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<blockquote data-quote="Brother MacLaren" data-source="post: 3463175" data-attributes="member: 15999">True.&nbsp; But wizards have higher-level spells available than even a much higher-CR dragon.&nbsp; The only chromatic dragons that can cast Contingency are CR 20 and up, whereas a wizard gets that spell at level 11.&nbsp; And because dragons cast as sorcerers, it takes up a very valuable &quot;spells known&quot; slot that could be used for something like Greater Dispel Magic, Antimagic Field, or (for the ones with cleric spells) Harm and Heal.&nbsp; So it generally won't be &quot;easily&quot; thwarted by a dragon.&nbsp; Buying scrolls is effectively a cost of 150 gp per day, or 54,750 gp per year.&nbsp; A CR 20 dragon would spend its entire hoard in 4.4 years using this tactic for protection.&nbsp; Now Antimagic Field: that's a great dragon tactic to thwart the orbs, assuming you have Sudden Widen so the field covers your entire space.&nbsp; And assuming the DM doesn't rule that the orbs are unaffected by AMF.&nbsp; I *think* you can Widen an AMF, although technically that would be increasing both the range and the area.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brother MacLaren, post: 3463175, member: 15999"] True. But wizards have higher-level spells available than even a much higher-CR dragon. The only chromatic dragons that can cast Contingency are CR 20 and up, whereas a wizard gets that spell at level 11. And because dragons cast as sorcerers, it takes up a very valuable "spells known" slot that could be used for something like Greater Dispel Magic, Antimagic Field, or (for the ones with cleric spells) Harm and Heal. So it generally won't be "easily" thwarted by a dragon. Buying scrolls is effectively a cost of 150 gp per day, or 54,750 gp per year. A CR 20 dragon would spend its entire hoard in 4.4 years using this tactic for protection. Now Antimagic Field: that's a great dragon tactic to thwart the orbs, assuming you have Sudden Widen so the field covers your entire space. And assuming the DM doesn't rule that the orbs are unaffected by AMF. I *think* you can Widen an AMF, although technically that would be increasing both the range and the area. [/QUOTE]

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