Me and my chap were having a discussion about how much protein is in an egg (which is 6g, not debatable) and wondered how much protein would a dragon egg have in comparison.
For this discussion among gentlemen, we will assume a party has acquired a Red Dragon Egg and plans to cook it for a victory feast. What are the nutritional facts for 1 serving of this dish.
Given that red dragons have immunity to fire and typically are depicted as using lava to incubate their eggs, I'm wondering how you think you're going to cook it?
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Actually, what's even inside a dragon egg? Do we imagine dragons - perhaps the most magical creature in the world - come, like chickens, from yolk and eggwhite? Or are the actual contents of a dragon egg somewhat more primal - an essense of flame and fury, somehow? When brought in contact with atmospheric oxygen, do they immolate explosively?
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On the premise that it's not just "elemental energy and rage" inside a dragon egg - which is a pretty good guess i think, an ostrich egg would be the largest real egg we could take as a comparison. An ostrich egg has 235g protein so as in most depictions the egg of a dragon is even bigger that should be a lower benchmark it would probably clear.
But: Since dragons are more reptilian than chicken like in most aspects maybe a dragon egg is more like a snake egg ?
In short "you don't know what would happen if you eat the egg."
Sure, I'd say edible, as eggs of most creatures are edible.
You may decide to come up with some fun things that the character DOES NOT KNOW. Black dragon egg may be highly poisonous, possibly mortal? Any egg might have a small percent chance of making your progeny a sorcerer? Dragons of that type intuitively know you've eaten an egg "you smell like us"https://19216801****/https://routerlogin.uno/ ?
I'd say don't give them direct advantages unless you want the characters looking for more eggs.
In the new free "Dragons of D&D" book that has been released, they actually describe the Eggs for each type of Dragon.
Starting on page 33 with the Red Dragon, they give a great aesthetic descriptions of the Eggs, except one part... the Size is not listed.
In a previous campaign, my group came across a Blue Dragon Egg, and wanted to steal it. There was MUCH discussion on how big the egg actually was. I posted in Forums and did all kinds of research, but didn't find any specific reference to the actual size. We eventually all agreed that they would be about the size of a 55 Gallon Barrel. Per the MM, a Red Dragon Wyrmling is considered a Medium creature, which is the same for must adult humans, and a human can fit into a barrel of that size, we figured the Wyrmling would fit as well.
Now back to your original question... Assuming that a Dragon Egg is similar to a standard Chicken Egg (having a yolk early before the wyrmling develops), you could extrapolate out the volume of the standard Chicken Egg compared to the volume of a 55 Gallon Barrel (55 Gallons...lol), and then you would know your modifier.
Hope this helps a little :)
Cheers!
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On the premise that it's not just "elemental energy and rage" inside a dragon egg - which is a pretty good guess i think, an ostrich egg would be the largest real egg we could take as a comparison. An ostrich egg has 235g protein so as in most depictions the egg of a dragon is even bigger that should be a lower benchmark it would probably clear.
But: Since dragons are more reptilian than chicken like in most aspects maybe a dragon egg is more like a snake egg ?
Probably more like a snake egg
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Me and my chap were having a discussion about how much protein is in an egg (which is 6g, not debatable) and wondered how much protein would a dragon egg have in comparison.
For this discussion among gentlemen, we will assume a party has acquired a Red Dragon Egg and plans to cook it for a victory feast. What are the nutritional facts for 1 serving of this dish.
Given that red dragons have immunity to fire and typically are depicted as using lava to incubate their eggs, I'm wondering how you think you're going to cook it?
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Actually, what's even inside a dragon egg? Do we imagine dragons - perhaps the most magical creature in the world - come, like chickens, from yolk and eggwhite? Or are the actual contents of a dragon egg somewhat more primal - an essense of flame and fury, somehow? When brought in contact with atmospheric oxygen, do they immolate explosively?
Blanket disclaimer: I only ever state opinion. But I can sound terribly dogmatic - so if you feel I'm trying to tell you what to think, I'm really not, I swear. I'm telling you what I think, that's all.
On the premise that it's not just "elemental energy and rage" inside a dragon egg - which is a pretty good guess i think, an ostrich egg would be the largest real egg we could take as a comparison. An ostrich egg has 235g protein so as in most depictions the egg of a dragon is even bigger that should be a lower benchmark it would probably clear.
But: Since dragons are more reptilian than chicken like in most aspects maybe a dragon egg is more like a snake egg ?
Well after Momma finds out what you did with her eggs, I'd say eating them would be very bad for your health.
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In short "you don't know what would happen if you eat the egg."
Sure, I'd say edible, as eggs of most creatures are edible.
You may decide to come up with some fun things that the character DOES NOT KNOW. Black dragon egg may be highly poisonous, possibly mortal? Any egg might have a small percent chance of making your progeny a sorcerer? Dragons of that type intuitively know you've eaten an egg "you smell like us" https://19216801****/ https://routerlogin.uno/ ?
I'd say don't give them direct advantages unless you want the characters looking for more eggs.
Greetings Theorie,
In the new free "Dragons of D&D" book that has been released, they actually describe the Eggs for each type of Dragon.
Starting on page 33 with the Red Dragon, they give a great aesthetic descriptions of the Eggs, except one part... the Size is not listed.
In a previous campaign, my group came across a Blue Dragon Egg, and wanted to steal it.
There was MUCH discussion on how big the egg actually was.
I posted in Forums and did all kinds of research, but didn't find any specific reference to the actual size.
We eventually all agreed that they would be about the size of a 55 Gallon Barrel.
Per the MM, a Red Dragon Wyrmling is considered a Medium creature, which is the same for must adult humans, and a human can fit into a barrel of that size, we figured the Wyrmling would fit as well.
Now back to your original question... Assuming that a Dragon Egg is similar to a standard Chicken Egg (having a yolk early before the wyrmling develops), you could extrapolate out the volume of the standard Chicken Egg compared to the volume of a 55 Gallon Barrel (55 Gallons...lol), and then you would know your modifier.
Hope this helps a little :)
Cheers!
Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty.
Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers;
Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas.
Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
Probably more like a snake egg