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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3928140" data-attributes="member: 18280">You have to remember that, in D&amp;D, hit points are abstract.&nbsp; Smaug wasn't killed with one arrow; he was killed with one arrow after being peppered by hundreds or thousands of arrows that didn't kill him.&nbsp; That whole &quot;glancing off his armour&quot; thing was just the description that the DM gave the players.Now, Bard was the only PC there, but he played it smart.&nbsp; He sent all the NPC archers to deal with the dragon....to face its breath weapon, to get battered by its tail, etc.&nbsp; Then, when he saw that the dragon was weakening, he fired his one magic arrow...and that with a circumstance bonus to hit provided by a thrush (read: DM PC) telling him where to aim.&nbsp; A whole bunch of NPC mooks die, and Bard becomes &quot;The Dragonslayer&quot;.Canny action on the part of the player, if you ask me.&nbsp; Perhaps a bit of DM favouritism, too.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; I imagine that most players could beat most threats if they could just get the NPCs to whittle them down for a few minutes first.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />&nbsp;&nbsp; And then they, too, could take the credit for the final, killing blow.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" />&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Really, guys, your arrows were doing nothing.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid&nbsp; &nbsp; :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3928140, member: 18280"] You have to remember that, in D&D, hit points are abstract. Smaug wasn't killed with one arrow; he was killed with one arrow after being peppered by hundreds or thousands of arrows that didn't kill him. That whole "glancing off his armour" thing was just the description that the DM gave the players. Now, Bard was the only PC there, but he played it smart. He sent all the NPC archers to deal with the dragon....to face its breath weapon, to get battered by its tail, etc. Then, when he saw that the dragon was weakening, he fired his one magic arrow...and that with a circumstance bonus to hit provided by a thrush (read: DM PC) telling him where to aim. A whole bunch of NPC mooks die, and Bard becomes "The Dragonslayer". Canny action on the part of the player, if you ask me. Perhaps a bit of DM favouritism, too. ;) I imagine that most players could beat most threats if they could just get the NPCs to whittle them down for a few minutes first. :lol: And then they, too, could take the credit for the final, killing blow. :] "Really, guys, your arrows were doing nothing." :uhoh: RC [/QUOTE]

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