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<blockquote data-quote="Radiating Gnome" data-source="post: 6037434" data-attributes="member: 150"><p>The most obvious thing for the dragon to do is go all trogdor on the countryside around the castle -- It will take a little while, but the dragon should burn everything within a few miles in any direction. Start a forest fire and feed it. </p><p></p><p>Then you have to think about how the people in the city get water. Can the dragon mess with that? Cut if off, or poison it? </p><p></p><p>Also, it's hard to underestimate the value of dropping <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> from great heights on people. Just sayin'. </p><p></p><p>The dragon should avoid direct confrontation with the keep and it's defenses unless it's endgame time or if it has some reasonable advantages -- like the whole keep is blinded in the smoke and ask from being surrounded by forest fires. Or an unnaturally dark night, stars and moon blotted out by the smoke. </p><p></p><p>The dragon could be smart enough to try to herd peasants towards the keep while not allowing them to take in provisions. More mouths to feed, and so on. </p><p></p><p>Another warfare (borrowed from a trashy novel I read 20 years ago) thing I roll around when noodling about stuff like this -- sometimes it's better to disable rather than kill your enemy. A disabled enemy is still a drain on resources -- he still has to be fed, cared for, protected, and so on. If that could be done in a way that did allow for the enemy to come back and fight again another day, that would be idea. </p><p></p><p>So, what if the dragon blinds 9 out of every 10 peasants it sends towards the castle. Find a band of peasants, subdue them with dragonfear, gouge out a bunch of eyes, gobble up their animals, burn their supplies, and let one final sighted peasant lead them to the castle. </p><p></p><p>-rg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Radiating Gnome, post: 6037434, member: 150"] The most obvious thing for the dragon to do is go all trogdor on the countryside around the castle -- It will take a little while, but the dragon should burn everything within a few miles in any direction. Start a forest fire and feed it. Then you have to think about how the people in the city get water. Can the dragon mess with that? Cut if off, or poison it? Also, it's hard to underestimate the value of dropping :):):):) from great heights on people. Just sayin'. The dragon should avoid direct confrontation with the keep and it's defenses unless it's endgame time or if it has some reasonable advantages -- like the whole keep is blinded in the smoke and ask from being surrounded by forest fires. Or an unnaturally dark night, stars and moon blotted out by the smoke. The dragon could be smart enough to try to herd peasants towards the keep while not allowing them to take in provisions. More mouths to feed, and so on. Another warfare (borrowed from a trashy novel I read 20 years ago) thing I roll around when noodling about stuff like this -- sometimes it's better to disable rather than kill your enemy. A disabled enemy is still a drain on resources -- he still has to be fed, cared for, protected, and so on. If that could be done in a way that did allow for the enemy to come back and fight again another day, that would be idea. So, what if the dragon blinds 9 out of every 10 peasants it sends towards the castle. Find a band of peasants, subdue them with dragonfear, gouge out a bunch of eyes, gobble up their animals, burn their supplies, and let one final sighted peasant lead them to the castle. -rg [/QUOTE]
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