Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 28734" data-attributes="member: 571">Dragon EncountersAn encounter with a dragon need not (necessarily) involve combat. The parties might engage in a bit of conversation, especially when the PCs are just starting out. For example, a party of first level characters is searching for a band of goblins in the wild wood. During their search they encounter a mature adult green dragon. Dragon: Greetings, I see you're hunting something. Ah, goblins eh? Nasty beasts, goblins. Certainly can't have them raiding my neighbors. Upsets them terribly it does. May lead to a paladin or similar righteous type blaming me for their depredations. I wouldn't like that.You're new at this. There are ways of telling. Maybe you'll learn them. If you refrain from attacking green dragons my age that is.You would hurt me, but I would kill you. I'd rather not be seriously hurt, my enemies would take advantage of it, and you would not like being dead.After all, we have a common cause. You want the goblins dead. I want the goblins dead. As long as they are here raiding the villages nearby they will draw such as you. You fail, someone more competent may show up. Competent enough perhaps to cause me serious grief. I wouldn't like that. So I shall provide some small assistance. A bit of advice.Kill the shaman first. He's the brains behind the operation. With him alive they'll fight organized. Dead, they'll fight as individuals. Don't go near the dead oak in the middle of their camp. The shaman put a glyph on it with a scroll they found. Besides, the bright, shiny sword they stashed in the tree is ceremonial, and worthless as a weapon. Finally, be wary of their chief. His sword can cast lightning. He hasn't figured out how yet, all he knows is that his arm tingles when he wields it. for that reason he hasn't used it in battle yet, but in extremis he might, and learn of it's special property by accident.An event I doubt anyone is eager to see occur.Why did I tell you about the sword? Because that sword is a nasty piece of business. It tolerates the goblin chief because the goblin shares the sword's outlook on life. You don't. You try using it, you will die. Will I try taking it from you once you have it? The sword hates me. I take it it would do whatever it could to see to my destruction. I'd rather you have it, so you can take it to those who can destroy it. Don't dally on that task.Now off with you. You have goblins to slay and a reward to collect. I have a meal to catch, and my stomach is getting insistent. Go, and for what it's worth, I wish you good fortune in the coming fight.*****Think about it.</blockquote>

Verification