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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 4880370" data-attributes="member: 3424">This assumes that the players have the resources that would give them a reasonable chance to beat the black dragon in the first place, e.g. at-will area attacks and forced movement abilities. Depending on party composition, this need not be the case.If only one or two PCs have at-will area attacks, staying in the cloud of darkness is a good idea for the dragon, at least while waiting for its breath weapon to recharge - melee and ranged attacks take a -5 penalty to hit, even if the PCs beat the dragon's Stealth check (see below) and know which squares to aim for. I guess what bugs me about black dragon fights is that the (perhaps apparently) tactically superior option for the dragon will result in quite a frustrating fight for the PCs that don't have area attacks.Good luck beating the dragon's Stealth modifier of +17, though.</blockquote>