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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 4967201" data-attributes="member: 2011">Where do you come up with a desert habitat? That was true in 3.5, but not 4E.I think a party could easily head into the Dragon's cave and force it to either follow, or give up it's treasure.And since Blue Dragons typically lair at high inaccessible elevations, the DM should rarely have them attack PCs out on the plains (or worse yet, deserts where violent storms are the exception instead of the the rule). The PCs should be looking for the Dragon, the PCs should be prepared for flight into the lair, the Dragon should not be aware of them until they are fairly close, etc. A Blue Dragon encounter should not be random and haphazard, but one PCs should prepare for precisely due to the type of lair the Dragon choses.And, it's not suboptimal for a Blue Dragon to attack at range 20 when it can, but attack at closer range when it must.I think you are skewing your example too far into the &quot;unfair for PCs&quot; direction and not acknowledging that your example does not take into account the habitat of the Dragon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 4967201, member: 2011"] Where do you come up with a desert habitat? That was true in 3.5, but not 4E. I think a party could easily head into the Dragon's cave and force it to either follow, or give up it's treasure. And since Blue Dragons typically lair at high inaccessible elevations, the DM should rarely have them attack PCs out on the plains (or worse yet, deserts where violent storms are the exception instead of the the rule). The PCs should be looking for the Dragon, the PCs should be prepared for flight into the lair, the Dragon should not be aware of them until they are fairly close, etc. A Blue Dragon encounter should not be random and haphazard, but one PCs should prepare for precisely due to the type of lair the Dragon choses. And, it's not suboptimal for a Blue Dragon to attack at range 20 when it can, but attack at closer range when it must. I think you are skewing your example too far into the "unfair for PCs" direction and not acknowledging that your example does not take into account the habitat of the Dragon. [/QUOTE]

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