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Why do dragons do so little damage?
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<blockquote data-quote="Byronic" data-source="post: 4777238" data-attributes="member: 56829"><p>The advantage of the Dragon (besides a lot of hit points, extra AP and higher saving throw) ) seems to be that it gets to fly and have very cold breath (slow and weakening opponents).</p><p></p><p>It's Cold Breath seems to be one of its more potent weapons as it makes the enemy weaker (causing the player to do less damage) and slow them down which both help protect the Dragon while damaging the players.</p><p></p><p>However it's still really odd, that a Dragons claws are less damaging then a Dire Bears. And I'm not so sure about it's advantages either. Slowing makes it harder to manoeuvre which means the players have to move less and weakening extends the battle since it causes them to do half of their normal damage (iirc) This extends the battle, which since the Dragon is not only a solo but a Brute solo is long enough already. I haven't fought with or against a white dragon but it would seem to suck. Of course a good DM might be able to make it work (even working within RAW) but I do wonder whether the same DM might not be able to make an even better encounter with non Dragons.... but thats getting way off topic.</p><p></p><p>Unless someone has another way of seeing things damage wise a Dire Bear and L11 White Dragon seem about the same. Until perhaps one calculates the breath weapon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Byronic, post: 4777238, member: 56829"] The advantage of the Dragon (besides a lot of hit points, extra AP and higher saving throw) ) seems to be that it gets to fly and have very cold breath (slow and weakening opponents). It's Cold Breath seems to be one of its more potent weapons as it makes the enemy weaker (causing the player to do less damage) and slow them down which both help protect the Dragon while damaging the players. However it's still really odd, that a Dragons claws are less damaging then a Dire Bears. And I'm not so sure about it's advantages either. Slowing makes it harder to manoeuvre which means the players have to move less and weakening extends the battle since it causes them to do half of their normal damage (iirc) This extends the battle, which since the Dragon is not only a solo but a Brute solo is long enough already. I haven't fought with or against a white dragon but it would seem to suck. Of course a good DM might be able to make it work (even working within RAW) but I do wonder whether the same DM might not be able to make an even better encounter with non Dragons.... but thats getting way off topic. Unless someone has another way of seeing things damage wise a Dire Bear and L11 White Dragon seem about the same. Until perhaps one calculates the breath weapon. [/QUOTE]
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