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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6480386" data-attributes="member: 2011">Unfortunately, our DM described the encounter straight out of the book and showed us the picture. Our DM is young and inexperienced (having probably 10 or 15 sessions or so under her belt before starting the 5E campaign), but even so, isn't the idea of 5E to get new DMs and new players without the hassle of obvious problems creeping in? Isn't the purpose of the flagship adventure to make new players go "Wow!" instead of "Oops"?Yes, the DM can try things to force the situation if the players balk at the overall adventure, but s/he shouldn't have to (and new DMs might not know how). The dragon should not have showed up in the module until after the PCs reach the town, and even then, the dragon and PCs should never fight. The whole "an encounter with basically plot immunity" stuff is pretty lame.</blockquote>