User blog:El Alamein/Braxas vs. Smaug



Two ferocious monsters take to the skies in a battle of the sexes - dragon style! Braxas, the mighty Icarian dragon queen from HeroScape, who terrorized her enemies with her piercing yellow eyes and noxious acid breath, takes on Smaug, the armored war beast from the Misty Mountains who ravaged the countryside with his scorching fiery breath! It's a contest of the biggest bite and the sharpest wit to decide who is deadliest!

Braxas
Braxas is a female dragon-queen from the land of Icaria in the miniatures game HeroScape. She is enormous - likely towering 20 feet in height, and her size contributes to the vast physical strength she possesses - she is capable of swatting aside human soldiers like they are no more than pesky flies. Her wings allow her to take to the skies and dominate the battlefield from the air, but certainly her most unique and terrifying aspect is her natural acid breath. Instead of spitting flames like most dragons, Braxas breathes a stream of toxic acid that is enough to burn through the plate armor of knights and cloud up a fog of noxious gas. Braxas is an intimidating figure on the battlefield and her piercing yellow eyes are enough to send weak foes fleeing in terror.

Smaug
Smaug was one of the last of the great Fire Drakes of Middle-Earth. He was infamous, not only for his cruelty and strength, but for his cunning and creative mind, Smaug often made careful plans that would only result in his personal gain, eventually culminating in his destructive invasion of the Misty Mountains, killing many of the Dwarves who lived there and stealing their countless treasures from them, making their mountain halls his home. The treasures he acquired slowly became stuck firmly to his soft underbelly as he slept on top of them, and they formed a solid layer of armor, protecting him from most attacks from underneath. However, Bard the Bowman took advantage of a small gap in Smaug's armor, shooting a magic black arrow into the Dragon's chest, leading to his death.

Battle
Will be a 1-on-1

Some things to consider: Where should the battle take place?
 * Who is more intimidating?
 * Who is more dominant physically and mentally?
 * Would Braxas submit to Smaug's hypnosis?
 * Probably most importantly, can Braxas' acid sear through Smaug's armored underbelly (not counting his one weak spot)?
 * In and around the Misty Mountains
 * The icy plains of Icaria