D&D General What to Do with a Dragon Corpse?

[LuisCarlos17f]

Now I remember the article "cutting up the dragon" from Dragon #332. It is in one of the numbers I bought.

 

[Bohandas]

Look up mid twentieth century murderer and grave robber Ed Gein and his deranged art projects

 

[aco175]

Look up mid twentieth century murderer and grave robber Ed Gein and his deranged art projects

A recent TV show had escaped prisoners from a blown up secret jail blah blah. Had one that staged victims to I think greek muses. Made me think of a dragon diorama sold to a noble so he could make a stature of him poised to slay the dragon.

 

[MGibster]

Look up mid twentieth century murderer and grave robber Ed Gein and his deranged art projects

Maybe next time I'm shopping for home furnishings....

 

[jayoungr]

When my players killed the white dragon in Dragon of Icespire Peak, I used this supplement to determine what they could get and what to do with it:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/276213/hamund-s-harvesting-handbook-a-complete-guide-to-harvesting-and-crafting-in-d-d-5e

 

[Professor Murder]

... Early in the Morn-ing

 

[Genghis Don]

In my last session, the player characters defeated an adult black dragon and it was a lot of fun. At the end of our session, I told them I'd figure out something fun to do with the corpse. And by fun, I mean let's make some magic items. So think of what parts of the dragon you might use to make a magic item out of. Don't worry about what classes I have in the party or worry about the rules. Just think of this as an exercise in fun.

Armor from its scales?
Something from its horns?
What about it's organs?

Fire up the BBQ, it's time for Dragon-STEAKS!

lots of games & editions use dragon parts as components already...what edition do you want to talk about?

 

[MGibster]

lots of games & editions use dragon parts as components already...what edition do you want to talk about?

I'm keeping it edition agnostic here. Just let the information flow.

 

[Omand]

Dragon burgers!

Has anyone said dragon burgers?

I am sure someone would have said dragon burgers by now.

Cheers

 

[Omand]

On a more serious note.

• Armour (hide and scale for sure, maybe even plate if handled right)
• Weapons (horns and teeth, some larger scales)
• Ammunition (maybe arrows of dragon-slaying need to have part of the arrow carved from the scale of the same type of dragon)
• Potions (cure/healing/resistance potions of the appropriate energy type to the dragon, taken from blood)
• Trophies (dragon heads for certain, maybe claws as well)
• Vellum (maybe magical vellum for the pages of magical books needs a magical creature like a dragon as a source)
• Tools (perhaps dragon claws make great climbing gear, or dragon wing flaps are the greatest material for bellows construction)

Hope that helps.

Cheers