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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3454589" data-attributes="member: 29014">The over 1/3rd (40.6% to be exact is how much Connie does of the dragon's HP) does not assume elemental vulnerability.  Increase the damage by x1.5 (so 60%!) if she uses cold attacks and the dragon has no defense against them, but I think it's stretching for that to be the case.  However, if they do use cold uncontested, then two Connies would kill the dragon before the dragon could go once if they won initiative.  I know about the breath weapon--she should probably be able to survive that breath weapon (assuming she has 20 to 22 Con after buffs and items, which is par for a Wizard of that level), though not by much (and above average but not-terribly-unlikely-damage might end her) unless she had some sort of Energy Resistance against it or made the save (and she isn't making that save).  She can do nearly as much damage with only 7th-level slots: 195.  And probably she'll have one more 8th-level slot (don't forget bonus from high Int and the Conjuration slot, so 3) and so do 236.25.  Two Connies will clearly kill the dragon on their own if it doesn't flee on the first round (and it most certainly has that option, though having the CR 24 monster flee from two level 15 characters on the first round of combat is fairly pathetic).</blockquote>