For a game called "Dungeons & Dragons" there is a shocking lack of both dungeons and dragons
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Dragons are pretty high level-threats in D&D, which most players rarely get to fight because most campaigns don’t last that long. Which does make it a bit weird to name the entire franchise after such a rare enemy.
On top of that old dragons in disguise meddling with human society make good NPCs… which the players will not find out until much later.
So even when they meet Dragons -even ones not antagonistic- early on they will rarely realize it…
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DM: “The phone rings.”
Player: “I pick it up.”
Cthulhu: “Wasaaaaaaaaaaaaap!”
Player: *Cries blood*
Cthulhu: “Wasaaaaaaaaaaaaap!”
Definitely one of the Great Old Ones.
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Best part of Traveller is character creation.
Not always the best, but often a lot of fun
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I’ve played a lot of D&D over the years. Hundreds of hours.
But these so-called “dungeons”? No captives. Not even any cells. That’s not a dungeon. that’s a glorified cave.
And don’t even get me started on the dragons. Dragonborn? Sure, I’ve seen plenty. Heard my fair share of Draconic. And wyverns are fairly common I suppose but that’s like pointing at all the dogs in the world and saying “we’re infested with wolves!”
I’m beginning to feel like I’ve been lied to all this time.
Blame it on two year old Cindy Gygax who picked the name out of a few choices.
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We asked our DM to avoid using flying enemies after a dragon tpk’d us by breath weaponing and retreating for 30 rounds. Give me a tarasque before you even consider offering me a competent dragon
This implies the existence of incompetent dragons and I really want my DM to have us fight one
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This sounds an awful lot like a story Gary made up to cover for his mistake /s
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Dragons are pretty high level-threats in D&D, which most players rarely get to fight because most campaigns don’t last that long. Which does make it a bit weird to name the entire franchise after such a rare enemy.
There’s pseudodragons and whelps that can easily be low level encounters. I threw a green dragon and a bunch of flying kobolds at my level 3 party and they easily won the fight.
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Supposedly some sources in the past claimed his wife made the pick, but wiki says it was his daughter. Given how many variants I’ve seen over the years to avoid a copyright, it seems a good choice. Even became well known for the name by people who didn’t understand it, like Jack Chick tract readers.
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As someone who has played alot of Call of Cthulhu there is a distinct lack of Cthulhu. But I am presently playing Traveler and let me tell you something - there is A LOT of traveling.
Did anyone die in character creation?
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This implies the existence of incompetent dragons and I really want my DM to have us fight one
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I’ve played a lot of D&D over the years. Hundreds of hours.
But these so-called “dungeons”? No captives. Not even any cells. That’s not a dungeon. that’s a glorified cave.
And don’t even get me started on the dragons. Dragonborn? Sure, I’ve seen plenty. Heard my fair share of Draconic. And wyverns are fairly common I suppose but that’s like pointing at all the dogs in the world and saying “we’re infested with wolves!”
I’m beginning to feel like I’ve been lied to all this time.
You made me realize Balder’s Gate 3 does in fact contain ample dungeons and even multiple dragons.
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I’ve played a lot of D&D over the years. Hundreds of hours.
But these so-called “dungeons”? No captives. Not even any cells. That’s not a dungeon. that’s a glorified cave.
And don’t even get me started on the dragons. Dragonborn? Sure, I’ve seen plenty. Heard my fair share of Draconic. And wyverns are fairly common I suppose but that’s like pointing at all the dogs in the world and saying “we’re infested with wolves!”
I’m beginning to feel like I’ve been lied to all this time.
It really depends on who your DM is.
I have not yet played a campaign without either dungeons or dragons. A gold dragon is typically the one giving us quests, which requires delving into dungeons or we end up being captured and thrown in one by the BBG.
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You made me realize Balder’s Gate 3 does in fact contain ample dungeons and even multiple dragons.
Truly worthy of GotY
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It really depends on who your DM is.
I have not yet played a campaign without either dungeons or dragons. A gold dragon is typically the one giving us quests, which requires delving into dungeons or we end up being captured and thrown in one by the BBG.
Protect that DM at all costs. They truly understand what it means to create a D&D campaign
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Protect that DM at all costs. They truly understand what it means to create a D&D campaign
Oddly enough, they’re pretty much the only Steam friend I still have that reguarly comes online other than my sister. It’s the other 3 players that have fallen off the face of the earth that keeps us from playing again
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Oddly enough, they’re pretty much the only Steam friend I still have that reguarly comes online other than my sister. It’s the other 3 players that have fallen off the face of the earth that keeps us from playing again
…ngl I’ve been looking for a campaign to join 0_o Just saying
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I’ve played a lot of D&D over the years. Hundreds of hours.
But these so-called “dungeons”? No captives. Not even any cells. That’s not a dungeon. that’s a glorified cave.
And don’t even get me started on the dragons. Dragonborn? Sure, I’ve seen plenty. Heard my fair share of Draconic. And wyverns are fairly common I suppose but that’s like pointing at all the dogs in the world and saying “we’re infested with wolves!”
I’m beginning to feel like I’ve been lied to all this time.
Dragon Delves exists, it is, I believe 12 different dragon focused adventures for levels 1-12.
I recently ran a group of high school kids through The Shattered Obelisk Phandelver and Below, which has a dragon in it. The group kept avoiding the area with it. I finally had it make an appearance to save their bacon.
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This implies the existence of incompetent dragons and I really want my DM to have us fight one
I play dragons like “vainqueur the dragon” aka very full of themselves and won’t actually listen to anything the players say. Its hilarious because its made to frustrate the players as much as possible. Getting a dragon to do anything is a monumental task.
MINNON!
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We asked our DM to avoid using flying enemies after a dragon tpk’d us by breath weaponing and retreating for 30 rounds. Give me a tarasque before you even consider offering me a competent dragon
That sounds like a job for Readied Actions!
(Our DM tried that with the dragon at the end of Icespire Peak, but fortunately my character had a spell that grounds flying enemies and it failed its save. Dragons aren’t nearly as bad when you know they’re coming and have an entire campaign to build your character towards fighting them. Surprise dragons are a nightmare though!)
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We asked our DM to avoid using flying enemies after a dragon tpk’d us by breath weaponing and retreating for 30 rounds. Give me a tarasque before you even consider offering me a competent dragon
Off the top of my head:
- Cast Fly yourselves or purchase/acquire some boots of flying
- Elemental resistance or immunity vs the element of dragon’s breath you expect to be meeting, from the Protection From Energy spell or from equippable gear
- If you’re confident in your spell save DC, Hold Monster is a fun one to cast on any flying creatures
- buy a bow and arrow
- better yet, buy a ballista and a mule to tow it around
- buy a couple dozen health potions that you chug furiously on the rounds that you aren’t being breath-attack-strafed
- have the fighter make consecutive grapple checks to Los Tiburon the dragon into the fucking dirt
There are a lot of ways to deal with this, you just have to get creative and maybe set yourselves a short side quest or two to acquire what you need for the real job. Half of the above suggestions can be accomplished by a single tactically minded cleric, and no arcane caster worth his salt isn’t going to know how to fly by level five, wizards that can’t fly generally don’t live very long and sorcerors that can’t fly don’t get laid.
