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I mean if I was a dragon that failed to kill a bard for 11 minutes I'd take care of it myself.
I can't imagine surviving 55 rounds of combat against a dragon. Are people thinking this is a video game or something where you can just simply not take damage from a dragon if you're skilled enough or something?
You might be able to find some cheese strat. One good trick is to use a Phantom Steed to constantly outrange your opponent. But Vicious Mockery doesn't have enough range to make that effective.
I'm sure someone can figure out a method, but Vicious Mockery isn't going to be the interesting part.
That's still applying video game logic though. Dragons are smart. They wouldn't just endlessly pursue you if they're taking chip damage. They'd fly away. They'd fly towards cities and destroy them to make you stop. The idea one would have contingencies in place isn't unheard of either, they're like evil geniuses.
yeah even for a hypothetical it's stretching the bounds of believability
Wall of force lasts 10 minutes, just saying
Would it fit? I suppose technically the rules say a gargantuan creature is 20 feet by 20 feet or larger, and you can make a ten foot radius sphere with Wall of Force.
But also, that would give it total cover, and Vicious Mockery does not grant itself an exception from that. Message is the only one I know of that does.