| From: | "Sean \"Epicanis\" Clark" <dubiousu@******.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: DRAGONS AS NEXT NERPS? |
| Date: | Tue, 14 Mar 1995 11:18:09 -0800 |
> they have evolved. Personally I hear that one should not mention dinosaurs
> to them as a possible ancester. So why couldn't they have 'migrated' from
> else where? Perhaps a world with heavy gravity.
Or the metaplanes - perhaps their ancestors WERE personifications of
natural forces (i.e. the original dragons may have been, essentially,
powerful free-spirits..)
> I'd always thought that the flame was a modification of a fireball ( or some
> such spell) as an inate ability of some dragons. if they are inately magic,
> this would seem logical, afterall how many talismongers need dragon's blood
> as a spell component?
>
I don't know about "need". "Covet" might be a better word... :)
> >The dragon doesn;'t digest hydrogen on demand, they instead store it
> >throughout the body in a series of sacs. This is under pressure. They
> >can release the gas throughout the body to increase boyancy, and then
> >expell it through the mouth do decrease boyancy. If they use up all
> >their gas, they are in trouble.
>
> Why not magic. Or for that matter maybe they're psionic. I mean if you're
> going this route, they (the big ones) could not eat enough food to actually
> stay alive. They would be using a massive emount of energy to do anything.
>
> Other things to consider:
> So are they warm blooded or cold blooded?
I say warm! A "warm body" is a characteristic of the natural force of
"life"
existing. Well, it made sense to ME, anyway...
> What are their nearest living, or exstinct ancestors?
Good question. Free spirits? Or were they the dinosaurs that packed up
the populace into UFO's as the giant meteor approached? :)
> Why is there a lack of female dragons?
Who says there is?
> Why do stories always have dragons taking princesses?
> (I have my own theories on this :)}
If they WERE free-spirits, perhaps it was just because it was "expected of
them". Perhaps it was an essence thing (in classic literature, "maiden
princesses" were QUITE prone to fear and such intense emotions. Perhaps
the early dragons required raw essence to survive?)
> How could they lair for a thousand years without at least one of them accidently
> being 'found'? (egads, not magic :))
Perhaps they were forced back to their metaplanes by the lack of magic
(if they were free spririts), or perhaps they became something else for
the duration (whales, tigers, etc. and other "impressive but mundane"
critters that best embodied that particular dragon's "style").
> How about new 'draconian' species? (in our campaigns we have added Celtic
> Dragons, and several other dragon variations)
What is the difference between a "Celtic" dragon vs. a "standard"
"Western Dragon"? (I like the idea of having many individual variations
among dragons.)
> What are their stories of creation, (the great mother serpent ) or are they
> children of some 'human' god such as Kali, Astarte, or one of the others?
Like they'd tell anybody... :) Of course, this would depend on just what
they ARE..
>
> p.s. What do you mean they've only been around for 3,000 years? Is that a
> FASA statement? They appear in literature before this date. Can someone
> let me know where the date comes from?
Probably just misinformation spread by the agents of the Shadow Council
of dragons that decides just how much the puny (meta)humans should
know... :)
