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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4787159" data-attributes="member: 710">I think that part is pretty logical if you think about it in D&D terms.High level spells change the game so much that a 10th level mage can kill an army of hundreds 1st level guys in a minute or less. But if he goes against just one single 10th level mage, he is in deep trouble and it basically becomes a 50:50 chance for him. But we are not talking about 10th level mages. We are talking about epic level (20+) mages. Most black dragons are far away from being in that level range. All off-spring of one particular black dragon died, and that dragon might have been higher level as the original V, but certainly not too far into the epic level range and he was easily beaten by the V with soul splices. Since dragon CR is mostly based on age, this means all off-spring of the Black Dragon will be lower level and even more suspectible to Vs powers. But Xykon is an epic level Sorcerer. And V tried to enter his lair, not attacking him on the open street or while busy killing some family. And it's not as if Xykon hasn't shown he was protecting his lair - that's why he had cast the Cloister spell, after all.</blockquote>