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[SPOILERS] Final encounter in Tyranny of Dragons and playing a wizard for 16 levels
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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6578383" data-attributes="member: 5834"><p>Our surly fighter insulted the representative from the good dragons, so we didn't get their help directly. The DM inserted a silver dragon disguised as the pseudodragon familiar of the wizard. All it did was take Severin's mask outside the area to help us weaken Tiamat after we killed Severin.</p><p></p><p>The DM mostly narrated what the armies did. I think he made them engage the bad guys in the area around Tiamat while we fought her. He wasn't sure how the Tiamat fight would go, so he didn't add any allies to help her. It was a hard read on that final fight. Tiamat looked amazingly strong. It would have been a very different fight had we known for sure that breath weapons weren't magical effects. The <em>Circle of Power</em> spell prevented a few hits from the breath weapons. Would have been nice had the rules clarified at the time that breath weapons weren't magical effects. Not sure how the game designers expected everyone to know what is and isn't a magical effect without designating which ones were and weren't. There is a lot to like about 5E, but some of the rules are a bit too light when it comes to being sure. Fortunately, I now have confirmation that dragon breath is not a magical effect from Jeremy Crawford. Not sure how you were adjudicating it Merric, but magical effects must be a spell (innate casting), require a spell or magical attack roll, or be designated magical (as in the word magical appears) somewhere in the ability text, otherwise not a magical effect and any abilities that give adv or bonuses don't provide a bonus.</p><p></p><p>That's how our DM handled the armies. Narration to provide a reason why no allies of Tiamat from the surrounding area engaged us. The dragon council provided support to the armies, but not to us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 6578383, member: 5834"] Our surly fighter insulted the representative from the good dragons, so we didn't get their help directly. The DM inserted a silver dragon disguised as the pseudodragon familiar of the wizard. All it did was take Severin's mask outside the area to help us weaken Tiamat after we killed Severin. The DM mostly narrated what the armies did. I think he made them engage the bad guys in the area around Tiamat while we fought her. He wasn't sure how the Tiamat fight would go, so he didn't add any allies to help her. It was a hard read on that final fight. Tiamat looked amazingly strong. It would have been a very different fight had we known for sure that breath weapons weren't magical effects. The [I]Circle of Power[/I] spell prevented a few hits from the breath weapons. Would have been nice had the rules clarified at the time that breath weapons weren't magical effects. Not sure how the game designers expected everyone to know what is and isn't a magical effect without designating which ones were and weren't. There is a lot to like about 5E, but some of the rules are a bit too light when it comes to being sure. Fortunately, I now have confirmation that dragon breath is not a magical effect from Jeremy Crawford. Not sure how you were adjudicating it Merric, but magical effects must be a spell (innate casting), require a spell or magical attack roll, or be designated magical (as in the word magical appears) somewhere in the ability text, otherwise not a magical effect and any abilities that give adv or bonuses don't provide a bonus. That's how our DM handled the armies. Narration to provide a reason why no allies of Tiamat from the surrounding area engaged us. The dragon council provided support to the armies, but not to us. [/QUOTE]
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