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<blockquote data-quote="Remus" data-source="post: 36851" data-attributes="member: 536">Well,&nbsp; we fought our first dragon, which in a game called Dungeons and Dragons, you would think would be a&nbsp; common occurrence.&nbsp; Of course dragons are no pushovers, but I didn't really expect the feeling of being food.&nbsp; We didn't really have that great a plan, ok ok, we had no plan.&nbsp; As one of the party fighters, I am there to protect the rest of us and make immediate tactical decisions.&nbsp; The role that I failed in was party leader.&nbsp; I should not have let us go after a dragon without any information at all.&nbsp; This was foolish. I did try to get the part information gatherers (Bard, Rogue and Wizard) to find out all that they could, but nothing was found.&nbsp; As a player, I have read the monster manual entry on dragons, I know that they are a force to be reckoned with.&nbsp; You don't get a game system named after you for nothing.&nbsp; Does Remus know this? I think not. The only dragons he has seen was baby white (a threat back at level 2, but not much in retrospect) and Maldrator, the ancient blue who helped us immensely.&nbsp; Neither of these dragons were particularly aggressive, they were downright friendly.&nbsp; Remus is also in another plane, and not everything is the same, but enough is (we speak the same language at least) Here we have dealt with demons and armies.&nbsp; How bad could a dragon be?&nbsp; The Ranger, whose favored enemy is dragon, was downright eager to go and slay this beast.&nbsp; And now Gwen is dead.&nbsp; If we had a plan this might have been avoided.&nbsp; Everyone made fairly good combat decisions and acted well individually, but we weren't quite working as a team.&nbsp; Luck was not with us:&nbsp; Remus made eight attacks, two of which rolled over six and Lor had just under half of his spells get past the dragons SR.&nbsp; The dragons ability of true seeing (I think) cramped the style of the more stealthy of party members. We did manage to make the dragon run away, though I don't think that it was that injured.&nbsp; Dragons are an intelligent creature.&nbsp; Maybe it was just playing with us at first, then realizing that it couldn't simply pick us up and eat us it retreated to change tactics.&nbsp; I hesitate to say this knowing that my DM is going to read this, but I honestly belive any creature that can fly fast and breath death should never engage in melee combat. But the only way our party can effectively fight is close up.&nbsp; We do have some deadly ranged specialists, but protecting them is near impossible against a dragon breath attack.&nbsp;&nbsp; We need to out think this beast.&nbsp; Trap is somewhere.&nbsp; But up on some mountain top where ground is scarce and sky is plentiful, we are just food.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remus, post: 36851, member: 536"] Well, we fought our first dragon, which in a game called Dungeons and Dragons, you would think would be a common occurrence. Of course dragons are no pushovers, but I didn't really expect the feeling of being food. We didn't really have that great a plan, ok ok, we had no plan. As one of the party fighters, I am there to protect the rest of us and make immediate tactical decisions. The role that I failed in was party leader. I should not have let us go after a dragon without any information at all. This was foolish. I did try to get the part information gatherers (Bard, Rogue and Wizard) to find out all that they could, but nothing was found. As a player, I have read the monster manual entry on dragons, I know that they are a force to be reckoned with. You don't get a game system named after you for nothing. Does Remus know this? I think not. The only dragons he has seen was baby white (a threat back at level 2, but not much in retrospect) and Maldrator, the ancient blue who helped us immensely. Neither of these dragons were particularly aggressive, they were downright friendly. Remus is also in another plane, and not everything is the same, but enough is (we speak the same language at least) Here we have dealt with demons and armies. How bad could a dragon be? The Ranger, whose favored enemy is dragon, was downright eager to go and slay this beast. And now Gwen is dead. If we had a plan this might have been avoided. Everyone made fairly good combat decisions and acted well individually, but we weren't quite working as a team. Luck was not with us: Remus made eight attacks, two of which rolled over six and Lor had just under half of his spells get past the dragons SR. The dragons ability of true seeing (I think) cramped the style of the more stealthy of party members. We did manage to make the dragon run away, though I don't think that it was that injured. Dragons are an intelligent creature. Maybe it was just playing with us at first, then realizing that it couldn't simply pick us up and eat us it retreated to change tactics. I hesitate to say this knowing that my DM is going to read this, but I honestly belive any creature that can fly fast and breath death should never engage in melee combat. But the only way our party can effectively fight is close up. We do have some deadly ranged specialists, but protecting them is near impossible against a dragon breath attack. We need to out think this beast. Trap is somewhere. But up on some mountain top where ground is scarce and sky is plentiful, we are just food. [/QUOTE]

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