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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trickstergod" data-source="post: 904574" data-attributes="member: 10825">A few questions: How often do dragons get into a fight? How often are those fights started by the dragon? Of the fights started by a dragon, how often do they involve creatures anywhere near capable of harming a dragon? The answer to most of those questions, in my opinion, seems to be "nearly never," at least when considering their longetivity. Even a dragon whose seen a hundred battles may have only fought once every decade over its long lifespan, and of those, most likely posed no threat to the creature. Unless dragons are particularly prolific in a campaign, they're certainly not going to gird themselves for war with each other.Also keep in mind, that beyond just the difficulty in getting armor and weapons made for a dragon, the dragon actually needs to train in their use; remember, proficiencies and all that? How many dragons do you really see devoting themselves to learning the sword, or just how to properly wear (and fly in) chain mail? Your average dragon seems more devoted to gathering treasure, sleeping, and studying magic then anything else. Beyond that, it's not a matter of pragmatism that a dragon armors itself up, it's a matter of paranoia - a dragon, as is, already has next to nothing it should fear. The older it gets, the less it has to fear, considering how old it's grown. A dragon getting into fights often enough that it considers needing armor isn't going to live long enough for it to reach another age category.</blockquote>

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