So. I see a dungeon in the playtest...

[beej]

...but I don't see a dragon. As in, I don't see stats for a dragon.

It's not really a complaint - I'm okay with dragon stats to be a little delayed if it means the stats, even at the playtest stage, are going to wow me.

I just thought it's an interesting thing to note, that's all.

 

[hafrogman]

Well, mostly because there was never a dragon in the Caves of Chaos. From what I've glanced through, it seems nigh identical to the classic adventure. But also, this iteration of the playtest is primarily for the core rules, and not the monster design. As you said, dragons should be the pinnacle of monster design not necessarily the first step.

 

[The Shadow]

If they did have a dragon that 3rd level characters had any chance fighting, I would be very concerned!