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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7980674" data-attributes="member: 58197">You can do that for a while, but it's jerk DMing to set up a mystery and then refuse to let the players ever solve it. And if they're going to solve it eventually, you need to have the solution... which brings us back to this thread.I like the idea of having the dragon coerce a sphinx. Note that monster-driven aging, whether from a sphinx or a ghost, can be undone by a greater restoration spell, and the spell does not require a willing target or grant a saving throw. This is a good explanation for why dragons do not normally use this shortcut to power: You are opening yourself up to the kind of threats and challenges faced by an adult or ancient dragon, and any joker with a 5th-level cleric spell can zap you back to young or hatchling status.In fact, if the PCs have a divine caster in the party, discovering the dragon's secret could be the key to their eventual triumph. You do have to get within touch range to use greater restoration, and the dragon will obviously be very paranoid about letting anyone near it, using traps, allies, and its full range of combat abilities to keep enemies at a distance.</blockquote>