Bothered About Disposable Dragons (B.A.D.D.) Membership Drive

[Holy Bovine]

OK Wolfspider, I'm convinced - count me a member of BADD (NEVER thought I would say THAT ).

After me PCs get through being slaughtered by it I'll have to post the stats for a certain Dragon in my campaign (unfortunately two of them frequent this board so I don't want to reveal anything yet.....).

Also remember that Dragons don't just have to be combat gods by themselves. A network of spies, informers and general thugs(all charmed of course) will infiltrate any towns near the Dragons lair and keep tabs on local politics and any adventuring groups that come by. They can plant misinformation, ambush the party or capture lone members to be brought before the Dragon and charmed themselves (or replaced by a Doggleganger ally of the Dragons') only to be released to join the party again. If the party is allowed to actually find the Dragon's lair then they will never know how many of their group are actually charmed or replaced with Dopplegangers!

Just a few quick ideas

 

[Wolfspider]

Sounds deliciously nasty, Holy Bovine. Keep us posted....

 

[Col_Pladoh]

Dragons, Wolfspider?

We don't need no stinkin' DRAGONS!

Oh, sorry, forgot myself...

Not to give away too much, but actually, the SLAYER'S GUIDE to DRAGONS will introduce some new sorts that are more potent than what's available now, new kinds of dragons, and half-dragon PC-types. Of course there'll be some PC material for slaying them, prestige classes and all.

You'll have to judge for yourselves, but in sum I think the work will tend to empower dragons considerably, though there will be means discussed for slaying them, even subduing them to service.

Cheerio,
Gary

 

[Tewligan]

Ahh, when I logged on this morning, I was thinking of asking about B.A.D.D. membership, only to see this thread - sweet! Count me in.
No party I DM for is ever going to meet anything less than an adult (at least) dragon. I think that whipping up on young boneheaded dragons who are too young/stupid/arrogant/etc. causes players to lose respect for something that should have them crapping themselves at the mention of the word "dragon."

 

[Paragon]

Dragons. Dragons. Dragons.
Count me in!!!


Paragon

 

[James McMurray]

Reapersaurus:

come to fisticuffs over his pathetic

And I'm the one who needs to refrain from inflammatory remarks? Puhlease. If you'd care for me to ever read any of your posts again, please try to refrain from insulting me in them. I will do the same for you. Until then, good day sir.

Carnifex: Be careful, mentioning that dragons have died in your game might start a riot.

Everyone else: Sorry to go off topic on the thread here, I just thought I'd better defend myself. Although I doubt I'd be allowed into B.A.D.D., or even want to join just yet, since I'm afraid that the general consensus of the group would be that dragons cannot and should not be beaten, I will be lurking and getting some pointers where possible. Of course, with Dragon Mountain over in my campaign, and Returnt o the Tomb of Horros scheduled for the next part, I may not get any dragon fights with my group for quite a while.

But when they face the ones in the Bloodstone series, they'll most definitely be in for fights if this board has anything to do about it!

 

[Wolfspider]

Welcome to the discussion, Mr. McMurray! You're, of course, welcome to chime in and even become a full member of B.A.D.D. if you want. I think that you'll find that most of us here don't think that dragons should be unbeatable. As I've mentioned before, several have been killed in adventures I've run. We merely want to exchange ideas about how to make them truly memorable and tough opponents.

Your defanging (literarlly ) of a dragon may have been the immediate inspiration behind my creation of this group and discussion, but I certainly don't harbor you any ill will. You've got good ideas and are obviously a good DM. I would welcome your comments. I'll certainly engage in no talon-o-cuffs with you here.

 

[Lazybones]

Anybody remember "Vesicant"? This was an old Dungeon adventure about an old but relatively small-for-its-age green dragon with high intelligence. IIRC, it was running most of the illegal activities in a nearby city, had a gang of enslaved gnolls guarding its lair, and had some really juicy traps guarding its lair (including a giant vase full of marbles, which it would knock over with its tail once the adventurers entered its chamber).

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Ahh the joy of Dragon slaying....

Flexor has slain many a dragon, for all their reptillian might they are no match for the sword of Flexor powered by his biceps of infinite size(18/100 STR).

 

[Wolfspider]

*unrolls a scroll and scratches a name down on the parchment*

Thanks for sharing!