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Re: Ashardian Dragon and Eligoran Dragon (Binder Dragons)
« Reply #40 on: September 28, 2015, 02:37:01 AM »
Maneuvers are a pretty cool option if done right, and less raw power than spellcasting. Just try to don't make the Battle Dragon obsolete. :p

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Re: Ashardian Dragon and Eligoran Dragon (Binder Dragons)
« Reply #41 on: October 17, 2015, 09:57:51 PM »
OK maneuver progression is implemented, because I promised myself I would work on this sense DnD was cancelled

Ashardians get Warblade progression, Eligorans get Crusader progression.
Both can choose one Discipline of their choice, and a number of additional disciplines from a specific pool (3 out of 6 for Ashardian, 2 out of 4 for Eligoran).
The Ashardian gets overall one less Discipline known compared to normal Warblades, a trade off for the larger pool of selectable disciplines. Eligoran get the same number of Disciplines known as Crusaders, because they already get a low number of disciplines.

Flame Flourish lets use recover maneuvers as a warblade but being able to use a Breath Weapon in place of a melee attack while doing so. It also has a limited ability to take breath weapon off cooldown to do some once every 5 rounds by spending soul points and reducing the number of maneuvers recovered, which I feel should be fine sense it cant always be used and it is inherently weaker then the Breath of Fire cooldown reducers (costing at least 1 maneuver per round instead of 1 per 3 rounds, soul points, and still not being able to use a maneuver on your breath weapon after the fact).
Still might need to nerf off the cooldown reset though perhaps if it is too strong.

Spirit Guidance just lets you choose what Maneuver you are granted once every 5 rounds in exchange for conviction and a swift action. Something nice for the sake of consistency.
Swift Blessing is just a quicken harmless maneuver once every 5 rounds. May add in a clause that prevents maneuvers that directly boost a allies damage but I think it should be fine for now. It kind of forces the Dragon to take a non offensive maneuver to make it useful.
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Re: Ashardian Dragon and Eligoran Dragon (Binder Dragons)
« Reply #42 on: October 19, 2015, 01:02:51 AM »
Looking nicer, but I would say that the school selection is a bit too wide. Having only one less school total in return for being able to cherry-pick any school is a choice a warblade would take any day. It's not like you're a wizard and can afford to learn from everything. I would say either axe the "pick one from anywhere", or go "cherry pick one school from anywhere and then one from the following list". Yes, one, otherwise you're rewarding players for picking certain schools just to nab one good no-prereq maneuver.

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Re: Ashardian Dragon and Eligoran Dragon (Binder Dragons)
« Reply #43 on: October 23, 2015, 07:38:11 PM »
Okay, removed the 1 any Discipline.
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Re: Ashardian Dragon and Eligoran Dragon (Binder Dragons)
« Reply #44 on: November 08, 2015, 03:27:07 AM »
No more critiques, added to the index.

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Re: Ashardian Dragon and Eligoran Dragon (Binder Dragons)
« Reply #45 on: November 22, 2015, 03:18:25 AM »
I added 4 feats for the Eligoran Dragon to match with the Ashardian Dragon's 6.


Dedicated Conviction
Good for generating more conviction in general, especially if you are fighting enemies that don't drop non damaging effects, or if you are not being targetted (in which case you can drop 2 beneficial effects for the round).

Improved Conviction Capacity
Simple feat if you want to boost your capacity.

Pious Conviction
Another option for extra conviction, but will cost you a round. 5 round cooldown to prevent abuse.

Crusader's Conviction
An option for extra conviction with a smite attack. Added stacking for for smite classes like Crusaders or Paladins if you want to multiclass. Good feat with a Serenity Paladin dip.
« Last Edit: November 22, 2015, 03:53:42 AM by TC X0 Lt 0X »
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