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<blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 7316453" data-attributes="member: 6801286">I'm not saying it is 100% the DM's fault. In a game of D&amp;D unpredictable things can and will happen, and your players will surprise you.But that said, the DM is also at fault for setting up the encounter the way he did. So yes, I am blaming the DM. But I think the DM himself realizes that he goofed up too. I'm not here to insult or discourage the DM in question. Instead, I want to offer suggestions on how he could improve on such an encounter in the future.Honestly I don't really care about whether it is a well-established trope or not. What I care about at the end of the day, is a fun, fair but challenging encounter with a dragon. And I disagree that 5th edition does not support this, but the DM is also expected to do some legwork. At least he had the dragon fly around, so that's a plus. But he could have done so much more, which would ultimately have made the encounter a lot harder. Making good use of the dragon's lair is 50% of any proper dragon battle in my opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaculata, post: 7316453, member: 6801286"] I'm not saying it is 100% the DM's fault. In a game of D&D unpredictable things can and will happen, and your players will surprise you. But that said, the DM is also at fault for setting up the encounter the way he did. So yes, I am blaming the DM. But I think the DM himself realizes that he goofed up too. I'm not here to insult or discourage the DM in question. Instead, I want to offer suggestions on how he could improve on such an encounter in the future. Honestly I don't really care about whether it is a well-established trope or not. What I care about at the end of the day, is a fun, fair but challenging encounter with a dragon. And I disagree that 5th edition does not support this, but the DM is also expected to do some legwork. At least he had the dragon fly around, so that's a plus. But he could have done so much more, which would ultimately have made the encounter a lot harder. Making good use of the dragon's lair is 50% of any proper dragon battle in my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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