Friday, July 12, 2002

Dragon


 

A dragon is a huge magical creature with the strength of hundreds of men and scales are durable as a tank's armor. It is a force of nature and can wreck havoc on all the it sets itself against. Unfortunately, it is not a subtle creature either and has trouble hiding itself away from the world of humanity. Aside from their great physical power, dragons only suffer half of the effect of all magic directed against them and are immune to non-magical poison and disease. Dragon have moderate regenerative abilities and can heal from massive non-lethal damage, but it can take them years to heal back missing limbs, eyes, or other massive damage.

A dragon can select 6 special powers from the list below.

Regeneration
The dragon rapidly heals from any injury it receives, within a matter of minutes for most wounds while massive damage takes hours.

Greater Regeneration
The dragon heals from minor wounds in seconds and can heal back limbs in a matter of minutes. The dragon's body must be completely destroyed or it will regenerate back to full health within a day. The prerequisite is Regeneration.

Element
The dragon is associated with some element - cold, fire, electricity, etc. It is immune to all damage from that element. It also gives certain special abilities related to it - fire might allow the dragon to swim in lava or breathe in the presence of poisonous smoke or gases. A cold dragon would be able to have perfect balance on ice or see through blizzards, a water dragon could breathe underwater and be immune to pressure, etc.

Elemental
The dragon is not just associated with some natural force, it is made of it. The dragon could be made of pure fire, of ice, of stone, metal, acid, etc. This makes the dragon immune essentially non-living and thus immune to all sorts of attacks that target living creatures. In this form grants some special immunity (like a fire dragon being immune to physical attacks) then it must grant a special weakness as well (such as a fire dragon being harmed by water). The prerequisite is Element.

Breath Weapon
The dragon has a powerful breath weapon associated with its element. It has a range of 250 feet and can cause massive damage. Depending on the element, it may not do damage at all, it could put enemies to sleep or blind them. The prerequisite is Element.

Wings
The dragon has massive wings, allowing it to fly at a speed of 50 mph. This power can be selected multiple times for greater flying speed.

Hydra
You have many heads, all working together and being redundant to maintaining your intellect. You can only be killed if all heads are destroyed. The heads can multitask and attack separately with great skill.

Elemental Control
You dragon can control the element that it is associated with. This could include calling blizzards for a cold dragon, animating water for a water dragon, casing earthquakes for an earth dragon, etc. The prerequisite is Element.

Great Creature
You are not a dragon at all, but some other massive and powerful creature. It could be a giant, a kraken, a giant burning phoenix, or any variety of creature. This form will have certain advantages over dragons and certain disadvantages. Design the creature the same way as a dragon.

Poison
You blood and saliva is a deadly poison.

Shape Shifting
You can assume the form of a human or natural animal for up to one hour a day. This may be selected multiple times, each time doubles the hours a day - 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 24.

Abyssal Dragon
You are a dragon who draws power from the abyss, either appearing to be made of shadow or you are undead and rotting or skeletal. You are immune to poison, disease, the need to breathe, eat, and sleep. It has other physical advantages of being undead as well. You automatically get the Abyss Element, making you immune to death magic, cold, and darkness. You can see in absolute darkness. You also get 2 demon special powers, which can include abyssal powers. Should your body be destroyed, it reforms in the Abyss several years later and then can return to the earthly plane. On the down side, the dragon's physical prowess is halved during the day and it burns in the light of the sun in the same way a vampire does - the dragon can fade into the Abyss during the day to avoid sunlight damage.

Celestial Dragon (counts as 2)
You dragon is infused with holy power. It can select an angel special power and its is considered to have the Holy Element automatically. It can also return to life if destroyed like an angel can.

Infernal Dragon (counts as 2)
Your dragon is part infernal demon. It automatically has the Hellfire Element. It can select a demon power and if destroyed can be summoned back to earth as a demon can.

Faerie Dragon (counts as 2)
The dragon has access to 1 faerie special power and can purchase more. You get the Faerie Element automatically. The dragon has all of the faerie natural abilities, including being able to return to life in a faerie forest.

Small Dragon (gives 2 power points)
This doesn't count as a power, it merely makes your dragon particularly small and weak for its type. While still massively more powerful than other kinds of creatures, it could not go toe to toe with any other dragon. On the plus side, its speed (including flying speed if it can fly) is doubled and it gets 2 extra dragon powers.

Cult
Your dragon has 100 mortal followers. This power can be selected multiple times for a larger cult following.

Cultists

Follower
This is a normal human who serves the dragon. They have no special powers but can provide it with $10,000 per year in income.

Fanatic
This is a dragon worshiper. They can no money to speak of but follow the dragon fanatically and are immune to fear as a result. They will gladly give their lives for the dragon.

Blood Cultist (counts as 2 each)
This is a cultist who drinks a bit of the dragon's blood and gains power from it. These people are like fanatics but share the element of their dragon master.

Draconian (counts as 10 each)
This is a follower so devoted to you that their essence has been infused with your own. They become a mix of dragon and human, having all of your traits but scaled down. For example, a dragon with regeneration, poison, and faerie dragon, and followers would have draconian followers with regeneration, poisonous blood and bites, and a faerie nature. Unless otherwise stated, these creatures have peak human physical abilities along with iron hard scales.

Baby Dragon (counts as 100 each)
You have a baby dragon in your service. It has all of your powers but is smaller and weaker than you.

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