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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8875099" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Which I think is a failure of imagination on the part of the authors.&nbsp; People don't hunt whales by going mano e mano, they have a ship, crew and harpoons.&nbsp; I suppose that having the valiant warriors fight the dragon is better for story telling, and there are times when the PCs will fight one, I just don't think it's logical that it would work that way in a world where dragons (and other flying threats) are reasonably common.&nbsp; If dragons are creatures of legend it makes sense there would be no specialized tactics or weaponry.&nbsp; But the &quot;lone warrior marching into the dragon's lair&quot; or even the &quot;two dozen men-at-arms&quot;, typically armed only with swords, always seemed silly to me unless there's a logical reason for it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our tribal ancestors used to hunt mammoths with stone spears and maybe a dozen men, I find it difficult to believe that a kingdom couldn't figure out tactics and numbers to take out a single dragon.&nbsp; <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging&nbsp; &nbsp; :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8875099, member: 6801845"] Which I think is a failure of imagination on the part of the authors. People don't hunt whales by going mano e mano, they have a ship, crew and harpoons. I suppose that having the valiant warriors fight the dragon is better for story telling, and there are times when the PCs will fight one, I just don't think it's logical that it would work that way in a world where dragons (and other flying threats) are reasonably common. If dragons are creatures of legend it makes sense there would be no specialized tactics or weaponry. But the "lone warrior marching into the dragon's lair" or even the "two dozen men-at-arms", typically armed only with swords, always seemed silly to me unless there's a logical reason for it. Our tribal ancestors used to hunt mammoths with stone spears and maybe a dozen men, I find it difficult to believe that a kingdom couldn't figure out tactics and numbers to take out a single dragon. 🤷‍♂️ [/QUOTE]

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