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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 1319043" data-attributes="member: 571">Dragon PsychologyDragon PsychologyThe most important thing to remember when dealing with dragons is, they are the apex predator. And they know it. As the song goes, dragons are large and in charge. It’s not a matter of arrogance, a dragon is simply supremely self-confident. Should you ever meet a subservient dragon you can be certain that behind the bowing and scraping you have one very amused dracosThis doesn’t mean that dragons don’t have psychological problems. Hoarding is a big problem. Not just treasure and shiny baubles, one of the most famous cases of draconic hoarding involved, of all things, twigs. Twigs from every type of tree found on Earth, and a few from other realities and dimensions (including one innocuous looking twig that killed 15 people and 6 fiends before finally being destroyed).Dragons are also known for getting obsessed. It’s been said that every dragon is mildly obsessed about something (dragons disagree), but there are rare cases where a wyrm will get positively fixated upon a subject. Probably the most famous case was that of the red dragon Charleton of Kern County, California. Charleton collected semi-precious stones, and used them to create a diorama of Kern County complete down to individual buildings, vehicles, and people. It involved meticulous planning, the photographing of the county over the period of 150 years, and enough release forms (so Charleton could construct representations of the people he photographed) to insulate a small building. At the time of his death from a cerebral hemorrhage Charleton was 90% complete with his project, and researching spells that would allow him to animate the diorama. The Charleton Foundation (formed to carry on his work) is still trying to recreate the dweomers he used to create his life-like figures out of often friable crystalsProbably the worst psychological problem dragons have is insecurity. Fortunately it is rare, but it can be devastating. A dragon with the condition suffers from the delusion that he is a tiny little beast living in a world full of enormous monsters ready to eat him. Most retreat from the world and live in seclusion, but a rare few have gone on a rampage with the goal of ridding the world of what they fear.Older dragons sometimes develop a form of clinical depression. Fortunately this is transitory, and is very amenable to treatment with anti-depressants and therapy. Dragons never become manic depressive or manic. Classic scizophrenia is also unknown, but dragons do develop some of the more obscure varieties of the disease.Dragons do love their comforts. When establishing a lair or den most every dragon has a special sleeping platform built. The platform is constructed of a good quality softwood and stands about 20 feet tall. The wood is polished, lacquered, and enspelled so the dragon’s claws don’t dig in. When a dragon is home most everything is done from the platform, unless the task requires the dragon’s physical presence.At the same time dragons are curious. Most anything can pique their interest, and sometimes they can become obsessed with learning all they can about it. The fact Alexander V of Makedon (The Great) was a closet heterosexual (something he hid thanks to societal pressures and the need to bond certain Makedonian nobles to his cause) is known to us thanks to a three day interview he gave to the copper dragon Arthenos of Thessaly. These days you’re sure to find dragons involved in research of all sorts, with the teaching staff of the Academy of Magic on the planet Pluto being predominatly draconic. One could go into more detail regarding dragon psychology (and in the rewrite I probably will), but this should give you a good idea of what dragons are like mentally.The next installment will deal with child rearing. Here, I think, you’ll find the dragons of Dragon Earth very different from the standard d20 System dragon</blockquote>

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