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<blockquote data-quote="Wolfspider" data-source="post: 30650" data-attributes="member: 300"><p>Very good critique, Reapersaurus. You're very perceptive. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I agree that the dragon, while it was hovering in the air observing the party, should have used its magical spells to prepare itself for the possibility of combat. Like Reapersaurus said, this creature is 150 years old. It's far from the diaper stage that others have cited as being the reason younger dragons are less intelligent in their tactics.</p><p></p><p>While it would have been cool (and frightening for the party) to have the dragon start burrowing through the rock to get to them, I agree with Cloudgatherer's reading of the Monster Manual entry. Under burrow it says that a creature cannot burrow through rock unless the descriptive text indicates otherwise, and the descriptive text for blue dragons just mentions sand.</p><p></p><p>One big thing that struck me from Cloudgather's recent post is the fact that there were EIGHT characters in the party. That's double the recommended amount to fight the dragon (according to the rules of CR, which I'm not so surefooted about), so the dragon was naturally at a great disadvantage facing the party(which makes the fact that it did fare pretty well testimony to the strength of dragons).</p><p></p><p>I also found it very strange that the blue dragon didn't speak common. It has a 16 Intelligence and a massive number of skill points. Why did you decide that it didn't understand the common tongue? If it had, then it could have used its supernatural senses to eavesdrop on the party as they made their plans, putting the kibosh on any surprises. </p><p></p><p>The dragon would have also had a chance to identify any spells with verbal components that the party's wizard had cast by using its Spellcraft skill (and it would have Spellcraft, being a spell-using dragon). Of course, if the wizard openly described what he was doing ("Hey, let me cast this haste spell on you!"), then the dragon would not have had to even make a roll. Consequently, it would have possibly known about the haste spells and perhaps the elemental resistance spells (depending on when these were cast--before or after meeting the dragon).</p><p></p><p>Just some things to consider for the rematch....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wolfspider, post: 30650, member: 300"] Very good critique, Reapersaurus. You're very perceptive. :D I agree that the dragon, while it was hovering in the air observing the party, should have used its magical spells to prepare itself for the possibility of combat. Like Reapersaurus said, this creature is 150 years old. It's far from the diaper stage that others have cited as being the reason younger dragons are less intelligent in their tactics. While it would have been cool (and frightening for the party) to have the dragon start burrowing through the rock to get to them, I agree with Cloudgatherer's reading of the Monster Manual entry. Under burrow it says that a creature cannot burrow through rock unless the descriptive text indicates otherwise, and the descriptive text for blue dragons just mentions sand. One big thing that struck me from Cloudgather's recent post is the fact that there were EIGHT characters in the party. That's double the recommended amount to fight the dragon (according to the rules of CR, which I'm not so surefooted about), so the dragon was naturally at a great disadvantage facing the party(which makes the fact that it did fare pretty well testimony to the strength of dragons). I also found it very strange that the blue dragon didn't speak common. It has a 16 Intelligence and a massive number of skill points. Why did you decide that it didn't understand the common tongue? If it had, then it could have used its supernatural senses to eavesdrop on the party as they made their plans, putting the kibosh on any surprises. The dragon would have also had a chance to identify any spells with verbal components that the party's wizard had cast by using its Spellcraft skill (and it would have Spellcraft, being a spell-using dragon). Of course, if the wizard openly described what he was doing ("Hey, let me cast this haste spell on you!"), then the dragon would not have had to even make a roll. Consequently, it would have possibly known about the haste spells and perhaps the elemental resistance spells (depending on when these were cast--before or after meeting the dragon). Just some things to consider for the rematch.... [/QUOTE]
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