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How can a sufficiently paranoid Ancient Red Dragon be defeated?
This excellent answer describes how to play an Ancient Red Dragon that makes full use of its many abilities. It sounds virtually invincible. How can a party of level fitting the dragon's CR defeat it?
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How to get a dragon special breath attack
By "Special breath attack" I mean breath weapons with effects you can find in some True Dragons like a sleep gas for brass dragon, a parlyzing effect for the silver dragon etc...
The only ...
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How does negative energy interact with shadow dragons?
I'm going to be running a shadow dragon in a game soon and after reading this question,
Are negative levels necessarily energy drain?
I became confused about how negative levels and negative energy ...
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How Do I Determine Different Measurements If I Change The Measurement Of A Dragon?
I know my title question seems a little confusing, but let me explain.
I was looking for some measurements on dragons seeing as I'm doing Tyranny of Dragons and I wanted to have some rough ...
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To what extent is a Dragonborn of Bahamut considered a dragon?
In the Races of the Dragon book it says:
Dragonborn Racial Traits [RotD, pg.8]
Humanoid (dragonblood): Dragonborn are humanoids with the dragonblood subtype and any other subtypes they had before ...
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What happens when a dragon tries to become a Warshaper?
Warshaper is a prestige class from Complete Warrior, published a few months after 3.5e. I don't know about the rest of the book, but this prestige class in particular doesn't really seem to take the 3....
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How could a dragon deal with the spell Hide from Dragons efficiently when hunting alone outside his lair?
The typical known means to defend against Hide from Dragons are focused around dragons inside his lair, like using non-dragon minions, traps, magical alarms, dispelling screens and what-not, but that'...
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Dragon Alternate Form feature vs Draconic Polymorph
I was curious about what the differences are for a True Dragon between using its natural Alternate Form feature vs the Draconic Polymorph spell.
The Alternate Form feature (link to Gold Dragon on SRD) ...
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What happens if a dragon gets older but doesn't gain experience?
Chapter 3 of the Draconomicon details how, every couple years, a true dragon must take its next level in its dragon "class". But what if the dragon just sits around, not gaining any XP, and therefore ...
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Dragon Rider PRC question (DragonLance Campaign Setting)
Dragon Rider PRC (DragonLance)
Does the the bonus hit dice your dragon gains also apply to his age and/or size going up as well? IE: say a 17HD copper dragon (Large, Young Adult) get to apply his 8 ...
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What kind of dragon cohort can my paladin get?
My D&D 3.5 paladin took the Dragon Cohort feat in order to obtain the services of a gold dragon (and negotiate being allowed to use the cohort as a mount from time to time) but now I'm not sure ...
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Would a Dragon be able to use the Fleet of Foot feat while flying?
Fleet of Foot from Complete Warrior: Would a Dragon be able to use the Fleet of Foot feat while flying? The feat states: "When running or charging..
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What exactly is the age category modifier for a dragon's Frightful Presence ability?
The Frightful Presence ability description says:
Frightful Presence (Ex)
A young adult or older dragon can unsettle foes with its mere presence. The ability takes effect automatically whenever the ...
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Can a zombie dragon make a full attack?
Can a zombie dragon (Draconomicon) full attack, seeing as the option exists in their combat unlike the normal zombie template.
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To increase its power, can one dragon cannibalize another dragon?
In the Dragonlance novel Dawning of a New Age, a dragon kills another dragon and consumes the dead dragon's essence to become more powerful. Is this process supported mechanically in D&D 3.5e?
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