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What would be some good guards/ minions for a dragon's lair?
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<blockquote data-quote="JiffyPopTart" data-source="post: 7627040" data-attributes="member: 4881"><p>How about a very intelligent spellcasting dragon who had previously slaughtered a standard high level adventuring party trying to steal his loots.</p><p></p><p>He brings them back to life then casts a geas on them that they have to be his guards for as long as they live.</p><p></p><p>The entrance to the "dragons lair" is actually a nicely appointed set of apartments that the adventurers live in as the dragon know that keeping them happy makes them better guards. He/She is willing to spend some money to keep them as retainers, even if they are also magically compelled because a happy guard is a better guard.</p><p></p><p>They are kept honest by the very real threat that if they fail "letting the PCs past to actually encounter the dragon" they are dead and going to be replaced with more powerful guards once the dragon kills the newer, more proficient, adventuring party.</p><p></p><p>This has probably happened quite a few times (changing of the guards) and this would create an interesting living quarters as years and years of keepsakes pile up as guards are killed and replaced.</p><p></p><p>It also is 100% likely to subvert the players expectations of raiding a dragons lair, but in an interesting way, not a that-movie-you-hate one.</p><p></p><p>DS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JiffyPopTart, post: 7627040, member: 4881"] How about a very intelligent spellcasting dragon who had previously slaughtered a standard high level adventuring party trying to steal his loots. He brings them back to life then casts a geas on them that they have to be his guards for as long as they live. The entrance to the "dragons lair" is actually a nicely appointed set of apartments that the adventurers live in as the dragon know that keeping them happy makes them better guards. He/She is willing to spend some money to keep them as retainers, even if they are also magically compelled because a happy guard is a better guard. They are kept honest by the very real threat that if they fail "letting the PCs past to actually encounter the dragon" they are dead and going to be replaced with more powerful guards once the dragon kills the newer, more proficient, adventuring party. This has probably happened quite a few times (changing of the guards) and this would create an interesting living quarters as years and years of keepsakes pile up as guards are killed and replaced. It also is 100% likely to subvert the players expectations of raiding a dragons lair, but in an interesting way, not a that-movie-you-hate one. DS [/QUOTE]
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