 What do you think of dragons? |
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 May 5 2006, 02:01 AM
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Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019  |
How does everyone feel towards dragons? Do they inspire fear? Respect? Loyalty? Hatred?
I voted that they were awesome. |
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May 5 2006, 02:04 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 668 Joined: 15-February 05 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 7,086 |
If they're on my side, they're great.
If they're technically on my side, but want to tear me limb from limb, I run and hide. If they're not on my side, but not the enemy, I maintain a polite distance and great respect. If they're the enemy, I plan long and hard and get a lot of explosives and anti-vehicular weapons ready as I can and prepare for a very painful, very long fight..... and hopefully sell their bodies for profit, while letting any dragon who helped lay claim to any particular parts they want.. |
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May 5 2006, 02:12 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 8-April 06 From: My dorm room Member No.: 8,438 |
I admire the wyrms for their power and cunning, but I hope I'll never meet one. If I should meet one, I'll just do whatever he asks me to do and hope for the best. Sure, there's the possibility that I'll get killed by following his orders, but there's also the guarantee that I'll get killed by not following his orders. This is especially true if he's a Great Dragon.
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May 5 2006, 02:13 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,353 Joined: 5-June 02 Member No.: 2,840 |
They're like people - I take them on a case-by-case basis.
Masaru - I always admire revolutionaries fighting for a worthy cause, so I think he's cool Lung - Spiritual, with an admiration for puns. He's a cool guy, I think Ryumyo - Headstrong and power hungry. Can't blame Lung for holding him back Lofwyr - Greedy, power-hungry prick bent on world domination. Hate him Alamais - Terrorist wanting to return metahumanity to primitivism. Hate him too Hestaby - regardless of what Eyebright said about her, I think she's cool. Gotta love a dragon that uses "LOL" on Shadowland and can banter with Harlequin humorously :P Damon - a party animal dragon. What's not to like? Perianwyr - I find the idea of a dragon that likes to go on a bender hilarious |
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May 5 2006, 02:21 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 23-February 04 From: Honolulu, HI Member No.: 6,099 |
My current converted char served under a Western Dragon named Losobal, who in turn recently got beat down by Hestaby cause he got too uppity. Consequently, my char now sorta serves under Hestaby ;p Liked Perianwyr, met him with a diff char once upon a time. Never actually met Lofwyr. May or may not have annoyed Ryumyo due to all the Yak smashing my char has done in Hawai'i and in the states.
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May 5 2006, 02:28 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
What about Ghostwalker? He's a pretty major dragon you're ignoring.
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May 5 2006, 02:29 AM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
Im a big supporter of Hestaby for 2072.
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May 5 2006, 02:34 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Me too. Having a proponent who's able to eat the lobbyists should do wonders for the environmentalist cause.
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May 5 2006, 02:59 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
I think the Great Dragons are too cartoonishly overpowered. Sure, they should be much tougher than a metahuman, and have magical and other abilities that outstrip them, but they should still not be able to go one on one with modern military vehicles such as attack choppers and jets, much less rain destruction on entire cities.
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May 5 2006, 03:03 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
That means that you would never be able to take one on. I think that's okay; it's kind of like the megacorporations. It's not like D&D, where they have rules for smiting gods.
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May 5 2006, 03:05 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
I'm with FanGirl all the way. Give them a wide berth and acquiesce in a heartbeat if they pull you into their world.
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May 5 2006, 03:06 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
eh, i dunno. i have a hard time seeing such avaricious, magically-potent beings not having that kind of power, given the incredibly long time they've been around. i mean, plain ol' humans can amass a staggering amount of magical power in their relatively short lifespans; dragons outstrip them in that department by a factor of hundreds, if not thousands. |
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May 5 2006, 03:13 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...Hate 'em Hate 'em Hate 'em....
Too many characters forced to "Retire" to the ranks of NPC because of them including three of my faves: ...the lovely news snoop Lana Lane [Hestaby] ...the baseball throwing bat wielding Tomoe [Hestaby & Lofweir] ...the cunning Sohei Randi "Desert" Rhodes [Hestaby] Even little Leela had to watch her step [Rhonabwry] |
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May 5 2006, 03:13 AM
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Creating a god with his own hands Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364 |
Oh, I'm sure it's absolutely possible to take them down with force of combined arms. it's just that you better get a good first strike in, because their return is gonna hurt. |
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May 5 2006, 03:18 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 8-April 06 From: My dorm room Member No.: 8,438 |
Dude, don't tell them what they can and can't do! :eek: Anyway, I'm not too worried about a Great Dragon roasting and eating me (and I probably should be, seeing as how I'm a young virgin maiden and all that). What I am very worried about is a Great Dragon taking steps to ensure that I have a fatal "accident." |
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May 5 2006, 03:18 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Which is where your rigger facing a dragon that is inexplicably sitting in the open will come in handy. There is no circumstance under which that should be possible. Any dragon that isn't 2 years old will have read all your minds from astral space with Crazy Dragon Magic™ while masked under god knows how many dice. |
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May 5 2006, 03:33 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
I leave them out of my games as much as possible. Much like IEs.
Oh wait...that wasn't on the poll. :D |
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May 5 2006, 03:37 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
Dragons are killable. Even Dunkhelzahn (kinda) died. Actually getting yourself into a position to get that shot, much less make it successful, is the hardest part. Trying to do that and still escape afterwards? Wel, that's what legends are made of.
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May 5 2006, 03:51 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
I think SR2 powered them well. They were incredibly powerful, full of guile and cunning, but not the size of a 747. Their magic is to be feared, but at least a vehicular missle which would take out a 747 could take them down. Now, you might tarnish a scale or two. |
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May 5 2006, 03:52 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
should that not read: At least dragons are suicidable. Able to die if they invoke haneous magical power in order to sacrifice themselves. ? |
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May 5 2006, 03:55 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
If they can die, they can be killed.
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May 5 2006, 04:43 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 177 Joined: 21-October 05 From: In a Starbucks™ café near you Member No.: 7,870 |
Dragons are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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May 5 2006, 04:47 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
i'll agree that the base stats are overly impressive. what i might have done is given them stats only slightly higher than base, and magical abilities significantly higher than base. i'd have also noted that the named greats have even higher magical abilities. |
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May 5 2006, 04:57 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,359 Joined: 25-June 02 From: Vancouver, B.C., Canada (go Canucks!) Member No.: 2,904 |
It depends entirely on their stats. Show me the official, definitive, canon as all hell stats of every dragon and great dragon and I shall tell you my opinion of him or her.
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May 5 2006, 05:06 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
I believe this was meant to be an in character thread, since it mentions "being on your side." Characters don't know stats.
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