Mechanic Feedback: Syzygy
Added 2020-06-12 18:26:39 +0000 UTC~Yes, that's really a word.~
So "syzygy" (pronounced siz-i-jee), is when three celestial objects—such as a star, planet, and moon—are aligned. This gave me an idea for a mechanic I want to include in the Cosmic Dragon Breviary sort of along the lines of Hag Covens. Some special benefits the dragons get when three of them team up in a group.
Looking for thoughts on lore and mechanics here, as well as perhaps other benefits you think could be cool for this. Thanks, all!
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For the past 13 years at least
Eliot
2020-06-17 14:59:28 +0000 UTCSyzygy has been my favorite word for AGESSSS, this is awesome!
Eliot
2020-06-17 14:59:17 +0000 UTCHuh, I completely forgot that younger dragons don't have legendary resistance. And ye, the concept's pretty fun. And the concept can be applied to other creatures with some tweaking. Hag covens, syzygys, what else could have a three-team bonus? Fun to think about.
Adam
2020-06-12 22:14:27 +0000 UTCAlso, by my calculation, for example, three cosmic dragon wyrmlings in syzygy would be ~a Hard encounter for 4 Level 10 PCs. And an adult dragon and two young dragons in syzygy would be a Deadly, but still fair, challenge for 4 Level 20 PCs. This would definitely be pretty epic-level encounters, generally speaking. DMs would definitely have to be careful, but I think it's a fun concept.
Spectre Creations
2020-06-12 20:12:52 +0000 UTCThat's right. That's because individually, none of them have Legendary Resistance. I debated a minimum number of Legendary Resistances, even if it was, say, three young cosmic dragons in syzygy, but it felt awkward to word and didn't quite feel right to distribute Legendary Resistance where there otherwise wasn't any. As is, it just lets all the dragons flexibly share the Legendary Resistances that already would've been part of the encounter.
Spectre Creations
2020-06-12 20:08:58 +0000 UTCIf none of the three dragons were an adult or older, would no one in the syzygy get legendary resistance? If you want, you could add that each dragon in the syzygy gets a minimum of 3 uses of legendary resistance. I could see this being epic for, say, a few level-20 PCs fighting a syzygy of young dragons, but dragons are extremely powerful already, designed to fight an entire party on their own.
Adam
2020-06-12 19:09:08 +0000 UTC
