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<blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 539273" data-attributes="member: 224"><p><strong>The Dragon is _disposable_!</strong></p><p></p><p>I've done something similar to this, but with a 20th level character vs. a dragon. Color turned out to be black, of all things. And no, the DM didn't layer templates on top of that. If he had, I probably would have called foul, and we would've done a "do over".</p><p></p><p>BTW, Templates rock. Pray there are no templates.</p><p></p><p>I did the deed with a Sor 19/ Pal 1 with a cohort and the associated followers. The cohort was a cleric archer, of course! (Best damage dealer in the core rules.) The followers were <em>not</em> just useless bagage. They were <strong>great</strong> fodder, and those that could did the "aid another" action, ala PirateCat's Story hour. GWM their arrows, too.</p><p></p><p><em>Gate</em> was a key spell (Solars rock), but don't forget the other, crucial one. It's been mentioned here often, just not as something for the player: <em>Mord's Disjunction</em>. You want that cast on the dragon ASAP. Use scrolls.</p><p></p><p>Since my sorcerer had better things to do, I had the cleric cohort take the <em>trickery</em> domain and have his own <em>Time Stop</em>. And of course I didn't miss the other obvious trick: My cohort had a cohort of his own. (Duh!) Can you guess the class? Paladin/Ranger, of course, with dragon as the favored enemy! And yes, the Paladin had a cohort too....although they turned out to be no better than the other canon fodder.</p><p></p><p>Finally, remember that a cleric can cast miracle, or a wizard can cast wish. These spells can save your bacon if that SR gets annoying. Phrase your wish/miracle something like: "I wish that my Spell penetration roll is a 20." Don't make it affect the dragon, otherwise his SR will apply to your wish.</p><p></p><p>My vote: The dragon is toast, even with an 18th level PC.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nail, post: 539273, member: 224"] [b]The Dragon is _disposable_![/b] I've done something similar to this, but with a 20th level character vs. a dragon. Color turned out to be black, of all things. And no, the DM didn't layer templates on top of that. If he had, I probably would have called foul, and we would've done a "do over". BTW, Templates rock. Pray there are no templates. I did the deed with a Sor 19/ Pal 1 with a cohort and the associated followers. The cohort was a cleric archer, of course! (Best damage dealer in the core rules.) The followers were [i]not[/i] just useless bagage. They were [b]great[/b] fodder, and those that could did the "aid another" action, ala PirateCat's Story hour. GWM their arrows, too. [i]Gate[/i] was a key spell (Solars rock), but don't forget the other, crucial one. It's been mentioned here often, just not as something for the player: [i]Mord's Disjunction[/i]. You want that cast on the dragon ASAP. Use scrolls. Since my sorcerer had better things to do, I had the cleric cohort take the [i]trickery[/i] domain and have his own [i]Time Stop[/i]. And of course I didn't miss the other obvious trick: My cohort had a cohort of his own. (Duh!) Can you guess the class? Paladin/Ranger, of course, with dragon as the favored enemy! And yes, the Paladin had a cohort too....although they turned out to be no better than the other canon fodder. Finally, remember that a cleric can cast miracle, or a wizard can cast wish. These spells can save your bacon if that SR gets annoying. Phrase your wish/miracle something like: "I wish that my Spell penetration roll is a 20." Don't make it affect the dragon, otherwise his SR will apply to your wish. My vote: The dragon is toast, even with an 18th level PC. :p [/QUOTE]
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