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<blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 9447680" data-attributes="member: 9789">I especially love this idea because of how this party ended up dealing with the swamp castle (fully backed the lizards, who eventually started taking the remaining treasure to the dragon), so there's already a relationship there. Also, that's a dragon Neverember would likely be aware of, as it lives far too close to his road reconstruction project for him to be comfortable about it. My question is: how much would you need to pay to bribe a dragon to sit out the fight?On one hand, these black dragons in particular don't want to fight anyway - they're already super paranoid about their secret - but they also wouldn't let that sort of impression get out, because then there might be questions about why. Additionally, I'd play Neverember as giving the party X amount of gold, and telling them to negotiate with the dragon and keep the remainder as their fee - or kill the thing and keep it all. He would be aware, though, of how much a small mercenary army might cost, and have done the math on how much he'd have to pay a group to kill the dragon vs. how much to bribe it, and we're assuming the amount he gives the party is the lowest of these numbers. The party is also aware that 5000g is an average cost for &quot;rare&quot; magic items and thanks to the cult's horde they are up on cash.3000g? It almost feels low but on the other hand it's a massive amount in Faerun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="evilbob, post: 9447680, member: 9789"] I especially love this idea because of how this party ended up dealing with the swamp castle (fully backed the lizards, who eventually started taking the remaining treasure to the dragon), so there's already a relationship there. Also, that's a dragon Neverember would likely be aware of, as it lives far too close to his road reconstruction project for him to be comfortable about it. My question is: how much would you need to pay to bribe a dragon to sit out the fight? On one hand, these black dragons in particular don't want to fight anyway - they're already super paranoid about their secret - but they also wouldn't let that sort of impression get out, because then there might be questions about why. Additionally, I'd play Neverember as giving the party X amount of gold, and telling them to negotiate with the dragon and keep the remainder as their fee - or kill the thing and keep it all. He would be aware, though, of how much a small mercenary army might cost, and have done the math on how much he'd have to pay a group to kill the dragon vs. how much to bribe it, and we're assuming the amount he gives the party is the lowest of these numbers. The party is also aware that 5000g is an average cost for "rare" magic items and thanks to the cult's horde they are up on cash. 3000g? It almost feels low but on the other hand it's a massive amount in Faerun. [/QUOTE]

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