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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 2226849" data-attributes="member: 30001">It's not anyone's fault that one character is 19th level and another is 1st.&nbsp; What I'm saying is that I don't recommend running a game for both groups to travel together.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Yes, I read it.&nbsp; From what I can tell you are suggesting that the DM metagame his way out of the situation.&nbsp; NPCs IMO should be played according to their own motivations and interests, not the DMs.&nbsp; This includes groups of gold dragons.&nbsp; It's possible for a group of gold dragons to have an effect on the druid's actions.&nbsp; But I think it's in the DM's interest to do this honestly, and decide things for the gold dragons that are in their interest.&nbsp; It's possible that the druid PC would strike up an agreement with the gold dragons that would allow him to use their form only vs. Chaotic Evil creatures.&nbsp; Then what?&nbsp; The DM is in the same predicament.&nbsp; To play the gold dragons honestly, the DM should not count on them to solve his problem.&nbsp; &nbsp;And why would gold dragon's care about what anyone thinks anyway?&nbsp; Are there groups or individuals out there that are a challenge to gold dragons?&nbsp; So that the dragons would need to be concerned about their image?&nbsp; I would suggest developing the campaign world in order to answer these questions.&nbsp; &nbsp;But the problem I see, is that if the campaign world were developed to this extent, the DM wouldn't be having this problem with the 19th level character.&nbsp; This has to be the last time I say this - This problem did not start suddenly when the character went from 18th to 19th level.&nbsp; My guess is that the DM is probably running a one-shot game, or someone's character from another campaign.&nbsp; The dead-magic zone idea, for example, would be obvious to anyone who had heard of Anti-Magic Shell and the like.&nbsp; And certainly you would have expected the DM to have tripped across that one a few times during the 19th level character's career.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 2226849, member: 30001"] It's not anyone's fault that one character is 19th level and another is 1st. What I'm saying is that I don't recommend running a game for both groups to travel together. Yes, I read it. From what I can tell you are suggesting that the DM metagame his way out of the situation. NPCs IMO should be played according to their own motivations and interests, not the DMs. This includes groups of gold dragons. It's possible for a group of gold dragons to have an effect on the druid's actions. But I think it's in the DM's interest to do this honestly, and decide things for the gold dragons that are in their interest. It's possible that the druid PC would strike up an agreement with the gold dragons that would allow him to use their form only vs. Chaotic Evil creatures. Then what? The DM is in the same predicament. To play the gold dragons honestly, the DM should not count on them to solve his problem. And why would gold dragon's care about what anyone thinks anyway? Are there groups or individuals out there that are a challenge to gold dragons? So that the dragons would need to be concerned about their image? I would suggest developing the campaign world in order to answer these questions. But the problem I see, is that if the campaign world were developed to this extent, the DM wouldn't be having this problem with the 19th level character. This has to be the last time I say this - This problem did not start suddenly when the character went from 18th to 19th level. My guess is that the DM is probably running a one-shot game, or someone's character from another campaign. The dead-magic zone idea, for example, would be obvious to anyone who had heard of Anti-Magic Shell and the like. And certainly you would have expected the DM to have tripped across that one a few times during the 19th level character's career. [/QUOTE]

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