[RPG] Would this Conjure Dragons spell be too powerful

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Would this homebrewed spell for dragon-themed conjurers be too powerful? It is a variant of conjure animals / conjure minor elementals / conjure woodland beings but dragon-themed.

This is what I have so far:

Level 3 conjuration spell (for wizard conjurers or sorcerers with draconic bloodline)

  • 1 × CR 2 (e.g. a dragon wyrmling or fairy dragon)
  • 2 × CR 1 (e.g. dragon wyrmlings or some fairy dragons)
  • 4 × CR ½ (???)
  • 8 × CR ¼ (e.g. pseudodragons)

I figure that, if I was to compare a dragon wyrmling to a polar bear, the dragon has more AC (17), 1 attack at +6 (+2 damage), and breath weapon once every 6 turns, while the polar bear has less AC (12), 2 attacks at +7 (+5 damage each), but both are otherwise CR 2 and have about the same number of hit points.

Best Answer

Your proposed Conjure Dragons spell should probably be a 4th level spell rather than a 3rd level. Other than that, it looks fine.

My reasoning is simple: There are 2 spells, Conjure Animals, and Conjure Woodland Beings, that are identical in every respect, except that Conjure Animals summons creatures with the beast type, and Conjure Woodland Beings summons creatures with the fey type. While Conjure Animals is a 3rd level spell, Conjure Woodland Beings is a 4th level spell. This is because fey have a wide variety of special abilities, while beasts have none. For example, a Pixie is CR 1/4, but it has a whole bunch of different spells it can cast. Obviously, there aren't any beasts with similar powers. Conjure Fey therefore has a great deal more versatility and utility than Conjure Animals, so it is 1 spell level higher.

The same principle holds with your Conjure Dragons spell; it is identical to Conjure Animals, except that dragons have a wide variety of special abilities. Wyrmlings all have breath weapons, and the Faerie Dragon has spellcasting. Therefore, Conjure Dragons would be a much more versatile, and therefore powerful, spell than Conjure Animals. It doesn't appear significantly more powerful than Conjure Woodland Beings, though, so I'd suggest that making it a 4th level spell should be about right.

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