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<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:nightfall#inficad,com">nightfall#inficad,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 21:13:50 -0700 (MST)</LI>
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[Jeff K:]
> [Adam:]
> >Well, I'd actually say that your #1 advantage vs the dragon is that it's
> >just not terribly interested in you. You're an ugly little scrub with
> >no treasure to speak of and not even enough meat on your bones to make a
> >mouthful -
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> Hmm... a hungry carnivore will generally eat whats handy. There aren't THAT
> many prey animals bigger then a human. I'ld liken a Dragon to a large
> tiger (ever gotten close to one of the alrger breed? they are HUGE.) As
> longas its not hungry and you don't annoy it your cool... if either of
> those prove false...
Well, depends on your world. I'm thinking of Dragonlance where
humans are pretty middle of the road. As a dragon I'd rather have a
slower-moving, meatier critter like an ogre, minotaur, horse, just about
any livestock, etc. Also, there's the safety in numbers bit - fifty humans
scattering and the dragon can only chase so many. Kinda like when you
turn over a stone and there are two dozen pill bugs that take off running -
even if you're intent on killing as many as possible, I'd be surprised
if you can nail more than a couple before the rest have sought cover.
(Of course this is where you need your bug spray, which is I suppose
analogous to the dragon's breath.) Point taken, however.
> The msot interesting thing about dragons in AD&D is that theya re suppsoed
> to be highly intelligent, its somewhat difficult to really get into teh
> head of a highly intellegent carnivorous lizard. IF they act liek humans
> then you mgiht also survive by amusing it...
Yeah. This is fine when a human DM is playing them. We've made our dragons
much more intelligent than most animals but still pretty inferior to
most humans. Haven't decided yet if they will be language-capable, or if
they will have the incredible charisma and/or charming ability (via the
eyes) like Tolkien's dragons.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01022" HREF="msg01022.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Mon 02 Jun 1997, 03:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01332" HREF="msg01332.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Tue 17 Jun 1997, 04:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01333" HREF="msg01333.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#inficad,com">nightfall#inficad,com</a>, Tue 17 Jun 1997, 23:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01334" HREF="msg01334.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Wed 18 Jun 1997, 01:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01340" HREF="msg01340.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#inficad,com">nightfall#inficad,com</a>, Wed 18 Jun 1997, 11:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01344" HREF="msg01344.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 19 Jun 1997, 00:32 GMT
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Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Thu 19 Jun 1997, 12:18 GMT
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Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Fri 20 Jun 1997, 05:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01390" HREF="msg01390.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
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