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The universe, as he understands it, is mostly round, somewhat oblong, and filled with food.

As time passes and he eats the food, he grows bigger. He understands this is the fundamental point, of himself and of food and of the universe.

But eventually, inevitably, it means he is the same size as the universe, and now there is no food.

This is a great injustice and a terrible thing. The universe is not allowed to not have food. This is definitely the worst thing that has happened, literally ever.

In anger, he attacks the universe.

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No, I'm only 130.

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You're both 3.

Anyway, if you fly straight east you'll reach Lastwall. That place is overrun with paladins and if they see you they'll kill you. The lands further south are likewise overrun with hordes of mortals. You especially don't want to go southeast, to Nidal. Far to the northeast the land is infested with demons, you won't want to go there, and if you go north in general it starts to get really cold which is quite unpleasant.

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Now, as long as you're young you'll be pretty stealthy, and most things you come across will go down fast to your fire breath. That should be your number one strategy: Sneak up, burn, if burn doesn't work fly away and find something that does burn. You won't want to think about maybe having some wyrmlings of your own until you're at least a hundred.

If all you ever think about is survival though, you're basically feral, no better than the people you're eating. That's why it's important to have a hobby. Personally, I collect treasure. Somewhere there's a hidden entrance with another room behind it where I've stashed all the shiniest gems and coins I've found. It's not a huge amount but it's important to remember the little things in life that bring us joy, so everything I’ve found that looks valuable I've gathered there.

You can't have that hobby, obviously. It's my hobby. Pick a different hobby for yourselves.

Probably I should mention the most important thing. The most important thing about being a dragon is -

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Can she pass a DC 35 perception check to hear several people running from 150 ft away, in an echoey cavern, through only one wall?

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1d20 + 23 = 39.
Yes, she can.

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Arkernux stops mid-sentence. They still sound far enough away for some personal buffs.

-“Oh no my treasure!”

She’ll leap into the air as she casts Haste (including the Wyrmlings in the effect because she can so why not), Invisibility, and-

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No more time. His party rounds the corner into the chamber, only thirty feet away.

He flies near the ceiling, to avoid being attacked from above. The other six orcs and one wolf present hold together below him as they charge through the cave. 

Trahk Mul is a Barbarian (level 12), for those keeping track at home.
He is currently Enlarged, Hasted, Flying, Raging, Protected from Energy (fire), and has Heroism, and Bull’s Strength.
He wields a magic greataxe, now also Large.

His warband has a Sorcerer (8, Orc bloodline), two Clerics (8, Lamashtu; 6, Rovagug), a Ranger (8, with a wolf companion), and a few lesser barbarians who think Trahk Mul is pretty great and they should throw their lot in with him.

They are carrying with them a Tribal Standard, as any group of orcs obviously would be.

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Excuse me, I am under a suggestion to sit still.

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I'm not. Gonna rush out the back door now.

Have a nice dying brother.

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The Rovagug cleric isn’t with their squad. He's only loosely affiliated, really.
He Stone Shaped the back door closed and charged in with some buddies of his.

Would you like to fight them?

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Oh shit change of plans going back in.

 

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Arkrernux sees the party.
Zarhbub, possessing 90 feet of darkvision and See Invisibility, spots her too.
The wolf, just barely within range of scent, smells her.

Initiative:
Zarhbub: 1d20 + 2 = 22.
Arkrernux: 1d20 + 4 = 20.
Wolf: 1d20 + 5 = 7.

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She’s right there. Everybody attack over there.

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No I’m not.

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Bark!

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Fine, maybe I’m over here.
Sense Motive?

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They’re here to kill you.

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Figures.

Safe bet there aren’t any invisible attackers. They came in pretty loudly.
Casting Detect Magic at them would break her invisibility. She'll just go ahead and guess they've got a lot of magical effects on them, all at relatively low caster levels.
If they're starting a fight, probably they think they can win, and while Orcs aren't known for cleverness she isn't going to just assume they're wrong.

Arkrernux uses her 16 intelligence to see multiple possible futures.
It’s not magic or time travel or anything like that. It’s just thinking ahead. Creatures with 16 intelligence or higher can do that.

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What happens if she targets the one who looks like an arcane caster, rushing in invisibly so nobody gets an Attack of Opportunity.

Can she kill him in one round? Nobody else looks like they can see through her invisibility. After that she could survive for one turn, return to the air and become invisible, and dodge them all until their buffs expire.

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Great question!

Your bite does 2d8+15 damage, ordinarily. With Greater Vital Strike, it does 8d8 + 15, for a -1 to hit. With Power attack (and your BAB of +17), you can take a -4 to hit for an extra 12 damage.
Expected 63 damage.

Zarhbub probably has 8d6 + 16 ~ 46.5 base HP? He’s got ferocity, so he’s not really dead till he’s at -14. It’d depend on the rolls of the dice.
He can't be an illusion, while the real sorcerer is invisible nearby. You'd notice on Blindsense. He might have False Life, or Bear's Endurance, or Mage Armor, or Stoneskin?

It’s a gamble.

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And then I step on top of her and Full Attack, taking out most of her HP in a single round.

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Fucking what? How?

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I have a lot of numbers that add on top of my already pretty big numbers to make the numbers get even bigger.

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What happens if she delays her turn until the flying guy wanders into range looking for her? That way she'd get to Full Attack first.

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