Drakes, Where are they mentioned? |
Drakes, Where are they mentioned? |
Jun 30 2006, 05:14 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 8,551 |
Just going over some stuff for my game (first session was last weekend, and it went well btw) and I'm trying to remember where the Drakes are mentioned.
As far as I remember, they were intially mentioned in Threats 2, and then the followup was in Dragons of the Sixth World. Are they mentioned anywhere else? Enjoy Random |
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Jun 30 2006, 05:29 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 29-June 06 Member No.: 8,807 |
they are touched on in year of the comet and mentioned in the end of the dragon heart trilogy
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Jun 30 2006, 05:34 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 8,551 |
I remembered seeing them in Year of the Comet, but when I went and had a look I couldn't find them. Where are they hiding? Memo to self: Buy the Dragonheart trilogy. Been meaning to do that for a while. |
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Jun 30 2006, 06:10 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 187 |
I'm not 100% positive, as I don't personally own the books yet (they're on order and I'm waiting for them to come in), I recall reading here that the NPC drake rules first showed up in Threats 2, with a follow up PC rules in Dragons of the Sixth World.
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Jun 30 2006, 07:06 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Indeed.
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Jun 30 2006, 10:44 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 30-June 06 Member No.: 8,810 |
While I don't think there's an actual section about drakes, I think they pop up mainly as conspiratorial comments from the peanut gallery in YotC, so finding the mentions is hard to track down.
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Jun 30 2006, 10:48 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 8,551 |
Ah, right. That explains why I haven't been able to find their "section" as it were. Now I'm just going to have to read it all again! :) |
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Jun 30 2006, 11:58 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 29-June 06 Member No.: 8,807 |
im afraid i dont have my copy atm but it brings them up when the conversation turns to the barrier around na nog.
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Jul 1 2006, 12:21 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,479 Joined: 6-May 05 From: Idaho Member No.: 7,377 |
Can I be the guy that asks what "Drakes" actaully are? I've heard mention of them, and I almost don't want to know if it turns out they are basically Dragon style shapeshifters....
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Jul 1 2006, 12:33 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Bingo. Except Drakes seem to be (meta)human first, dragon second. At least, that's how they awaken. Quite the opposite from normal shifters. |
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Jul 1 2006, 12:33 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Long story.
In the Second World dragons GDs had sex with metahumans and recruited the resulting 'Dragonkin' offspring as servants. This turned into a disaster when the Dragonkin decended that they didn't like being servant and turned against their masters. To replace the Dragonkin some GDs (Ghostwaker among them) devolped a magical ritual to create an artificial life form. These creatures, called Drakes, were created from the blood of GDs and appeared to be small dragons in their true form. They also had shapeshifting abilities similar to those of a GD, allowing them to take the form of any Namegiver race. At some point, a few GDs (Dunkie among them) had the bright idea to make their drakes have sex with metahumans. The resulting offspring were metahumans who had the ability to change into a form resembling a small dragon. These are Bred Drakes. All PC drakes in Shadowrun are Bred Drakes. There is only one known True Drake in SR canon (that I am aware of). Bred Drakes aren't nearly as powerful as True Drakes but they don't require blood magic to create. All Bred Drakes are Hunted by all Great Dragons unless the take the GD benefactor edge which is unique to them. As should be obvious, a character with 'Hunted III: Every Great Dragon in existance' can be a liability |
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Jul 1 2006, 12:41 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,479 Joined: 6-May 05 From: Idaho Member No.: 7,377 |
Wow. Kinda neat, yet kind of cheesy. This was a player character option? Wow.
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Jul 1 2006, 12:45 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
It is if the GM allows it. Race B or 25BP. Get some hefty bonuses, but also either take Hunted 6 or Dragon Patron (which is a 6 point Edge). Hunted means dragons everywhere (and some non-dragons who know about drakes) are after you. Dragon Patron means you work for a specific Great, and if you don't... Well... I'm sure you can imagine.
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Jul 1 2006, 12:48 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
You will, or... You will not.
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