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<blockquote data-quote="Stormtalon" data-source="post: 3984111" data-attributes="member: 5541"><p>I wanted to reply to <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=3983072&postcount=97" target="_blank">this post</a> back when I first read it, but decided to wait for the separate thread that was requested for this particular discussion. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The point I wanted to make is that the entire premise of that conversation is such an absurdly contrived situation it makes my head hurt. It's completely ignoring the concept of a dragon as a being of <em>innate</em> magic and primal power. Quite honestly, I've <em>never</em> run a dragon where its spells made the difference in a fight with a party -- its innate abilities are more than enough to make even a small army of PCs sweat and wonder if they'll see the next sunrise.</p><p></p><p>I'd hazard that a far more likely conversation between a dragon and its minions would be as follows:</p><p></p><p>-----</p><p></p><p>Minion leader: "Great one, adventurers have--"</p><p>Dragon: "I know. Deal with them."</p><p>Minion leader: "B-but, they seem more powerful than the last ones, Great one."</p><p>Dragon: "So? You have set the traps as I ordered?"</p><p>Minion leader: "Yes. The traps are set."</p><p>Dragon: "And the basilisks have been released?"</p><p>Minion leader: "I.... yes. Unfortunately three handlers were caught unprepared by them and were--"</p><p>Dragon: "I fail to see the problem, then. Deal with the adventurers, then. Or have you grown more spineless since the last time?"</p><p>Minion leader: "As you wish, Great one."</p><p>Dragon: "If they do reach my chamber, it had better be that they had to step over the carcasses of all of you. Don't even think of fleeing and hiding. I <em>will</em> know. Oh and have those three unfortunate handlers brought to me. They'll make fine additions to my collection, don't you think?"</p><p>Minion leader: "One of them was my sister, Great one."</p><p>Dragon: "Ahh, a new centerpiece for my collection then. I know how proud you are of her, aren't you?"</p><p>Minion leader: "....."</p><p></p><p>-----</p><p></p><p>Minions are the expendable underlings and thralls that a dragon would use to keep uninteresting riff-raff from bothering it day and night; they're not beings it would even begin to consider as equals. They're there to do menial labor and handle tasks that the dragon considers beneath itself, and in a way, they're resources to be expended to determine whether or not a foe is worthy of the dragon's personal attention.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormtalon, post: 3984111, member: 5541"] I wanted to reply to [url=http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=3983072&postcount=97]this post[/url] back when I first read it, but decided to wait for the separate thread that was requested for this particular discussion. The point I wanted to make is that the entire premise of that conversation is such an absurdly contrived situation it makes my head hurt. It's completely ignoring the concept of a dragon as a being of [i]innate[/i] magic and primal power. Quite honestly, I've [i]never[/i] run a dragon where its spells made the difference in a fight with a party -- its innate abilities are more than enough to make even a small army of PCs sweat and wonder if they'll see the next sunrise. I'd hazard that a far more likely conversation between a dragon and its minions would be as follows: ----- Minion leader: "Great one, adventurers have--" Dragon: "I know. Deal with them." Minion leader: "B-but, they seem more powerful than the last ones, Great one." Dragon: "So? You have set the traps as I ordered?" Minion leader: "Yes. The traps are set." Dragon: "And the basilisks have been released?" Minion leader: "I.... yes. Unfortunately three handlers were caught unprepared by them and were--" Dragon: "I fail to see the problem, then. Deal with the adventurers, then. Or have you grown more spineless since the last time?" Minion leader: "As you wish, Great one." Dragon: "If they do reach my chamber, it had better be that they had to step over the carcasses of all of you. Don't even think of fleeing and hiding. I [i]will[/i] know. Oh and have those three unfortunate handlers brought to me. They'll make fine additions to my collection, don't you think?" Minion leader: "One of them was my sister, Great one." Dragon: "Ahh, a new centerpiece for my collection then. I know how proud you are of her, aren't you?" Minion leader: "....." ----- Minions are the expendable underlings and thralls that a dragon would use to keep uninteresting riff-raff from bothering it day and night; they're not beings it would even begin to consider as equals. They're there to do menial labor and handle tasks that the dragon considers beneath itself, and in a way, they're resources to be expended to determine whether or not a foe is worthy of the dragon's personal attention. [/QUOTE]
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