u/Mrbeddu

Hello everybody! I’ve recently gotten into manga/anime culture, watching anime like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, JJK, and Gachiakuta (recommended by friends), and I’d like to start reading some manga as well. The problem? I have zero ball knowledge, and I’ve decided that I want to read something niche to surprise my friends.
As for my interests: I’m a TTRPG player (D&D/PF2e), I’ve played video games like Hollow Knight and Undertale, and I’d rather avoid sports manga. I’d love something with an interesting power system, but the manga doesn’t necessarily have to revolve entirely around fighting. I’m also really into gritty art styles (I’ve been told that “gritty” is the right term for the kind of art I’m looking for).

P.S. It would be cool if it had a schizophrenic/psychedelic vibe.

I’m trying to find official Pathfinder 2e dragon stat blocks for my setting. Each of the four dragons must belong to a different magical tradition: arcane, primal, occult, or divine. Each of them must also represent the fear of a concept that the gods imposed in ancient eras, so that civilizations would not exceed certain limits or create a world ruled by chaos.
I have already defined one of them: the divine tradition dragon, which I chose to be the Resurrection Dragon. It represents the fear of war. The gods imposed the fear of war to prevent endless conflict and to avoid a brutally chaotic world.
The other three are where I’m running into problems, which is what led me to write this post.
Let’s start with the arcane tradition. For this, I initially chose the Fortune Dragon stat block, although I honestly don’t like its mechanics that much anymore. Thematically, I wouldn’t call it perfect—it would represent the fear of excessive power or insatiable ambition. However, I am very open to finding a better arcane dragon to replace it.
Next is the occult dragon, for which I have two options and I am completely open to alternatives:
The first is the Despair Dragon. I’m not entirely sure what it should represent, because the idea of a “fear of fear itself” feels a bit forced. However, it would be thematically perfect to connect it to an NPC I already introduced. In fact, the tip of the Despair Dragon’s tongue could effectively be a separate entity—in my case, the NPC I already introduced in my last session, without revealing that it might actually be part of this dragon.
The other option is the Sage Dragon. It would represent the fear of forbidden knowledge or becoming omniscient, which would prevent mortals from crossing the boundary between the divine and the human. I honestly think this is the perfect thematic fit, but I don’t like how its stat block works, since it is entirely based on using Recall Knowledge against players, which feels useless because I already know my players’ character sheets.
Finally, the primal tradition is the one I’m having the most trouble with. For now, I chose a Coral Dragon, which should represent the fear of physical limits—or more precisely, the fear of leaving the continent. The continent is an island surrounded, several miles away, by a magical coral reef that physically prevents anyone from leaving. It uses visual illusions that disorient sailors and always lead ships back to shore without them even realizing it.
The Coral Dragon would be either the guardian of this reef or even its creator. However, it would be very difficult to run a combat encounter with it, since it is normally balanced for a relatively small coral reef, not one that surrounds an entire continent.
So, if there are other primal tradition dragons—even ones unrelated to the concept of a coral barrier—I would be very happy to consider them instead.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with research.

sto masterando una campagna di pathfinder nonostante ne io ne i miei player abbiamo molta esperienza;
ho bisogno di creare un character sheet per un boss con queste caratteristiche:
- deve essere un nano,
- deve avere come classe principale uno spellcaster!!! (ammetto dedication/ double class se così si chiama)
- deve essere connesso a dei particolari cristalli che modificano la gravità
- e infine, MOTIVO DI QUESTO POST, deve far sì che qualsisi cosa tocca diventa fatta di cristallo. (un po’ come là leggenda di Mida, ma al posto dell’oro sono cristalli magici)

non so bene come implementare tutto ciò al livello di meccaniche, ma la cosa importante è proprio l’ultimo punto.