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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 2055822" data-attributes="member: 12037">In my current campaign I've had two dragon encounters, and the PCs are now 5th level. Both encounters were complete accidents. The dragons had no elaborate traps, and being so young they didn't have minions. In fact, one dragon was scared of a local ogre warlord. Of course, a CR 6 dragon is quite a different thing than a CR 15 dragon, and you have to treat them differently. I assume that when people say "dragon" they're thinking of Adult/Old or older dragons, ones that have had time to amass followers and learn about the world. But still, the idea of dragons outfitting themselves in magical items and setting elaborate traps in their caverns makes me cringe. I just can't imagine it. That's what minions are for. Kobolds are great for that, and there's a Dynasty of Black Dragons IMC who lord over a great many lizard men. In my last campaign, a Green Dragon of mine was ruler of a clan of Reptilian templated Ogres and a whole lot of kobolds. A Shadow Dragon once was allied with a Necromancer, who had given him command of many undead of his creation.I think devious traps are great, but when it comes to dragons I prefer to leave the architype in tact and use other tactics to make the encounter memorable, like the magma examples.</blockquote>