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<blockquote data-quote="Munin" data-source="post: 298475" data-attributes="member: 5722"><p>I would start by looking at the over-all direction of the campaign. If there is an ultimate goal that you want the Paladin to achieve, you can give the dragon a similar goal. </p><p></p><p>Maybe the two could agree to work together to overcome a common foe that is too powerful for the dragon to overcome by itself, therefore it has to join up with the paladin. </p><p></p><p>In my mind the biggest obstacle to a dragon cohort would not be the level of the beast relative to the party, it would be the attitude of the dragon. Besides being very intelligent and charismatic, dragons are headstrong, conceited, and willful. A dragon is not going to sit by and let the paladin tell it what to do. It is going to do exactly what IT wants to do; maybe that is what the paladin wants, maybe not. </p><p></p><p>I think you will have to play the dragon. There is no way I would just drop this in the players lap. </p><p></p><p>As far as finding the mount, I would give the dragon something that the group must have to achieve an important goal. Since the dragon is of a good alignment, they can't just slay it and take what they need. They will have to work out a trade, this can lead to the paladin and the dragon working together.</p><p>Of course, I wouldn?t let the paladin know in advance that this dragon is 'his' dragon, he'd have to figure that out on his own!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Munin, post: 298475, member: 5722"] I would start by looking at the over-all direction of the campaign. If there is an ultimate goal that you want the Paladin to achieve, you can give the dragon a similar goal. Maybe the two could agree to work together to overcome a common foe that is too powerful for the dragon to overcome by itself, therefore it has to join up with the paladin. In my mind the biggest obstacle to a dragon cohort would not be the level of the beast relative to the party, it would be the attitude of the dragon. Besides being very intelligent and charismatic, dragons are headstrong, conceited, and willful. A dragon is not going to sit by and let the paladin tell it what to do. It is going to do exactly what IT wants to do; maybe that is what the paladin wants, maybe not. I think you will have to play the dragon. There is no way I would just drop this in the players lap. As far as finding the mount, I would give the dragon something that the group must have to achieve an important goal. Since the dragon is of a good alignment, they can't just slay it and take what they need. They will have to work out a trade, this can lead to the paladin and the dragon working together. Of course, I wouldn?t let the paladin know in advance that this dragon is 'his' dragon, he'd have to figure that out on his own! [/QUOTE]
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