Should eating dragon meat be good or bad?: And other puzzling questions

[Maximus:Ranger]

This thread is for tips or ideas on how to handle the odder things that the rules may not elaborate on. Mainly for me is this question; what are the effects of eating dragon meat? My players recently slew their first red dragon, and now the wild card of the party wants to make a dragon steak. Any interesting ideas?

[legomaster00156]

I would simply rule that it's hard to cook (on account of a red dragon's immunity to fire) and very tough to chew, but filling. One Medium-sized dragon should give enough food for about a week of feeding 5 people. I wouldn't put any adverse effects on the party for eating it.

[Mikeavelli]

They're sentient beings!

Tasty, tasty sentient beings.

[Hiro Protagonest]

They're sentient beings!

Tasty, tasty sentient beings.

Dragons eat humans.

Eating sapient beings isnt the part that has to do with morals, it's how you obtain the meat that does.

[stainboy]

I don't see why not. Paladins are allowed to wear dragonhide armor without anyone making Silence of the Lambs references.

[bloodtide]

You could go with 'it just tastes like chicken.'

Or have dragon meat be poisonous, or maybe give some type a magical side effect.


But i kinda like the 'being haunted by the dragon spirit or such.

[Mastikator]

The main effect is that it keeps you from starving to death.
Other than that I don't know if there's any effect for eating beings of magic. What happens if you eat an angel? Or a basilisk? Or a nymph? Or a pixie? Or a tarrasque?

[Seerow]

Dragon Steaks are nearly as iconic as dragonscale armor. Okay maybe not, but it's a dragon slaying tradition with my group that we each have at least some.

Though honestly if you butchered it, and preserved the meat, you'd probably have enough food to feed a village for months, depending on how big the dragon was. This doesn't really affect much except to realize if your players stick their dragon steaks in a bag of holding, they basically never have to worry about rations again. And given by the level you're slaying dragons, you can break economies anyway, that's really okay.

[Sidmen]

In my games, dragon's blood carries the power of their element - so coating a weapon with it gives the weapon an appropriate enchantment for a few turns (1 turn per dose, can apply multiple doses simultaneously). Note, it must be properly distilled so you only get a limited amount.

Dragon hide/scales protect from the elements (giving resistances if worn). So it makes perfect sense that the meat do something else.... Perhaps, in addition to being food, it could give you immunity to an appropriate environmental hardship: Red Dragons prevent heatstroke and other heat-associated troubles, White Dragons prevent frostbite, etc...

[Kaun]

You could have it being very tasty and give a slight stat bonus to say con or something, but make it addictive like a crack.

Next thing you know your low wis pc's are hunting dragons all over the place to get their next fix.

[Maximus:Ranger]

Almost all of a dragon can be used for something in my campaign world. The bones for commune spells and special weapons. The brain for dragon control potions the scales for element resistant potions and armor. The blood has a burning effect on skin and can be distilled and combined with treant sap to make a potion of longevity. You get the idea, I figured the meat should either be poisonous be really spicy or mms the consumer fire resistant for a bit.

[El Dorado]

Depends on what you pair it with. A nice red wine is preferable though dwarven ale will do in a pinch. Anything else is criminal.

[Demon of Death]

In the 3.0 Book from AEG titled 'Dragons' has rules on how to use about every part from the Dragon, and most of it still works fine in 3.5/PF, but with an old enough dragon you can have like a permanent +11 (I think IIRC) to Intelligence which is nice, and I think it wasn't an enhancement bonus, but not sure.

Sorry for going off topic there folks.

[Medic!]

Could always treat it like the Heroes' Feast spell *shrug*

[ORione]

If you like practical jokes, when the players eat it roll a few d20s and ask them what their Fortitude save bonuses are.

After they tell you, say, "it tastes like chicken" and never mention it again.

[Medic!]

3% chance of having your race changed to kobold (or better yet, a were-kobold template)? I once had the distinct pleasure of traveling with an afflicted were-chicken, there IS a precedent...

[deuxhero]

The main effect is that it keeps you from starving to death.

And energy resistance.

Other than that I don't know if there's any effect for eating beings of magic. What happens if you eat an angel?

Doesn't leave a corpse

Or a basilisk?

Turns you stone

Or a nymph?

Gives you teleportitis

Or a pixie?

Nothing, but too little meat to be filling.

Or a tarrasque?

No clue.


But seriously though, if you are really intreested in the subject, check out Nethack.

[NikitaDarkstar]

Well I suppose if a Good aligned cleric or paladin ends up munching on a good dragon their deities might get a little bit annoyed.

But you kill a red dragon that's been turning the local village into a snack-bar? I think they call that karma really. But I'd watch out for green or black dragon meat, it might be poisonous if you cut into the wrong parts (like that fish that can supposedly kill you if not prepared right.) and it might take quite some time to cook if it's an adult or older dragon, and be a bit chewy.

But really I'd say that's it. As for magical side effects for eating a magical creature... Do dragons get bonuses for eating wizards, druids and sorcerers? And other magical critters? No? Then players don't get magical bonuses from eating dragons. Except possibly a pretty decent morale bonus for a day or two.

[Edog]

Seriously though, if you are really intreested in the subject, check out Nethack.

Yes, Nethack should give you some good ideas. Eating a red dragon in that, though, gave you permanent fire immunity, so you'll probably want to tone it down a bit.

Of course, you could go in the opposite direction and make it poisonous, or burning hot no matter what you do to it. A lump of searing hot dragon meat i your stomach would never, ever be a good thing.

[The Succubus]

I don't see why not. Paladins are allowed to wear dragonhide armor without anyone making Silence of the Lambs references.

I just had this vision of a baby dragon looking in a pit looking up at a paladin with tear filled eyes....

"It rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the Smite again..."

[Kurald Galain]

what are the effects of eating dragon meat?

The main effect is that you get marked for death by any other dragon you encounter.

[Eldan]

Just make sure you don't eat the reproductive organs of a female black dragon. It's a little known fact that some black dragon eggs are fertilized by parthenogenesis. These eggs can attach themselves onto the lining of your stomach, since it's acidic, and hatch there.

[Spiryt]

Just make sure you don't eat the reproductive organs of a female black dragon. It's a little known fact that some black dragon eggs are fertilized by parthenogenesis. These eggs can attach themselves onto the lining of your stomach, since it's acidic, and hatch there.

So Black Dragons starred in Alien?

[The Succubus]

Just make sure you don't eat the reproductive organs of a female black dragon. It's a little known fact that some black dragon eggs are fertilized by parthenogenesis. These eggs can attach themselves onto the lining of your stomach, since it's acidic, and hatch there.

The next time I'm running a campaign, my BBEG is going to invite all the players around for dinner!

[Eldan]

Those were actually Half-Black Dragon humans, yes.

[hewhosaysfish]

I would simply rule that it's hard to cook (on account of a red dragon's immunity to fire) and very tough to chew, but filling. One Medium-sized dragon should give enough food for about a week of feeding 5 people. I wouldn't put any adverse effects on the party for eating it.

I like the idea of making it uncookable. Do you want to eat it raw? It's not every day you get a chance to eat dragon...

[Maryring]

Meat is meat. Everything is edible as long as you cook it right. Except for good aligned outsiders who for some reason never seem to leave bodies when they die.

[Morph Bark]

In my last campaign the players killed a dragon (by accidental luck), stripped it of its meat and preserved it (and animated its skeleton) and later cooked it. It granted DR 1/magic to anyone who ate of it for about 8 hours. They sure needed that meat since it was a 3-week trip through the desert to the next city.

In the 3.0 Book from AEG titled 'Dragons' has rules on how to use about every part from the Dragon, and most of it still works fine in 3.5/PF, but with an old enough dragon you can have like a permanent +11 (I think IIRC) to Intelligence which is nice, and I think it wasn't an enhancement bonus, but not sure.

Sorry for going off topic there folks.

What does AEG stand for? Not Arms and Equipment Guide, right? o.O

[TheCountAlucard]

Meat is meat. Everything is edible as long as you cook it right. Except for good aligned outsiders who for some reason never seem to leave bodies when they die.

The answer to that one's easy - eat it while it's still alive.

[hamishspence]

Sometimes they do:



pic from Spell Compendium- Revive Outsider.

BoVD has a pic showing a sacrificed angel's body.