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How Many Dragon Fights Have You Had in D&D 5e?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nevvur" data-source="post: 7354885" data-attributes="member: 6783882"><p>The only dragon fights I've run in 5e have been against wyrmlings and young dragons, so probably not the sort of epic play report you might be hoping for. The most interesting of those involved a young green dragon solo encounter vs a reasonably optimized level 5 party consisting of 4 members.</p><p></p><p>The party was a shadow monk, fiend tome warlock warlock, sentinel polearm master battlemaster, and lore bard. This dragon was to be a benchmark test for their first combat at level 5/tier 2 in the campaign. The sentinel locked him down when he tried to reposition for a breath attack, so he settled for hitting two PCs. I rolled low on the breath weapon damage and the players both succeeded on their saving throws for half damage. They basically got to alpha strike and took minimal damage in the process.</p><p></p><p>The plan was to have the dragon surrender when he reached half hit points. He ended up submitting one hit away from being KOd, and we broke from combat for social interaction. As terms of the surrender, they forced him to submit to a Zone of Truth for their interrogation. The party released him after getting the information they sought, but what they released was a vain and deceitful creature they had shamed into speaking the truth. It flew home to mommy and told her what happened.</p><p></p><p>About 10 in-game months later, Mommy was later seen flying over the skies of the Adventuring Zone. It was just my heads up reminder to the players that something they did in the past had an effect, and by the way, you might have to deal with an angry mommy dragon at some point. They were only level 8 when the campaign ended prematurely so there was no showdown with an ancient, or even an adult dragon, I'm sorry to say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nevvur, post: 7354885, member: 6783882"] The only dragon fights I've run in 5e have been against wyrmlings and young dragons, so probably not the sort of epic play report you might be hoping for. The most interesting of those involved a young green dragon solo encounter vs a reasonably optimized level 5 party consisting of 4 members. The party was a shadow monk, fiend tome warlock warlock, sentinel polearm master battlemaster, and lore bard. This dragon was to be a benchmark test for their first combat at level 5/tier 2 in the campaign. The sentinel locked him down when he tried to reposition for a breath attack, so he settled for hitting two PCs. I rolled low on the breath weapon damage and the players both succeeded on their saving throws for half damage. They basically got to alpha strike and took minimal damage in the process. The plan was to have the dragon surrender when he reached half hit points. He ended up submitting one hit away from being KOd, and we broke from combat for social interaction. As terms of the surrender, they forced him to submit to a Zone of Truth for their interrogation. The party released him after getting the information they sought, but what they released was a vain and deceitful creature they had shamed into speaking the truth. It flew home to mommy and told her what happened. About 10 in-game months later, Mommy was later seen flying over the skies of the Adventuring Zone. It was just my heads up reminder to the players that something they did in the past had an effect, and by the way, you might have to deal with an angry mommy dragon at some point. They were only level 8 when the campaign ended prematurely so there was no showdown with an ancient, or even an adult dragon, I'm sorry to say. [/QUOTE]
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