Dragons are people, so eating a dragon is as much cannibalism as eating an elf. If a player insisted on getting some feature for doing so, I’d definitely make it punishing (you can no longer benefit from a long rest without eating a person, etc.), because cannibalism is great as a joke but somewhat distasteful (eh heh heh) when it becomes a power thing.
Dragons aren't people in even a broad sense. That'd be like saying eating a sentient gray ooze would be cannibalism. It might be unethical because they're another intelligent life form, but they're still a completely different species. Same argument could honestly be made for most of the races in D&D as well, but considering how closely their anatomies are I could also see an argument it would still be cannibalism, but a dragon isn't even remotely close to a human, hence it having its own category of a creature type.
Dragons are people, so eating a dragon is as much cannibalism as eating an elf. If a player insisted on getting some feature for doing so, I’d definitely make it punishing (you can no longer benefit from a long rest without eating a person, etc.), because cannibalism is great as a joke but somewhat distasteful (eh heh heh) when it becomes a power thing.
Dragons aren't people in even a broad sense. That'd be like saying eating a sentient gray ooze would be cannibalism. It might be unethical because they're another intelligent life form, but they're still a completely different species. Same argument could honestly be made for most of the races in D&D as well, but considering how closely their anatomies are I could also see an argument it would still be cannibalism, but a dragon isn't even remotely close to a human, hence it having its own category of a creature type.
Please don't respond to my posts if you're not going to read them.
Quest to find a esoteric tome that describes a ritual
From Half-Dragon: A creature might also transform into a half-dragon as a result of a mad wizard’s spell or a ritual bath in dragon’s blood. In all these cases, the result is a creature that combines the essence of a dragon with the form of its original race.
First of all: gross. Second of all, my friends tried this, and threw up for 6 hours. Just think about it for a sec. You just killed a dragon using fire, ice, and poison. Now you want to eat it? Raw?! (Or, partially burnt in the case of a party with fireballs.) Disgusting. And demented.
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“Magic is distilled laziness. Put that on my gravestone.”
Dragon liver can cure a cold. With dragon blood, you'll never grow old. Dragon cartilage will keep you thin. A dragon tear will clear your skin.
The rhymes go on...
(Dragon heart will make you fart.)
Dragon leg, make you slow. Dragon toe, make you grow.
Dragon scale makes you die, Dragon tongue makes you high, Dragon wings makes you fly.
Dragon fire will make you run. Dragon firegland will give you "the runs".
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First of all: eating sentient beings is evil. Not just somewhat of a jerk, but really irredeemably evil.
Second: As a part of some dark ritual it may be give a character power, but that power better come at a terrible cost. So the character would steal some of the dragon's power but also receives a curse from the dragon's ghost. This could give the character immunity to the dragon's element but also visibly mark him as an enemy of dragonkind for all dragons to see.
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+ Instaboot to murderhobos + I don't watch Critical Role, and no, I really shouldn't either +
Dragons are people, so eating a dragon is as much cannibalism as eating an elf. If a player insisted on getting some feature for doing so, I’d definitely make it punishing (you can no longer benefit from a long rest without eating a person, etc.), because cannibalism is great as a joke but somewhat distasteful (eh heh heh) when it becomes a power thing.
Dragons aren't people in even a broad sense. That'd be like saying eating a sentient gray ooze would be cannibalism. It might be unethical because they're another intelligent life form, but they're still a completely different species. Same argument could honestly be made for most of the races in D&D as well, but considering how closely their anatomies are I could also see an argument it would still be cannibalism, but a dragon isn't even remotely close to a human, hence it having its own category of a creature type.
Please don't respond to my posts if you're not going to read them.
I did read it, and the post was false. Same with the second one, it's just you attempted to justify it further the second time. In both instances you are completely wrong, however, as cannibalism by definition is the consumption of one's own species. It's not limited to humans, and frankly "your definition" doesn't matter because it's unfounded. If there's anything I would change with the first response I had it would be saying other humanoids could possibly be argued to be cannibalism because just like a dragon, they're a different species. Because they're so similar I could see them still carrying very dangerous diseases and still shouldn't be eaten, but it's not cannibalism. It's not a "technicality" either, but an inarguable fact.
"Dragonflesh grafters practice forbidden rituals and risky experiments on themselves, modifying their bodies and minds to emulate the dragons they revere. They collect dragon parts—scales, teeth, skin, flesh, wings, and bones—that they scavenge from around dragon lairs, take from dragon corpses, or buy from merchants and adventurers. They stitch on, implant, or ingest these dragon parts, attempting to incorporate them into their own bodies and absorb the latent magic that lingers in a draconic corpse.
While most would-be grafters wind up hideously scarred or dead, a few survive as wretched horrors. Their minds become twisted by magical malevolence, with only a shadow of their former selves remaining. In the most extreme cases, the resulting abomination holds no remnant of the person it once was and is utterly ruled by a dragon’s lust for treasure."
"Dragonflesh grafters practice forbidden rituals and risky experiments on themselves, modifying their bodies and minds to emulate the dragons they revere. They collect dragon parts—scales, teeth, skin, flesh, wings, and bones—that they scavenge from around dragon lairs, take from dragon corpses, or buy from merchants and adventurers. They stitch on, implant, or ingest these dragon parts, attempting to incorporate them into their own bodies and absorb the latent magic that lingers in a draconic corpse.
While most would-be grafters wind up hideously scarred or dead, a few survive as wretched horrors. Their minds become twisted by magical malevolence, with only a shadow of their former selves remaining. In the most extreme cases, the resulting abomination holds no remnant of the person it once was and is utterly ruled by a dragon’s lust for treasure."
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
@Heeded Shadow. The IRL definition of cannibalism isn't compatible with the D&D world. Even in 3rd ed, cannibalism within the world of D&D is defined as consuming the flesh of any creature with an intelligence score higher than 2: aka sapient creatures. Though I will agree that Saga Tympana is incorrect within the same context to describe various creatures as "people" merely for being sapient. Sapience is not, or classically at least, has not been, the line between person and monster.
All that being said however Dragons and other magical creatures do fill a market niche similar to that of Elephants and Rhinoceros in the real world. Legal or otherwise, there is a demand for Dragon Parts and even a more progressive world such as Exandria has had this market demand in place; with non-evil adventurers participating in the harvesting of their kills for economic gain. IMHO, if you are going to butcher and harvest a kill anyway, it is not 'more' evil to take the meat too rather than leave it behind. Whether or not you actually eat the meat yourself may or may not have certain alignment based effects depending on how you use alignment. I imagine 5e does not addrerss this issue the way 3e would have.
RAW 5e has no rules for eating or harvesting dragon ( or other monster’s) meat and parts. That is strictly up to your DM. Yes, dragon scale armor is a thing but how you go from the scale/skin to the armor is, again, up to the individual DM. Same with things like potions and spells of dragon breath etc. at best we can give some ideas of what you might ask your DM but it’s their choice what to do/allow.
I would actually really like to ertentain the idea of eating the dragon, but I believe that a process of magic nullification would be mandatory, due to their arcane existence.
The area wihin a six mile radius of a Black Dragon is filled with a rotting smell, as stated by the "Regional Effects" table. The corpse of a being of such power would, more than likely, make your body refrain from digesting your food properly. I think this could be said for any dragon regardless of their species (chromatic, metallic or gem).
If you'd like, I am actually pretty interested in reading about what you ended up doing. I would have personally gone with the entreupeneuring idea of selling it completely, as the people before me have already stated.
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I literally spit out some tea
Full of rice, beans, and bad ideas.
Dragons aren't people in even a broad sense. That'd be like saying eating a sentient gray ooze would be cannibalism. It might be unethical because they're another intelligent life form, but they're still a completely different species. Same argument could honestly be made for most of the races in D&D as well, but considering how closely their anatomies are I could also see an argument it would still be cannibalism, but a dragon isn't even remotely close to a human, hence it having its own category of a creature type.
Please don't respond to my posts if you're not going to read them.
What can you get from eating dragons? Well, salmonella for one.
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.
Quest to find a esoteric tome that describes a ritual
From Half-Dragon: A creature might also transform into a half-dragon as a result of a mad wizard’s spell or a ritual bath in dragon’s blood. In all these cases, the result is a creature that combines the essence of a dragon with the form of its original race.
First of all: gross. Second of all, my friends tried this, and threw up for 6 hours. Just think about it for a sec. You just killed a dragon using fire, ice, and poison. Now you want to eat it? Raw?! (Or, partially burnt in the case of a party with fireballs.) Disgusting. And demented.
“Magic is distilled laziness. Put that on my gravestone.”
Lol. So true. Are dragons closely related to dinosaurs? Because you could get bad salmonella if they are basically just fire chickens…
“Magic is distilled laziness. Put that on my gravestone.”
Dragon scale makes you die, Dragon tongue makes you high, Dragon wings makes you fly.
“Magic is distilled laziness. Put that on my gravestone.”
Dragon fire will make you run. Dragon firegland will give you "the runs".
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
First of all: eating sentient beings is evil. Not just somewhat of a jerk, but really irredeemably evil.
Second: As a part of some dark ritual it may be give a character power, but that power better come at a terrible cost. So the character would steal some of the dragon's power but also receives a curse from the dragon's ghost. This could give the character immunity to the dragon's element but also visibly mark him as an enemy of dragonkind for all dragons to see.
+ Instaboot to murderhobos + I don't watch Critical Role, and no, I really shouldn't either +
I did read it, and the post was false. Same with the second one, it's just you attempted to justify it further the second time. In both instances you are completely wrong, however, as cannibalism by definition is the consumption of one's own species. It's not limited to humans, and frankly "your definition" doesn't matter because it's unfounded. If there's anything I would change with the first response I had it would be saying other humanoids could possibly be argued to be cannibalism because just like a dragon, they're a different species. Because they're so similar I could see them still carrying very dangerous diseases and still shouldn't be eaten, but it's not cannibalism. It's not a "technicality" either, but an inarguable fact.
I'm gonna take a different approach. Fizban's has a monster that is pretty close to what you want to achieve.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/2059732-dragonflesh-grafter
"Dragonflesh grafters practice forbidden rituals and risky experiments on themselves, modifying their bodies and minds to emulate the dragons they revere. They collect dragon parts—scales, teeth, skin, flesh, wings, and bones—that they scavenge from around dragon lairs, take from dragon corpses, or buy from merchants and adventurers. They stitch on, implant, or ingest these dragon parts, attempting to incorporate them into their own bodies and absorb the latent magic that lingers in a draconic corpse.
While most would-be grafters wind up hideously scarred or dead, a few survive as wretched horrors. Their minds become twisted by magical malevolence, with only a shadow of their former selves remaining. In the most extreme cases, the resulting abomination holds no remnant of the person it once was and is utterly ruled by a dragon’s lust for treasure."
Just don't graft the heart...
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Dragons are not related to dinosaurs at all. ... edit: Dragons may be related to dinosaurs after all; sorry.
Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Origin of the Dragons - YouTube
from a larger lore playlist:
Dragon Lore - YouTube
and this is lovely too.
D&D MONSTER RANKINGS - DRAGONS - YouTube
@Heeded Shadow. The IRL definition of cannibalism isn't compatible with the D&D world. Even in 3rd ed, cannibalism within the world of D&D is defined as consuming the flesh of any creature with an intelligence score higher than 2: aka sapient creatures. Though I will agree that Saga Tympana is incorrect within the same context to describe various creatures as "people" merely for being sapient. Sapience is not, or classically at least, has not been, the line between person and monster.
All that being said however Dragons and other magical creatures do fill a market niche similar to that of Elephants and Rhinoceros in the real world. Legal or otherwise, there is a demand for Dragon Parts and even a more progressive world such as Exandria has had this market demand in place; with non-evil adventurers participating in the harvesting of their kills for economic gain. IMHO, if you are going to butcher and harvest a kill anyway, it is not 'more' evil to take the meat too rather than leave it behind. Whether or not you actually eat the meat yourself may or may not have certain alignment based effects depending on how you use alignment. I imagine 5e does not addrerss this issue the way 3e would have.
Thank you for your time and please have a very pleasant day.
D&D hasn't had rules for harvesting monster parts since 2nd Edition.
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.
RAW 5e has no rules for eating or harvesting dragon ( or other monster’s) meat and parts. That is strictly up to your DM. Yes, dragon scale armor is a thing but how you go from the scale/skin to the armor is, again, up to the individual DM. Same with things like potions and spells of dragon breath etc. at best we can give some ideas of what you might ask your DM but it’s their choice what to do/allow.
Wisea$$ DM and Player since 1979.
I would actually really like to ertentain the idea of eating the dragon, but I believe that a process of magic nullification would be mandatory, due to their arcane existence.
The area wihin a six mile radius of a Black Dragon is filled with a rotting smell, as stated by the "Regional Effects" table. The corpse of a being of such power would, more than likely, make your body refrain from digesting your food properly. I think this could be said for any dragon regardless of their species (chromatic, metallic or gem).
If you'd like, I am actually pretty interested in reading about what you ended up doing. I would have personally gone with the entreupeneuring idea of selling it completely, as the people before me have already stated.