Sunblight dragon alternative
Hello, DM here, preparing Sunblight for a level 7 party. Organizational chart of the adventure say it's for level 6 players, but the chapter says it's for level 4, unlikely. I would like to make some changes :
- Celestial Kirin (CR=12) instead of Chardalyn Dragon (CR=11)
- Bone Devil (CR=9) instead of Barbed Devil (CR=5)
Here is my idea :
- The Bone Devil is CR=9 so it could have access to 5th level spells.
- The Bone Devil might have cast "Planar Binding" to bind a celestial Ki-rin, and with the help of chardalyn, make its soul "evil" and control it.
- The Twenty Stones of Thruun might have been used to cast that powerful spell ; the megalithes could be in resonance with the stars, like celtic ones, and somewhat with the celestial plane. (I know the real story is different, but why not)
Why eliminate the chardalyn dragon ?
- 1st, I don't like constructs, no soul inside.
- 2nd, the construct is made of chardalyn ? why ?I don't get it... It's a construct, it should obey his inventor without the need of evil black ice/metal
- 3rd, how we maintain a dragon"s heart living ? Seriously ?
- 4th, by the way, what is chardalyn ? Sometimes, it's black thin ice with magic inside, sometimes it's a cursed metal. Wizards merged 2 things different, so lets say chardalyn is very rare, it is mysterious, and can control weakened minds.
My party players are quite resilient, high HP, high constitution, they are ready for a dangerous adventure. Both the Kirin and Chardalyn Dragon do radiant damage ; both of them got "Magic Resistance".
What is your opinion ? Does it worth it ? is it bad ?