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  • Tibarius
    Swordsman
    • Jun 2011
    • 429

    power dragon scale male

    I found a power Dragon scale male - and it is of course quite cool. I just wondered ... all theother scale males i found where from Dragons you can Encounter. I never encountered a power Dragon so far tho. Is this the relict of a faded species?
    Blondes are more fun!
  • Bogatyr
    Knight
    • Feb 2014
    • 525

    #2
    Originally posted by Tibarius
    I found a power Dragon scale male - and it is of course quite cool. I just wondered ... all theother scale males i found where from Dragons you can Encounter. I never encountered a power Dragon so far tho. Is this the relict of a faded species?
    Yes there used to be Power dragons, back when there were no Wyrms
    Last edited by Bogatyr; February 1, 2015, 10:05.

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    • HugoVirtuoso
      Veteran
      • Jan 2012
      • 1237

      #3
      Power Dragons? When was the last time we saw these?
      My best try at PosChengband 7.0.0's nightmare-mode on Angband.live:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAR0WOphUA

      If I'm offline I'm probably in the middle of maintaining Gentoo or something-Linux or other.

      As of February 18th, 2022, my YouTube username is MidgardVirtuoso

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      • quarague
        Swordsman
        • Jun 2012
        • 261

        #4
        What was the reason for the elimination of power dragons? I feel they would make a good very late game opponent, resists almost everything, breathes almost everything (what's the name of the hound that does that?) but drops a large amount of loot.

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        • Bogatyr
          Knight
          • Feb 2014
          • 525

          #5
          Originally posted by HugoTheGreat2011
          Power Dragons? When was the last time we saw these?
          Hmm…am I misremembering? Maybe back in Umoria times? I looked at the source for frog-knows and I don't see a Power Dragon in there.

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          • AnonymousHero
            Veteran
            • Jun 2007
            • 1393

            #6
            I know there have been "Great Wyrm(s) of Power" in many variants for quite a long time...

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            • Bogatyr
              Knight
              • Feb 2014
              • 525

              #7
              Originally posted by AnonymousHero
              I know there have been "Great Wyrm(s) of Power" in many variants for quite a long time...
              Well I can't find any reference to a "Power Dragon" in either Angband or Moria references so I must have been hallucinating.

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              • Derakon
                Prophet
                • Dec 2009
                • 9022

                #8
                Great Wyrms of Power were a ZAngband addition, and got imported into other variants descended to or related to ZAngband. Vanilla never had them. The closest you get is either the Great Wyrm of Balance, or the Aether Hound, depending on your perspective.

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                • Estie
                  Veteran
                  • Apr 2008
                  • 2343

                  #9
                  Maybe rename it to Kavlax Scale mail, and set drop chance to zero if Kavlax is still alive.

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                  • bio_hazard
                    Knight
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 649

                    #10
                    Once all the females disappeared it was only a matter of time until there were no more PDS males.

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                    • Nick
                      Vanilla maintainer
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 9633

                      #11
                      Originally posted by bio_hazard
                      Once all the females disappeared it was only a matter of time until there were no more PDS males.
                      That's right, there's that bit in the Hobbit where Smaug sings to Bilbo about where all the Dragonwives have gone.
                      One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
                      In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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                      • debo
                        Veteran
                        • Oct 2011
                        • 2402

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Nick
                        That's right, there's that bit in the Hobbit where Smaug sings to Bilbo about where all the Dragonwives have gone.
                        You mean the Powerdragonwives!!!
                        Glaurung, Father of the Dragons says, 'You cannot avoid the ballyhack.'

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                        • Timo Pietilä
                          Prophet
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 4096

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Nick
                          That's right, there's that bit in the Hobbit where Smaug sings to Bilbo about where all the Dragonwives have gone.
                          You are joking, right? Those movies are so weird that I wouldn't be surprised if you are not.

                          [edit] I haven't seen the movies, only heard things about them that are not into books or belong into J.R.R. world.

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                          • Thraalbee
                            Knight
                            • Sep 2010
                            • 707

                            #14
                            Fangorn yes, Smaug no(?) sure sounds like a joke

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                            • Nick
                              Vanilla maintainer
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 9633

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Timo Pietilä
                              You are joking, right? Those movies are so weird that I wouldn't be surprised if you are not.
                              Hadn't you heard, they're musicals, with catchy tunes like "Azog, I Thought you were Dead", "I'm going to Wash that Dragon right out of my Mountain (with gold)" and "Loving a Dwarf is bad for your Elf".

                              Yes, I was joking
                              One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
                              In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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