Who's on top of the fantasy food-chain?

[Thorntangle]

Dragons would be at the top of the food chain since they consume everything and nothing in return really considers dragons to be a food source.

Adventurers eat dragons for lunch almost every day. Much to the chagrin of BADD.

The other option is the Tarrasque.

There is only one and he is so sleepy most of the time.

 

[Thorntangle]

Thorntangle, I don't think how much volume each species consumes defines top of the food chain. Cows and water buffalo are constantly eating and eating vast amounts of plant matter. The things that prey on them are usually smaller predators (wolves, lions etc.) who are vastly outnumbered by their prey (as all predators must be) and they generally have to share (pack mammals) or not eat that often (reptiles).

I think this is killed and eaten by that, so this is lower on the food chain than that is a better definition.

Plus disease and decomposers sort of screw up these analyses. (this bacteria decomposes humans, they are above us on the food chain!)

Bacteria, they spoil everything, don't they? Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk. Bacteria always seem relegated to their own realm or end up a footnote since they are so far ahead of the game.

Like I said, it really depends on your criteria. Sharks sometimes eat humans, but they are clearly not at the top of the food chain. If we wanted to, we could make a concerted effort to eat all the sharks on the planet. I guess we could say that it's the creature that consumes the most accumulated energy that gets the title.

 

[JacktheRabbit]

Adventurers kill dragons all the time but not for food reasons.

Adventurers eat dragons for lunch almost every day. Much to the chagrin of BADD.

 

[Wicht]

I am not sure you can really say there is any one creature at the top of the global food chain as top predators (man and dragons for example) can vie for competing spots and when one is successful it diminishes the others (at least locally) but only extinction eliminates the competition.

 

[Voadam]

Adventurers kill dragons all the time but not for food reasons.

MMMMmmmhhh, Dragon steak.

 

[Voadam]

How do you cook red dragon meat?

Can you digest black dragon meat?

Us top o the food chain types want to know.

 

[tieranwyl]

WotC is at the top of the fantasy food-chain. Lol!

 

[Voadam]

Of course those with an active lifestyle prefer white dragon steaks, they take half the time to cook!

 

[Clear Dragon]

Well Red Dragon could be served as a type of sushi or dragon steak tartare. Black Dragon meat could be self-pickling.

 

[Celebrim]

In descending order of Geek points...

The Grand Masters (also, naturally, HPL and JRRT)

Writers of Hugo & Nebula award winning novels and short stories not yet esteemed in the above.

Winners of the World Fantasy Award.

Comic Book Writers

Writers & Directors of Sci-Fi movies.

Script Writers for Sci-Fi TV shows.

Designers of Origin and ENNie award winning games

Writers & Designers of RPG's.

Fantasy and Sci-Fi Artists

Cast Members of Sci-Fi & Fantasy movies.

Cast Members of Sci-Fi TV shows.

Designers of Video Games

CEO's of Tech companies

Video Game Reviewers

Video Game Play Testers

Sysops who configure thier network for RTS games.

Guru's and Wizards

Gods of MU*'s

Owners of RPG Stores

Writers of FanFiction

Dungeon Masters

Grognards

Err.... wait a minute this isn't a thread about who is at the top of the geek food chain?