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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3577199" data-attributes="member: 19675">Color me B.A.D.D.!One of my favorite critters to run against a tough party is a tough dragon.Some of my past favorites from 2Ed, all against a high-level (all PCs over 20th level) party:#1) Had a Huge Ancient Blue dragon and a spell-slinging buddy/assistant (on his back)...  He attacked the party's airship once it entered a cloud...first from the front, then the side, depositing his buddy on the deck- who immediately starts with his spells....then he came at the ship from below, 3 claws grasping the hull, 1 swatting at opponents, as he used his BW and spells from the front and tail sweeps from the rear.The party killed the sorcerer, but the dragon got away.  The airship was nearly totaled.2) The party was slogging through a swamp, picking their way between pools of murky water and quicksand...when a Large Black dragon they thought was actually a strip of land (with moss and so forth all over it) lunged from the water, knocking several PCs a few yards away into a deepish muddy pond...part of the party had to deal with the beast while the rest rescued the PCs who found that swimming in Plate armor is quite difficult...#3) A Huge Ancient Red against the same party...first, he comes at them from the front as they traverse the King's Highway...dropping a large boulder at them from altitude.  Then he dissapears, using terrain as cover to hide his maneuvers.  He then reappears at the head of the road, swooping low to attack them with his BW...but its an illusion and his strafing run is really from behind!  He then repeats the boulder tactic and dissapears behind the terrain again...the party retreated to regroup.#4) The same Red as above, approached in his lair, seemingly asleep.  As the party prepared to launch their assault, he pushed his hoard at them with his tail & legs, swamping them in an avalanche of gold coins and other treasure...which he then slagged!  Some PCs were trapped in the superhot metal, some were under it...all took damage.Eventually, the party prevailed...but a good portion of the treasure was spent ressurecting fallen comrades, and some of their magic items were drained of all their charges- a pyrrhic victory.When I DM a (hostile) dragon, I really do unleash all hell at my players.</blockquote>

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