I'm not a fan of the Dungeons & Dragons dragons with all their spells and magic, and stuff, so I came up with these ones instead, which I think work much better as "generic" dragons.
Only a quick and dirty writeup, but I think it should include all the relevant numbers.
Young Dragon CR 7
3,200 XP
Large magical beast
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +11
DEFENSE
AC 19, touch 9, flat-footed 19 (+10 natural, -1 size)
hp 82 (12d10+22)
Fort +10, Ref +8, Will +8
DR 5/magic; Resistance acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5; SR 17
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., fly 80 (poor)
Melee bite +15 (2d6+4/19-20) and 2 claws +10 (1d8+2)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Attacks breath weapon (30-ft. cone, once every 1d4 rounds, 4d10 fire damage, Reflex DC 18 for half)
STATISTICS
Str 18, Dex 10, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 12
Base Atk +12; CMB +17; CMD 27
Feats Flyby Attack, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Power Attack, Skill Focus (fly)
Skills Bluff +4, Fly +6, Perception +11, Sense Motive +5, Stealth +5
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
Treasure double
Adult Dragon CR 10
9,600 XP
Huge magical beast
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +18
DEFENSE
AC 22, touch 7, flat-footed 22 (-1 Dex, +15 natural, -2 size)
hp 129 (14d10+52)
Fort +13, Ref +8, Will +9
DR 10/magic; Resistance acid 10, cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10; SR 20
OFFENSE
Speed 50 ft., fly 100 (poor)
Melee bite +20 (2d8+8/19-20) and 2 claws +15 (2d6+4)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks breath weapon (40-ft. cone, once every 1d4 rounds, 8d10 fire damage, Reflex DC 21for half)
STATISTICS
Str 26, Dex 8, Con 18, Int 14, Wis 16, Cha 14
Base Atk +14; CMB +24; CMD 33
Feats Cleave, Flyby Attack, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Power Attack, Skill Focus (fly)
Skills Bluff +8, Fly +9, Knowledge (arcana) +6, Knowledge (history) +6, Perception +18, Sense Motive +9, Stealth +6
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
Treasure double
Old Dragon CR 13
25,600 XP
Gargantuan magical beast
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +25
DEFENSE
AC 24, touch 4, flat-footed 24 (-2 Dex, +20 natural, -4 size)
hp 195 (18d10+102)
Fort +17, Ref +1, Will +12
DR 15/magic; Resistance acid 15, cold 15, electricity 15, fire 15; SR 23
OFFENSE
Speed 60 ft., fly 120 (poor)
Melee bite +26 (4d6+12/19-20) and 2 claws +21 (2d8+6/19-20)
Space 20 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Special Attacks breath weapon (50-ft. cone, once every 1d4 rounds, 12d10 fire damage, Reflex DC 25 for half)
STATISTICS
Str 34, Dex 6, Con 22, Int 18, Wis 18, Cha 16
Base Atk +18; CMB +34; CMD 42
Feats Cleave, Flyby Attack, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Critical (claw), Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Skill Focus (fly)
Skills Bluff +12, Fly +12, Knowledge (arcana) +13, Knoweldge (history) +13, Perception +25, Sense Motive +13, Stealth +7
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
Treasure double
Do you think these look about right, given their CRs?
CR 13 in an E6? Thats gonna hurt! lol Your bite will one shot nearly any caster unless you are doing max hp 6xd4 = 24 hp assuming +1 con = 30 hp and your bite can do 36 maxed, 18 min. And DR 15? No way. DR 10 tops. SR 23 ... Highest caster level level 3 + 5 abil Spell pen +2, greater spell pen +2 = 12, they need an 11 to break it, if they took both feats...
yet another example i feel E6 benefits melee only, and with DR 15, heavy hitting melee only. Two weapon fighters and mages go home...
would be good for pathfinder normal rules tho.
also CMD 42, no one will ever do anything to that dragon, melee or otherwise...
CR 13 in an E6? Thats gonna hurt! lol Your bite will one shot nearly any caster unless you are doing max hp 6xd4 = 24 hp assuming +1 con = 30 hp and your bite can do 36 maxed, 18 min. And DR 15? No way. DR 10 tops. SR 23 ... Highest caster level level 3 + 5 abil Spell pen +2, greater spell pen +2 = 12, they need an 11 to break it, if they took both feats...
yet another example i feel E6 benefits melee only, and with DR 15, heavy hitting melee only. Two weapon fighters and mages go home...
would be good for pathfinder normal rules tho.
Pathfinder casters have d6 hit die not d4, but a cr 13 isnt outrageous in an e6 campaign, it just should be something you work up to with a dozen or more epic feats under your belt and lots of preparation. Sure its crazy lethal, but thats kind of the point of E6, the big scary monsters STAY crazy lethal. Its supposed to be hard. And should never be a surprise, it should be the end goal of a campaign or something, to take down the big bad dragon terrorizing the world.
And you realize its dr 15/magic right? As in a magic weapon bypasses it? 2 magic weapon spells or a simple pair of magic short swords eliminates that 'go home' effect. It just means characters need to be properly equiped to take it on.
Ah i missed the magic part... Well that kinda makes sense then, yea.... i retroactively disagree with my previous post about the dr.