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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Werebat" data-source="post: 5377503" data-attributes="member: 40158">So, the other night, we were playing D&D and we finally found the black dragon's lair.  We knew it was at the bottom of Gloom Lake, in the middle of the swamp.  Our characters rode their horses through the murky water, and when we got to the edge of the lake we had the druid speak with them and tell them to climb the nearby cypress trees and stay up there until we had gotten back (horses have great climb checks and we had them take 10, so they got up there just fine).Now getting to the bottom of the lake might have been a problem, but we had a plan.  The party wizard cast Cone of Cold, which the DM ruled would freeze a large chunk of the water.  We chopped 30 pound chunks of ice off of this little iceberg, and we tied them to our backs.  One water breathing spell later, we entered the water -- according to the rules, the 30 pounds of ice we were each carrying caused us to sink to the bottom of the lake where we could just walk around.Plodding along the bottom of the lake, weighted down by all of that ice, we finally found the dragon!  The battle was brief but intense.  Luckily for us, our party fighter is a spiked chain specialist, so he didn't suffer any penalties for fighting underwater (as the spiked chain is a piercing weapon).  It was close, but we were able to bring the dragon down!I just wanted to share this incredible gaming experience with all of you.   - Ron   ^*^</blockquote>

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