So far, in every account of the dragotha fight that I've read, the players have easily bested the undead dragon. I'm wondering if he's really as tough as some people think he is. On paper he looks ridiculously powerful, but perhaps people underestimate the power of high level PCs?
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Maybe the DMs don't want to spoil their campaigns that close before the end...:)
I haven't gotten that far, but two friends of mine, that are also DMing AoW for their groups, and me play-tested the encounter to be prepared for when we're finally getting there. We used PCs of the necessary level (the classic line-up: Fighter, rogue, cleric, wizard), but these had all ressources avaiable (and the real PCs most probably won't if i look at all the other challenging encounters in the module) and had a real tough time. But i must admid, we played Dragotha to the max and i think this is what has to be done regarding his power and reputation. Every one of us took a term DMing and out of those three fights only one was a victory for the PCs.
So far, in every account of the dragotha fight that I've read, the players have easily bested the undead dragon. I'm wondering if he's really as tough as some people think he is. On paper he looks ridiculously powerful, but perhaps people underestimate the power of high level PCs?
I think he is tough, if given the standard combat scenario. When I saw his stats I imagined he would beat down a party if they tried to whack him with a big stick. My adventuring party anticipated this so we tried an alternative solution, thinking outside the box for something not normally considered. Also we got lucky and beat Dragotha on initiative, when coupled with the fact that a high level party wins initiative that could make a world of difference against anybody. When PCs get to be high level (I consider 17+), writing challenging encounters may be tough, because the resources available to high-power characters with gool ol' creativity means you cannot conceive of every possible scenario; the Mother Worm thread touched a similar basis. I'm sure Dragotha thrashed someone, though.