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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fallen Seraph" data-source="post: 3996787" data-attributes="member: 57894">I am just gonna put in a quick thought, but hopefully those with more fluent writing skills can build upon.I think one major disconnect here is the idea of Race/Class (spellcasters). If we take into consideration that as has been stated by WotC numerous times that sentient-monsters can take classes then the major difference between PCs/NPCs and Monsters is the race itself.So we have to view it through a racial viewpoint.Putting aside magic/magical items, dragons have the benefit of:-Hundreds if not Thousands of years of knowledge. -Most likely just as old connections with long-lived organizations/creatures.-Can travel much faster then any human on a horse. (The only PC race I could see being able to travel as fast as a Dragon with natural abilities would be the Eladrin Feywild-travelling (and that could be extremely hard to, or only local). -Have numerous powerful natural abilities. -Can spend decades building its home. It is more then slightly hard to reach a Dragon unnoticed if it is perched on a large rock overlooking a underground lake you have to cross to reach it.-Other Dragons, Dragons while yes solitary most of the time can and do work together. Especially if the Dragon is working with its own young. -If Dragons can still transform into humans (as a natural ability) then that enables them to do anything a humanoid would be able to.Humanoids have:-Large numbers, both in civilian populations and armies.-Dozens of heroes at the call.-Fortresses and Keeps secured and built-up over decades.-Fast breeding.-Easier to establish contacts with other humanoids. From this view it seems like Dragons have a very broad and powerful advantage over humanoids. Now, if magic is in the world, and magic items. Then the ability for Dragons to hoard magic items and take spellcasters levels just like Humanoids can simply cancels eachother out.</blockquote>

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