Wait wait wait. Back it up; DRAGONS have lives outside being giant XP/treasure hordes? Shit, I have a lot of apologies to make.

Alternate response: Oh like you've never killed anyone who didn't deserve it.

Bitch bitch bitch. That's all I'm hearing.

For a huge dragon, you sure hold grudges. Either eat the dude/tte, or just go off to kill his/her kids already. (Since I'm not entirely convinced that V is a guy)

I think the Imp has a chance to be a genuinely interesting character.

Rather than corrupting V, what if he earnestly means what he said, that he is attaching himself to what he perceives to be the most powerful creature he can?
Just tagging along behind, chiming in with the odd spell of unholy power.

Considering how long dragons live it doesn't really surprise me that this one is going to the kind of effort it is to get revenge. This dragon obviously knows a great deal about V and knows V wouldn't know if his/her kids were eaten thus the big show about it.

As for its spit dissolving the ground, that's the kind of attention to detail that makes me love OotS so much.

I dunno. If it were me, I'd have just offed the kids and made sure no one went running off to V about it. Then the wizard would get all of the adventuring done, would start to head home and daydream about being reunited with his/her children, and would have such grand hopes, and then arrive to find them all dead.

And realize that not only were they dead because he/she wasn't there to protect them, but they were such horrible parents that they didn't even KNOW their brood had been killed until after their fun was over.

THAT would hit hard.

yea but wouldn't work well as a story point.

Honestly I'm expecting something like
V: How did you know about my children!?
Dragon: I didn't, you just told me

Though that kind of thing the oracle could have said, but I assume there are limits to how much information they can get from him. Otherwise V's moment of weakness could have also been named thus removing the need for the dragon to find out herself.

Raiden's idea would be a good move if you wanted a player to never come back to the table after the campaign.

"Ok guys, the game's over, how do your guys ride into the sunset?"

"I go back to my loving spouse and children."

"Ooh, sorry, they were killed by a dragon while you were questing. Tough break."

It is a very dragon-y thing to go for they delayed satisfaction. Maybe she just doesn't trust V to survive the campaign, so she's getting her revenge while V's still alive.

On V's kids: Keep in mind the dragon is a spellcaster and a dragon. Magic scrying lets you do almost anything, along with his intel and the ability to fly he can find out anything he wants.

I think if you were to go up to Mrs. Dragon and ask her "Excuse me Ma'am but are you really sure your anger here is fully justified from the standpoint of an enlightened, broad-view take on morality?", her answer would be something like "Perhaps it has escaped your attention good sir, but I am a motherfucking dragon." Followed by burning your face off.

FYIAAD never felt so appropriate as this thread.