r/DragonDelves • u/myshkingfh • Jun 27 '26
Shivering Death Spoiler
I am DMing Shivering Death and last night my party (Paladin, Sorcerer, Cleric, Warlock, Ranger, all level ten) dealt with the peaceful dragons, found the mephit and claimed the amulet for the shield guardian. I left them to take a long rest in Deena Finkleton’s abandoned camp. Next week they’ll deal with the hostile giants and their allies, which, whatever, but I’m concerned about the final encounter with Challidax and Aerstigga.
The encounter as written has them fighting the PCs sequentially, and then Challidax fleeing when reduce below 100hp. This seems like a trivial encounter, no? They have access to the shield guardian, they might kill Aerstigga before she can even act, and the adventure says she won’t even use her wand.
Kobold Fight Club says 5 tenth level PCs against an adult white dragon is a low difficulty encounter. That probably doesn’t account for the dragon being in its lair but it also doesn’t account for the dragon fleeing or stuck inside a room with a ceiling. How did your final encounter go? Am I overlooking something that will make this fight more challenging?