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<blockquote data-quote="Ixal" data-source="post: 8433577" data-attributes="member: 7030132"><p>Rifts, both the Palladium and Savage versions have also dragons as PC option.</p><p>Not sure how well they work in Savage because of Thoughness scaling. Palladium is less concerned with balance and other options can be equally as powerful or more, so it should be possible to get a balanced game going with a bit of effort.</p><p>No idea if that is also possible in the Palladium setting.</p><p></p><p>Dragon riders while stereotypical do not really work in my opinion because technically the main protagonist is the dragon and not the rider. Its especially weird when the typical dragon rider uses a short ranged melee weapon like a sword.</p><p>Thats basically the fantasy version of this picture</p><p><img src="https://img.memecdn.com/drive-me-closer_o_2093669.webp" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 388px" /></p><p></p><p>A long weapon like a lance is at least workable, but still you would be better off with a ranged weapon but hardly any dragon rider in media/rpg uses one.</p><p>I quite liked the Temeraire book series because it breaks with many of the traditional dragon rider tropes in favour of things that makes more sense. Sadly I didn't penetrate into the RPG market.</p><p><img src="https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/a69b1271-9fa9-4508-811e-7f76e3b5c48d/dam83f3-7e734544-eccf-409c-9888-4d97862abf5d.jpg/v1/fill/w_1600,h_645,q_75,strp/skirmish_over_dover_by_ixal_dam83f3-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NjQ1IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvYTY5YjEyNzEtOWZhOS00NTA4LTgxMWUtN2Y3NmUzYjVjNDhkXC9kYW04M2YzLTdlNzM0NTQ0LWVjY2YtNDA5Yy05ODg4LTRkOTc4NjJhYmY1ZC5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTYwMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.e1IoMPIomEQImBVojvH8Ra7d3hkYt13_NVIQf7k2LrE" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 526px" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ixal, post: 8433577, member: 7030132"] Rifts, both the Palladium and Savage versions have also dragons as PC option. Not sure how well they work in Savage because of Thoughness scaling. Palladium is less concerned with balance and other options can be equally as powerful or more, so it should be possible to get a balanced game going with a bit of effort. No idea if that is also possible in the Palladium setting. Dragon riders while stereotypical do not really work in my opinion because technically the main protagonist is the dragon and not the rider. Its especially weird when the typical dragon rider uses a short ranged melee weapon like a sword. Thats basically the fantasy version of this picture [IMG width="388px"]https://img.memecdn.com/drive-me-closer_o_2093669.webp[/IMG] A long weapon like a lance is at least workable, but still you would be better off with a ranged weapon but hardly any dragon rider in media/rpg uses one. I quite liked the Temeraire book series because it breaks with many of the traditional dragon rider tropes in favour of things that makes more sense. Sadly I didn't penetrate into the RPG market. [IMG width="526px"]https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/a69b1271-9fa9-4508-811e-7f76e3b5c48d/dam83f3-7e734544-eccf-409c-9888-4d97862abf5d.jpg/v1/fill/w_1600,h_645,q_75,strp/skirmish_over_dover_by_ixal_dam83f3-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NjQ1IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvYTY5YjEyNzEtOWZhOS00NTA4LTgxMWUtN2Y3NmUzYjVjNDhkXC9kYW04M2YzLTdlNzM0NTQ0LWVjY2YtNDA5Yy05ODg4LTRkOTc4NjJhYmY1ZC5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTYwMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.e1IoMPIomEQImBVojvH8Ra7d3hkYt13_NVIQf7k2LrE[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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