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D& D 3.5 Dragon Generator
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Ed Friedlander MD
March 10, 2015.
scalpel_blade@yahoo.com
This little program is my gift to my fellow-gamers, and
my way of saying "thank you" to the hobby's developers.
Over a quarter-century, I have enjoyed a cordial relationship
with people at TSR/WOTC.
In return, I'm glad to help make
the process of character creation easier for everyone. Happy adventuring!
This big javascript program runs best on "Netscape" browsers. It performs poorly on "Google Chrome." It does not work on some versions of "Opera" and "Safari"; if someone can tell me what I need to do
to make the code compatible with these browsers, I would be most grateful.
If you want to save your character's html file to your hard drive,
Netscape seems to work better.
Many people have found that saving them as Word documents works well.
For some browsers, the best way to save the character sheet is to
select "print" and save in .pdf format.
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Javascript D&D 3.5 Dragon Generator
So far, this usually seems to work okay on Netscape, but
is slower on Explorer. It takes some time to get started, during which the
browser may seem to be locked.
Please be sure your browser is javascript-enabled and your java and javascript
consoles are current. You may need to turn off
your anti-popup program.
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for my principal character generator.
I followed the rules in the "Draconomicon" except that
when the rolled scores are used to modify the averages from the "Monster Manual",
I simply added the roll and subtracted 10. This way, a roll of 14 is better than a roll of 13.
Random rolls that guarantee certain point-buy values are available.
Low-power: 15-21. Easy 22-24. Standard 25-27. Tougher 28-31. High-power: 32+.
I did not allow any racial ability reduction to take any skill below 3. I
assume that all characters can speak Common, and all real dragons speak Draconic.
I assigned dragonish skill points as per the basic rules
as published online.
Skill points are (6+intelligence modifier) x (HD + 3).
I used the final dragonish intelligence (prior to any increases for classes)
to determine the number of skill points, as per the rules in the "Draconomicon."
I'm afraid I do not get the same number of skill points as were given to the model
dragons in the "Draconomicon".
I would be grateful to anyone who can help me figure this out
I also do not have access to the class skills for
dragons other than the ten basic types.
For skill points for character-class levels, I assumed
beginning intelligence equal to the
highest dragon class. If intelligence increases due to character class
increases, more skill points are gained for higher character levels.
No dragon will be short-changed as a result. According to how I
understand the In D&D 3.5 rules, dragons no longer get
free skill points towards spellcraft.
For saves vs. dragonish fear, I used the formula DC=10+(1/2 HD)+charisma modifier rather
than the numbers in the tables.
For saves vs. dragon breath, I used the formula DC=10+(1/2 HD)+constitution modifier rather
than the numbers in the tables.
I left all the usual feats in place. Bite specialization and claw specialization
are available only for dragons with levels as fighters.
A dragon might wish to assume
humanoid form and learn to use particular weapons, ride a horse, etc., etc.
I thought all dispassionate watchers of Chronepsis should be considered clerics.
Hand-edit to customize your sheet in keeping with other publications and/or
your own group's ideas.
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I hope visitors will consider adopting material from
The Book of Exalted Deeds, especially feats that encourage
subduing rather than really hurting opponents. For those who do not have the book,
these include:
- Subduing Strike: "No penalty when dealing nonlethal damage; rogue's sneak attack deals nonlethal damage." Counts for a fighter's extras.
- Holy Subdual: "Transform bonus and smite damage to nonlethal." Subduing strike is a prerequisite. Counts for a fighter's extra.
- Nonlethal substitution: "Transform spell's energy damage to nonlethal." Choose one energy form.
You may make this nonlethal substitution without raising the spell's level. Metamagic.
Perhaps a feat could make a dragonish breath weapon
nonlethal, or purified so as to do no damage to the good and only half-damage
to non-evil neutrals.
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Savage Species
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The mercury, mist, and steel dragons of
"Dragons of Faerun" are slightly
different from those represented here, especially in terms of their spell-like
abilities. You can hand-edit as seems best.
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You are more than welcome to download these generators to your
own computers and share them with your friends. Simply use your browser's "File -- Save" function to your hard disk. If you modify them,
please give credit to me as original programmer,
and do not make an evil-oriented generator.
Of course, I am grateful to TSR/WOTC, who developed and own the game system
and graciously allow others to work with it.
