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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Le Freeke" data-source="post: 331877" data-attributes="member: 6820">well, you could always use the circling buzzards trick. The dragon had to eat, right? And dragons eat a LOT. So, his lair is probably littered with detritus and the remains of fresh kills. As soon as the leftovers begin putrifying, which would be immediately in that environment, the buzzards swarm in. Those on the ground crowd out the others, who resort to circling overhead and waiting their turn. Or, hyenas show up and scare them up. whatever the case is, the PCs might notice the buzzards on their way back to civilization. IF they investigate, they find the lair....and they find a pack of orcs/ogres/bandits who are also intent on looting the dragon gold. The PCs have to fight for it, but not as hard as they did when they took on the dragon. This will lesson the "deus ex machina" effect of leading them by their nose to the gold pile.LF</blockquote>