From: Jesse.Taylor@launchpad.unc.edu (Jesse Taylor)
Subject: Re: To Kill a Black Dragon
Keywords: Dragon
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:42:25 GMT

In article <GSPIEGEL.57.0@bsa1.kent.edu> GSPIEGEL@bsa1.kent.edu (Greg Spiegelberg) writes:
>A virgin, female cleric who just so happens to be engaged (kinda) to someone 
>in my party has been supposedly kidnapped by a very large black dragon.
>(BTW, we're in Forgotten Realms)
	Oh that's just great, now you get to work with the 'fear radius'
or whatever, too. :)

>Anyways, half of us want to press on, the other half is suicidal and wants 
>to get the cleric back.  SO!  How should we go about killing/subduing this 
>black dragon?
	Do you have any idea how big it is? If it's bigger than
medium-sized, your chances of survival decrease exponentially...

>Background Group Info:
>   Group Contains- 1 Swashbuckler of Tempus (level 5 human)
>		   1 Pirate (level 5 human)
>		   1 Priest of Tempus (level 5 half-elf) <--- That's me!
>		   1 Wild Mage (level 4 human)
>		   1 Gypsy Thief (halfling)
	First thing to do is make sure you have those 'cure wounds' spells
ready - you'll need them. :) Second thing to do is say to the people who
want to kill the dragon "Look, you want to kill this thing so bad, YOU go
first!" Third thing is to send the thief in to try and backstab it, then
while the dragon is consuming the thief, have the two fighters attack from
opposite directions (so it can't spit on 'em both). Let the wild mage do
his 2nd edition magely things while you watch to see who goes down first.
Then run to the fallen character and cure them - whether they're alive or
not. It'll keep you out of the battle, and any dragon that's survived for
a while is smart enough to know to nuke the ones attacking it first, so
you'll be safe. If it attacks you, then that's a good clue the DM is angry
at you... :) Maybe pummel the dragon a bit if it looks like it's busy
smashing the other players... Or pick up some loot. If your group begins
to lose, run away while the dragon's still busy scarfing your pals...
Better yet, take a wounded character with you. The dragon'll be ticked and
will come out looking, so you send the wounded dude fleeing while you stay
back "to delay the dragon". You hide, the dragon goes after the wounded
dude, and you get to run back inside and get some loot into a pocket
before the dragon gets done. With luck, the wounded guy will try to hide,
and this will keep the dragon busy while you get away. If the group looks
like they're going to win, however, help them so you share in the xp and
treasure. :)

>Honsetly, we haven't a clue how to fight this thing and we've tried 
>recruting help.  Basically, I'm just trying to find a way to save my 
>character.
	If you've tried getting NPC's to help, and they won't, no matter
what the price you offer, alarm bells should be going off somewhere in
even the denses fighter's brain... :)

>Suggestions???
	Run away very fast, then run away some more.

>-Greg
>gspiegel@bsa1.kent.edu

JT


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