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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Illithidbix" data-source="post: 6788609" data-attributes="member: 12283">This is taking a bit of a tangent but:The huge, ancient red dragon in 1E AD&D has 11 HD, 88 hp, an AC of -1. To my knowledge 0 level archers would still need a natural 20 to hit it, but it was still vulnerable to them. More so than 5E where the disadvantage mechanic exists.Yep it was immune to normal missiles in 2E, had DR in 3E and over thousand HP in 4E, but I find it interesting that 1E AD&D took a more restrained approach to the threat it posed.(This old RPG.net thread compares the stats <a href="http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?374464-Dragons-Through-the-Editions-An-Analysis" target="_blank">http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?374464-Dragons-Through-the-Editions-An-Analysis</a>)Personally I rather like 5E and bounded accuracy meaning that most monsters can still be hurt by enough peasants, it explains why any farms still exist.Personally I think the dragon's ancient intelligence, animal cunning, superhuman awareness and aerial maneuverability means that they wouldn't let themselves be simply shot down by blindly charging a prepared regiment of archers.(And a 100 strong archer regiment all with the sharpshooter feat isn't a thing I imagine in my worlds, I note none of the monsters or NPCs in the MM i've seen have it or an equivalent)</blockquote>