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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6637521" data-attributes="member: 5834">Even one century is a long time to live. A dragon competes primarily against intelligent humanoids and monsters like aboleth. They don't compete against animals that can't challenge them. Choosing a lair not easily accessible by intelligent humanoids or monsters with magical power would be important to its survival. If its enemies can march an army into its lair easily (or skeletons and owls), then that is a dragon not looking to live long. A dragon that wanted to live would seek a lair specifically to halt intelligent humanoids and monsters. It would not care about wandering animals or unintelligent monsters it consumes for food. They are no danger. Dragons lazy? Sort of. They don't work all the time like humans in human society. But by animal standards? Not likely. They have been competing and fighting against intelligent humanoids and monsters for land, treasure, and survival for generations of dragons, meaning literally thousands of years, if not longer. Choice if lair to stop their primary enemies would be amongst the most important choices a dragon will make.Who else comes after their hoard? The local wolf pack? Nope. Adventurers that are usually intelligent humanoids. If your dragon isn't choosing as dangerous a lair as possible to intelligent humanoids and monsters other than itself, that is a lazy dragon that probably won't live long.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 6637521, member: 5834"] Even one century is a long time to live. A dragon competes primarily against intelligent humanoids and monsters like aboleth. They don't compete against animals that can't challenge them. Choosing a lair not easily accessible by intelligent humanoids or monsters with magical power would be important to its survival. If its enemies can march an army into its lair easily (or skeletons and owls), then that is a dragon not looking to live long. A dragon that wanted to live would seek a lair specifically to halt intelligent humanoids and monsters. It would not care about wandering animals or unintelligent monsters it consumes for food. They are no danger. Dragons lazy? Sort of. They don't work all the time like humans in human society. But by animal standards? Not likely. They have been competing and fighting against intelligent humanoids and monsters for land, treasure, and survival for generations of dragons, meaning literally thousands of years, if not longer. Choice if lair to stop their primary enemies would be amongst the most important choices a dragon will make. Who else comes after their hoard? The local wolf pack? Nope. Adventurers that are usually intelligent humanoids. If your dragon isn't choosing as dangerous a lair as possible to intelligent humanoids and monsters other than itself, that is a lazy dragon that probably won't live long. [/QUOTE]

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