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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8310795" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>There are exactly three dragons present in the game I run. Dragons are extremely rare in the region where the players live, which is inspired by Al Qadim and thus favors genies over dragons. This region, the Tarrakhuna, is far away from the mortal-world continent where dragons natively live, Yuxia.</p><p></p><p>The first of these dragons is Tenryu Shen, a gold dragon masquerading as a dragonborn priest. More or less the personality you'd expect for a gold dragon: serious, driven, wise, cautious. The party counts him as one of their closest allies, and the feeling is mutual. He has come from Yuxia on request of the local priesthood to hunt down...</p><p></p><p>A black dragon. Shen has not specified the dragon's actual name, but he knows that it's come to Al-Rakkah (largest/richest city-state of the Tarrakhuna) in order to eventually take it over as its "hoard." He's confident the black dragon is masquearding as one of the rich people in the city, but the hunt is proving very difficult.</p><p></p><p>A ruby-colored origami dragon. This is actually a spiritual dragon (the distinction between regular and spirit dragons has not been examined closely in-game), bonded to this paper dragon statue (as explained by Shen). The party has yet to determine the dragon's name, which will be necessary to awaken the dragon; it can grant each person one wish. It's not unlimited in power, but a spirit-dragon can achieve a lot. Shen seems reasonably confident that the spirit-dragon is of good alignment.</p><p></p><p>No other dragon has appeared in-game, and it is unlikely that any ever will. I love dragons immensely, but keeping things restricted to these three makes sure that these dragons are <em>special</em>. The black dragon is a serious mastermind, and the party will secure a major victory if they can learn who the dragon is. Shen is a powerful ally with a friendly but personal agenda, and the party has more than once depended on his aid to overcome adversity. The origami dragon is a resource kept in the party's back pocket for a rainy day. These things are major touchstones, rather than dime-a-dozen events, and that's how I like my dragons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8310795, member: 6790260"] There are exactly three dragons present in the game I run. Dragons are extremely rare in the region where the players live, which is inspired by Al Qadim and thus favors genies over dragons. This region, the Tarrakhuna, is far away from the mortal-world continent where dragons natively live, Yuxia. The first of these dragons is Tenryu Shen, a gold dragon masquerading as a dragonborn priest. More or less the personality you'd expect for a gold dragon: serious, driven, wise, cautious. The party counts him as one of their closest allies, and the feeling is mutual. He has come from Yuxia on request of the local priesthood to hunt down... A black dragon. Shen has not specified the dragon's actual name, but he knows that it's come to Al-Rakkah (largest/richest city-state of the Tarrakhuna) in order to eventually take it over as its "hoard." He's confident the black dragon is masquearding as one of the rich people in the city, but the hunt is proving very difficult. A ruby-colored origami dragon. This is actually a spiritual dragon (the distinction between regular and spirit dragons has not been examined closely in-game), bonded to this paper dragon statue (as explained by Shen). The party has yet to determine the dragon's name, which will be necessary to awaken the dragon; it can grant each person one wish. It's not unlimited in power, but a spirit-dragon can achieve a lot. Shen seems reasonably confident that the spirit-dragon is of good alignment. No other dragon has appeared in-game, and it is unlikely that any ever will. I love dragons immensely, but keeping things restricted to these three makes sure that these dragons are [I]special[/I]. The black dragon is a serious mastermind, and the party will secure a major victory if they can learn who the dragon is. Shen is a powerful ally with a friendly but personal agenda, and the party has more than once depended on his aid to overcome adversity. The origami dragon is a resource kept in the party's back pocket for a rainy day. These things are major touchstones, rather than dime-a-dozen events, and that's how I like my dragons. [/QUOTE]
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