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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 2860597" data-attributes="member: 9254">You'll never use them well if you never use them.&nbsp; And, of course, practice makes perfect.&nbsp; I actually had my players help me perfect draconic combat by training with and against a young dragon.&nbsp; The dragon had no experience fighting armed humanoids but was death on toast when it came to aerial opponents (yrthak, giant eagles, etc).&nbsp; It teamed up with the PCs and was willing to help them perfect their skills when fighting dragons if they'd help him perfect his skills fighting people.&nbsp; (The party plans to come in conflict with a powerful dragon with an army's worth of minions.&nbsp; The expectation is the allied dragon can keep the army busy while the PCs go for the enemy dragon.)&nbsp; Use younger dragons in appropriate places; remember that the 'teen-agers'&nbsp; will eventually be kicked out of the lair and told to find their own way and not all of them survive.&nbsp; Elder dragons could have treaties that protect their offspring and also guarantee the local populace will not suffer their predations.&nbsp; A rogue young dragon, possibly of different parents, could take advantage of that.&nbsp; Depending on the social interaction between your elder dragons, it could be best to use human dragonhunters to kill or drive off the rogue.&nbsp; Enter heroes!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 2860597, member: 9254"] You'll never use them well if you never use them. And, of course, practice makes perfect. I actually had my players help me perfect draconic combat by training with and against a young dragon. The dragon had no experience fighting armed humanoids but was death on toast when it came to aerial opponents (yrthak, giant eagles, etc). It teamed up with the PCs and was willing to help them perfect their skills when fighting dragons if they'd help him perfect his skills fighting people. (The party plans to come in conflict with a powerful dragon with an army's worth of minions. The expectation is the allied dragon can keep the army busy while the PCs go for the enemy dragon.) Use younger dragons in appropriate places; remember that the 'teen-agers' will eventually be kicked out of the lair and told to find their own way and not all of them survive. Elder dragons could have treaties that protect their offspring and also guarantee the local populace will not suffer their predations. A rogue young dragon, possibly of different parents, could take advantage of that. Depending on the social interaction between your elder dragons, it could be best to use human dragonhunters to kill or drive off the rogue. Enter heroes! [/QUOTE]

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