Sir ThornCrest
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I brought a possessed very old white dragon up against a 14th level party last week. I made this white dragon +30 to hit, a 37 AC and 300 hit points, and possessed by a sorcerer/demon I figured I was going to work the party pretty good. I even added that he prepared his lair with many caves, some with traps, runes but over all made to heighten his tactical ability to attack the party...
The party knew there was an ancient White Dragon in this mountian cave labrynth guarding the gate to the Dread Emperor’s ethereal golden fortress. But they didn’t know the Dread Emperor bargained with a demon and helped him possess the Dragon and to serve as gate guardian. So this Dragon da spells! And good ones at that. The Emperor would also send him monthly sacrifices for food rape & torture...evil demon stuff. The Dragon & Demon had made the tunnels/caves in mind to severely penalize any reflex saves vs. his area effecting spells and breathe.
Now he being the over confident “I don’t care it’s not my body” demon planned a vicious attack. He & the Dread Emp. had earlier strategically placed magic’s around.
1st cave encounter placed a rune under a couple of feet of snow that telekinetically blasted victim (s) into poisoned spikes on roof above. The Arcane trickster almost fumbled (rolled a 2) This same tk triggered a lever buried under snow that dropped a huge iron gate behind the party. The gate was also packed under 4’ or more of snow & ice. He then blasted party with his breathe weapon - Monk saved no damage, Arcane trickster saved no damage, Cleric made it but didn’t take half immune to cold (saint) meathead fighter ring of evasion made it no damage, 14th level ranger made it no damage & jumped on otherside of fallen gate...NOT 1 HIT PIONT FROM A DRAGONS BREATHE!!!!!!
The Dragon was buffed with inviso. & silence, he then cast dimension door behind party on other side of the huge iron gate. The Arcane trickster had cast amaise spelling? ammasse?man I cant spell but you know the spell that adds 10 vs spell resistance, he has see inviso on & won init he had already shrank and was going thru the gate, he stopped & nailed the dragon with a empowered fireball, and rolled very well 79 hit points of damage...dragon had ring of fire resistance 10 but the dragon was susceptible to the rest of the fire damage....he didn’t like that! And was effectively stunned by the damage.
Next move was the Dragon’s. Stunneddazed he attempted to cast a quickened wall of ice followed by a empowered fireball 30’ away from the wall (didn’t want to break wall) now the players were to be pinned between gate & wall of ice. The damage of the fireball ruined the dragon’s spells he had planned, dragon also failed. So the dragons big time plan got jacked up.
The cleric cast searing light at the dragon and fried the hell out of him (I forgot damage but it was rolled very well almost maxed)
The ranger camelflouged successfully from dragons site let loose with his 4 arrows he has 4 arrows of brilliant energy basically allowing ranged touch attacks, he did all 4. 1st arrow hit, 2nd arrow a triple critical, I called it hit him in the eye, 3rd and 4th arrows all hits. The Dragon had barely any hit points left (49), stuns & staggers the Dragon, couldn’t cast any spells he was negative 50 or more on any of his concentration checks. The Monk runs up and only did 18 pts of damage **but the dragon rolled a 1 and failed his save vs. golden ice......it finally worked!!!! I rolled a -4 to dex wwhheeehheeew!
The Ranger one intitiative by 6 over everyone and dropped the dragon in 3 arrows...........
PIONT BEING I THOUGHT THE DRAGON WAS USING GOOD TACTICS, I MEAN I HAD A PLAN, HE WAS TOUGH A COUPLE OF GOOD ROLLES HE’S DEAD....WHEN THEY DROPPED HIM THEY SAID THEY HEARD THE THUMP OF MY JAW HITTING THE TABLE.
Also as a side note doesnt it seem strange that a Monk the size of 1/2 this things toe nail can deal damage....his splinters are bigger than my arms, seem strange or is it just me.
Thorncrest
The party knew there was an ancient White Dragon in this mountian cave labrynth guarding the gate to the Dread Emperor’s ethereal golden fortress. But they didn’t know the Dread Emperor bargained with a demon and helped him possess the Dragon and to serve as gate guardian. So this Dragon da spells! And good ones at that. The Emperor would also send him monthly sacrifices for food rape & torture...evil demon stuff. The Dragon & Demon had made the tunnels/caves in mind to severely penalize any reflex saves vs. his area effecting spells and breathe.
Now he being the over confident “I don’t care it’s not my body” demon planned a vicious attack. He & the Dread Emp. had earlier strategically placed magic’s around.
1st cave encounter placed a rune under a couple of feet of snow that telekinetically blasted victim (s) into poisoned spikes on roof above. The Arcane trickster almost fumbled (rolled a 2) This same tk triggered a lever buried under snow that dropped a huge iron gate behind the party. The gate was also packed under 4’ or more of snow & ice. He then blasted party with his breathe weapon - Monk saved no damage, Arcane trickster saved no damage, Cleric made it but didn’t take half immune to cold (saint) meathead fighter ring of evasion made it no damage, 14th level ranger made it no damage & jumped on otherside of fallen gate...NOT 1 HIT PIONT FROM A DRAGONS BREATHE!!!!!!
The Dragon was buffed with inviso. & silence, he then cast dimension door behind party on other side of the huge iron gate. The Arcane trickster had cast amaise spelling? ammasse?man I cant spell but you know the spell that adds 10 vs spell resistance, he has see inviso on & won init he had already shrank and was going thru the gate, he stopped & nailed the dragon with a empowered fireball, and rolled very well 79 hit points of damage...dragon had ring of fire resistance 10 but the dragon was susceptible to the rest of the fire damage....he didn’t like that! And was effectively stunned by the damage.
Next move was the Dragon’s. Stunneddazed he attempted to cast a quickened wall of ice followed by a empowered fireball 30’ away from the wall (didn’t want to break wall) now the players were to be pinned between gate & wall of ice. The damage of the fireball ruined the dragon’s spells he had planned, dragon also failed. So the dragons big time plan got jacked up.
The cleric cast searing light at the dragon and fried the hell out of him (I forgot damage but it was rolled very well almost maxed)
The ranger camelflouged successfully from dragons site let loose with his 4 arrows he has 4 arrows of brilliant energy basically allowing ranged touch attacks, he did all 4. 1st arrow hit, 2nd arrow a triple critical, I called it hit him in the eye, 3rd and 4th arrows all hits. The Dragon had barely any hit points left (49), stuns & staggers the Dragon, couldn’t cast any spells he was negative 50 or more on any of his concentration checks. The Monk runs up and only did 18 pts of damage **but the dragon rolled a 1 and failed his save vs. golden ice......it finally worked!!!! I rolled a -4 to dex wwhheeehheeew!
The Ranger one intitiative by 6 over everyone and dropped the dragon in 3 arrows...........
PIONT BEING I THOUGHT THE DRAGON WAS USING GOOD TACTICS, I MEAN I HAD A PLAN, HE WAS TOUGH A COUPLE OF GOOD ROLLES HE’S DEAD....WHEN THEY DROPPED HIM THEY SAID THEY HEARD THE THUMP OF MY JAW HITTING THE TABLE.
Also as a side note doesnt it seem strange that a Monk the size of 1/2 this things toe nail can deal damage....his splinters are bigger than my arms, seem strange or is it just me.
Thorncrest
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