48 Did you know that dragons (in Dwarf Fortress, at least) are ridiculously hard to kill? If you've got a good sword or axe, you can sneak up behind them and whack their heads off with little difficulty... but if they see you, you're in trouble. If there's plenty of open space, you can sometimes sprint in a circle around them to dodge the fire, then go in for a kill while the firebreath is on cooldown... but if you get caught in the fire, you're going to die. You might be able to take the dragon down with you if you can decrepitate it before you bleed to death... but even that requires some luck.