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<blockquote data-quote="Nahat Anoj" data-source="post: 4801833" data-attributes="member: 25075">I've never pitted the PCs against a metallic.&nbsp; However, in earlier editions I've often thought that while metallics were benign to mortal races, they were benign in the same way that most humans are to, say, insects.&nbsp; That is, metallics were willing to let mortals be for the most part, but the vast majority of them had no real qualms killing them.&nbsp; Particularly if they were acting like pests (moving too close to the dragon's home, being too loud, etc.). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; &quot;Unaligned&quot; is a much better descriptor for this behavior IMO, so I definitely approve.I also do think having dragons default to unaligned makes them more likely to see actual use as enemies.&nbsp; Sure, creative and clever DMs can invent reasons as to why generally good parties fight good dragons, and that's great for them.&nbsp; Some may even be able to convincingly and compellingly pull off a &quot;noble and grand disagreement.&quot;&nbsp; But that's more work than I'm willing to do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nahat Anoj, post: 4801833, member: 25075"] I've never pitted the PCs against a metallic. However, in earlier editions I've often thought that while metallics were benign to mortal races, they were benign in the same way that most humans are to, say, insects. That is, metallics were willing to let mortals be for the most part, but the vast majority of them had no real qualms killing them. Particularly if they were acting like pests (moving too close to the dragon's home, being too loud, etc.). ;) "Unaligned" is a much better descriptor for this behavior IMO, so I definitely approve. I also do think having dragons default to unaligned makes them more likely to see actual use as enemies. Sure, creative and clever DMs can invent reasons as to why generally good parties fight good dragons, and that's great for them. Some may even be able to convincingly and compellingly pull off a "noble and grand disagreement." But that's more work than I'm willing to do. [/QUOTE]

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