How Dragons Die


Lost Omens Campaign Setting General Discussion

Grand Lodge

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So I was looking through the old 3.5 module Guardians of Dragonfall and one thing they talk about it in is that all dragons go there to die and rest in peace with each dragon having there own ways that they die. There are special crypts for each dragon as well for where they die to. Only three dragons however have their death rituals mentioned however, green, bronze, and white. To quote the module:

Green: "The ceremony involved a number of steps, all orchestrated by animated plants. First, guardians (constructs that act as protectors of dragonfall) delivered sacrifices from the Emerald Graveyard (a Huge room that has the bones of green dragons in it) and animated plants bound them while the dragon assumed a commanding pose before them. Next, strong acid showers slowly stripped away the flesh of sacrifices, while the plants grew into the body of the dying dragon and symbolically “reunited” him with the forest. The last thing the dragon heard was the sweet screams of the sacrifices. Meanwhile, the flesh of the dragon was absorbed into the magical plants, allowing him to live on within the forest. Finally, as the acid showers subsided, the animated plants collected all of the bones and swept them down to the Emerald Graveyard." Pg 12

Bronze: "The ritual for bronze dragons begins when the dragon steps out onto the peninsula. With a brilliant flash, dozens of bolts of lightning strike from the clouds above and outline the dragon’s form with a glowing silhouette of raw power. For a split-second, the dragon seems to become living lightning as the power surges through its body. And then, with an earthshattering roar, the body disintegrates into particulate energy and becomes part of the
rampaging storm above." Pg 15

White: "The dragon icewalks up to the summit of Fimbulpeak (A large plateau within the crypt) and his sacrifices, animated by the magic of the crypt, surround him. One by one the humanoids are frozen solid beneath the gaze of the dragon, before tumbling off the peak to shatter against the walls of the crevasse. Finally, the dragon himself is frozen in a position of draconic glory, his body being drawn into the icy walls of the cavern to eternally gaze upon his fellows that make it this far." Pg 16

So I was wondering if anybody had any ideas for the ways the other 7 dragons might ritually die?

Grand Lodge

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4th Edition's Draconomicon specifically gave effects for both the death of dragons and the lingering effects of their death sites.

Grand Lodge

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Wasn't all that redacted?

-Skeld

Grand Lodge

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Skeld wrote:

Wasn't all that redacted?

-Skeld

From my understanding everything from 3.5 is in a grey area of maybe it is a part of the world or maybe it isn't, but the general consensus is that to use it if you like it.

Grand Lodge

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Therrux wrote:
Skeld wrote:

Wasn't all that redacted?

-Skeld

From my understanding everything from 3.5 is in a grey area of maybe it is a part of the world or maybe it isn't, but the general consensus is that to use it if you like it.

That's not entirely true. There's lots of material from the 3.5 era of pathfinder/Golarion that is solid canon, with only a few bits that have been retconned for various reasons.

James Jacobs said in a post in the "Ask James" thread that Dragonfall isn't canon because of issues it raises with regard to how dragons are represented in Pathfinder. He doesn't mention Guardians of Dragonfall by name, but it's pretty easy to infer that's what he's talking about.

-Skeld


Huh. Well that answers some questions I had (as I was looking into running this), while raising a few more. Hm, hm...

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