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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5271981" data-attributes="member: 4937">???Seriously???A 1st edition AD&D red dragon of the largest size has a breath weapon that does 88 points of damage.  It may use that weapon 3 times in a row before resorting to claw/claw/bite.A 10th level fighter, which in 1st edition must be considered 'high level', has probably no more than 75 or so hit points (assuming a reasonably fortunate constitution).  Hense, everyone in the party is facing save or die on the first breath and without special protection from fire will probably die on the second round regardless of how they save.Even at 20th level, a 1st edition fighter probably has no more than 100 hit points.  A mated pair of dragons therefore still threatens a party wipe.A 1st edition AD&D dragon is something of a glass cannon, but at no point were they 'not scary'. Later editions of dragon made them more well rounded, and eventually reduced the breath weapon in damage and frequency to something which was not the sole overriding concern of the fight (and hense, made combat with dragons less a matter of pure luck), but at no point were they scarier than they were in 1st edition.</blockquote>