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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Astrosicebear" data-source="post: 6394274" data-attributes="member: 67017">In the DMG and partly the MM I believe, they list the effects a dragon roosting in an area would cause.  A White may chill the land for miles, a green may cause crops to decay, etc.  So the monsters affect their areas directly.Now, in regards to militia... dragons may not be able to do calculus, but they can identify numbers.  And why would a dragon just randomly attack a town? Are they provoking it? Do they have treasure it wants?  Why isnt it feeding off the farmers cows?  If you want to quibble about how many arrows it takes to bring it down, why are dragons blindly throwing themselves at civilization in your setting?  Yes dragons attack, but are you going to have a militia of 350 at every farm?  No dragon above 5 int would attack a city/town they know they cant defeat.  They pick the easy targets of least resistance.  So now they are a nuisance, and then a few farmers die, now a threat.  Are 350 militia gunna walk up the mountain to the dragon's lair? I dont think so.  Thats why its up to adventurers.</blockquote>