D&D 5E How did you fare against Venomfang the Young Green Dragon Lost Mine of Phandelver?

[Warpiglet-7]

I am confused, are you talking about the dragon's poison breath? It hasn't been chlorine gas in a long time and there is no way to disperse it with wind. RAW it doesn't last past the dragon using it and there is nothing to disperse anyway.

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[Warpiglet-7]

I am confused, are you talking about the dragon's poison breath? It hasn't been chlorine gas in a long time and there is no way to disperse it with wind. RAW it doesn't last past the dragon using it and there is nothing to disperse anyway.

No we played it right.

it’s a poisonous gas and gust of wind disperses vapors or gas. The only thing we got wrong was the name and that may have only been me.

 

[dave2008]

Then we played it wrong and mixed things up with our AD&D roots.

although isn’t gust of wind a duration?

is the poison breath a gas a liquid or a solid?

I guess maybe it’s possible I was the one confused and the DM made a ruling. I am going to have to check that out. Not being the DM, my saying chlorine did not mean he assumed chlorine though either is possible

It is a poison gas. In 5e they don't really describe it, but I believe it was in 3e where they clarify that holding your breath doesn't prevent the poison, if it touches you in any way your poisoned.

However, by RAW their is no rule for an amount of wind dispersing the breath weapon while the dragon is using it. That would be a DM's fiat if they want to handle it that way. Which I personally find acceptable, but only in the 10' wide line of the Gusts of Wind. Everywhere else still gets the poison IMO.

 

[dave2008]

No we played it right.

it’s a poisonous gas and gust of wind disperses vapors or gas. The only thing we got wrong was the name and that may have only been me.

No exactly, see my response above. FYI, the breathweapon is a cone in 5e

 

[jayoungr]

I added a couple of epilogues to give it a better after taste. The first one was scenes of the deceased characters in their respective afterlives (based on alignment, deities, and inclinations), getting the "So and so is attempting to resurrect you, do you accept?" treatment (with a bit more flair). They basically all said yes, and that was the end of the campaign.

I'm going to keep that idea in my back pocket in case something similar happens to one of my groups. Thanks.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

No exactly, see my response above. FYI, the breathweapon is a cone in 5e

I see what you are saying. Since the dragons maw is less than 10’ wide I would be inclined to say it gets fully dispersed at the point of origin myself.

in true 5e fashion, this could get decided differently at another table.

 

[dave2008]

I see what you are saying. Since the dragons maw is less than 10’ wide I would be inclined to say it gets fully dispersed at the point of origin myself.

in true 5e fashion, this could get decided differently at another table.

Definitely more of a possibility for a young dragon as the size is only 10x10. However, if I was the DM I would just move the dragon out of the Gust of Wind and then have it breath. It seems really silly to have the dragon breath into the Gust of Wind. Even a young green dragon has an intelligence of 16, I don't see them wasting their breath weapon that way. But as you say, every table is different.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

Definitely more of a possibility for a young dragon as the size is only 10x10. However, if I was the DM I would just move the dragon out of the Gust of Wind and then have it breath. It seems really silly to have the dragon breath into the Gust of Wind. Even a young green dragon has an intelligence of 16, I don't see them wasting their breath weapon that way. But as you say, every table is different.

He was entangled! We had more than one character casting entangle.


we had two druids of all things, a tempest cleric, a wizard and a fighter.

 

[dave2008]

He was entangled! We had more than one character casting entangle.


we had two druids of all things, a tempest cleric, a wizard and a fighter.

I still wouldn't have it breath until it broke free from the entangle. That being said, a dragon without its breath weapon is a much easier challenge. It is a big part of their DPR.

PS if you succeeded to entangle it and cast Gust of Wind, I think you deserve to win easily - nice job! yet another reason there are no Young dragons in my game

 

[Warpiglet-7]

I still wouldn't have it breath until it broke free from the entangle. That being said, a dragon without its breath weapon is a much easier challenge. It is a big part of their DPR.

PS if you succeeded to entangle it and cast Gust of Wind, I think you deserve to win easily - nice job! yet another reason there are no Young dragons in my game

Yeah, it was not exactly without luck. They are not weak. And had it been me, I would not have fought it! A different party composition would have made it very different. Nowadays one Druid is weird and two? I count that as a fluke of having newbies in the party though one was the wizard!