Valid post, and given the scale of DnD dragons I’d say that an adventurer is about the size of a cat relative to an adult dragon. IRL, a cat being able to attack you and successfully kill you would be pretty fucked up even if it’s theoretically possible.

Incidentally however…

A cat in DnD does have the ability to reliably fight and kill a Commoner.

So what I’m saying is that it should actually be a valid plot to put humans in the position of some shitty media’s dragons- once dominant, but through the power of one especially heroic housecat who has exceptionally strong plot armour, we are reduced to a dying race, ancient and forgotten by the new era.

@MouseKeyboard someone in the thread likened humans to dragons as being like cats. This has so much potential. Like a dragon that pampers their disgruntled pet human. Who gets angry and knocks over priceless treasure when it doesn’t like what it gets for dinner. One dragon hordes a whole community of humans. One dragon has a human that kills goblins and leaves them for the dragon because it’s pretty sure the dragon doesn’t know how to feed itself.