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* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \'impervious to modern weapons\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \'\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\'\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \
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* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \\\'impervious to modern weapons\\\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \\\'\\\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\\\'\\\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\\\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \\\"innumerable\\\" allies, connections, and material resources.
There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says. (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke - and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? - then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.)
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says. (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke - and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? - then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.)
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
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* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \'impervious to modern weapons\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \'\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\'\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \
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* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \\\'impervious to modern weapons\\\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \\\'\\\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\\\'\\\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\\\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \\\"innumerable\\\" allies, connections, and material resources.
There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says. (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke - and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? - then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.)
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says. (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke - and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? - then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.)
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
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* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \'impervious to modern weapons\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \'\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\'\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \
* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \'impervious to modern weapons\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \'\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\'\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \
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Original Accusation
* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \\\'impervious to modern weapons\\\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \\\'\\\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\\\'\\\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\\\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \\\"innumerable\\\" allies, connections, and material resources.
There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \\\'impervious to modern weapons\\\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \\\'\\\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\\\'\\\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\\\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \\\"innumerable\\\" allies, connections, and material resources.
There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
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[[folder:Original Accusation]]* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \'impervious to modern weapons\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \'\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\'\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \
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[[folder:Original Accusation]]
* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \\\'impervious to modern weapons\\\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \\\'\\\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\\\'\\\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\\\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \\\"innumerable\\\" allies, connections, and material resources.
[[/folder]
There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \\\'impervious to modern weapons\\\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \\\'\\\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\\\'\\\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\\\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \\\"innumerable\\\" allies, connections, and material resources.
[[/folder]
There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
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[[folder:Original Accusation]]* CanonSue: Arguably, any of the True Fae. But Dzarumazh the dragon takes the Sue-shaped perfect cake -- his die pools for attacks are higher than the theoretical max any PC can ever attain, his damage codes can shred tanks, his defenses are noted as being \\\'impervious to modern weapons\\\' (which presumably includes artillery, [=MOABs=], and nukes), anyone who hopes to confront him in any way whatsoever has to spend Willpower (and if Dzarumazh chooses to amp his presence aura with a little Glamour, also required to succeed at a nigh-impossible opposed roll) to do anything other than piss their pants in terror, he has access to superpowers that otherwise do not exist in the game system (in particular, he has an extra actions power that acts almost identical to oWoD Celerity, something else \\\'\\\'no other statted entity in the nWoD has\\\'\\\'), and he is explicitly immune to rules that apply even to other True Fae (such as being able to have physical attributes greater than 6 even when embodied in the mortal world). Oh, and he\\\'s also superhumanly intelligent and has access to \\\"innumerable\\\" allies, connections, and material resources.[[/folder]
There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
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There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\' ([[LimyaaelsFantasyRants Limyaael ]][[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/134532.html says about the same thing for fantasy dragons in general.]])
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There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of [=PCs=] expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'
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There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of PCs expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of PCs expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in.
In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'
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There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of PCs expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in. In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist; boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. (If you\\\'ve got high Initiative and/or the Fresh Start Merit, you don\\\'t even need to worry about him getting you while you\\\'re prostrate on his next turn, as you will be/can set yourself up to be at a higher Initiative than him and so shake off the effects of the stun before he can attack you, thus saving you the trouble of expending Willpower.)
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of PCs expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in. In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'
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There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon).
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist, boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower.
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of PCs expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in. In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'
As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.).
The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict.
His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist, boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower.
And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of PCs expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in. In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'
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There is an entire sidebar devoted to explaining that Dzarûmazh is essentially the sort of antagonist you\\\'re expected to use as the basis for a complete \\\'\\\'story,\\\'\\\' if not an entire \\\'\\\'\\\'chronicle\\\'\\\'\\\' - \\\"The point of all this is that laying Dzarûmazh low is about so much more than dots of Strength or Weaponry, or how many Contracts a character can bring to bear against the monster. Killing this particular Other is about a daring quest and the many perilous roads that the heroes must walk before they\\\'re ready to bring all of their wits, courage, cunning -- and yes, strength -- to bear against a seemingly insurmountable foe. It\\\'s about one of the quintessential legends: the story of the dragonslayer.\\\" (Night Horrors: Grim Fears, page 39, Sidebar: Slaying The Dragon). As to the other things, Dzarûmazh\\\'s armor \\\'\\\'in his \\\"true form\\\" as a \\\'\\\'\\\'huge dragon\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' is bulletproof (which downgrades ballistic damage from lethal to bashing), which, combined with the universal Fae Aspect of Immortal Flesh (immunity to bashing damage), makes him ImmuneToBullets, which the statblock says (\\\"bulletproof; \\\"true form\\\" -- in this shape, modern \\\'\\\'\\\'firearms\\\'\\\'\\\' are useless against Dzarûmazh.\\\"\\\" If you\\\'re conflating a pistol or a shotgun with a nuke -- and what sort of game are you playing where you\\\'ll have easy access to a \\\'\\\'\\\'nuke\\\'\\\'\\\'? -- then you\\\'re clearly not reading the book properly.). The \\\"Dragon\\\'s Fury\\\" Fae Aspect (the \\\"almost identical to oWoD Celerity\\\" power) costs three points of Glamour \\\'\\\'per attack\\\'\\\' (he has a maximum of 100 and unlike Contracts, Fae Aspects have no Catches that remove their Glamour cost), only provides up to two extra attacks, and loses dice on attacking anything smaller than him while he\\\'s using it. That \\\"true form\\\" is Size 20 (about the Size of a dump truck) and the average human is Size 5. That\\\'s a -10 penalty to all three attacks, in addition to whatever penalty the target\\\'s Defense and Armor inflict. His \\\"Unholy Splendor\\\" Aspect (the aforesaid \\\"anyone who opposes him has to spend Willpower\\\" ability) costs one Willpower per \\\'\\\'scene\\\'\\\' to resist, boosting the power\\\'s effectiveness costs him his action and only works for a single \\\'\\\'turn\\\'\\\' and can be resisted by another point of Willpower. And yes, he\\\'s got superhuman stats. The kind of PCs expected be pitted against him do as well. The super-superhuman stats, meanwhile? All of those are for his \\\"true form\\\" (which you may remember as the \\\'\\\'\\\'enormous fucking dragon\\\'\\\'\\\') and are limited to Strength, Stamina, and Presence - the three Attributes you\\\'d \\\'\\\'expect\\\'\\\' an ancient dragon to be really really potent in. In short, \\\'\\\'you are expecting the nWOD equivalent of a [[DungeonsAndDragons great wyrm]] to be \\\'\\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' You are calling a FinalBoss-level enemy \\\'\\\'too powerful.\\\'\\\' Newsflash: this is not {{Exalted}}. Killing godlike beings is not supposed to be \\\'\\\'easy.\\\'\\\'
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Examples do exist,so does YKKTW. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=zfq0bw7bpnddt1xw2lfkmc6qTry passing it through]]. The name and description are fine though so I don\'t see why we\'d have to scrub the page.
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Examples do exist... somewhere..out there...maybe,so does YKKTW. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=zfq0bw7bpnddt1xw2lfkmc6q Try passing it through]]. The name and description are fine though so I don\\\'t see why we\\\'d have to scrub the page.
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Examples do exist, so does YKKTW. Try passing it through. The name and description are fine though so I don\'t see why we\'d have to scrub the page.
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Examples do exist,so does YKKTW. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=zfq0bw7bpnddt1xw2lfkmc6qTry passing it through]]. The name and description are fine though so I don\\\'t see why we\\\'d have to scrub the page.
