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<blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 288994" data-attributes="member: 2518">First, sorry that this post doesn´t provide any tips how to actually defeat the dragon because this requires some serious min/maxing I cannot provide, but I will analyze the situation how I understand it.You have reacently fought a blue dragon and are fatigued from the fight and you want to hunt a red dragon which is stronger than the blue, lightly damaged and hiding in its lair. You received your spells back and got some extraspells too. What about the other party members? I suppose they haven´t received any divine intervention. Will they support your attack?Your main weapons are your increased sneak attacks and your spells. The main flaws here are that because the blindsight of the dragon you can only sneak attack while flanked, in the first round and with blink. The second problem is that most of your attacks will be useless against the dragon. Your spells are subject to spell resistance and your regular attacks will have to beat a very high AC. So at best you will get 2 successful sneak attacks. And for this sneak attacks you must be near the dragon what is very dangerous for a mage. I think your best chance is a hit and run tactic with summoned creatures and spells which will hinder the dragons movement together with &quot;creative&quot; attacks like the bag/hole trick. And you can always run and return later. (But the dragon might attack you first on surprise).&nbsp;Than there is a chance. And hope that your DM doesn´t read this or any other B.A.D.D. Thread. My advise is prepare and rest a while before taking on the dragon. Revenge is served cold (You know what I mean I hope). If you fight the dragon, please poste a battle report. I´m interested on how well your DM plays dragons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Derren, post: 288994, member: 2518"] First, sorry that this post doesn´t provide any tips how to actually defeat the dragon because this requires some serious min/maxing I cannot provide, but I will analyze the situation how I understand it. You have reacently fought a blue dragon and are fatigued from the fight and you want to hunt a red dragon which is stronger than the blue, lightly damaged and hiding in its lair. You received your spells back and got some extraspells too. What about the other party members? I suppose they haven´t received any divine intervention. Will they support your attack? Your main weapons are your increased sneak attacks and your spells. The main flaws here are that because the blindsight of the dragon you can only sneak attack while flanked, in the first round and with blink. The second problem is that most of your attacks will be useless against the dragon. Your spells are subject to spell resistance and your regular attacks will have to beat a very high AC. So at best you will get 2 successful sneak attacks. And for this sneak attacks you must be near the dragon what is very dangerous for a mage. I think your best chance is a hit and run tactic with summoned creatures and spells which will hinder the dragons movement together with "creative" attacks like the bag/hole trick. And you can always run and return later. (But the dragon might attack you first on surprise). Than there is a chance. And hope that your DM doesn´t read this or any other B.A.D.D. Thread. My advise is prepare and rest a while before taking on the dragon. Revenge is served cold (You know what I mean I hope). If you fight the dragon, please poste a battle report. I´m interested on how well your DM plays dragons. [/QUOTE]

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