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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Draco" data-source="post: 2988676" data-attributes="member: 521"><p>I would recommend one more shot at information gathering, before taking Rackhir's recon-in-force option. Get your ranger a scroll of commune with nature (or two, if you're worried about spell failure). Just make sure you're within the requisite number of miles of your dragon, and cast it, selecting information as appropriate (check with your DM first as to whether he considers dragons to fall under the general animal population, woodland creatures, or powerful unnatural creatures). Once again, make absolutely sure that the dragon is within range of this spell (have a party member watching it invisibly or something, etc...). The commune with nature will surely reveal the presence of a dragon, <strong>if there is one</strong>. If it doesn't reveal the presence of a dragon, check for information on the terrain (remember, construction and settlement will show up as blank spots), if you don't get any weird readings from this, use your third information choice to check for powerful, unnatural creatures.</p><p></p><p>This spell should confirm or deny the presence of said dragon. The way you've described the situation, I'm actually very doubtful that it even <em>is</em> a dragon. If it isn't, you've got to start asking more questions. First of all, people/a dragon have seen a red dragon, so whatever's out there clearly has access to illusion magic. Is it a magic-using humanoid? If so, then it'll have a base of operations, probably where the dragon's "den" is. This will show up as a blank spot in the commune with nature spell. Or it could be something else. A powerful outsider maybe? There are creatures with powerful illusion magic that wouldn't need to build themselves a tower/live in some building, so detecting for powerful, unnatural creatures would help be sure of that.</p><p></p><p>If this all fails, go for the recon-in-force, but try to be ready for anything, especially that there really isn't a dragon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Draco, post: 2988676, member: 521"] I would recommend one more shot at information gathering, before taking Rackhir's recon-in-force option. Get your ranger a scroll of commune with nature (or two, if you're worried about spell failure). Just make sure you're within the requisite number of miles of your dragon, and cast it, selecting information as appropriate (check with your DM first as to whether he considers dragons to fall under the general animal population, woodland creatures, or powerful unnatural creatures). Once again, make absolutely sure that the dragon is within range of this spell (have a party member watching it invisibly or something, etc...). The commune with nature will surely reveal the presence of a dragon, [b]if there is one[/b]. If it doesn't reveal the presence of a dragon, check for information on the terrain (remember, construction and settlement will show up as blank spots), if you don't get any weird readings from this, use your third information choice to check for powerful, unnatural creatures. This spell should confirm or deny the presence of said dragon. The way you've described the situation, I'm actually very doubtful that it even [i]is[/i] a dragon. If it isn't, you've got to start asking more questions. First of all, people/a dragon have seen a red dragon, so whatever's out there clearly has access to illusion magic. Is it a magic-using humanoid? If so, then it'll have a base of operations, probably where the dragon's "den" is. This will show up as a blank spot in the commune with nature spell. Or it could be something else. A powerful outsider maybe? There are creatures with powerful illusion magic that wouldn't need to build themselves a tower/live in some building, so detecting for powerful, unnatural creatures would help be sure of that. If this all fails, go for the recon-in-force, but try to be ready for anything, especially that there really isn't a dragon. [/QUOTE]
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