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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6412437" data-attributes="member: 2011">How many people actually survive an encounter with a Dragon?I would think that information about them would be few and far between other than obvious stuff that one could tell from a very great distance.In fact, that should be the status quo for most monsters. They are MONSTERS!!! Who the heck gets close enough to them to live and tell the tale? Sure, an occasional NPC adventurer might do so, but it's not like most campaigns have the printing press invented and their complete and accurate stories go far and wide. Most stories should be embellished and changed enough over the decades and centuries until everyone thinks that Dragons are gods that can walk through walls and move the Moon and all kinds of nonsensical stuff. The actual abilities of Dragons (and other monsters), if they are ever found out, should often be watered down or built up, and distorted by inaccurate information.The fact that many people think that it's plausible for every nation and its brother (and PCs) to know exact specific information about monsters and that information is readily available to its citizens seems a bit far fetched as a general idea. Information just doesn't move that way (even on the Internet, it is often distorted, let alone a low technology society).Some sages might have a bit more specific and accurate information, but most societies (like the dwarves) should often find out the hard way. IMO.As a DM, I often hand out inaccurate information from NPCs to PCs because most NPCs just wouldn't know, would make stuff up, would hear inaccurate stuff from others. Even knowledge checks should not always be 100% accurate information.</blockquote>

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