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<blockquote data-quote="WitchyD" data-source="post: 6431057" data-attributes="member: 6750737"><p>Spoilers(!) for Hoard of the Dragon Queen follow.</p><p></p><p>Sunday, my party just got out of the roadhouse tunnel in HotDQ, and started making their way towards the castle. As they start canoeing towards it, will-o-wisps lead them into a cave. Littered in the cave are skulls partially eaten away by acid. The wizard in the party has the bright idea to use Fire Bolt to see if the acid burns. (Huh?). Him burning off the acid sets off a terrible stench, which brings the adult black dragon towards the party. He, seeing the party with their Cult of the Dragon garb on, greets them with the usual "Hail Tiamat."</p><p></p><p>The Sorcerer starts bluffing. Rezmir, he says, is hoping to get a donation of treasure for Tiamat's future hoard. This is perfectly in line with the adventure, and the Sorc has the rolls to back the bluffing. I'm prepared to have the dragon part with some of his horde when the Paladin of Bahamut speaks up, drawing his sword, claiming that he slew Rezmir himself. This was a bad move. </p><p></p><p>The jig is up. Initiatives are rolled. The Adult Black Dragon toys with the level five paladin for a round, and my players start thinking they have a chance. Everybody in the party passes their Wisdom checks vs Dragon fear, and decide to lay into the dragon. Then, taking it seriously, the dragon proceeds to curb-stomp the party into submission. Only one of my players was wise enough to have his character run. The others die -- one instantly from the acid breath weapon -- and I ended up lending my copy of the PHB to them so they can roll new characters. </p><p></p><p>TL;DR: Newbie players learn to run from dragons they can't take on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WitchyD, post: 6431057, member: 6750737"] Spoilers(!) for Hoard of the Dragon Queen follow. Sunday, my party just got out of the roadhouse tunnel in HotDQ, and started making their way towards the castle. As they start canoeing towards it, will-o-wisps lead them into a cave. Littered in the cave are skulls partially eaten away by acid. The wizard in the party has the bright idea to use Fire Bolt to see if the acid burns. (Huh?). Him burning off the acid sets off a terrible stench, which brings the adult black dragon towards the party. He, seeing the party with their Cult of the Dragon garb on, greets them with the usual "Hail Tiamat." The Sorcerer starts bluffing. Rezmir, he says, is hoping to get a donation of treasure for Tiamat's future hoard. This is perfectly in line with the adventure, and the Sorc has the rolls to back the bluffing. I'm prepared to have the dragon part with some of his horde when the Paladin of Bahamut speaks up, drawing his sword, claiming that he slew Rezmir himself. This was a bad move. The jig is up. Initiatives are rolled. The Adult Black Dragon toys with the level five paladin for a round, and my players start thinking they have a chance. Everybody in the party passes their Wisdom checks vs Dragon fear, and decide to lay into the dragon. Then, taking it seriously, the dragon proceeds to curb-stomp the party into submission. Only one of my players was wise enough to have his character run. The others die -- one instantly from the acid breath weapon -- and I ended up lending my copy of the PHB to them so they can roll new characters. TL;DR: Newbie players learn to run from dragons they can't take on. [/QUOTE]
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