What is Dragotha's CR by Pathfinder standards in your opinions?
What is Dragotha's CR by Pathfinder standards in your opinions?
If you go with a straight conversion, his CR would be 25 and he would be a great wyrm. This would include changes to his size, hit dice, ability scores, feats, etc. and also includes CR modifications for the dracolich template.
I did a PF conversion not too long ago, since my players use PF characters and recently went up against him in our long-running AoW campaign. I kept his hit dice and ability scores unchanged then converted the rest, so I estimated his CR would stay at 27. My players' group wizard did not have Disjunction on his spell list so I refrained from giving it to Dragotha as well, as this would have gauranteed a TPK.
XP
NE Colossal Undead (fire)
PF Bestiary 99, Draconomicon 148
Init +10; Senses blindsense 60 ft., darkvision 120
ft., smoke vision, detect thoughts; Perception +47
Aura fiery aura (10 ft., 2d6 damage), frightful presence
360 ft., Will DC 44)
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DEFENSE
AC 58, touch 12, flat-footed 56 (+2 Dex, +41 natural, +8 armor,
+5 deflection, -8 size); 1d4+5 mirror images (maximum 8)
hp 758 (37d8 +592 hp)
Fort +18 Ref +20 Will +26
DR 20/magic and 5/bludgeoning; Immune cold, electricity,
fire, paralysis, sleep; undead traits
Resist acid 30, sonic 30; SR 38
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OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., fly 250 ft. (clumsy)
Melee* bite+46 (4d8+66 plus 1d6 cold plus 2d6 fire plus
paralysis), 2 claws+44 (4d6+47 plus 1d6 cold plus 2d6 fire
+ paralysis), 2 wings+44 (2d8+27 plus 1d6 cold plus 2d6 fire
+ paralysis), tail slap+44 (4d6+66 plus 1d6 cold plus 2d6 fire
plus paralysis)
Space 25 ft.; Reach 20 ft. (25 ft. with bite)
Special Attacks breath weapons (60-ft. cone, DC44, 24d10 fire
or 60-ft.cone, 24d10 negative energy), crush, incinerate,
manipulate flames, melt stone, tail sweep
Spell-like Abilities (CL25th)
At will - detect magic, discern location, find the path,
pyrotechnics (DC28), suggestion (DC29),
wall of fire
Spells Known (CL 19th)
9th (6/day) - utterdark, wish
8th (9/day) - polar ray, horrid wilting, maze
7th (9/day) - destruction (DC35), forcecage
(DC33), greater teleport
6th (9/day) - antimagic field, greater dispel magic, harm
(DC34)
5th (9/day) - feeblemind (DC31, 35 for arcane spell
casters), telekineses (DC31), wall of
force, waves of fatigue
4th (10/day) - charm monster (DC30), dimension door,
lifeward, sending
3rd (10/day) - animate dead, fly, haste, wind wall
2nd (10/day) - blindness/deafness (DC30), death knell (DC30), detect thoughts (DC28), mirror
image, resist energy
1st (10/day) - divine favor, inflict light wounds (DC29),
magic missile, unseen servant, shield of faith
* Includes 10-point Power Attack
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STATISTICS
Str 49, Dex 15, Con -, Int26, Wis 24, Cha 43
Base Atk +37; CMB+64; CMD 76
Feats Clinging Breath, Combat Reflexes, Dire Charge, Enlarge
Breath, Flyby Attack, Greater Spell Focus (necromancy), Hover,
Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Persistent Spell, Power Attack
Quicken Breath, Quicken Spell, Recover Breath, Spell Focus
(necromancy), Spellcasting Harrier, Stand Still, Superior
Initiative, Widen Spell
Skills Appraise +45, Bluff +50, Diplomacy +50, Fly +42,
Intimidate +53, Knowledge (arcana) +48, Knowledge (geo) +45,
Knowledge (history) +45, Knowledge (religion) +48, Perception
+47, Sense Motive +47, Spellcraft +48, Use Magic Device +53
Languages Abyssal, Common, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Halfling,
Giant, Gnome, Goblin, Ignan, Infernal, Orc, Undercommon
Possessions amulet of mighty fists +5, bracers of armor +8,
headband of alluring charisma +6, 2 rings of
counterspells (each loaded with a greater dispel magic
), scroll of widened antilife shell, 2 doses of
ruby dust (each worth 1500 gp) for forcecage spells,
4 diamonds (worth 25000 gp each) for wish spells
Before Combat (assuming reasonable prep time)
Persistent spells in effect: divine favor (+3 to hit and
damage), shield of faith (+5 deflection bonus to AC),
mirror image (6 images), resist energy (acid 30),
resist energy (sonic 30). This reduces his daily number
7th-level spells by two and his 8th-level spells by four, and
the effects of these spells are constant and included in his
stats.
haste, wind wall (cast across room in front of ziggurat;
each spell has 19 rounds duration).
lifeward (19 minutes)
Widened antimagic field (190 minutes): this drops
Dragotha's attacks/damage by 8 and AC by 13.
Cast wish to supress all death ward effects on
party for one round during his next deathwind attack.
Cast utterdark on entire cave (19 hours)
During Combat
Round 1 - Dire Charge into party, using full attack to take
out as many as possible and Spellcasting Harrier
to hamper spellcasters.
Round 2 - Fly back to ziggurat, dismiss antimagic field
and use quickened, clinging deathwind on party.
Round 3 - Maze on cleric or other spellcaster, or
horrid wilting on group if in poor shape from
deathwind (option: use greater metamagic rod of
maximize from treasure hoard for this spell.)
Quicken waves of fatigue. Include additional
damage from clinging breath weapon.
Round 4 - Cast harm on self if taking sufficient damage,
quicken low-level buffs that have been dispelled.
Round 5 - Liberal use of maze, destruction, polar ray,
and horrid wilting for offense. If threatened
by melee foes, use scroll of widened antilife
shell.