What do i do with a dead dragon?

GodGoblin · Post by **GodGoblin** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:17 pm

Hey all, this is my first post here at Game Banshee and i have one question- what do i do with a dead dragon? In many adventures i have come accross dragons and once me and the rest of my party have killed it we take its hoard and leave. but is there anything i can do with the corpse? so far me and my friends have come up with- skinning it and selling its bones. thats it, please help!

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:21 pm

Actually, it's hide is used to make Dragonhide, a semi-valuable substance to blacksmith's who don't want to fight a dragon just to satisfy there customers.
Special Materials :: Dragonhide

It's not worth much really, I'd say a 3 foot by 3 foot square wouldn't be worth more than 300 gold. But, then again, if you fight a gargantuan dragon, it's an extra 3,000 or so just because of the size of the dragon, if you have a bag of holding of course.

GodGoblin · Post by **GodGoblin** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:27 pm

Is there a way of making it into a weapon? like a dragon bone sword or somthing, im just throwing things out there.

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:30 pm

There is, but I can't post anything here because it's not on the wizards open license thing. Basically, that link I posted above has all the information that is allowed to be posted for the game of 3.5 DND.

Dragonbone weapons are located in the 3.5 supplement, Draconomicon, and that's the only book they're located in. But if you happen to have it, look in the equipment seciton for players under "Dragoncraft Items." and you'll find a bunch of uses for a dead dragons bodyparts.

GodGoblin · Post by **GodGoblin** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:39 pm

Thanks very much!

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:02 pm

Basically it's the only thing you can do: Take more.
You took everythning, now take the dragon (or parts of it

).
Teeth, blood etc... all nice and mythical goods.

I would look twice as a DM to see if the action isn't evil though. :speech:

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:55 pm

Rob-hin wrote:Basically it's the only thing you can do: Take more.
You took everythning, now take the dragon (or parts of it ).
Teeth, blood etc... all nice and mythical goods.

I would look twice as a DM to see if the action isn't evil though. :speech:

Gotta agree there. If you're skinning a dragon that attacked you because you know it would be better for defense considering that you're a druid, that's somewhat legitimate. But if you're a dragon hunter and you're basically making a profit out of selling their skins to a blacksmith regularly, that's definitely a chaotic act if not completely evil.

GodGoblin · Post by **GodGoblin** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:05 pm

do you know how much dragon blood and teeth would fetch on the market or would the blood have an affect if you drank it?

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:08 pm

do you know how much dragon blood and teeth would fetch on the market or would the blood have an affect if you drank it?

Unless your DM makes a house rule about this, absolutely nothing. You couldn't get a price for it because there isn't an item in DND that uses Dragon Blood, and drinking blood doesn't give you special powers.

As for teeth, more than likely nothing if it's not in the Draconomicon under Dragoncraft Items.

To be honest though, the hoard should be enough. Dragons have 4 times the treasure that an opponent of equal challenge would have.

GodGoblin · Post by **GodGoblin** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:39 pm

ok thanks for that.

spartan 116 · Post by **spartan 116** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:15 pm

i dont think dragonhide is actually that good
theres much better armour out there

i suppose it would be good for a druid especially when they have that spell that turns things to stone
maybe im confused its late
ps im new
hello

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:19 pm

spartan 116 wrote:i dont think dragonhide is actually that good
theres much better armour out there

i suppose it would be good for a druid especially when they have that spell that turns things to stone
maybe im confused its late
ps im new
hello

Well, Dragonhide is good because it lets a druid use a breastplate or a chainmail (or if they have proficiency, a full plate) legitimately without going against their code. Yeah, there is better armor out there, but for druids nothing is better than dragonhide in a players eyes.

spartan 116 · Post by **spartan 116** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:26 pm

is the druid spell im thinking about turn wood to stone?

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:57 pm

Umm, I don't know. This really has nothing to do with the thread in question, please keep it on topic.

Mierkos · Post by **Mierkos** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:31 pm

Here's what I did

Greetings and Salutations. This is my first post here and this thread brought back memories. I havent played D&D in years but I had a character who had a Knack for running into dragons. This is what Pesto did:

1. He had a red dragon and a black dragon stuffed and placed on top of two of the towers in the fortress he and his 2 closest friends built. Please dont ask what the taxidermist charged. 2. He made a boat out of a green one with some help from an elven shipbuilder. and a tank out of a blue one, well more like a battle wagon {troops rode in the belly and a fighter/mu drove it from the cockpit in the head the driver had every lightning spell memorized as well as a staff of thunder and lightning and a wand of lightning for extra kick.} 3. He also had 5 hang gliders made from the wings of a couple of red dragons. AAHH memories!!

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:12 pm

Also, you can always create quests, where, for example local mage, is willing to buy some dragon blood for experiments. If dragons are rare in your games, pize can be higher, if not, then prize can be lower.

TismeVader · Post by **TismeVader** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:08 pm

see if your dm will let you sell dragon blood at a good price, most dnd settings hold dragon blood as a key magical componant

sorry just saw the previous post

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:44 am

If you're a reader of Dragon Magazine, there's an issue which featured "1000 uses for a dead dragon." I believe it was the June 2006 issue.
Also, Draconomicon has quite a few options.
I believe the DMG offers the option of Dragonhide armour.
Edit: Found it: SRD - Special Materials.

eragonn9 · Post by **eragonn9** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:41 pm

Siberys wrote:Unless your DM makes a house rule about this, absolutely nothing. You couldn't get a price for it because there isn't an item in DND that uses Dragon Blood

This is not true. If you get out the Draconomicon, there is like 7 or 8 pages of items you can make out of a dragon, and one of them is Dragon Blood Elixir. 1 Gallon of dragon blood will be turned into one potion, but it makes you immune to 1 type of energy damage for either 12 or 24 hours. Chromatic are 12, metallic are 24.
Dragon bone bows are made from the thigh or similar bone of a dragon, and they act like a +1 Composite Dragonbane Longbow, but it still works in an antimagic field... That, my friend(s) is nice.:mischief: Or maybe it's not, but it's handy....:laugh:

Eric V · Post by **Eric V** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:45 pm

you could take the horns and sell them to a ivory dealer