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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blackwind" data-source="post: 34211" data-attributes="member: 1205">NightfangA while back I ran Forge of Fury for my group, and the encounter with Nightfang was my favorite part.  That was the first dragon I had run in that campaign (PCs were 4th level, I think) and also the first one I'd run for that group.  Most of the players are relatively new, and it was the first dragon EVER for a majority of them.  I knew I had to make a good (bad?) impression.Actually, I wish I had planned ahead more for the encounter.  Nightfang let the PCs get over the bridge and down to the banks of the pool (since I don't have the mod on hand, I'm unsure of the topography) before attacking.  The dragon mainly stayed inside of the lake, since none of the PCs were able to breathe water, or dared to swim inside.  S/he would periodically poke her head out of the water and spit acid at the greatest concentration of PCs she could catch in a line, then resubmerge.  This basically prevented the party from attacking at all, except with readied actions.  Her minor damage reduction helped fend off some of those arrows.  Eventually, though, the party just wore down her HP with spells and a few well-placed crits from the dwarven ranger's throwing axes and, finally, the human fighter's arrows.If I had run the encounter any differently, Nightfang would have struck earlier.  Preferably when the PCs were vulnerable to melee attack, like on the bridge.  The bull rush idea is good; even the hardiest PCs are vulnerable to drowning.  Use the terrain to your advantage - Nightfang is in basically the perfect environment to fight the PCs, her own lair.  Use that to its full effect, and the number one rule for DMing dragons IMHO, plan the combat ahead.</blockquote>

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