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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7814349" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Several thoughts if the paladin had decided to fight (or thought he had to fight).  My understanding may not be 100% correct.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The NPC is dead the first round, first breath weapon attack whether or not they make their save.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's my understanding was that the paladin was alone.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If I were to run this dragon, it would never get within more than 10 feet of the paladin.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Depending on the paladin's oath they might have some tricks up their sleeve, it depends on oath and whether they have spells slots left.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">But no good spell options?  Throwing a single javelin per round is going to be a death sentence.  The dragon will just fly around waiting for the breath weapon.  </li> </ul>Given time to prep, an environment where the dragon is at disadvantage and some luck and it's possible for a full party of fresh 7th levels.  A solo paladin has no chance.Based on the OP my understanding was that the player thought it would be suicidal to not immediately acquiesce to the dragon's demands.  If I were in this situation, that's what I would have assumed unless I had some foreknowledge of the dragon's behavior.  Evil dragons tend to be arrogant, why would they care if some pipsqueak lowly human challenged them?I also agree that  different people view alignments (and oaths) differently. I don't think we necessarily know all the details.</blockquote>

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