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MOUNTAIN TOP
The High Dragon
The High Dragon can be a tough opponent, especially if you have everybody charge in like the cavalry. Her grab attack, whereby she bites a character multiple times in the air and thus pretty much assures that character's death, is the reason why. The key is to have one character who can stand toe to toe with her in a relatively safe way do just that, while the others fire away at a distance. Both Shale and the Dog can fulfill this role, since they'll both be immune to the Dragon's grab attack. You can also have a regular character do it, provided that you have a method for interrupting the Dragon's grab.
First, I prepare. Wynne adjusts her script so that Spell Wisp and Flaming Weapons are deactivated. They won't help in this battle, and deactivating them frees up mana for Wynne to use for healing spells, which will be much more important in this battle. Leliana also summons a Great Bear. Any pet she summons is pretty much always going to get hit no matter how good its defense rating is, so I may as well summon the one with the most Health. If the Bear dies, Leliana is prepared to summon another pet. I also position everybody well apart so that the Dragon's fire attacks won't catch everyone.
I blow the Horn to start the battle. I had Alistair and the Great Bear go head to head with the Dragon. Leliana stays back and fires her bow at a distance. Wynne also fires her staff at a distance, and uses her healing spells whenever necessary. Aldarion stays at distance with his staff as well, but just close enough to be able to use Cone of Cold whenever the Dragon grabbed Alistair. Of course, everybody else is willing to use Health Poultices themselves should Wynne's cooldown periods not be close enough to elapsing. Alistair and Aldarion make a point of using Health Poultices even when wounded but still above 50% health, just in case it's needed to survive one of the Dragon's assaults. When the Dragon is near dying, I had Aldarion and Leliana change over to melee weapons, simply because I want to get that cool 'kill the Dragon deathblow' animation, which he provides in short order.
The Dragon itself leaves behind a lot of loot, including:
Dragon Scale Armor
Now it's time to have some nifty armor made for me from my hard-earned Dragon Scales. Keep in mind that Herren will no longer do business with you once you have the armor made, so whatever you want to buy from his regular inventory (e.g. Felon’s Coat), get it now. In my case, I buy a heavy armor, Evon the Great’s Mail (+2 health regeneration, +6 armor, +10% chance to dodge attacks, +2 stamina regeneration, +10 defense against missile attacks). My reason for this is that I prefer to use this as part of an alternative version of Wade’s Superior Dragon Scale armor set. Evon the Great’s Mail can be used as the chest piece in the armor set while still getting the +5 defense and -20% fatigue set bonuses.
The way to get the most of this is to have Wade craft the ‘less than perfect’ set of Drakeskin armor, head elsewhere (e.g. Gnawed Noble Tavern), come back and get the armor, then pay Wade 20 gp to make the ‘perfect’ set of Drakeskin armor, leave, come back and collect the new armor, then come back and have your choice of armor made from the Dragon Scales. Once your armor is finished, Herren’s shop will be closed to you.
I’ll have to admit, Wade’s Superior Dragonbone Plate Armor set is arguably the best massive armor set for a pure warrior build. In the end, since Alistair has the Cailan’s Armor set, and since Wade’s Superior Dragon Scale Armor set can include Evon the Great’s Mail, I tended to prefer that set for my Arcane Warrior. The additional reason for this is that the Dragon Scale set almost completely erases any fatigue penalty for wearing it. The Superior Dragonbone Plate Armor also has a reduction to fatigue, but it doesn't completely erase the fatigue penalty in the way that the Dragon Scale set does.
Next up is the Gauntlet.
