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For a game called "Dungeons & Dragons" there is a shocking lack of both dungeons and dragons (piefed.social)
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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.

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    We kept readying actions! Used cover, avoided grouping up, tried distracting it, begged pleadingly, etc. as well. All that did was cause the dragon to choose two squishies to kill before the others. Prepping would have been an excellent idea, but in our defense, we were very dumb

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Ah, the bane of all adventurers: planning. Why waste time with thinky-think when big stick already hit good?

    Though our party of three didn't include any ranged weapon characters (and my druid was the only caster), so we'd have been completely screwed if the dragon didn't fail a save before I ran out of spell slots. A strength save, so our own "plan" was a stupid gamble that only paid off due to luck.

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