I was rereading the Harper Hall Trilogy and stumbled across a reference to Menolly's firelizards' "eyes whirling with the orange of uncertainty and suspicion." I noticed Orange was forgotten in the Dragon Guide and thought I'd mention it in case you wanted to add it. =)
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 4:32 am
I was thinking about how, in the books, Weyrlings help out in Fall by delivering firestone to riders, and wondering if there might be a way to incorporate that into the Threadfall mechanics. It'd give a chance for weyrlings to join in a Fall as well, in case any of their riders want to try out for ranks. Maybe have Weyrlings roll dice like the riders to determine if they get hit by Thread (maybe a slightly smaller chance of it, if they're coming in from below or the trailing edge of the Fall?), and roll a second die to see if they successfully deliver firestone. They pick one rider to deliver it to, and if successful the rider gets a bonus to their next roll or something.
I was thinking about how, in the books, Weyrlings help out in Fall by delivering firestone to riders, and wondering if there might be a way to incorporate that into the Threadfall mechanics. It'd give a chance for weyrlings to join in a Fall as well, in case any of their riders want to try out for ranks. Maybe have Weyrlings roll dice like the riders to determine if they get hit by Thread (maybe a slightly smaller chance of it, if they're coming in from below or the trailing edge of the Fall?), and roll a second die to see if they successfully deliver firestone. They pick one rider to deliver it to, and if successful the rider gets a bonus to their next roll or something.
I like this idea a lot, and second it.
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:52 am
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Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:01 am
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No. Unfortunately, the concept of dragons on Pern is for the rider and dragon to share a telepathic bond and work as a team, not shapeshift into one another.
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:02 am
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No. Unfortunately, the concept of dragons on Pern is for the rider and dragon to share a telepathic bond and work as a team, not shapeshift into one another.
Well I meant to RP as the dragon.
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Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:05 am
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Is it by chance possible to become the dragon?
No. Unfortunately, the concept of dragons on Pern is for the rider and dragon to share a telepathic bond and work as a team, not shapeshift into one another.
Well I meant to RP as the dragon.
Please see my response to your questions in the Questions & Answers thread.
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:10 am
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Is it by chance possible to become the dragon?
No. Unfortunately, the concept of dragons on Pern is for the rider and dragon to share a telepathic bond and work as a team, not shapeshift into one another.
Well I meant to RP as the dragon.
Please see my response to your questions in the Questions & Answers thread.
Threadfighting suggestion: Queen's Wing. As seen in the books, it's a chance for queens (and breeding crimsons), pregnant women, sometimes injured riders who aren't up to full fighting strength and and possibly white dragons to join in the Fall, with minimal risk to themselves and their dragons. Dragons who can flame would do so as normal, breeding females would be issued a flamethrower or agenothree sprayer for the duration of the Fall. Since the Queen's Wing flies the lowest level of a Fall, dragons flying with the Queen's Wing would have less chance of being hit by Thread and would take less damage, but would also burn less. One way to implement that could be that they roll a smaller die for burning, hit chance and damage, such as roll 2d6 in the burn post, do the damage on the first die and get hit on a 1-2 in the second die. Useful for queens or breeding crimsons who want to attain ranks (especially among the Revolutionists) that have a Threadfighting requirement.
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:49 am
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Threadfighting suggestion: Queen's Wing. As seen in the books, it's a chance for queens (and breeding crimsons), pregnant women, sometimes injured riders who aren't up to full fighting strength and and possibly white dragons to join in the Fall, with minimal risk to themselves and their dragons. Dragons who can flame would do so as normal, breeding females would be issued a flamethrower or agenothree sprayer for the duration of the Fall. Since the Queen's Wing flies the lowest level of a Fall, dragons flying with the Queen's Wing would have less chance of being hit by Thread and would take less damage, but would also burn less. One way to implement that could be that they roll a smaller die for burning, hit chance and damage, such as roll 2d6 in the burn post, do the damage on the first die and get hit on a 1-2 in the second die. Useful for queens or breeding crimsons who want to attain ranks (especially among the Revolutionists) that have a Threadfighting requirement.
Thanks for the suggestion! =D
Implementing thread fighting for breeding dragons/others in the queen wing is something I've been pondering for a while, I'll talk it over with Skie ASAP to sort something out. As you say so far as I can tell there is minimal chance of them getting hit down there - they wouldn't want any real risk to their golds! - and as they (generally) have flamethrowers even if they were getting the same amount of Thread around them there's no way they would be able to do as much damage as a flaming dragon.
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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 5:53 pm
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Threadfighting suggestion: Queen's Wing. As seen in the books, it's a chance for queens (and breeding crimsons), pregnant women, sometimes injured riders who aren't up to full fighting strength and and possibly white dragons to join in the Fall, with minimal risk to themselves and their dragons. Dragons who can flame would do so as normal, breeding females would be issued a flamethrower or agenothree sprayer for the duration of the Fall. Since the Queen's Wing flies the lowest level of a Fall, dragons flying with the Queen's Wing would have less chance of being hit by Thread and would take less damage, but would also burn less. One way to implement that could be that they roll a smaller die for burning, hit chance and damage, such as roll 2d6 in the burn post, do the damage on the first die and get hit on a 1-2 in the second die. Useful for queens or breeding crimsons who want to attain ranks (especially among the Revolutionists) that have a Threadfighting requirement.
V'ail and Lan totally want in on this.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:27 am
Just thought I'd let you know that the links in the Information Thread for "Crafts and Crafthalls" weren't working. You may want to check them to see if they really are down and not just my internet connection be fussy with me about which sites/links it allows me to access again. It's done it before with me. Also, if it turns that the links really are broken, may I suggest checking any and all other links within the guild? Better safe then sorry as the saying goes.
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