The Mother of all Dragons

"We're gonna need a bigger boat." - Jaws

Today,while at my friendly local gaming shop, I decided to purchase a box of the Pathfinder miniatures. I had already bought a few singles (the goblins are by far my favorite), and I decided that I wanted to invest in a box. And so I did.

However, that doesn't amount to the awesome promo figure my shop was selling: a huge black dragon. Now, the price was a little crazy, so I had to stop and think about it. And the more I thought, the more that little voice said "Karl. You wrote about how dragons need to be a big deal. You're slowly creating a nice heroic level threat for your players. How about something to build up to next?"

And I said "I want this."

I came home and went online, looking at ebay for how much the dragon was going for. To my great joy, I was able to buy mine at a cheaper price than what it was going for on ebay. That felt like a win to me.

To make matters even better, I pulled 4 more goblins, a giant spider, a werewolf (for Ragnarok when he hits level 10), and a lich. The lich will definitely make a good villain at a later point, just not sure when. For now, the main focus is the dragon Mekkalath. The players will definitely have their hands full.

That is one angry dragon.

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