User blog:DreamingOfDragons72x2/Logical Dragon Summary - Fear and Tidal

Final post!

None of the Logical dragons really fit in the Mystery class (I mean, the entire premise of that one is that nobody has yet figured out how those dragons work). However, the Illogical dragons also could all be called Mystery dragons. They don't follow normal rules for their abilities, their rarity and secrecy combines to mean hardly anyone sees them so their existence is doubted, and they don't even look normal.

Anyway. First up...

Fear

There are two dragons that fit here in a loose way, and they both have names already. But the most obvious thing about Dreamworks' Fear dragons (the multiple heads) is a random mutation for all of my dragons, not just the Fear creatures. Oh, and ironically, where the Fear dragons of Dreamworks have very long necks, mine have very short necks when compared to their tails.

The first one is called the Wakanom. It's average-sized, and its stats are 59-all except for Diurnal at 5. It can only attack something with precision if the target is directly in front of it, and it can only spit venom when its very short neck is perfectly straight; any kink at all will stop the flow. But of course, every dragon with a serious disadvantage somewhere has an advantage in the same place: like a Juggernaut, once this thing starts moving straight at a target, nothing short of a meter-thick stone wall will stop it. It packs a lot of punch into its firebreath, and spits exclusively in a straight line; the coil and thrust muscles in its neck are rather weak and only good for supporting its head, but it compensates by having almost-perpetually-moving jaws. Guess where the name comes from. ^_^  On another note, this dragon has the loudest rattle - which is not actually bad for hiding: it's hard to tell just where a rattle is coming from. Breeds: Hooded, Rattling, Spiny, Swamp, Arctic, Vulkan.

The second actually looks a little more like the Night Fury, and is named something similar: a Nightpad. Also average sized, its stats are 41-all except for Nocturnal which is 95. It has the softest voice of all the dragons: when you hear it, it's already too close. Side note: all dragons make threatening throat noises by gargling their spitting venom, using their hoods to focus the sound. Two breeds of Nightpad have hood troubles of very different kinds, making their threats even softer, and a third is battle-mute because it has no spitting venom. The battle-mute has an extra-sneaky spitting trick: it can eat shadow energy and shape it into primitive spells that usually engulf the target in a nightmare. A fourth Nightpad has no tailspikes (and, like the Night Fury, retractable teeth), but I haven't figured out exactly what it does with its very long tail in lieu of spikes. Something similar to its breath. However, whether it has spikes or spells, that tail seems to be unable to hold steady; you'd actually be safer if it was trying to aim at you with it. Its breath has impossible-to-dodge accuracy, though - in part because you don't know it's attacking until it's already started.

Sharp

Last two Logicals! They don't always have super-sharp blades, but they have high Diurnal stats compared to Nocturnal and this seems to give them a lot of vanity; also longer necks than tails, which aids in preening since those necks are usually flexible.

The first dragon here has 41-all stats except for Diurnal at 95; it has the longest neck compared to its body. Unfortunately, there isn't a great deal of control in that neck. Like with the Nightpad's tail, you'd be safer if it was trying to hit you. By preference it uses its neck to crush and smack (although the two tropical breeds can only do one each). It has the softest rattle; by the time you hear it, you know it's somewhere in the immediate area. Side note: when a dragon is threatening with its tail, it hackles its tail and bangs its spikes on the hard hackles. Two breeds have even softer tail noises because they have two very different hackling problems, and a third can't rattle at all because it has no spikes. That dragon flashes its tail like a firefly, often making confusing colors and patterns. That's five; the sixth breed has no spitting venom and focuses light into its mouth to make a laser. Like the Nightpad's breath, this dragon has incredible accuracy with its tailspikes.

The second dragon has 59-all stats, except for Nocturnal at 5; it has the shortest tail and the loudest voice. Its roar is almost an attack in and of itself, although it doesn't compare to the dragon that actually does use sound as a weapon. Its rattle curves like a scythe, and all the muscles in its tail and rattle are geared to stab that curved (and poisonous) point with incredible force. There's no telling which way that tail is going to snap until it moves, and by then it's often too late to dodge. The Arctic and Vulkan breeds migrate from pole to pole, like the same two breeds of the Wakanom; unlike the Wakanom versions, which stay in perpetual darkness, this dragon's versions stay in constant sunlight. Breeds: Hooded, Rattling, Spiny, Swamp, Arctic, Vulkan.

That's good enough, I think. If anyone wants to hear about the Illogical/Mystery dragons, let me know - although they are very confusing, and I haven't figured them out completely yet.