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Monkey Boy · 28th October 2008, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Agamon

I agree, that is kinda insane. I've had a 2.5 hour combat, but it was a massive BBEG fight with a solo black dragon that went more than 9 rounds...more closer to 19.

I think Black Dragons are poorly designed. The darkness ability makes them really hard to kill. We suffered a similarly drawn out combat against one. It was a relief to finally kill it. It wasted 2.5 hours of our life!