The final dragon (late game spoilers)

moriveth · Post by **moriveth** » Sun Apr 29, 2001 9:48 pm

What kind of dragon exactly is it that you fight/encounter in the pride trial in hell? I've seen it described as black, red, green and probably others. IIRC it looks sort of metallic/gold, but had a black or red dragon breath attack (can't remember which).

The first time through the game I actually "failed" the test and freaked out after seeing the dragon. I won despite having no preparation by turning into the Slayer while Viconia casted regen...a pretty sure way to kill a dragon...but I did lose half my party before resorting to the slayer.

The silver dragon is my favorite to fight. Not the toughest, but uses a lot of spells fairly intelligently, including healing spells. (Not that I kill her for her blood. Oh no. I'd never be tempted by armor with a measly +4 to saving throws and pitiful 20% magic resistance.)

Kevin Dorner · Post by **Kevin Dorner** » Sun Apr 29, 2001 9:54 pm

There are two different dragons: If you take the "Good Path" and insist on knowing what type of creature it is, a silver dragon appears (well, that's what it's called, though due to the ambient lighting it doesn't lok very silver) and gives you the Tear. If you take the "Evil Path" and give in to fighting, a red dragon appears.

Nick_Dude · Post by **Nick_Dude** » Sun Apr 29, 2001 10:11 pm

I thought that both of those dragons were green, no matter what path you take.

What leads me to believe so, is that he has the green dragon breath.

Nighthawk · Post by **Nighthawk** » Mon Apr 30, 2001 7:40 am

He seems to use different kinds of dragon breath, but I'm convinced it's a Gold dragon...

Since killing it is evil it must be metallic (or perhaps gemstone, but let's keep it simple) rather than chromatic...

So, we have Gold, Silver, Bronze, etc. We've already seen Silver and it doesn't look anything like her, so I'm going with Gold.

rapier · Post by **rapier** » Mon Apr 30, 2001 7:48 am

Wouldn't a Gold Dragon be a BIT more powerful, I mean, they are the metallic version of the red dragon...

EDIT: Dang, typos...

[ 04-30-2001: Message edited by: rapier ]

Skeelo · Post by **Skeelo** » Mon Apr 30, 2001 12:25 pm

I think the color seems to be more greenish/olive, definitely not silver. Either way the dragon is a ****. Specially with Aura cleansing heh heh.

Nick_Dude · Post by **Nick_Dude** » Mon Apr 30, 2001 6:38 pm

you should get more than 22,000 for killing this dragon, since I found him to be quiet powerfull evne though I capped by that time.

beaver_cheese · Post by **beaver_cheese** » Mon Apr 30, 2001 6:48 pm

What's the head look like (I haven't gotten there yet; real life interferences...)? You can usually id a dragon based on its head, although you do have to take into consideration that metallic dragons can polymorph...

Nighthawk · Post by **Nighthawk** » Wed May 02, 2001 8:08 am

Just took another look at it last night. The head has horns similar to the Black Dragon's, but the neck has a fin like Adalon. Course I have no idea what that means or whether the designers were thinking about anything other than making them look cool.

It's name is just 'Dragon' so that doesn't help any. I do think the greenish color is supposed to be goldish, it seems they could have made it much more golden if they wanted.