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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7913880" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>For additional info;</p><p></p><p>At the time of the persuasion check, the dragon was in the form of a dwarf. We were trying to discuss a way for the dragon to keep it's word while returning the gold. The rogue was antagonizing the dragon a bit by calling him by his real name when the dragon said he was a dwarf and not a dragon (the rest of us were willing to play the dragons pride game). Then we brought up how coming after us was a cult of devils who would attack the dragon. The dragon took that to mean we were accusing it of being too weak to defend the treasure and shouted at us to leave. So the bard tried persuading it to change its mind. Hence the roll. </p><p></p><p>When the roll failed, the dragon got outraged and changed into dragon form and the DM called for initiative. So that failed roll was the catalyst. Then the rogue shot the arrow, and ran towards the pile of gold. </p><p></p><p>The dragon ignored us and went after her. That's when I (the only one who made the fear saving throw) cast rope trick and told the party to climb up and be safe for an hour hoping the dragon would calm down by then, ran towards the dragon and pleaded with it to leave my party alone and take me as its servant (I was an abjurer gnome, and was willing to do anything for the opportunity to gain knowledge and protect my allies). That's when I rolled a 1 lol. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤦🏽♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f926-1f3fd-2642.png" title="Man facepalming: medium skin tone :man_facepalming_tone3:" data-shortname=":man_facepalming_tone3:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></p><p></p><p>So it turned on me, wiped me out with my 11 current hit points lol, and the rest of the party soon fell. </p><p></p><p>We were all level 4, almost level 5. It was a slow progression campaign. We had played probably 7-8 five hour sessions up to that point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7913880, member: 15700"] For additional info; At the time of the persuasion check, the dragon was in the form of a dwarf. We were trying to discuss a way for the dragon to keep it's word while returning the gold. The rogue was antagonizing the dragon a bit by calling him by his real name when the dragon said he was a dwarf and not a dragon (the rest of us were willing to play the dragons pride game). Then we brought up how coming after us was a cult of devils who would attack the dragon. The dragon took that to mean we were accusing it of being too weak to defend the treasure and shouted at us to leave. So the bard tried persuading it to change its mind. Hence the roll. When the roll failed, the dragon got outraged and changed into dragon form and the DM called for initiative. So that failed roll was the catalyst. Then the rogue shot the arrow, and ran towards the pile of gold. The dragon ignored us and went after her. That's when I (the only one who made the fear saving throw) cast rope trick and told the party to climb up and be safe for an hour hoping the dragon would calm down by then, ran towards the dragon and pleaded with it to leave my party alone and take me as its servant (I was an abjurer gnome, and was willing to do anything for the opportunity to gain knowledge and protect my allies). That's when I rolled a 1 lol. 🤦🏽♂️ So it turned on me, wiped me out with my 11 current hit points lol, and the rest of the party soon fell. We were all level 4, almost level 5. It was a slow progression campaign. We had played probably 7-8 five hour sessions up to that point. [/QUOTE]
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