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Why is Hoard of the Dragon Queen such a bad adventure?
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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6478903" data-attributes="member: 6787650"><p>Bingo. Because CR is generally linear thanks to Bounded Accuracy, you cannot threaten the world with a CR 30 creature unless there are very, very few level 15+ characters in the world <em>or</em> the CR 30 creature has the mobility, intelligence, and inclination to defeat threats in detail. Since I don't interpret Tiamat as having the right personality to avoid combat, giving her mobility (2e-style Tanar'ri at-will Teleport Without Error) would probably not be enough to make her a real world-ending threat, but it would sure make her a lot more credible. Or you could just scale her up by a factor of about 50 in all dimensions: a mile long, 30,000 HP, 250 Legendary Resistances, breath weapons that reach for miles, and CR 1500. <em>That</em> would scare the pants off Szass Tam, Eliminster, and whole Harper/Zhentarim/Thayan complex.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, Spelljammer's Stellar Dragons are awesome and I want to port one to 5E.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6478903, member: 6787650"] Bingo. Because CR is generally linear thanks to Bounded Accuracy, you cannot threaten the world with a CR 30 creature unless there are very, very few level 15+ characters in the world [I]or[/I] the CR 30 creature has the mobility, intelligence, and inclination to defeat threats in detail. Since I don't interpret Tiamat as having the right personality to avoid combat, giving her mobility (2e-style Tanar'ri at-will Teleport Without Error) would probably not be enough to make her a real world-ending threat, but it would sure make her a lot more credible. Or you could just scale her up by a factor of about 50 in all dimensions: a mile long, 30,000 HP, 250 Legendary Resistances, breath weapons that reach for miles, and CR 1500. [I]That[/I] would scare the pants off Szass Tam, Eliminster, and whole Harper/Zhentarim/Thayan complex. Incidentally, Spelljammer's Stellar Dragons are awesome and I want to port one to 5E. [/QUOTE]
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