These dragon fights are not lasting long enough I am told. They are awesome, but there is a lack of real danger in them I am told. The tough part I tell them is that if the dragon gets off its breath weapon off twice in a fight, there will be real deaths.
The next Dragon is a little stronger than the last one:
Mature. 20d10 large. +100 proficiency modifier +4
HP 210. BW 18d6(63)
Damage modifier +5, multi attack bite, claw, claw
bite 2d10, claw 1d6
AC 18. CR11
Sorcerer level 12. Spell save DC 17; spell attack modifier +9
12 known spells 6 cantrips 4/3/3/3/2/1 12SP
Distant spell, Empowered spell each costs 1 SP
8 minions
Cantrips: Chill Touch, Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation, Ray of Frost, Mage Hand, Message
1: Fog Cloud, 2: Gust of Wind, Invisibility, Misty Step, 3: Gaseous Form, Sleet Storm, Slow, 4: Ice Storm, Polymorph, 5: Cloud Kill, Cone of Cold, 6: Chain Lightning
It might be easier to increase e hit points of the dragon to make the fight last longer, but that feels fake. The approach to the Dragon cave is treacherous and there is a Remoraz in the area. If they are attacked be that beast and are forced to engage it, the dragon might use that time to launch an attack on the characters. The Remoraz is a formidable creature, immune to heat and cold almost as tough as a dragon. It will require the dragon to aid the characters. The dragon will say that they could go fight the last dragon, but it needs a week to recuperate from eating the last dragon, but if they insist, he will help them the best he can. He will haste the characters and cast magic where it will help them. The fight will be as nasty as I can make it.
I will mention that the weather in the prison is erratic with wind and snow appearing at random, clear skies then blizzard, and then a moment later clear. That the sky is filled with clouds that seem to be rolling toward them at random. One such storm seems to be advancing on them. Then just as the last of the fight is finished, two groups of two air Elementals attack from the left and the right flank. The point is, the Dragon foe knows about the haste spell and intends to run it down, making the targets exhausted. The dragon intends on surprising the Dragon ally with a paralyze spell and have him fall out of the sky. The cleric, will rush to its side. Two groups of four yeti will attack from the centre right and left, four of them invisible and the elemental Grues will attack up the centre. The storm heading in, will strike with a bolt of lightning that will strike a single character and then split and strike three others. The dragon will fly down then from the Fog bank that it created and breathe on the characters, hoping to kill them. The breath weapon is a 90' cone. Doing 18d6 damage.
Young Dragon ally 14d10 large +42 proficiency modifier +2
HP 119. BW 12d6(42)
Damage modifier +3, multi attack bite, claw, claw
bite 2d10, claw 1d6
AC 17. CR7
Sorcerer level 6. Spell save DC 14; spell attack modifier +6
SP6, Cantrips Ray of Frost, True Strike, 1: Fog Cloud, Magic Missile, 2: Mirror Image, Invisibility, 3: Counter Spell, Haste, Sleet Spell
The just recently revived Dragon will attack with all of its might, what little it has left and try to defend the characters and casting its last Haste spell on the characters. If the characters let the dragon have it's week of rest, it will be stronger but the fight will go down much the same way.
The trouble is that if the Dragon breathes twice, all the characters will die. Or enough of them will. The paladin might survive because he has some pretty defensive feats, but in order to win, he will need to heal another character, which he has never done before. It could be a total player wipe. There is a chance the Druid will survive if she is in animal form. The Cleric will cast Beacon of hope before leaving the area, and she will dash to the aid of he dragon, while the characters fight the dragon's minions. Hopefully this will make the ordeal more of a nail biting experience.
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