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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kkoie" data-source="post: 540086" data-attributes="member: 1160">Well ok, I can understand creating the ideas in theory, just to joke around.  But I am not capable of comprehending why anyone would ever consider using the tactic, whether in a campaign, a one shot, or even a single encounter, like this thread is refering too.  To use one of those tactics is completely unrealistic, even if you are testing whether or not an 18th level character can take a dragon, because it is an example of a scenario totally outside the norm.When one is conducting a test or survey, you sometimes get examples that are so odd and nuts, they are almost like random mutations.  Thats why you survey or test a multiple number of examples so these mutations are factored out of the equation, by the fact that they are singular and rarely encountered.To use an ultimate smackdown technique in a battle like this one would prove nothing.  The point is if an 18th level character can take on a dragon one on one.  If you use a smackdown technique, all that would prove is that under very specific circumstances, using very specific tactics, it's possible one might be able to pull it off.  But considering how odd and abnormal the circumstances would be, it would not adequately answer the question of if an 18th level character could kill a dragon one on one.Now that I think about it, if the player and DM really want to test their theory, then the player should create a set of characters of differing classes.  Then he and the DM ought to sit down and try each of them out individually, and see how each one does.  And then compare the results.  I'd bet the results would be interesting, comparing how say, the wizard or sorcerer does, compared to the Fighter or Paladin, etc etc.</blockquote>

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