We found a fullfledged dragon hunter to help us kill it he pinned it down and punched it while we dealt with adds and did extra damage to the dragon but the first time we approached it in the town square it instantly killed us all , aside from the dragon hunter , because we didn ' t take cover or spread out properly . We weren ' t entirely aware of how to approach a dragon , really , being new , and all of us who could ' ve survived , had we not failed our saves , failed our saves . We couldn ' t afford poison resistance potions at the time the loot from this fight was our first major haul , and our tanky folks Myself , the Paladin , and the Fighter didn ' t particularly feel like standing out in the open was a particularly good idea , especially after the first time we tried to fight it . Most of the damage was done by the Dragon Hunter as we were only level 3 .