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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 135767" data-attributes="member: 158">Oh, I know - note the IMO in the post. But lots of hit dice just don't do the trick in my mind if the creature has vulnerable spots that are well away from the source of damage.I believe, however, that Vacuum Elemental is on to something here. IF the DM knows what the dragon is going to do that round, It gives him a point to work from with regards to hits and damage. It still gives me a queasy feeling trying to figure that a fighter can vorpally lop off a dragon's head, if the neck is no where near him, much less if the fighter is trying to do it with a &quot;dragon-sized prison shiv.&quot; I have to come up with artistic ideas like &quot;You slit the dragon's jugular.&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />But as per your rule, I'm going to stop thinking about it. THe answer? in D&amp;D, you just have to be imaginative when describing huge discrepancies of size in combat. (Crushed toes, slashed tendons, bashing it on the nose as it comes in for a bite,etc.).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 135767, member: 158"] Oh, I know - note the IMO in the post. But lots of hit dice just don't do the trick in my mind if the creature has vulnerable spots that are well away from the source of damage. I believe, however, that Vacuum Elemental is on to something here. IF the DM knows what the dragon is going to do that round, It gives him a point to work from with regards to hits and damage. It still gives me a queasy feeling trying to figure that a fighter can vorpally lop off a dragon's head, if the neck is no where near him, much less if the fighter is trying to do it with a "dragon-sized prison shiv." I have to come up with artistic ideas like "You slit the dragon's jugular." :) But as per your rule, I'm going to stop thinking about it. THe answer? in D&D, you just have to be imaginative when describing huge discrepancies of size in combat. (Crushed toes, slashed tendons, bashing it on the nose as it comes in for a bite,etc.). [/QUOTE]

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