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<blockquote data-quote="Luthien Greyspear" data-source="post: 3134833" data-attributes="member: 34334"><p>I ran a similar situation, but with lower level characters against a much more frightening kind of dragon, a young shadow dragon. For those who don't know, shadow dragons cause negative levels rather than inflicting direct damage, and in 2e they actually drained levels (temporarily). This made for a great, gripping fight as the mages and clerics tried desperately to stay away from its breath weapon at all costs, because they would lose their most potent spells if they got hit.</p><p></p><p>The only thing that saved the party was the combination of two great tactics. The first was a wand of lightning bolts aimed at some loose rocks over the dragon's head, causing considerably more damage than would have been caused by shooting the beastie directly (half damage is almost guaranteed when dealing with a dragon and saving throws).</p><p></p><p>The second was a wonderful sacrifice play by a would-be paladin. He had a sword with the shifting characteristic, allowing it to become any type of sword or dagger. Normally he used it as a rapier, as he was a swashbuckler. However, when one of the party fell to a combination of lost levels and normal damage, he rushed in to keep the dragon from finishing his companion off. The dragon, now reeling from the cumulative damage the party had inflicted, decided to crush both the fallen character and the lightly armored fighter with the puny sword. As the dragon came down on top of him, the fighter turned his "puny sword" into a huge zweihander with barbed edges all the way down the blade. The fighter died, but so did the dragon.</p><p></p><p>My players STILL talk about that fight, and it happened in 1995.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Luthien Greyspear, post: 3134833, member: 34334"] I ran a similar situation, but with lower level characters against a much more frightening kind of dragon, a young shadow dragon. For those who don't know, shadow dragons cause negative levels rather than inflicting direct damage, and in 2e they actually drained levels (temporarily). This made for a great, gripping fight as the mages and clerics tried desperately to stay away from its breath weapon at all costs, because they would lose their most potent spells if they got hit. The only thing that saved the party was the combination of two great tactics. The first was a wand of lightning bolts aimed at some loose rocks over the dragon's head, causing considerably more damage than would have been caused by shooting the beastie directly (half damage is almost guaranteed when dealing with a dragon and saving throws). The second was a wonderful sacrifice play by a would-be paladin. He had a sword with the shifting characteristic, allowing it to become any type of sword or dagger. Normally he used it as a rapier, as he was a swashbuckler. However, when one of the party fell to a combination of lost levels and normal damage, he rushed in to keep the dragon from finishing his companion off. The dragon, now reeling from the cumulative damage the party had inflicted, decided to crush both the fallen character and the lightly armored fighter with the puny sword. As the dragon came down on top of him, the fighter turned his "puny sword" into a huge zweihander with barbed edges all the way down the blade. The fighter died, but so did the dragon. My players STILL talk about that fight, and it happened in 1995. [/QUOTE]
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