tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post4821276660731295268..comments2024-03-28T15:54:00.960-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: "Dragons Should Never Be Just Another Encounter"JBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-52440488514095619252010-07-31T18:54:12.620-07:002010-07-31T18:54:12.620-07:00@ Jayson: Exactly man. Kick ass.
: )@ Jayson: Exactly man. Kick ass.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-25095098064814808732010-07-31T18:47:54.303-07:002010-07-31T18:47:54.303-07:00Oh, I agree whole-heartedly. In fact, when I began...Oh, I agree whole-heartedly. In fact, when I began my group with Keep on the Borderlands I had them spy a dragon-shaped silouette off near the horizon, just for some wonderment. <br /><br />I just don't think it should happen purely by chance. In fact, I think I've decided to lay it on them just as you've described. :-)Jaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652611193354218021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-65335323060115974732010-07-31T18:42:35.459-07:002010-07-31T18:42:35.459-07:00@ Jayson: As a wandering desert encounter, a blue ...@ Jayson: As a wandering desert encounter, a blue dragon doesn't seem to bad...just so long as it's played intelligently (living in the desert, blues need to hunt, right?). Make a couple passes with lightning, carry off a horse or two and leave the party in wonder at their luck of seing such a magnificent creature without getting fried. <br /><br />Just make it DAMN hard to track the thing to its lair (how do you track something that flies anyway?). A suitable encounter for Expert level characters.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-60692732074938759542010-07-31T18:36:11.405-07:002010-07-31T18:36:11.405-07:00Yeah, that shouldn't go well for those PCs at ...Yeah, that shouldn't go well for those PCs at all. Just feels wrong.<br /><br />I have been reading and re-reading X4 (Master of the Desert Nomads) in prep for running it later this year, and it has a blue dragon on a special random encounter table...which doesn't feel quite right either.Jaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652611193354218021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-70386891050241277452010-07-28T23:45:27.464-07:002010-07-28T23:45:27.464-07:00@ Blue: Um...eww.
: (@ Blue: Um...eww.<br />: (JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-13931707089066313222010-07-28T17:46:39.809-07:002010-07-28T17:46:39.809-07:00I was specifically thinking of the Kobolds Keep ad...I was specifically thinking of the Kobolds Keep adventure in the 4th ed DMG when I made that comment. <br /><br />4th ed is my wife's favorite RPG, and I've spent quite a bit of time with running and flipping through 4th ed books since its release. We've had some great times running and playing 4th ed despite many of the flaws that others see in it. <br /><br />With that said there still is something I can't quite get past. The intro adventure in the DMG ends with the PCs going toe to toe with a dragon...AT FIRST LEVEL! <br /><br />Some one at WotC thought it would be Ok to hae the one adventure that every new DM will run conclude with a battle that will completely destroy all the wonder, mystique, and threat from one the most iconic monster in the game...<br /><br />It's the one sin I can not forgive WotC for. I'm getting angry now just thinking about it.BlUsKrEEmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050270487818381832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-1936531354101935762010-07-28T12:19:47.360-07:002010-07-28T12:19:47.360-07:00Right on. Right on.Right on. Right on.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-87787814191540304812010-07-28T12:11:02.199-07:002010-07-28T12:11:02.199-07:00Two dragons so far if I remember correctly--and I&...Two dragons so far if I remember correctly--and I'm talking about 24 years of gaming.<br /><br />Dragons are never on my random encounter tables.Marcelo Paschoalinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05869301766211022548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-48506958374692297972010-07-28T10:37:45.403-07:002010-07-28T10:37:45.403-07:00The only times I've used a dragon in my advent...The only times I've used a dragon in my adventures, they are always smart, always tough, and never just a "throwaway." The last two times I've used a dragon, one blue and one black, there has been a PC death and/or the party failed to kill the creature.Bigharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14232940345429292782noreply@blogger.com