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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 3987618" data-attributes="member: 2518">Except in D&D. There dragons have a tradition of being spellcasters.Great, now every time the PCs slay a dragon they a wagons full of magical items the dragon needed to function properly. So much for balance. If the dragon approaches a hunter and tells him to deliver a message than most likely the whole town will know about that dragon. Influencing the politics of that town is impossible than as everyone will be on the guard. Also to be really into politics the dragon needs regular contact with the people he influences.And those dragons who don't are those whho only sit in their cave doing nothing until teh adventurers come and slay them. The only thing they can do is maybe to threaten some small villages and raid caravans. But that are heroic tier adventures suitable for level 1-10 adventurers. So either the dragon is just a low level monster or the dragon does not function properly.Quite the opposite. I assume that the other NPCs are active, that they investigate when suddenly some messengers come and go to uninhabited territory. I also assume that any minions the dragon has also has a live besides being a combat statblock and require food, housing and equipment.</blockquote>