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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2291252" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I think the tension was derived more from how hard the players thought the Dragon encounter(s) would be than from how it truly played out. Both the Shadow Dragon and the Skeletal Dragon were reasonably tough encounters on paper but played out as being relatively easy in the session. In both cases the party was buffed to the gills because they were able to pick when the fight was to take place.</p><p></p><p>Marcus took a hard beating from the Shadow Dragon since it focused all its attacks on him but he managed to keep himself on his feet by foregoing attacks in favor of healing. The other party members took very little damage in that fight.</p><p></p><p>The Skeletal Dragon managed to lay some serious damage on Marius in the first round (which is why you don't see him engaging it after that) but Speaks trapping it in the mud meant that this battle was really won in the first couple of rounds. Again, good planning by the party combined with lots of buffing made for a fairly easy battle.</p><p></p><p>One thing that I'm not sure came out in the updates was the nature of the Dragon and how it came to be this way. Essentially the Dragon, who was once the terror of this part of the world, was "slain" hundreds of years ago by St. Cuthbert as part of his rise to divinity. But the spirit of the Dragon was strong enough that it managed to free itself from the body of stone and bone that the Bloodstone Blade had turned into a prison. That facet of the Dragon became the Shadow Dragon they fought.</p><p></p><p>But the innate magic of the Dragon also animated the skeleton that was left over. Once freed from its stone bonds it was able to attack the party but it was only a bone shell, fairly mindless and not using much in the way of tactics.</p><p></p><p>The only remaining matter pertaining to the Dragon is the considerable hoard. I'll lay out the nature of all this treasure in my next post but I should preface it with a couple of things. First, it might seem a little strange for the PC's to be counting money and magic items even as Bale was marching on the Fodor Tribes but they felt like they needed to grab any advantage they could, including any magical goodies in the hoard. In addition I should mention they they had received almost no treasure for the past 7-8 game sessions (maybe longer). Their frantic flight from the City of Endless Summer cost them a lot of disposable magic and they recovered almost nothing in return. They were due for a big haul and they most certainly got one.</p><p></p><p>So...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rel, post: 2291252, member: 99"] I think the tension was derived more from how hard the players thought the Dragon encounter(s) would be than from how it truly played out. Both the Shadow Dragon and the Skeletal Dragon were reasonably tough encounters on paper but played out as being relatively easy in the session. In both cases the party was buffed to the gills because they were able to pick when the fight was to take place. Marcus took a hard beating from the Shadow Dragon since it focused all its attacks on him but he managed to keep himself on his feet by foregoing attacks in favor of healing. The other party members took very little damage in that fight. The Skeletal Dragon managed to lay some serious damage on Marius in the first round (which is why you don't see him engaging it after that) but Speaks trapping it in the mud meant that this battle was really won in the first couple of rounds. Again, good planning by the party combined with lots of buffing made for a fairly easy battle. One thing that I'm not sure came out in the updates was the nature of the Dragon and how it came to be this way. Essentially the Dragon, who was once the terror of this part of the world, was "slain" hundreds of years ago by St. Cuthbert as part of his rise to divinity. But the spirit of the Dragon was strong enough that it managed to free itself from the body of stone and bone that the Bloodstone Blade had turned into a prison. That facet of the Dragon became the Shadow Dragon they fought. But the innate magic of the Dragon also animated the skeleton that was left over. Once freed from its stone bonds it was able to attack the party but it was only a bone shell, fairly mindless and not using much in the way of tactics. The only remaining matter pertaining to the Dragon is the considerable hoard. I'll lay out the nature of all this treasure in my next post but I should preface it with a couple of things. First, it might seem a little strange for the PC's to be counting money and magic items even as Bale was marching on the Fodor Tribes but they felt like they needed to grab any advantage they could, including any magical goodies in the hoard. In addition I should mention they they had received almost no treasure for the past 7-8 game sessions (maybe longer). Their frantic flight from the City of Endless Summer cost them a lot of disposable magic and they recovered almost nothing in return. They were due for a big haul and they most certainly got one. So... [/QUOTE]
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