they do exist. Knights of Solamnia fill a similar role as a human paladin, but there's no reason why you can't have paladins of other races or even other regions.

Cheers,
Cam

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#1 aravanus Sep 23, 2005 12:50:14	Do the Venom Draconians have wings (and therefore the ability to glide) or are they wingless like Auraks? Also, can they coat their weapons with their saliva (like a Kapak) and how is the DC for the poison caculated (does it go up with hit dice)? Finally, in the entries for the Noble DRaconians, some of the listed feats have a "(b)" next to them, what does that mean? Oh wait, just thought of another. Are their female Noble Draconians?
#2 cam_banks Sep 23, 2005 13:49:49	Venom draconians don't appear to have wings, based on the illustration and the descriptive text; this could, of course, have been something of an oversight. I wasn't specifically aware that they were wingless. Venom draconians do not coat blades with their poisonous saliva, although I don't see a problem in letting them do that. The save DC should typically be based on 10 + 1/2 HD + Con bonus, but that would make it 11. If you want it to scale with HD, give them a +1 racial bonus to this DC. This means an 8 HD venom draconian with 13 Constitution would have a DC 16 (10 + 4 + 1 + 1). A B next a feat means that it is a bonus feat. There are no known female noble draconians, but you never can be too sure. Cheers, Cam
#3 aravanus Sep 23, 2005 17:06:37	One more thing...how are the spell resistances calculated for the Noble Draconians or are they even? Also, any particular reason the Venom or Vapor Draconians don't get resistance/immunity from acid? And how can you not know about the lack/presence of wings? Isn't your name on the freaking cover? :P Thanks in advance. And why is the Lightning Draconian's prefered class Paladin when it says in the DLCS that paladins aren't really around? Hope I'm not being overly inquisitive and annoying.
#4 cam_banks Sep 23, 2005 17:16:17	Neither venom nor vapor draconians are immune to acid, although venom draconians are immune to their own poison. If you compare the noble draconians to the standard five draconian breeds, you'll see that they line up fairly closely. Frost draconians have SR 8 because baaz do; vapor draconians have SR 14 because bozaks do. This was intentional. There's no real correlation between these scores and the draconian's HD or ability scores, but in general the SR is supposed to allow for an even chance of spell resistance based on the expected caster level of PCs who have the same effective character level as the draconian. Also, the noble draconians were Jamie Chambers' baby. Andre' and Jamie worked together on them for the book - I didn't do anything with them! As for paladins - you should consider them rare, but they do exist. Knights of Solamnia fill a similar role as a human paladin, but there's no reason why you can't have paladins of other races or even other regions. Cheers, Cam