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<blockquote data-quote="gfunk" data-source="post: 82091" data-attributes="member: 1813"><p>Dr. Midnight,</p><p></p><p>First off, let me say that I feel your pain. A very similar thing happened in our campaign last week. We PCs decided it was time to assault a Mature Adult Red Dragon in its lair. We felt that a quick surprise attack could take the Wyrm off guard.</p><p></p><p>Just like you, our DM was unprepared for this tactic. Dragons, as you mentioned, have very powerful and diverse abilities and it is extremely difficult to prepare one for battle in short order. We tried to scry on it to Teleport in, but our DM said that all we saw was darkness. Thus, having no visual on the lair, we found that we couldn't just jump in. We presumed that the dragon cast Deeper Darkness around itself to prevent this sort of thing, but we were not sure.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, to make a long story short, we used Find the Path to get to the lair, then our PCs buffed ourselves up to the max and charged in.</p><p></p><p>After an epic battle, our Clr 14 was dead but so was the dragon. In retrospect, it seems that our DM could have played the dragon a lot harder, but, like you, it was late and he didn't really have the time to prep it appropriately. However, I think he put up one hell of a fight nonetheless.</p><p></p><p>So my point is that I fully understand that you couldn't possibly play the dragon at its best b/c your PCs unorthdox methods.</p><p></p><p>At this point, I would really focus on having maximum fun for your PCs and yourself. Clearly some type of retribution is required but whole-sale slaughter of your players doesn't seem to be a viable option. Like others have suggested, having the dragon buff up its lair (or perhaps even re-locate) is a good option, as is the dragon ravaging the countryside to force local rulers to apprehend the PCs. This could provide a great role-playing opportunity for your players as well as you.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is that it's all about having fun for everybody and I think, based on your posts, that you are an excellent DM. Try to smooth over things with your PCs and balance fun with reality.</p><p></p><p>Good Luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gfunk, post: 82091, member: 1813"] Dr. Midnight, First off, let me say that I feel your pain. A very similar thing happened in our campaign last week. We PCs decided it was time to assault a Mature Adult Red Dragon in its lair. We felt that a quick surprise attack could take the Wyrm off guard. Just like you, our DM was unprepared for this tactic. Dragons, as you mentioned, have very powerful and diverse abilities and it is extremely difficult to prepare one for battle in short order. We tried to scry on it to Teleport in, but our DM said that all we saw was darkness. Thus, having no visual on the lair, we found that we couldn't just jump in. We presumed that the dragon cast Deeper Darkness around itself to prevent this sort of thing, but we were not sure. Anyway, to make a long story short, we used Find the Path to get to the lair, then our PCs buffed ourselves up to the max and charged in. After an epic battle, our Clr 14 was dead but so was the dragon. In retrospect, it seems that our DM could have played the dragon a lot harder, but, like you, it was late and he didn't really have the time to prep it appropriately. However, I think he put up one hell of a fight nonetheless. So my point is that I fully understand that you couldn't possibly play the dragon at its best b/c your PCs unorthdox methods. At this point, I would really focus on having maximum fun for your PCs and yourself. Clearly some type of retribution is required but whole-sale slaughter of your players doesn't seem to be a viable option. Like others have suggested, having the dragon buff up its lair (or perhaps even re-locate) is a good option, as is the dragon ravaging the countryside to force local rulers to apprehend the PCs. This could provide a great role-playing opportunity for your players as well as you. The bottom line is that it's all about having fun for everybody and I think, based on your posts, that you are an excellent DM. Try to smooth over things with your PCs and balance fun with reality. Good Luck! [/QUOTE]
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