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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 2988493" data-attributes="member: 1331">If your guesses are close to accurate, some of you are certainly going to die, and there's a large chance of a TPK. Any encounter 4 levels above APL is potentially deadly, and dragons are notoriously strong for their CR, even with the assumption that you get to prepare ahead of time.Since you can't really prepare in this circumstance, a dragon played well will tear you apart.The lack of information about the dragon sounds like a strong symptom of Adversarial DM Syndrome. It's common for some DMs to have encounters with special pet monsters all planned out in their heads, and they will resist anything that would let you go off the script. If he's playing fair then the alternative is hardly any better-- a red dragon who can cast mind blank would be at least Ancient (CR 23).Having less than half the expected wealth for your level is a concern, but it can't be too horrible, because your careers have lasted this long. It could be another indication of an adversarial DM, or he may just be running a campaign with lower than average magic.As Quasqueton says, if you trust your DM then you shouldn't worry, because there's a plan behind this. But then, if you trusted your DM, I suppose you wouldn't be posting here. I guess the only think you can really do for defenses is have additional castings of your mass resist or whatever, so you can swap elements if necessary. For attack spells, perhaps you can forgo elemental damage and concentrate on generic draconic weaknesses (e.g., use a lot of ray spells, or summon some incorporeal undead). And most importantly, if the DM does cheat in favor of his pet monster, don't be afraid to call him on it.</blockquote>

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