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<blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 5959088" data-attributes="member: 3448"><p><strong>Sir Warchop versus Tailigon</strong></p><p></p><p>Yesterday, my elder son (just under 6 years old) announced that he wanted to play a D&D game. I’m always game for that, so we headed down to the basement to play. But this game was a little different from our previous games—as we headed downstairs, my son informed me that this time, he wanted to play the bad guys, in particular Tailigon, a dragon with a stretchy tail and a dangerous set of tail attacks. We got to the table downstairs, and he handed me the figure that we’ve been using recently for Sir Warchop, Baron Chesterfield (one of his PCs) and he said that I would play the hero character. As he set up a group of skeleton warriors around Tailigon, it became clear that he wasn’t planning on playing an adventure with me DMing for his bad-guy dragon. Instead, my son had decided that he was going to run a game for me.</p><p></p><p>He began by narrating the problem that forced me to go on an adventure: a group of new dragons, led by Tailigon, had moved into the land, and when they snored in their sleep it produced a lot of smoke that was covering the land and making it not nice for anyone else. So Sir Warchop needed to head out to stop the dragon threat. He began by asking if I wanted to spy on the dragon first. That seemed like a good idea, so I said sure. He had me roll a d20 to see whether the “skulls” (his word for the undead) would spot Sir Warchop. I rolled an 8, so he said that one of the skulls looked over at Sir Warchop, but didn’t immediately raise the alarm. Sir Warchop froze, and my son decided the skull thought he was a statue and ignored him. Sir Warchop did see the group of four skulls guarding the dragon. More importantly, he saw a river of lava with a larger group of skulls swimming in it. (Apparently, their weapons burned up, but they could make new weapons from other skeletons.)</p><p></p><p>My son also asked if my scouting platform had a catapult on it. That seemed like another obvious “yes” to me. So then, with some prompting from the DM, Sir Warchop dipped the catapult ammunition into the lava, so now it would be flaming ammunition. I was finally ready to attack. He asked me who I wanted to target, and I said the skeletons around the dragon. But he warned me that attacking near there would surely be spotted by the dragon, so I decided to attack the skulls in the river of lava first. A decent roll later, and all that remained were the skulls around the dragon and Tailigon itself.</p><p></p><p>I then attacked with the big catapult rock, which my son told me was big enough to attack five targets—perfect! One of the skulls was crushed outright, the rest were battered but not defeated, and the dragon took a lot of damage but was so tough that it only bruised its claws. As Sir Warchop rushed forward, Tailigon declared that before anyone could challenge it, he would have to go through skull training. So Sir Warchop had to jump over a pit of lava, swim through a lake filled with piranhas without getting eaten, sneak through a room filled with sleeping dragons, and then defeat a skull in single combat. Sir Warchop rolled well and made it through the first three challenges without incident, although some of the dragons stirred restlessly before settling back to sleep. The duel went very well for Sir Warchop—a natural 20 defeated the skull and brought him before Tailigon itself.</p><p></p><p>Sir Warchop told Tailigon that he did not want to fight if he had to, but would if that was necessary to make the land safe. Tailigon replied that he would not leave without a fight, and if he won, he would use his breath to ignite the smoke in the air on fire, making the smoke from the snoring dragons even worse.</p><p></p><p>The battle with Tailigon was protracted. Tailigon used a series of clever powers, such as flying around in a circle with its tail on the ground to generate a tornado. With each subsequent power, Sir Warchop would try to do something to counter it, and then Tailigon would move on to his next power. But finally when Tailigon slammed down onto Sir Warchop from high in the air, Sir Warchop positioned his lance so that Tailigon drove the lance into its own belly. Tailigon was wounded—not beaten, but hurt badly enough to want to talk. Sir Warchop had said from the beginning that they could have peace if Tailigon left these lands. Now, Tailigon offered to surrender. Sir Warchop agreed to the offer, only to be betrayed by the treacherous dragon! Tailigon resumed its attack, but Sir Warchop continued to gain the upper hand. Finally, Tailigon surrendered again, this time meaning it. Tailigon agreed to stop all of the dragons from spreading smoke, and promised to not harm any of the people or animals in the lands around Sir Warchop’s lands, although there was some mention of the possibility of Tailigon hurting the lands of neighboring evil rulers. With that, they agreed to be friends in the future.</p><p></p><p>Overall, it was a fantastic experience. I’m sure this is the first of many instances of my son DMing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cerebral Paladin, post: 5959088, member: 3448"] [b]Sir Warchop versus Tailigon[/b] Yesterday, my elder son (just under 6 years old) announced that he wanted to play a D&D game. I’m always game for that, so we headed down to the basement to play. But this game was a little different from our previous games—as we headed downstairs, my son informed me that this time, he wanted to play the bad guys, in particular Tailigon, a dragon with a stretchy tail and a dangerous set of tail attacks. We got to the table downstairs, and he handed me the figure that we’ve been using recently for Sir Warchop, Baron Chesterfield (one of his PCs) and he said that I would play the hero character. As he set up a group of skeleton warriors around Tailigon, it became clear that he wasn’t planning on playing an adventure with me DMing for his bad-guy dragon. Instead, my son had decided that he was going to run a game for me. He began by narrating the problem that forced me to go on an adventure: a group of new dragons, led by Tailigon, had moved into the land, and when they snored in their sleep it produced a lot of smoke that was covering the land and making it not nice for anyone else. So Sir Warchop needed to head out to stop the dragon threat. He began by asking if I wanted to spy on the dragon first. That seemed like a good idea, so I said sure. He had me roll a d20 to see whether the “skulls” (his word for the undead) would spot Sir Warchop. I rolled an 8, so he said that one of the skulls looked over at Sir Warchop, but didn’t immediately raise the alarm. Sir Warchop froze, and my son decided the skull thought he was a statue and ignored him. Sir Warchop did see the group of four skulls guarding the dragon. More importantly, he saw a river of lava with a larger group of skulls swimming in it. (Apparently, their weapons burned up, but they could make new weapons from other skeletons.) My son also asked if my scouting platform had a catapult on it. That seemed like another obvious “yes” to me. So then, with some prompting from the DM, Sir Warchop dipped the catapult ammunition into the lava, so now it would be flaming ammunition. I was finally ready to attack. He asked me who I wanted to target, and I said the skeletons around the dragon. But he warned me that attacking near there would surely be spotted by the dragon, so I decided to attack the skulls in the river of lava first. A decent roll later, and all that remained were the skulls around the dragon and Tailigon itself. I then attacked with the big catapult rock, which my son told me was big enough to attack five targets—perfect! One of the skulls was crushed outright, the rest were battered but not defeated, and the dragon took a lot of damage but was so tough that it only bruised its claws. As Sir Warchop rushed forward, Tailigon declared that before anyone could challenge it, he would have to go through skull training. So Sir Warchop had to jump over a pit of lava, swim through a lake filled with piranhas without getting eaten, sneak through a room filled with sleeping dragons, and then defeat a skull in single combat. Sir Warchop rolled well and made it through the first three challenges without incident, although some of the dragons stirred restlessly before settling back to sleep. The duel went very well for Sir Warchop—a natural 20 defeated the skull and brought him before Tailigon itself. Sir Warchop told Tailigon that he did not want to fight if he had to, but would if that was necessary to make the land safe. Tailigon replied that he would not leave without a fight, and if he won, he would use his breath to ignite the smoke in the air on fire, making the smoke from the snoring dragons even worse. The battle with Tailigon was protracted. Tailigon used a series of clever powers, such as flying around in a circle with its tail on the ground to generate a tornado. With each subsequent power, Sir Warchop would try to do something to counter it, and then Tailigon would move on to his next power. But finally when Tailigon slammed down onto Sir Warchop from high in the air, Sir Warchop positioned his lance so that Tailigon drove the lance into its own belly. Tailigon was wounded—not beaten, but hurt badly enough to want to talk. Sir Warchop had said from the beginning that they could have peace if Tailigon left these lands. Now, Tailigon offered to surrender. Sir Warchop agreed to the offer, only to be betrayed by the treacherous dragon! Tailigon resumed its attack, but Sir Warchop continued to gain the upper hand. Finally, Tailigon surrendered again, this time meaning it. Tailigon agreed to stop all of the dragons from spreading smoke, and promised to not harm any of the people or animals in the lands around Sir Warchop’s lands, although there was some mention of the possibility of Tailigon hurting the lands of neighboring evil rulers. With that, they agreed to be friends in the future. Overall, it was a fantastic experience. I’m sure this is the first of many instances of my son DMing. [/QUOTE]
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