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post May 23 2008, 04:41 AM
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I read somewhere on the Sixth World Wiki on one of the pages about the Great Dragons that there is a substantial group of dragons that want to assimilate themselves into metahuman society.

I thought that this did not make a lot of sense. How could they effectively assimilate with their large forms and powerful magic? Not to mention that they can squash you flat or burn you to a crisp. Also, a lot of dragons look down on non-dracoforms, seeing them as tools to be used. This attitude would cause a lot of conflict and resentment amongst the metahuman community.
Or are these dragons merely using "assimilation" as an excuse for domination?
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post May 23 2008, 05:49 AM
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Dunkie had a talk show. He was the Oprah of the Sixth World. You don't get any more assimilated than that.

Most dragons understand that their powerful magics don't mean squat to cruise missiles or orbital laser cannons. The old ways of brooding alone in caves and eating trespassers just don't work any more and they know it. So, they work closele with metahumans, they go into business and politics and they play by metahuman rules, for the most part. Getting around is easy for Greats, who can take metahuman form, but more difficult to normal adults (especially since the shapechange spell was nerfed in SR4). Still, they have dragon sized offices and dragon-sized limos.

There is this was particular image from Dragons of the Sixth World of a tattooed adult dragon wearing body armor, wielding an assault cannon, and drinking from a flask of vodka on a snow-covered mountain with a Russian troll and some electronic equipment that was probably radar.
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post May 23 2008, 05:55 AM
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QUOTE (hyzmarca @ May 23 2008, 07:49 AM) *
There is this was particular image from Dragons of the Sixth World of a tattooed adult dragon wearing body armor, wielding an assault cannon, and drinking from a flask of vodka on a snow-covered mountain with a Russian troll and some electronic equipment that was probably radar.

Most awesome pic in the book. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)
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post May 23 2008, 06:07 AM
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QUOTE (Malicant @ May 23 2008, 01:55 AM) *
Most awesome pic in the book. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

Page? I need to get out my books and look that up.
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post May 23 2008, 11:00 AM
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Look at Lofwyr. He's the Pinnacle of adapting Draconic Culture to Modern Times.

He's still Lord and Master as "Nature" dictactes, but does so in a way humans understand.
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post May 23 2008, 12:57 PM
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Right, dragons are not adapting to our world so much as tyhey are adapting our world to meet them. One is the head of a AAA corp. The ones in Denver and Mount Shasta are the lords of their realms. Alamais and the ones in Japan and Iran lurk behind the scenes manipulating their pawns.
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post May 23 2008, 01:09 PM
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Schwarzkopf is, among other things, a highly-regarded professor of Magic in Prague.
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post May 23 2008, 02:03 PM
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QUOTE (Emperor Tippy @ May 23 2008, 08:07 AM) *
Page? I need to get out my books and look that up.

Just looked, it's Page 177.
That picture IS awesome.
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post May 23 2008, 03:23 PM
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QUOTE (hyzmarca @ May 23 2008, 12:49 AM) *
He was the Oprah of the Sixth World.

When Oprah dies, I'm going to base a whole campaign around runs involving bequests from her will.
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post May 23 2008, 04:15 PM
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there's a Dragon in Hawaii i think . .
he has a usual day-job and from time to time lets the children of his city ride on his back . .
i don't know if i would call the playing flying horse part assimilated, but the job sure is *g*
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post May 23 2008, 05:26 PM
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Heh, what an NPC concept...

A humanitarian Dragon working in the Barrens trying to help the downtrodden through bonafide relief efforts.

Would you as a runner believe it (even if the GM promised he was not shitting you)?
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post May 23 2008, 05:33 PM
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QUOTE (CircuitBoyBlue @ May 23 2008, 11:23 AM) *
When Oprah dies, I'm going to base a whole campaign around runs involving bequests from her will.

She won't die, ever. The idea of facing a being more powerful than herself in beyond her imagination. Maybe she is a pre-awakened dragon.
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post May 23 2008, 05:38 PM
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QUOTE (Daddy's Little Ninja @ May 23 2008, 12:33 PM) *
She won't die, ever. The idea of facing a being more powerful than herself in beyond her imagination. Maybe she is a pre-awakened dragon.


Immoral Elf. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohplease.gif)
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post May 23 2008, 05:46 PM
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QUOTE (Daddy's Little Ninja @ May 23 2008, 01:33 PM) *
She won't die, ever. The idea of facing a being more powerful than herself in beyond her imagination. Maybe she is a pre-awakened dragon.

Spike whelp
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post May 23 2008, 05:54 PM
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QUOTE (darthmord @ May 23 2008, 07:26 PM) *
A humanitarian Dragon working in the Barrens trying to help the downtrodden through bonafide relief efforts.

Would you as a runner believe it (even if the GM promised he was not shitting you)?

Nope. But a Dragon working in the Barrens trying to help the downtrodden through bonafide relief efforts on the other hand is something I would consider not impossible.
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post May 23 2008, 05:54 PM
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It occurs to me that it's not entirely unlike the 800-pound gorilla question.

Where does a dragon assimilate into society?
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post May 23 2008, 08:13 PM
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QUOTE (Zak @ May 24 2008, 03:38 AM) *
Immoral Elf.


Hey! Don't sully the title with your blasphemy!
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post May 23 2008, 08:21 PM
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QUOTE (Aaron @ May 23 2008, 07:54 PM) *
It occurs to me that it's not entirely unlike the 800-pound gorilla question.

Where does a dragon assimilate into society?

i know you want the answer of: where ever he damn well pleases . . . .
but probably not into a policlub like humanis or something like that *g*
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post May 23 2008, 08:48 PM
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QUOTE (Fortune @ May 23 2008, 03:13 PM) *
Hey! Don't sully the title with your blasphemy!


What you call blasphemy, I call faith. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif)
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post May 23 2008, 09:15 PM
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QUOTE (Fortune @ May 23 2008, 03:13 PM) *
Hey! Don't sully the title with your blasphemy!

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post May 23 2008, 09:38 PM
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post May 23 2008, 09:42 PM
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post May 24 2008, 03:55 AM
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QUOTE (Stahlseele @ May 23 2008, 03:21 PM) *
i know you want the answer of: where ever he damn well pleases . . . .
but probably not into a policlub like humanis or something like that *g*

Why not? I mean, who's going to argue?
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post May 24 2008, 09:48 AM
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for starters the poli club i'd say . . if they are hardcore enough at least *g*
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post May 24 2008, 10:41 AM
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Imagine a dragon wit its bottle of buckwheat, it's skewed Burberry cap, the gold chain around its neck and its white shell suit, shouting at taxis on a Saturday night.

If you think that is possible then dragons will have integrated into society.
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