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<blockquote data-quote="cdrcjsn" data-source="post: 4098755" data-attributes="member: 60486">Color me a skeptic on this one.&nbsp; It might have felt like 40 rounds, but I doubt it was actually 40 rounds (unless he actually kept physical count of rounds).The dragon inflicts about half of any PC's hitpoints on an average attack.&nbsp; Everyone has a healing surge and the cleric has two ranged healing per encounter.&nbsp; So on average, it will probably take about 2-3 rounds to mow down any single PC after the party blows its healing capabilities (meaning that the first guy will probably fall in 5-6 rounds).&nbsp; Keep in mind that it's doing damage to more than one target per round due to its breath weapon and free OA when someone misses it.Unless the party spent 20+ rounds hiding from the dragon, I doubt the fight actually took 40 rounds.I've had several encounters in 3e that felt like 40 rounds myself, but when I actually look at the actions my character took, it was closer to 10 rounds even though the fight took an hour and a half of real time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cdrcjsn, post: 4098755, member: 60486"] Color me a skeptic on this one. It might have felt like 40 rounds, but I doubt it was actually 40 rounds (unless he actually kept physical count of rounds). The dragon inflicts about half of any PC's hitpoints on an average attack. Everyone has a healing surge and the cleric has two ranged healing per encounter. So on average, it will probably take about 2-3 rounds to mow down any single PC after the party blows its healing capabilities (meaning that the first guy will probably fall in 5-6 rounds). Keep in mind that it's doing damage to more than one target per round due to its breath weapon and free OA when someone misses it. Unless the party spent 20+ rounds hiding from the dragon, I doubt the fight actually took 40 rounds. I've had several encounters in 3e that felt like 40 rounds myself, but when I actually look at the actions my character took, it was closer to 10 rounds even though the fight took an hour and a half of real time. [/QUOTE]

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