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Geddy2112
2015-07-13, 02:00 PM
So, one of my players is a ranger, and her animal companion is a Carnivorous Llama named Carl, totally expy from Llama's with hats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49j6_uk0g3k and she roleplays it really well. The party is going to be passing the site of a mass grave/body pile, and I figured I could have the bodies meld into a meat dragon as a reward for her roleplaying.

The party is level 12, and consists of a switch hitter ranger, weapon adept monk, generalist wizard, paladin/grand marshall, brawler/rogue/duelist, melee heavy warpriest, and reach bloodrager. Assume decent optimization, some more than others but nothing pathetically weak or ungodly game breaking.

I was thinking of using a clockwork-dragon (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/constructs/clockwork/clockwork-dragon) but change the body to flesh, the DR to something else(could use help here) the resistance and breath attack to acid, and the vulnerability to fire. So it is not a one big monster encounter, I plan to have some flesh golems (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/constructs/golem/golem-flesh) (2-3, maybe more or less?) as speedbumps and meatshields. Maybe an alchemical embalming golem (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/constructs/golem/golem-alchemical/golem-alchemical-embalming) as well.

The party is on a riverboat, and will pass by this with about 30' of flat water between them and the shore. Mass grave/body pile maybe another 10' from shore. No other major environmental factors.

Any tips on how to make a better meat dragon? I am open to other monsters, including non dragons if they better fit the theme. The mass bodies are the excess remains of an alchemist's dark experiments, so I would favor a construct and preferably not an undead, as the paladin/warpriest will end the fight before it begins. Also, any tips on the encounter design, mechanics etc.

Thanks!

Nibbens
2015-07-13, 06:05 PM
Thematically, this (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/warsworn). However, you don't want undead - so maybe change its type to construct and take away the profane magic. Keep the spell-like abilities, they are construct-y. Also, change the special ability "Absorb dying creature" into "Absorb dead body" - but mechanically works exactly the same.

Jack_Simth
2015-07-13, 06:14 PM
Treat the meat dragon as a variant flesh golem. Start with your clockwork template on the dragon, and just swap out various traits from the clockwork template for those from the flesh golem as seems thematically appropriate.