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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 2051140" data-attributes="member: 29014">And my smart dragon story:This dragon story has a short prologue: An azer (with the full attendant ECL) cleric 7, usually the party's weakest member by quite a bit due to the ECL 8 from azer cutting into casting, decided to prepare himself to fight a red dragon solo while the wizard was crafting items. After researching a Young Adult Dragon (the CR 13 one), this ECL 15 character cornered the dragon in its lair and, thanks to his immunity to fire and other abilities, easily slew it.  When he returned to town with a small hoard, the party's shade wizard 16 was flabbergasted. He wanted some dragon money too, and he is maxed out to provide the most possible spell damage, having defeated several powerful monsters in the past with only a spell or two. Confident in his power, he asked the barbarian's silver dragon cohort about powerful local red dragons and she (disliking the shade) pointed him towards a well-entrenched red, which research indicated was old enough to be age category Ancient (CR 23). The wizard wasn't concerned because he "borrowed" much of the party's equipment and cash, and buffed himself for fire protection and the like. Entering the red dragon's cave, he heard a voice from deep within the cave telling him to go away in a bored manner. As he continued forward, the voice continued to warn him of his imminent demise. Eventually, he stepped on a pit trap and fell inside. Little did he know that the bottom of the trap was an anti-magic field. The walls were slicked, so he couldn't climb out (thanks to poor climb checks), and he could only watch in horror as the dragon made quick work of his character.  After coming back to life, he was angered and wanted his equipment back (particularly his +6 circley of intellect) so he came after the dragon again with even more preparation: true seeing, complete immunity to fire, etc. The dragon sensed him enter as before, but he dodged the pit trap this time, and snarled at the dragon as he spat off the incantations for a pair of twinned-empowered Polar Rays (one was quickened). Then he watched again in horror as the first spell and 80% of the second spell came hurling back at him for 200+ damage. The dragon had cast spell-turning before appearing.  Yes, much of this was due to the wizard's hubris and incompetence. The same character later balefully polymorphed himself into a bird (he forgot that he couldn't cast in that form) and spent the whole session trying to find an NPC who was high-enough level to successfully dispel it. But I like to think that my crafty dragon's clever strategy helped as well.</blockquote>

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