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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Belbarid" data-source="post: 2355919" data-attributes="member: 28213">I'm curious to know what happens.  I have *never*, in ANY RPG, seen a party take out a dragon without the DM making a string of horrible tactical decisions.  The biggest mistake I've seen is playing a close-fighting Dragon that has apparantly forgotten that it can fly.  A dragon can be devestating in close-range combat, but that should be a last resort.Remember, also, that a dragon has a dragon hoard.  Probably stocked with magic items that previous snacks.. errmm... adventurers were using.  If the dragon is expecting trouble, I would think it would dip into that stash some, although likely not for routine hunting, terrorizing the locals, whatever.One thing I always keep in mind when running a dragon encounter- if I'm forcing the encounter on the group, it likely won't be lethal, barring bad luck.  If the party goes dragon hunting, figuring that either I won't TPK them for their hubris or that they've got some trick or tactic that makes them the exception to the "Adventurers as Food" rule that dragons follow, then there's no mercy.  It's happened twice- with the same dragon, no less.  A group of 17th level adventurers figured that they could take out a dragon.  The first time, they walked into a trap (closed the walls around them, launched breath weapons).  The second time, the only thing that saved them was a *very* clever bard.  Even at that, they had to Ressurrect a high-level Fighter/Mage who decided to Fly off ahead of the group and challenge the dragon on its own terms.</blockquote>

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