For the ability scores, I left DEX alone, but increased the mental stats (INT/WIS/CHA) by 4. Why 4? Because, as a comparison, the Red Dragon has different versions of different CRs (Young is CR 10, Ancient is CR 24, which is close enough to what I'm doi...
Also, if you look at the Half-Red Dragon Veteran's (PG.350) skills, you can see that while Athletics is definitely a +5, its wisdom is merely a +2, because its wisdom stat is a +0. This would imply that the monster only has a proficiency bonus of +2, which would pla...
For example, in 5e they gender bend the ruler of Falkovnia – Vlad Drakov – into Vladeska Drakov. In my game, Valdeska is the daughter of the original Dark Lord who has systematically butchered her many, many siblings to take the reigns of power as the undisputed ruler of the land. ...
Considering that CR tells you how great a threat the monster is, (MM 9) we need to determine if the stats gained by the Young Red Shadow Dragon make it more formidable than the standard Young Red Dragon. Once we determine this we can know where the error is in ...