He stared at the tree in shock, suddenly glad he had kept his mage armor up, before casting shield and clawing for height. "How the Hells did I miss a tree sneaking up on me?!?!?"<br/><br/>The dragon's ego was going to be bruised for a long while after that, but he finally got the height he needed to start blasting it, and suddenly for the plant, it had already overplayed its hand, showing its reach at about forty feet or so, which he could easily get out of. Now that he was circling above it, the only question was how many of his hoard, er, COMPANIONS it would hurt before it died.