[MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...

[clawrenc at cup.hp.com]

In <Marcel-1.09-0616205130-0b0Ky&5 at Gryphon.iaehv.nl>, on 06/16/97 
   at 10:17 PM, Marian Griffith <gryphon at iaehv.nl> said:

>The idea is that if you encounter a dragon  you have no chance of
>surviving a fight. No matter how powerfull a fighter you are. No
>matter how well made your dwarven armour is. Dragons are simply too
>strong and tough, and deadly to fight. 

This is reminiscent of a classic old AD&D line given by a player with
an incredibly buff character to his DM:

  DM: A dozen six-headed dragons fly in from the south.

  Player: What! I'm being attacked by a *flock* of Tiamats?

While trite and humorous, this brings a point into consideration:

  Are dragons (or Tiamats for that matter) so deadly that they might
as well be considered the archetypal irresistable force, or is there
some gradation?

Translation:

  Bubba Joe as staggered out of a bar vs dragon == dragon food.

  Bubba Joe as suitably perpared with all possible dragon
killing/weakening EQ/magic/etc vs dragon == what?

Next up is consideration of the dragon as a predator, and by that
view, what level of control and affect players have upon their
predators.

Do you intend for the only solution to the threat posed by dragons to
be avoidance?  If so dragons and their (seemingly random?) travels
almost come to represent the clumsy fatal hand of fate -- not a big
winner with many players.  Is it possible to either dissuade dragons
from passing over or through an specifc area?  Conversely can you
encourage dragons to haunt or travel through an specific area?  Are
the two possibilities related?

Translation:

  To what extent can your player's control of influence the habits of
dragons?

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