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Message: <blockquote data-quote="meomwt" data-source="post: 4004260" data-attributes="member: 47885">I've a memorable one from 2e, when I was DM-ing a long-running Greyhawk campaign. The PC's had ha many encounters with Mighty Eater Of Many Wonderous Things (aka meomwt), a Bronze Dragon from the Abbor-Alz. Unfortunately, a Red Dragon called Sartis was trying to muscle in on his territory. meomwt was losing, badly, and sent the PC's to find one of the few Arrows of Dragon Slaying which existed. I'd been doing a bit of fore-shadowing and tying in some previous adventures when this all kind of took off, but I'm not sure how many of them noticed. Anyway, after a long trek North, saving a Dwarven mine in the process and finding said Arrow, the group returned to the Abbor-Alz. meomwt was losing, looking battered and bruised, and Sartis was moving in for the kill. En route to the final fight, one or two worthy locals came along and blessed their endeavours (and their bow) - so there was a considerable bit of buffing going on there  :\ The one Player whose character had a decent missile weapon capability also had a nasty habit of poor rolls - to the extent that people wouldn't sit near him in case their dice were affected. Hmm. Anyhow, up in the hills, meomwt and Sartis start fighting in mid-air. The Party's Gnome Thief/ Illusionist uses a powerful Illusion to have a third dragon (I forget which type) join in the fray, and Sartis gets distracted by the multiple attacks. As the dragon rolls in for another attack, the Arrow of Dragon Slaying is loosed from the bow. The room holds its breath as the die is cast. It comes up 20. The Arrow hits Sartis right between the eyes. Sartis starts to grow, becoming Adult as everyone watches. Then Great Wyrm. All the time, Sartis is crowing of the power that she feels... until Old Age catches up, she dies of natural causes and hits the deck, scales decaying before everyone's eyes until all that was left was a skeleton.</blockquote>

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