I'm a DM with a party that will be trying to steal a specific treasure from a dragon's hoard. One of the characters is a bard with a huge perform score. Could he try to fascinate the dragon, and then steal the treasure while the dragon is distracted? If so, is there anything I could do to counteract this as a DM?
Edit: Despite what the flair says, this is in fact 3.5
Posted Sep 19, 2014, 2:12 AM UTC · edited
Fascinate doesn't work in combat, so if the dragon just attacks upon seeing the bard, that's the end of it. Just showing up near a dragon's hoard isn't the healthiest of ideas. Even if the fascination plan works and they get the treasure dragons know what treasure they have. It will nearly instantly know it was stolen from and seek revenge. Now you have a party being chased by an angry dragon. Dragons can move pretty fast, should be interesting. Most dragons have been alive a very long time so they shouldn't be easy to fool. A simple alarm trap near the treasure may create a situation where the dragon realizes what is going on and switches to bitey bitey mode.
Wow, I did NOT see that part about not working in combat. That completely changes things. I clearly needed to read the fascinate description more clearly. So many wordsssss...
Counters, a tone death dragon. And I guess you could pull it off.
Well, a good way would be for the dragon to have a dragon fire inspiration bard on his side to counter song the other bard. But that may be excessive. Yes he may try to fascinate but that ability targets creatures so a dragon is definitely fair game.
I had a bard fascinate a half fiendish behir and the suggest it go kill a spider eater in the thorn wastes. negating all the danger. Very sad.
Silence spells and another bard are your best bets.
EDIT: Just realized, a deaf dragon would be immune.
Ooh, deaf dragon is a good idea. I'll consider that.
I think having a secondary bard on the dragon's side might be overkill, considering I doubt they'll survive even the dragon alone.
yeah, dragons can do tat sometimes. have a bardic knowledge story lined up for the bard, about the deaf dragon and the whys behind it, so he still feels useful.