Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Gort" data-source="post: 4465050" data-attributes="member: 11239">I think what I'd do is make heavy use of minions to maintain the feel of being &quot;heroically outnumbered&quot;. However, I'd also cut down the amount of XP per encounter to the recommended level, and then I'd delevel the dragon to make it a viable encounter.I wouldn't run an NPC though - as DM I've enough to do running the monsters, and I feel like running DMPCs devalues the real players.To address your final point, no, there is not a small or medium sized dragon. Thank goodness. Losing to a dragon the size of a housecat does not make you feel heroic. But you might find smaller dragons (drakes, actually) in the monster manual under &quot;drake&quot;. None are solo though, more for the &quot;pack of dragons&quot; feel.Oh, one more thing, I'd make sure your players understand that since there are only 3 of them, that they've all got to play important roles in the party. There should be a defender, a striker, and a leader. I think controller's the most disposable role.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gort, post: 4465050, member: 11239"] I think what I'd do is make heavy use of minions to maintain the feel of being "heroically outnumbered". However, I'd also cut down the amount of XP per encounter to the recommended level, and then I'd delevel the dragon to make it a viable encounter. I wouldn't run an NPC though - as DM I've enough to do running the monsters, and I feel like running DMPCs devalues the real players. To address your final point, no, there is not a small or medium sized dragon. Thank goodness. Losing to a dragon the size of a housecat does not make you feel heroic. But you might find smaller dragons (drakes, actually) in the monster manual under "drake". None are solo though, more for the "pack of dragons" feel. Oh, one more thing, I'd make sure your players understand that since there are only 3 of them, that they've all got to play important roles in the party. There should be a defender, a striker, and a leader. I think controller's the most disposable role. [/QUOTE]

Verification