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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 5670436" data-attributes="member: 3400">How do the PCs know they'll only be backtracking the dragon 50 feet and not scores of miles? The probability that the dragon's lair is some distance away changes the logic of your situation. If they have some reason to believe the lair is so close, then sure, of course it's worth backtracking right away. But if they assume the lair is probably farther or not so open, then the possibility of finding the lair may not be strong enough to warrant changing their other priorities.If I was playing in a game and we were fighting an army that had recently sacked a town (and I'd consider recent to be within the last few game months), I don't think I'd expect the dragon's main lair and hoard to be there. Booty collected from the town, maybe. But I don't think I'd expect to find the dragon's main lair.</blockquote>