Cerilian Dragons

[Ariadne]

Originally posted by teloft@May 17 2004, 08:10 PM

In other words, should dragons be treated like scions with True bloodlines (or at least True/Great, depending on age?).

I like this idee

So killing a dragon eould give you some blood boost. even you could get a new bloodline !! a dragon blood.

Hey, there could the bloodlines of Unearthed Arcana come into play. A "Cerilian Dragen-bloodline"...


I like this idea too...

[Osprey]

Originally posted by geeman@May 18 2004, 06:50 PM
At 11:47 AM 5/18/2004 +0200, Benjamin wrote:



> It has been my understanding (to repeat others above) that dragons are

> ancient beings that have a mystical tie to the land that no others

> have. They just instinctively tie into those ancient ley lines

> (discussed in BoM somewhere) and tap the magic of the land. To them it`s

> like breathing. So a dragon could create sources and ley lines, but

> doesn`t need to because s/he can just tap the hidden flows of magic

> instinctively.



I`m curious where the impression that BR dragons have a "connection to the

land" in the way that a Cerilian elf or blooded character does. Anyone

have quotes/references for that kind of thing?



I`m wondering because it might be the kind of thing that equates in some

way to the D&D 3e take on having "dragon blood" for sorcerers, and I`d like

to make sure the two concepts aren`t being confused.



Gary

I think in this case, at least speaking for myself, the connection between dragons and the land is implicit in the fact that they are inherent masters of true arcane magic, which by definition is powered by mebhaighl, the energy nature. So anyone who lives, eats, and breathes magic in BR is also distinctly connected to the powers of the earth, sky, fire, etc. Hence my elemental connection previous.

I can't think of any explicit statements saying how connected dragons are to the land in BR, but then again I have precious little information to go on, as I have never seen the Dragon Magazine articles on Cerilian dragons, more's the pity. It's a subject I could explore endlessly...but more importantly mt players are about to meet their first one in my game tomorrow (Thursday EST) evening.

Speaking of that...is there supposed to be a more proper name for "Lifesbane", the dragon of the Five Peaks? Is that in fact the Gorgon's dragon, or a different beastie? Just trying to figure out if there's other stuff out there before I go make it all up, however, I need to know like...now. Any help?

Osprey

[ConjurerDragon]

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> Speaking of that...is there supposed to be a more proper name for "Lifesbane", the dragon of the Five Peaks? Is that in fact the Gorgon`s dragon, or a different beastie? Just trying to figure out if there`s other stuff out there before I go make it all up, however, I need to know like...now. Any help?

> Osprey

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Dragon Magazin 240

Zakhur is Lifesbane, the youngest known Dragon of Cerilia

The Gorgons dragon was Raizhadik as far as I remember..

bye

Michael

[ryancaveney]

On Mon, 17 May 2004, irdeggman wrote:



> Maybe I`m missing something - but I don`t recall mention of dragons at

> Deismaar. There are only a handful of dragons total (I can`t recall

> the exact number but it is less than 12). They don`t like to be

> bothered by lesser beings. So whose side would they have fought on?

> That would have been the side that won, pretty much automatically.



IMO, dragons were very heavily represented at Deismaar on both sides, and

almost all of them died there, which is precisely why there are so few of

them left today.





Ryan Caveney

[geeman]

At 06:16 PM 5/20/2004 -0400, Ryan Caveney wrote:



>IMO, dragons were very heavily represented at Deismaar on both sides, and

>almost all of them died there, which is precisely why there are so few of

>them left today.



That`s an interesting idea. It seems like if dragons were very heavily

represented at Deismaar then there would be substantially fewer human

survivors as well....



Gary

[Raesene Andu]

I think there was around 10-15 dragons at Deismaar, at least I seem to recall having seen the number 12 mentioned somewhere before.

[ryancaveney]

On Thu, 20 May 2004, Gary wrote:



> It seems like if dragons were very heavily represented at Deismaar

> then there would be substantially fewer human survivors as well....



Maybe that`s exactly why the continent seems so underpopulated. =)

[ryancaveney]

On Thu, 20 May 2004, Gary wrote:



> It seems like if dragons were very heavily represented at Deismaar

> then there would be substantially fewer human survivors as well....



Maybe that`s exactly why the continent seems so underpopulated. =)

[ryancaveney]

On Thu, 20 May 2004, Gary wrote:



> It seems like if dragons were very heavily represented at Deismaar

> then there would be substantially fewer human survivors as well....



Maybe that`s exactly why the continent seems so underpopulated. =)