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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6593970" data-attributes="member: 6787650">Points 1 and 3 are related: yes, I agree that that's a good thing if the bad guys gets away. And yes, it's fine that the PCs get experience for driving it off... assuming that that's really what happened, as opposed to it simply backing off for 60 seconds to recharge its breath weapon and wait for YOUR spells to expire.Point 2: no one said you can't wait out a spell by running/hiding, but that's where mobility via Expeditious Retreat makes the dragon more deadly. It's harder to run and hide from something that can move 280 feet per round. That's not fast by modern standards (32 mph) but compared to D&D humans who run at 6.8 mph it's plenty. Or it can move 160 feet (also plenty) and then claw/claw/bite/tail/tail/tail you.I agree that adding wizard levels to a dragon is a good change and makes it a better monster and a better villain. I just don't think it's a negligible change the way the DMG does.</blockquote>