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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4307508" data-attributes="member: 19675">I'm guessing that, draconic emir aside, this oasis is supposed to be an obviously overpowered encounter such that the PCs won't get stupid, but may wish to return to when they've amassed some power of their own, so in that light...If the oasis is on any kind of trade route- and most would be (even the ones associated with legendary evil)- almost anything and anyone could be found in the dragon's demesne, especially if you use Rechan's (excellent) treatment of the dragon's watery property rights- very much in keeping with their LE alignment.Beyond the scorpion driders, you could also have kobolds on hand filling roles as his basest servants, including jesters.  If you do use jesters for a bit of comic relief, name them Liam & Noel Ghallager (the Brit-brats of Beatles wannabes, Oasis).Lizard-men and other reptilian races could also work as guards.Another option- take the stats for Centaurs, including their archery skills, and give them a reptillian or insectile template (from Savage Species).You could borrow a page from Star Wars and have "Jabba the Dragon" have himself some kind of Wurm/Aberration that he feeds "boring" people to.  If you're a fan of George R.R Martin, you could use his "Sandkings" (short story AND episode of the newer Outer Limits series) as both the basest servants (the mobile drones initially look something like 8 legged ants, but eventually grow to be about Kobold sized humanoid insects...like Thri Kreen sized down a bit) and as the pit aberration (the Sandkings' queen is a slightly psionic "Maw").If he's a spellcaster, you might consider having "Jabba" know Horrid Wilting.  Powerful, yes, and quite appropriate.If you haven't seen them, you might consider getting some inspiration from the movies Circle of Iron (w/David Carradine)- it has a "boss fight" scene set in an oasis type setting- and Humphrey Bogart's Sahara, in which some American soldiers in WW2 hold off a huge # of Nazis by holing up in an oasis (the Nazis can't just bomb them out, they need the water, too).***You didn't ask, but if you don't have any/enough ideas about how the PCs can get the scales, might I suggest they could get one by:1) Cleaning his sleeping area- there may be a loose one there.2) Offering to groom him, and yanking it out while pretending to find a parasite on him.3) Getting him in a fight with another being at the oasis.</blockquote>

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