Lost City of Gaxmoor - The Borderlands Campaign
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Sniktch
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Re: Dragons
heh heh heh... good luck, a wounded wyrm can be even more dangerous.
My group has run into two dragons thus far - a black that chased them screaming from its swamp and a green that they defeated at the cost of half the party's lives. Dragons are so much fun for me as a DM that its a pity I can't use them all the time, but I think my players would revolt. Besides, part of what makes them special is their rarity - when the hear about a dragon or see one coming, they know they are in for a memorable evening.
heh heh heh... good luck, a wounded wyrm can be even more dangerous.
My group has run into two dragons thus far - a black that chased them screaming from its swamp and a green that they defeated at the cost of half the party's lives. Dragons are so much fun for me as a DM that its a pity I can't use them all the time, but I think my players would revolt. Besides, part of what makes them special is their rarity - when the hear about a dragon or see one coming, they know they are in for a memorable evening.
Mathew_Freeman
Adventurer
Orstadt has plans for that dragon. Now he's hit 7th level, he's capable of casting a brand new spell...polymorph other. Hah. Let's see that dragon fly away when it's a dwarf. 
Sniktch
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Re: Dragon
Good luck, those dragons have excellent fortitude saves, although I must admit that my sorcerer uses the same tactic when faced with such a beast (see my Rogue's Gallery for his character sheet). Last time we fought a huge red dragon and I was prepared with Stoneskin, resist elements (fire), shield, mirror image, mestil's acid sheath, extended haste, and greater magical flow enhancement.
First round I fired two polymorph others, my save DC's due to flow enhancement, feats, cha, etc. set at 27. Sure enough it failed the second save and we were faced with a small enraged frog. BTW, frog is definitely the way to go with polymorph other spells - turn the dragon into a dwarf and it still has spells and can attack and such. Turn it into a frog and you get a nice snack of frog legs
Needless to say our DM was a little upset that we dispatched his dragon so quickly (hey, it kinda bothered me too but it's better than dying), but I did waste a bunch of spells preparing for the fight.
We fought another red at an earlier level and I employed an entirely different set of tactics to bring it down - stoneskin, fire shield, haste and fly, then flew up real close to draw attacks of opportunity and started blasting away with snowball swarms. The dragon essentially caused its own death, my fire shield punishing it with cold damage from every attack while my stoneskin absorbed the brunt of the damage it inflicted upon me. Before I hit upon my plan we were losing the fight pretty badly. So S'mon, make sure you deck that dragon out with some sort of protection from cold attacks.
Good luck, those dragons have excellent fortitude saves, although I must admit that my sorcerer uses the same tactic when faced with such a beast (see my Rogue's Gallery for his character sheet). Last time we fought a huge red dragon and I was prepared with Stoneskin, resist elements (fire), shield, mirror image, mestil's acid sheath, extended haste, and greater magical flow enhancement.
First round I fired two polymorph others, my save DC's due to flow enhancement, feats, cha, etc. set at 27. Sure enough it failed the second save and we were faced with a small enraged frog. BTW, frog is definitely the way to go with polymorph other spells - turn the dragon into a dwarf and it still has spells and can attack and such. Turn it into a frog and you get a nice snack of frog legs
Needless to say our DM was a little upset that we dispatched his dragon so quickly (hey, it kinda bothered me too but it's better than dying), but I did waste a bunch of spells preparing for the fight.
We fought another red at an earlier level and I employed an entirely different set of tactics to bring it down - stoneskin, fire shield, haste and fly, then flew up real close to draw attacks of opportunity and started blasting away with snowball swarms. The dragon essentially caused its own death, my fire shield punishing it with cold damage from every attack while my stoneskin absorbed the brunt of the damage it inflicted upon me. Before I hit upon my plan we were losing the fight pretty badly. So S'mon, make sure you deck that dragon out with some sort of protection from cold attacks.
Mathew_Freeman
Adventurer
Frog it is, then.
And IIRC, the dragon was resistant to fire, electric, cold...etc etc before the avorals dispelled them all. Ach, if we'd done that first, instead of them battering away with their 1/day lightning bolts...if...if...if...
Next time!
And IIRC, the dragon was resistant to fire, electric, cold...etc etc before the avorals dispelled them all. Ach, if we'd done that first, instead of them battering away with their 1/day lightning bolts...if...if...if...
Next time!
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