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<blockquote data-quote="Someone" data-source="post: 3630674" data-attributes="member: 5656"><p>Well, I can come with other number of scenarios regarding the dragon attack:</p><p></p><p>- The wizard doesn't have a scroll of a houseruled spell from former editions: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party)</p><p></p><p>- The DM doesn't adjudicate the spell, on the fly, in the exact same way as you: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party)</p><p></p><p>- The dragon doesn't bother with biting and instead breathes (or for that matter does anything except biting): the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party)</p><p></p><p>- The dragon has Arcane sight active: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party)</p><p></p><p>- The dragon has a good score in Sense Motive: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party)</p><p></p><p>- The DM bothers to check how much damage does a CR 20 dragon bite does, even substracting DR 10/adamantine: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party)</p><p></p><p>- The dragon suffers 2x20d6, max damage from two falls: Suffers a paltry 120 damage on average, the dusts himself off and breathes on the wizard: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party)</p><p></p><p>- To summarize: the dragon behaves like a creature with genius intelligence: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party)</p><p></p><p>As soon the players notice this they will feel themselves exactly the opposite to what you pretended them to be in th OP. They won because the dragon was an idiot, you used the rules in the most favorable way for them, underplayed the encounter, and fudged rules; the only one that did anything was the wizard (equipped with the almighty scrolls of doom), and that's not counting the XP and treasure that should come with the dragon's death (monty haul, anyone?). A well played ogre ambush, even an "apropiate CR" ambush, would have been much more challenging and fun for everyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Someone, post: 3630674, member: 5656"] Well, I can come with other number of scenarios regarding the dragon attack: - The wizard doesn't have a scroll of a houseruled spell from former editions: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party) - The DM doesn't adjudicate the spell, on the fly, in the exact same way as you: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party) - The dragon doesn't bother with biting and instead breathes (or for that matter does anything except biting): the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party) - The dragon has Arcane sight active: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party) - The dragon has a good score in Sense Motive: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party) - The DM bothers to check how much damage does a CR 20 dragon bite does, even substracting DR 10/adamantine: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party) - The dragon suffers 2x20d6, max damage from two falls: Suffers a paltry 120 damage on average, the dusts himself off and breathes on the wizard: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party) - To summarize: the dragon behaves like a creature with genius intelligence: the wizard is dead. (and probably the rest of the party) As soon the players notice this they will feel themselves exactly the opposite to what you pretended them to be in th OP. They won because the dragon was an idiot, you used the rules in the most favorable way for them, underplayed the encounter, and fudged rules; the only one that did anything was the wizard (equipped with the almighty scrolls of doom), and that's not counting the XP and treasure that should come with the dragon's death (monty haul, anyone?). A well played ogre ambush, even an "apropiate CR" ambush, would have been much more challenging and fun for everyone. [/QUOTE]
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