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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 6129757" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>I rather doubt that most young ladies' preference would be to mate with a dragon instead of having a relationship with someone of their own species. I just have to point out that, in this scenario, the dragon can easily come off not as a heroic guardian, but rather as a blackmailing rapist, if you aren't very careful with how you depict it.</p><p></p><p>I also can't imagine everyone being okay with this set up; unless there are few humans et. al. in the area, I'd expect a string of dragon-slayers and girl-rescuers to periodically attack the dragon. </p><p></p><p>As for "not tyrannical", if the dragon imposed the arrangement on the area, then yes, it's tyranny, no matter how much anyone else benefits from it.</p><p></p><p>None of which is to say that this isn't a cool setup- just that there is a ton of potential for it to be a <em>complicated</em> setup. Maybe the pcs see it as you described, until the heroic paladin from the big city and his adventuring pals come to slay the dragon and the pcs need to take sides. Maybe a young woman is offered up by her greedy step-parents, but she doesn't want to go. Maybe the half-dragon offspring of the dragon and a former lady of his wants revenge against the local townsfolk who rejected her for being a scaly freak. I see a lot of potential here, but all the best of it revolves around the moral ambiguity surrounding the dragon and his arrangement with the locals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 6129757, member: 1210"] I rather doubt that most young ladies' preference would be to mate with a dragon instead of having a relationship with someone of their own species. I just have to point out that, in this scenario, the dragon can easily come off not as a heroic guardian, but rather as a blackmailing rapist, if you aren't very careful with how you depict it. I also can't imagine everyone being okay with this set up; unless there are few humans et. al. in the area, I'd expect a string of dragon-slayers and girl-rescuers to periodically attack the dragon. As for "not tyrannical", if the dragon imposed the arrangement on the area, then yes, it's tyranny, no matter how much anyone else benefits from it. None of which is to say that this isn't a cool setup- just that there is a ton of potential for it to be a [i]complicated[/i] setup. Maybe the pcs see it as you described, until the heroic paladin from the big city and his adventuring pals come to slay the dragon and the pcs need to take sides. Maybe a young woman is offered up by her greedy step-parents, but she doesn't want to go. Maybe the half-dragon offspring of the dragon and a former lady of his wants revenge against the local townsfolk who rejected her for being a scaly freak. I see a lot of potential here, but all the best of it revolves around the moral ambiguity surrounding the dragon and his arrangement with the locals. [/QUOTE]
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