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#1 vverevvolf Mar 19, 2009 9:47:21	I'm making a Female Dragonborn Sorcerer who's roughly five, but for various circumstances (Inadvertently kidnapped) is starting adventuring at a young age. Is it legal for me to have this character listed as size small, with taking the necessary penalties to speed and two-handedness, to gain benefits from Goblin Totem dagger (extra damage when attacking a larger creature) against medium creatures? Or should I just keep everything normal on the character sheet and before each session ask the GM to make a decision whether the character can be considered small or not for that session?
#2 dkay807 Mar 19, 2009 9:58:45	Dragonborn are listed as medium size in the PHB. Therefore, the PC is medium size, no matter how old the PC is. Changing your size to small is not legal. Period. This sort of "fudgery" might fly in a home game, but there isn't a place for it in LFR - we are all held to the same standards. Even if you were doing it simply from a role-playing perspective (similar to the warforged orc argument that took place for months), it wouldn't be cool with most people. Since you're obviously doing it to gain the mechanical benefits of being a Dragonborn AND the damage bonus from a goblin totem dagger, it's especially not cool. I would be flabbergasted if any DM allowed this to happen.
#3 naznarreb Mar 19, 2009 10:44:26	Nevermind.
#4 Dragon9 Mar 19, 2009 16:33:37	Not to mention that, legally, a PC may not participate in adventure if they aren't at least 18 years of age or older. Underage adventure is illegal in many countries and subject to fines and jail time. Also... oh, wait... we're talkign about D&D characters? Nevermind...
#5 monad Mar 19, 2009 18:54:04	Yeah, something like that would be a DM approval-type thing, meaning it would be fine in a home game but not so much in the RPGA. If you really want a small five year old character, I'd suggest either a halfling or a Gnome, since they're already classed as small. Or you could up the age of the character a bit (for a Dragonborn, say 10 or so?) to make them legitimately medium sized while still much younger than your average adventurer. For instance, one of my LFR characters is an orphaned Halfling Warlock from Waterdeep. Since he's never known any parents he doesn't know exactly how old he is, but he looks to be somewhere around 10-14 years old.
#6 Reylance Mar 27, 2009 17:18:38	Character creation guidelines used to specify characters needed to be at least young adult age. So, no children calling down flame strikes.
#7 Dragon9 Mar 28, 2009 7:17:40	I always wanted to play a "prodigy" sorcerer. A child who found their powers and now they go around blowing up sh** with all the restraint a child has (meanign none). I always thought it would be cool. Or maybe I watch too much anime... :/
#8 KarmaInferno Mar 28, 2009 17:32:30	A magical anime girl? -karma
#9 Reylance Mar 31, 2009 0:36:19	A magical anime girl? Been there, done that, in a classic module.
#10 Dragon9 Mar 31, 2009 7:50:15	No, not a magical anime girl... more like a creepy Otomo kid with way too much power.
#11 restyl Apr 15, 2009 23:43:46	A magical anime girl? -karma hahahahahaha...I'm so choosing to read further into this comment. Lombardi's kid could definitely sense evil.