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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 3631793" data-attributes="member: 2020">Of course the dragon knows the Stoneskin spell (all variants.)   The dragon himself was Stoneskinned (old version) but his Stoneskin failed to protect him because the mage wasn't attacking him.  Simply flying into his path wasn't an attack.  Yes, the dragon is familiar with this tactic, since it is commonly used.  But, once again, the dragon was overconfident.  Nobody had challenged it for a long time, and it was not expecting a challenge now.  It did not consider the elven girl a significant threat, only a meal.  The dragon could have worked his Spellcraft check and spotted the Stoneskin.  He was too busy anticipating a tasty meal instead.  Remember that even crashing into the mage for all that damage, then crashing into the ground with a whump and taking more damage, did not kill the dragon.  The dragon is briefly dazed from the two blows, but still has two thirds of it's hit points. (It started with 660, for heaven's sake.)  What the party now has is the *initiative.*  Hopefully they will use it to do something smart.  If they have an effective attack against the dragon and are heroic, they might attack.  Or, if more prudent, they might flee and hide using the Rope Trick.  Because although they fooled the dragon once, they won't fool him again.  He now knows he's up against a band of upstarts who think they can take Him (Mr Invincible) on.  He is quite angry, and intends to make an example out of these brash adventurers if possible.  And, uh ... ahem.  Breaking the rules?  It is a DM's prerogative to alter the rules as he (or she) sees fit.  And almost all DMs alter the rules in some way for their games.  Do you wish to infer that almost all DMs break the rules, and are thus in the wrong?  Don't infer such things.  You will be in deep water with no shore in sight.</blockquote>

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