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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6036442" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>More thoughts on story...but first, a picture!</p><p></p><p>[sblock]<img src="http://macenstein.com/default/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Dragon_attack.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>A while back I'd written up some backstory for the kings who were traditionally annointed in dragon's blood shortly after being born. The tradition goes back to the mythical progenitor of the kingdom whose life was saved by a dragon that donated is blood (more or less at sword point from the mythical King's wife). The blood is preserved in a magic chalice. This is a secret that was never fully revealed in our last campaign.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, the current king was never so annointed because he was a bastard child by a prince and a commoner. So that might help answer the question "why is this red dragon attacking on thek King's 18th birthday?" Because the dragon senses the ruler hasn't been annointed...I'm not sure what huge implications of that would be. So it thinks the kingdom is weak? Doesn't consider the king legitimate (but why would a dragon care?)? Is the dragon out for vengeance for the death of its forebear who saved the mythical progenitor king way back when? Maybe the red dragon knows a secret about the annointing process that the royal family doesn't? Maybe this is *the* dragon which gave its blood for the mythical progenitor king (I which case why is it attacking?)?</p><p></p><p>Also looked up the SRD entry about orbs of dragonkind. Interesting stuff! So if this is an orb of red dragonkind, that could potentially swing the battle dramatically in the PCs' favor. While it makes a lot of sense for a red dragon to go after a like-colored orb, it might be more interesting if the orb is keyed to a different color...but in that case why is the red dragon intrerested in it? Th orb is a gift from the emissary of a magocracy (with spies and expansionist pretensions) commemorating the King's ancestors who subdued the regions dragons centuries ago. Maybe it's a green dragon orb? Or maybe a metallic dragon for a twist?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 6036442, member: 20323"] More thoughts on story...but first, a picture! [sblock][img]http://macenstein.com/default/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Dragon_attack.jpg[/img][/sblock] A while back I'd written up some backstory for the kings who were traditionally annointed in dragon's blood shortly after being born. The tradition goes back to the mythical progenitor of the kingdom whose life was saved by a dragon that donated is blood (more or less at sword point from the mythical King's wife). The blood is preserved in a magic chalice. This is a secret that was never fully revealed in our last campaign. Interestingly, the current king was never so annointed because he was a bastard child by a prince and a commoner. So that might help answer the question "why is this red dragon attacking on thek King's 18th birthday?" Because the dragon senses the ruler hasn't been annointed...I'm not sure what huge implications of that would be. So it thinks the kingdom is weak? Doesn't consider the king legitimate (but why would a dragon care?)? Is the dragon out for vengeance for the death of its forebear who saved the mythical progenitor king way back when? Maybe the red dragon knows a secret about the annointing process that the royal family doesn't? Maybe this is *the* dragon which gave its blood for the mythical progenitor king (I which case why is it attacking?)? Also looked up the SRD entry about orbs of dragonkind. Interesting stuff! So if this is an orb of red dragonkind, that could potentially swing the battle dramatically in the PCs' favor. While it makes a lot of sense for a red dragon to go after a like-colored orb, it might be more interesting if the orb is keyed to a different color...but in that case why is the red dragon intrerested in it? Th orb is a gift from the emissary of a magocracy (with spies and expansionist pretensions) commemorating the King's ancestors who subdued the regions dragons centuries ago. Maybe it's a green dragon orb? Or maybe a metallic dragon for a twist? [/QUOTE]
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