I think your missing gate and elemental rifts. A red dragons regional effect rips open portals to the elemental plane of fire. Gate can open portals to literal hell and the abyss. Open rifts to the elemental plane of fire would be devastating we have issues with wild fires what if the fires were alive and smart.
I think your missing gate and elemental rifts. A red dragons regional effect rips open portals to the elemental plane of fire. Gate can open portals to literal hell and the abyss. Open rifts to the elemental plane of fire would be devastating we have issues with wild fires what if the fires were alive and smart.
Damn they nerfed regional effects hard as hell, now fire just burns slightly harder. But the issues with using Gate is that it’s a 100% MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) idea. The moment that portal opens the dragon is 100% willing to die to take out every human in a massive radius, you would need an extremely angry and suicidal greatwyrm for that.
A dragon dropping vrocks in a massive river or something would possibly cripple large parts of Europe from having edible produce due to their poison killing off the crops and livestock, the amount of dragons capable of and willing to use the gate spell for that purpose is probably less than the fingers on one hand, but is obscenely effective in the cases where it happens.
An ancient gold dragon has an average treasure hoard of 330,000 gold pieces. 50 gold coins weighs a pound. So, 6,600lbs of gold. At roughly 3350 dollars per troy ounce, this works out to very roughly 200 million dollars. That, plus a handful of powerful magic objects, and the ability to cast spells and transform into anyone they ever want to... and combined with their vast intellect, wisdom, and off the charts charisma... one. One dragon is all it would take.
He might already be here. He might already be working in the shadows, or even in the open, pushing the world towards Armageddon. How would we ever know? How would anyone even suspect it??
Anyone who claims we're invaded by a crazy powerful shape-changing dragon would be branded a lunatic.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
An ancient gold dragon has an average treasure hoard of 330,000 gold pieces. 50 gold coins weighs a pound. So, 6,600lbs of gold. At roughly 3350 dollars per troy ounce, this works out to very roughly 200 million dollars. That, plus a handful of powerful magic objects, and the ability to cast spells and transform into anyone they ever want to... and combined with their vast intellect, wisdom, and off the charts charisma... one. One dragon is all it would take.
He might already be here. He might already be working in the shadows, or even in the open, pushing the world towards Armageddon. How would we ever know? How would anyone even suspect it??
Anyone who claims we're invaded by a crazy powerful shape-changing dragon would be branded a lunatic.
Why would any of that matter?
A dragon in hiding would be found out regardless. Eventually. We can track everything. And then our gold dragon in human form get's hit by one of those supersonic blade gliders, and sishkebab'd before it even knows it's under attack.
If it did nothing but live off it's 200 million dollars - sure. It can do that. It can hide forever - if it never acts against us. But hiding is not winning.
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How would we ever know? How would anyone even suspect it??
Because there would be a moderately wealthy person with no records of where their wealth came from, and a pile of antique gold jewelery that doesn't originate from any known culture. BTW 200 million is a lot less than many real living human beings. So why would this gold dragon have more influence than the >3000 billionaires that already exist here?
Because there would be a moderately wealthy person with no records of where their wealth came from, and a pile of antique gold jewelery that doesn't originate from any known culture. BTW 200 million is a lot less than many real living human beings. So why would this gold dragon have more influence than the >3000 billionaires that already exist here?
This. Someone pops up with 3000 tons of gold and no credit history. That's 2500 Toyota Hiaces to move it. I know it can shape shift and all, but all those trucks can't.
Anyways. This is a fun discussion, but it is largely pointless =)
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Because there would be a moderately wealthy person with no records of where their wealth came from, and a pile of antique gold jewelery that doesn't originate from any known culture. BTW 200 million is a lot less than many real living human beings. So why would this gold dragon have more influence than the >3000 billionaires that already exist here?
This. Someone pops up with 3000 tons of gold and no credit history. That's 2500 Toyota Hiaces to move it. I know it can shape shift and all, but all those trucks can't.
No dragon escapes the might of the IRS
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I think your missing gate and elemental rifts. A red dragons regional effect rips open portals to the elemental plane of fire. Gate can open portals to literal hell and the abyss. Open rifts to the elemental plane of fire would be devastating we have issues with wild fires what if the fires were alive and smart.
Damn they nerfed regional effects hard as hell, now fire just burns slightly harder. But the issues with using Gate is that it’s a 100% MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) idea. The moment that portal opens the dragon is 100% willing to die to take out every human in a massive radius, you would need an extremely angry and suicidal greatwyrm for that.
A dragon dropping vrocks in a massive river or something would possibly cripple large parts of Europe from having edible produce due to their poison killing off the crops and livestock, the amount of dragons capable of and willing to use the gate spell for that purpose is probably less than the fingers on one hand, but is obscenely effective in the cases where it happens.
An ancient gold dragon has an average treasure hoard of 330,000 gold pieces. 50 gold coins weighs a pound. So, 6,600lbs of gold. At roughly 3350 dollars per troy ounce, this works out to very roughly 200 million dollars. That, plus a handful of powerful magic objects, and the ability to cast spells and transform into anyone they ever want to... and combined with their vast intellect, wisdom, and off the charts charisma... one. One dragon is all it would take.
He might already be here. He might already be working in the shadows, or even in the open, pushing the world towards Armageddon. How would we ever know? How would anyone even suspect it??
Anyone who claims we're invaded by a crazy powerful shape-changing dragon would be branded a lunatic.
I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
Why would any of that matter?
A dragon in hiding would be found out regardless. Eventually. We can track everything. And then our gold dragon in human form get's hit by one of those supersonic blade gliders, and sishkebab'd before it even knows it's under attack.
If it did nothing but live off it's 200 million dollars - sure. It can do that. It can hide forever - if it never acts against us. But hiding is not winning.
Blanket disclaimer: I only ever state opinion. But I can sound terribly dogmatic - so if you feel I'm trying to tell you what to think, I'm really not, I swear. I'm telling you what I think, that's all.
Because there would be a moderately wealthy person with no records of where their wealth came from, and a pile of antique gold jewelery that doesn't originate from any known culture. BTW 200 million is a lot less than many real living human beings. So why would this gold dragon have more influence than the >3000 billionaires that already exist here?
This. Someone pops up with 3000 tons of gold and no credit history. That's 2500 Toyota Hiaces to move it. I know it can shape shift and all, but all those trucks can't.
Anyways. This is a fun discussion, but it is largely pointless =)
Blanket disclaimer: I only ever state opinion. But I can sound terribly dogmatic - so if you feel I'm trying to tell you what to think, I'm really not, I swear. I'm telling you what I think, that's all.
No dragon escapes the might of the IRS