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<blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 9534834" data-attributes="member: 6685730">I don't know about being &quot;friends&quot; with the &quot;gold dragon.&quot;&nbsp; 1) Would a friend require a high-concentration spell just to open the door?&nbsp; 2) Probably not an actual ancient gold dragon - too dumb.&nbsp; I'm not sure what else would look like that, though.&nbsp; 3) I doubt a gold dragon would &quot;save&quot; someone by burning the tattoos off him, then make him barf all of his bloody guts out.&nbsp; The sword-bridge welcome mat points to the dragon being a storm giant in disguise.&nbsp; Probably the leader of the dragon cult, so she was willing to sacrifice herself, after the cult-victim was sacrificed, to bring some Tiamat into the world.&nbsp; The saved, cult-victim &quot;cleric&quot; was another illusion, designed to make the party of gullible heroes stick around long enough to get eaten.Mmm.&nbsp; Tasty heroes.Anyway, I checked the IMDB for WotC writing credits.&nbsp; No obvious traces.&nbsp; Very surprising to me.&nbsp; Which means that the Secret Level writers are incredibly good at emulating their sources/inspiration, to put it charitably.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMMichael, post: 9534834, member: 6685730"] I don't know about being "friends" with the "gold dragon." 1) Would a friend require a high-concentration spell just to open the door? 2) Probably not an actual ancient gold dragon - too dumb. I'm not sure what else would look like that, though. 3) I doubt a gold dragon would "save" someone by burning the tattoos off him, then make him barf all of his bloody guts out. The sword-bridge welcome mat points to the dragon being a storm giant in disguise. Probably the leader of the dragon cult, so she was willing to sacrifice herself, after the cult-victim was sacrificed, to bring some Tiamat into the world. The saved, cult-victim "cleric" was another illusion, designed to make the party of gullible heroes stick around long enough to get eaten. Mmm. Tasty heroes. Anyway, I checked the IMDB for WotC writing credits. No obvious traces. Very surprising to me. Which means that the Secret Level writers are incredibly good at emulating their sources/inspiration, to put it charitably. [/QUOTE]

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