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How many (ancient) dragons would it take to destroy a (dwarven) city?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 6414446" data-attributes="member: 6533"><p>Short Answer: 1, if it's clever and the dwarves have at least mild competency issues, which isn't totally implausible particularly if the dragon has aggravated them through cursed gold and such. Still 1 requires a story or scenario and, obviously, limits the scope of the problem.</p><p></p><p>Long Answer: 50 is a fair number of thousands for a pre-industrial economy. That's a lot of infrastructure. If it's a mining culture that's going to expand that base by a lot. That's a lot of chances for <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=":)" /> to go wrong for said dragon, even if only on the level of inconvenience and on the logistical side. The goal here isn't for the dragon to survive but to conquer, it's going to want help. Plus, you get some more dragons in on the action with associated minions and you've got yourself either some mini-bosses or a posse to ride back in and take revenge whilst the PCs are relaxing with the horde.</p><p></p><p>So 2+, a small family of chromatics, a motivated cabal of them, or whatever along those lines gives you more options and takes it out of 'this is a freaky incident' to 'truly this is the nightmare of our culture' territory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Strangemonkey, post: 6414446, member: 6533"] Short Answer: 1, if it's clever and the dwarves have at least mild competency issues, which isn't totally implausible particularly if the dragon has aggravated them through cursed gold and such. Still 1 requires a story or scenario and, obviously, limits the scope of the problem. Long Answer: 50 is a fair number of thousands for a pre-industrial economy. That's a lot of infrastructure. If it's a mining culture that's going to expand that base by a lot. That's a lot of chances for :):):):) to go wrong for said dragon, even if only on the level of inconvenience and on the logistical side. The goal here isn't for the dragon to survive but to conquer, it's going to want help. Plus, you get some more dragons in on the action with associated minions and you've got yourself either some mini-bosses or a posse to ride back in and take revenge whilst the PCs are relaxing with the horde. So 2+, a small family of chromatics, a motivated cabal of them, or whatever along those lines gives you more options and takes it out of 'this is a freaky incident' to 'truly this is the nightmare of our culture' territory. [/QUOTE]
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