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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6394832" data-attributes="member: 2011">So anyone not intuiting this obscure bit of knowledge is not paying attention?Got it.Or, not go into a burning town with a dragon flying over it at low level to begin with. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />It shows nothing of the kind. Just because you read the module and you know this as a DM does not mean that the players are going to intuit this. A creature's actions do not necessarily dictate its thoughts or its motivations.There could be several reasons why he does not get involved:1) The townsfolk are beneath him, or2) He wants everyone to run to the keep so that he does not have to track them down individually to kill them, or3) He wants kobolds to die for some obscure reason, such as a power struggle in the cult perhaps, or4) Although his perception is supposed to be high, he doesn't notice PCs sneaking through the town and killing guys on his team.Who knows why the dragon does what he does? Certainly not the PCs. And saying that the players are not paying attention if they do not figure out what is going on is a bit unfair. They did not read the module. You did.So this is why they are setting the town on fire, because they do not want the town destroyed? And how does this prevent the dragon from killing PCs and NPCs without destroying the town. It does not need its breath weapon to destroy anything in that town. It could fly down and kick the snot out of anything. And with a directed narrow breath weapon like lightning, it could even do so with its breath weapon.The entire Greenest scenario seems off. The dragon does not try to kill them. They are expected to attack a dragon. The half dragon does not kill them (or is at least not supposed to). The NPC guards cannot hurt the dragon. The governor has his guards go out on the parapets which is basically suicide. The cultists want to loot the place first, but set it on fire anyway. The low level PCs are just supposed to waltz into an invaded town with a dragon flying overhead. It's just so way out there and implausible.For a 5E flagship adventure, it seems subpar and forced.</blockquote>

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