Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
So... just like all my former IRL relationships. 🤣
To be serious-ish, I think the dragon's intelligence is the main problem, having a lot of smarts. The NE alignment compounds the issue, but that could be the solution depending on what you want from the outcome. It's risky, but you could try to convince it that you're not worth the effort to keep and also not worth the effort to destroy, but I suspect that you'll need to make it seem like it's the dragon's idea initially, not an argument that you're trying to make for yourself. Really tricky, especially against the INT.
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
For me a nat 20 always works no matter what the roll is for. And a nat one is the most spectacular failure you can have to the point where you hit an ally and do double damage on an attack roll.
How would this happen? I don't know. Personally, any role would be a success, but not THAT. However, as a player of the old ways known as 1st Edition, I love the spirit of the extreme rolls. I personally had a player get a critical success in locating a dragon's lair and concluded that it died of old age. Anyway, here's how you handle it:
Have the dragon begin by bestowing gifts upon the bard it took a liking to, and slowly demand loyalty. The Bard's departures would be harder and harder, until the dragon puts monsters in the character's way if it attempts to leave, whether the dragon admits to the interference or not. An even more difficult ability check would be needed to call off the relationship, otherwise it would result in the full force of the dragon's rage. If the characters sneak away without he dragon noticing, it may remain a behind the scenes benefactor, wistful at what might have been. But those are just my thoughts. It seems you needed a lot of help.
I'd see if the shadow dragon wants to do any work for the bard, be a bit like a familiar. To prevent this from being a bit unbalanced, each time you used this shadow dragon you would have to make a roll to see if the dragons evil influence started to infect you. Consequences would be shortening life, changing alignment, you doing things for the dragon etc.
That or if you want to get rid of it, there is always stabbing it in the metaphorical and literal heart.
That or you end up having a life long partner in a shadow dragon....
Lesson- don't seduce a dragon.
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My bard seduced a shadow dragon. I need help.
ha ha ha ha ha ha
Seriously I need advice for handling this.
how did you do that
Bard got nat 20
I'm reminded of Donkey and the dragon from Shrek.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
I am suffer
whats so bad about seduced a shadow dragon.
I wanna know how this should play out. Shadow dragons are dragons corrupted by the shadowfell which is the elemental plane of neutral evil
So... just like all my former IRL relationships. 🤣
To be serious-ish, I think the dragon's intelligence is the main problem, having a lot of smarts. The NE alignment compounds the issue, but that could be the solution depending on what you want from the outcome. It's risky, but you could try to convince it that you're not worth the effort to keep and also not worth the effort to destroy, but I suspect that you'll need to make it seem like it's the dragon's idea initially, not an argument that you're trying to make for yourself. Really tricky, especially against the INT.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
This goes back to the old "rolling a 20 doesn't actually mean automatic success except for attacks" thing.
For me a nat 20 always works no matter what the roll is for. And a nat one is the most spectacular failure you can have to the point where you hit an ally and do double damage on an attack roll.
in the dungeon's master's guide, there is a table for how relationships go. no joke. it is under downtime activities
This is a corollary to the expression, "Don't ask a question if you don't want to know the answer."
In this case, "Don't attempt to seduce the dragon if you don't want to seduce the dragon."
Does seduction have to conclude with sex?
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt
How would this happen? I don't know. Personally, any role would be a success, but not THAT. However, as a player of the old ways known as 1st Edition, I love the spirit of the extreme rolls. I personally had a player get a critical success in locating a dragon's lair and concluded that it died of old age. Anyway, here's how you handle it:
Have the dragon begin by bestowing gifts upon the bard it took a liking to, and slowly demand loyalty. The Bard's departures would be harder and harder, until the dragon puts monsters in the character's way if it attempts to leave, whether the dragon admits to the interference or not. An even more difficult ability check would be needed to call off the relationship, otherwise it would result in the full force of the dragon's rage. If the characters sneak away without he dragon noticing, it may remain a behind the scenes benefactor, wistful at what might have been. But those are just my thoughts. It seems you needed a lot of help.
I'd see if the shadow dragon wants to do any work for the bard, be a bit like a familiar. To prevent this from being a bit unbalanced, each time you used this shadow dragon you would have to make a roll to see if the dragons evil influence started to infect you. Consequences would be shortening life, changing alignment, you doing things for the dragon etc.
That or if you want to get rid of it, there is always stabbing it in the metaphorical and literal heart.
That or you end up having a life long partner in a shadow dragon....
Lesson- don't seduce a dragon.
I am a square. Watch me equilateral.