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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kai Lord" data-source="post: 409618" data-attributes="member: 3570">Okay, so that idea's out.  Still have the griffon decoys though.All of them.  My Kagonesti wild elf isn't a big fan of the Silvanesti that invaded his homeland.  As for them, they're fighting for their very kingdom, and everyone knows how the mission is most likely to end up anyway.Just a little earlier no one could conceive of my guy surviving to round two.  Now one of the most respected rules gurus here concedes that his decoy trick could buy him up to ten rounds.  10 rounds.  He can do something in 10 rounds.  Like you said, the dragon won't even bother with an insignifant gnat like me until I do significant damage.  And significant damage means he's making a Fort save.  This "1 in a 100,000" just became 1 in 20.Once that happens the griffons scatter and I've got about ten rounds to make another critical.  He crits on a 19-20, and since he'll most likely get somebody in the elven high court to enchant the hell out of his bow he should be able to hit with a 19, maybe an 18.  At 480' he's only firing at -4.10 rounds to get another lucky hit in and force a Fort save.  It can happen.  Theoretically.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Obviously this endeavor will most likely turn into a "the caca hits the fan" experience, but that in and of itself might be cool to roleplay.  I can see potential for all kinds of cinematic dynamics, like the last griffon rider swooping down to get him as they race the dragon back to the castle, their only hope to take their chances with the Dragon Orb...  Who knows.</blockquote>

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