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<blockquote data-quote="Bitbrain" data-source="post: 7355630" data-attributes="member: 6863864"><p>From D&D 5e only, seven.</p><p></p><p>The first was a young Blue Dragon. Part of the Oathbreaker Paladin's backstory was he had been a trusted advisor of the nobleman who owned the castle, but the dragon had seized the castle for itself, and the paladin was trying to become strong enough to return, kill it, and take control of the castle himself.</p><p>In our combat encounter against the blue dragon (which took place in the castle courtyard) most everyone but my sorcerer, the Eldritch Knight, and the Paladin got hit with dragon fear. The paladin spammed his favorite spell Thunderous Smite, the Eldritch Knight was subject to what he later referred to as "being whack-a-moled by dragon-claws", and I blasted it with fireball.</p><p>I landed the killing blow in that fight, after the dragon had partially charbroiled the Eldritch Knight with its lightning breath.</p><p></p><p>The second was against the dragon from Lost Mines of Phandelver.</p><p>Unfortunately for the DM, we were rolling like the dice were loaded or something that night, and massacred the green dragon.</p><p>In. A. Single. Round.</p><p>At the end of the night, the DM announced (only partly in jest) that we were terrible people who did horrible things to his poor, helpless little monsters . . .</p><p></p><p>The third was against an Ancient Void Dragon from Tome of Beasts. It took place in this enormous tomb complex within which was buried a once-powerful necromancer wizard (I suspect the wizard had been a former PC of the DM back in pathfinder).</p><p>The guy playing the War Cleric was a big Magic the Gathering fan, and took one look at the illustration the DM showed us of the void dragon before actually giving out a high-pitched scream.</p><p>His character then promptly fled, while the player sat there muttering "He's [the DM] finally sent Nicol Bolas to kill us!".</p><p>We all got hit by the void dragon's aura of madness, everyone failed the save, and we fled, gibbering hysterically at each other.</p><p>In a humorous turn of events, the Eldritch Knight was unable to find the escape chute out of the room, and was reduced to running from one side of the room to the other.</p><p>The Void Dragon found this deeply amusing, and let him live.</p><p></p><p>The fourth (and easily the most epic) was against an Adult Red Dracolich inside this island temple devoted to both Orcus and Olhydra.</p><p>The two cults that lived on the island had merged together into this "Death-Storm" Cult, and after myself and the warlock humiliated the high priest by continually counterspelling him, the high priest got fed up and awakened what we had thought was the altar, but which turned out to be the dragon's crown of horns.</p><p>The Oathbreaker Paladin ran up and Blinding Smited the high priest, killing him.</p><p>The the Dracolich arose and breathed fire on most everyone. The Ranger (who was already making death saves after getting bonked on the head by the high priest) was reduced to dust, and Eldritch Knight failed his save too.</p><p>We ran for the exit, only to turn around and realize that the Eldritch Knight was refusing to flee.</p><p>Incredibly, even as his body was melting like wax, the Eldritch Knight rushed the Dracolich and pushed it into an indestructible magic mirror, before perishing from his injuries.</p><p>Thanks to the Warlock's Arcana check much earlier in the day, we all knew that the mirror was actually a portal to the Ethereal Plane.</p><p>The implication was that we had destroyed the cult and forever banished the Dracolich to the phantom zone, but at the cost of two teammates being permanently killed.</p><p>For their heroic actions, our party buried their remains inside the now-uninhabited island temple with full honors (along with leaving behind both the mirror and half the remaining treasure as tribute to their sacrifice), and the gods personally welcomed the Eldritch Knight into the halls of Ysgard.</p><p>I'd love to say they welcomed the Ranger too, but he had already forfeited his soul to a demon queen of werewolves.</p><p></p><p>The fifth was an adult Black shadow dragon. We encountered it twice.</p><p>The first time was during a Derro invasion of Waterdeep. The "mad gnomes/dwarves" were trying to blot out the sun with this Darkness-inducing High Magic device. I destroyed the device, the Derro were driven back, and the shadow dragon fled.</p><p>We next encountered the shadow dragon a few days later outside the city. The warlock was able to kill the shadow dragon with either a lightning bolt or a witch bolt (can't remember if lightning bolt is on the Warlock spell list).</p><p></p><p>The sixth dragon was an Ancient White Dragon inside its ice-covered lair. I blew its guts out with animate objects while the two assassin rogues injected the dragon woth needles AKA punched it full of holes with their rapiers and daggers.</p><p></p><p>MY OWN HOME CAMPAIGN (BASED ON DARK SUN)</p><p>My dad's four characters needed to collect volcanic ash to fertilize the soil around their village, so as to be able to grow crops next year and keep their friends and family from starving to death.</p><p>The spirits of the volcano agreed to this request, but first insisted that my dad's characters entertain them in combat.</p><p>Combat took place inside the Volcano, with the stones, magma, smoke, and flames all around them actually being the spectators.</p><p>The first contestants were a squad of Azer, the second a group of salamanders, and the final match was against a Young Red Dragon.</p><p>The dragon blew fire at everyone, bringing the Wizard to 0 and giving him a permanent scar across his entire face.</p><p>The Arcane Trickster shot the dragon in the throat, killing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bitbrain, post: 7355630, member: 6863864"] From D&D 5e only, seven. The first was a young Blue Dragon. Part of the Oathbreaker Paladin's backstory was he had been a trusted advisor of the nobleman who owned the castle, but the dragon had seized the castle for itself, and the paladin was trying to become strong enough to return, kill it, and take control of the castle himself. In our combat encounter against the blue dragon (which took place in the castle courtyard) most everyone but my sorcerer, the Eldritch Knight, and the Paladin got hit with dragon fear. The paladin spammed his favorite spell Thunderous Smite, the Eldritch Knight was subject to what he later referred to as "being whack-a-moled by dragon-claws", and I blasted it with fireball. I landed the killing blow in that fight, after the dragon had partially charbroiled the Eldritch Knight with its lightning breath. The second was against the dragon from Lost Mines of Phandelver. Unfortunately for the DM, we were rolling like the dice were loaded or something that night, and massacred the green dragon. In. A. Single. Round. At the end of the night, the DM announced (only partly in jest) that we were terrible people who did horrible things to his poor, helpless little monsters . . . The third was against an Ancient Void Dragon from Tome of Beasts. It took place in this enormous tomb complex within which was buried a once-powerful necromancer wizard (I suspect the wizard had been a former PC of the DM back in pathfinder). The guy playing the War Cleric was a big Magic the Gathering fan, and took one look at the illustration the DM showed us of the void dragon before actually giving out a high-pitched scream. His character then promptly fled, while the player sat there muttering "He's [the DM] finally sent Nicol Bolas to kill us!". We all got hit by the void dragon's aura of madness, everyone failed the save, and we fled, gibbering hysterically at each other. In a humorous turn of events, the Eldritch Knight was unable to find the escape chute out of the room, and was reduced to running from one side of the room to the other. The Void Dragon found this deeply amusing, and let him live. The fourth (and easily the most epic) was against an Adult Red Dracolich inside this island temple devoted to both Orcus and Olhydra. The two cults that lived on the island had merged together into this "Death-Storm" Cult, and after myself and the warlock humiliated the high priest by continually counterspelling him, the high priest got fed up and awakened what we had thought was the altar, but which turned out to be the dragon's crown of horns. The Oathbreaker Paladin ran up and Blinding Smited the high priest, killing him. The the Dracolich arose and breathed fire on most everyone. The Ranger (who was already making death saves after getting bonked on the head by the high priest) was reduced to dust, and Eldritch Knight failed his save too. We ran for the exit, only to turn around and realize that the Eldritch Knight was refusing to flee. Incredibly, even as his body was melting like wax, the Eldritch Knight rushed the Dracolich and pushed it into an indestructible magic mirror, before perishing from his injuries. Thanks to the Warlock's Arcana check much earlier in the day, we all knew that the mirror was actually a portal to the Ethereal Plane. The implication was that we had destroyed the cult and forever banished the Dracolich to the phantom zone, but at the cost of two teammates being permanently killed. For their heroic actions, our party buried their remains inside the now-uninhabited island temple with full honors (along with leaving behind both the mirror and half the remaining treasure as tribute to their sacrifice), and the gods personally welcomed the Eldritch Knight into the halls of Ysgard. I'd love to say they welcomed the Ranger too, but he had already forfeited his soul to a demon queen of werewolves. The fifth was an adult Black shadow dragon. We encountered it twice. The first time was during a Derro invasion of Waterdeep. The "mad gnomes/dwarves" were trying to blot out the sun with this Darkness-inducing High Magic device. I destroyed the device, the Derro were driven back, and the shadow dragon fled. We next encountered the shadow dragon a few days later outside the city. The warlock was able to kill the shadow dragon with either a lightning bolt or a witch bolt (can't remember if lightning bolt is on the Warlock spell list). The sixth dragon was an Ancient White Dragon inside its ice-covered lair. I blew its guts out with animate objects while the two assassin rogues injected the dragon woth needles AKA punched it full of holes with their rapiers and daggers. MY OWN HOME CAMPAIGN (BASED ON DARK SUN) My dad's four characters needed to collect volcanic ash to fertilize the soil around their village, so as to be able to grow crops next year and keep their friends and family from starving to death. The spirits of the volcano agreed to this request, but first insisted that my dad's characters entertain them in combat. Combat took place inside the Volcano, with the stones, magma, smoke, and flames all around them actually being the spectators. The first contestants were a squad of Azer, the second a group of salamanders, and the final match was against a Young Red Dragon. The dragon blew fire at everyone, bringing the Wizard to 0 and giving him a permanent scar across his entire face. The Arcane Trickster shot the dragon in the throat, killing it. [/QUOTE]
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