Dragon with a pyramid
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Dragon with a pyramid
So, just a thought exercise:
A dragon hatches and is immediately put in a pyramid on a ley line nexus. They live their life there, sleep there more than 90% of nights, but they travel around during the day.
How long does it take them to reach maturity?
A dragon hatches and is immediately put in a pyramid on a ley line nexus. They live their life there, sleep there more than 90% of nights, but they travel around during the day.
How long does it take them to reach maturity?
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Re: Dragon with a pyramid
WB2 and DB15 only specifically mention that True Atlanteans get an effect from sleeping within a pyramid, and even then the removal of stress and fatigue leaves them "physically rejuvenated to such a degree that they remain youthful in appearance." WB32 states "(t)he power of the stone pyramids is said to increase the average lifespan of those who sleep under and within them, and that feature also applies to the Garden."
Looking at the three sources I'd say affected beings age normally until their physical prime, which for T.A. and Lemurians seems at most a couple of years later than baseline humans, and for dragons would presumably be in adulthood. If a given game wants to have perma-toddlers from the fall of Atlantis, and can find a non-creepy way to present that, then preventing any aging could be cool.
Looking at the three sources I'd say affected beings age normally until their physical prime, which for T.A. and Lemurians seems at most a couple of years later than baseline humans, and for dragons would presumably be in adulthood. If a given game wants to have perma-toddlers from the fall of Atlantis, and can find a non-creepy way to present that, then preventing any aging could be cool.
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Re: Dragon with a pyramid
Dragons are Creatures of Magic. As such they are effected differently than their effects that are on mortals. Maybe they would reach maturity earlier due to an accelerated maturation process. But that would shorten their lives by the same % amount.
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Re: Dragon with a pyramid
I would consider the maturation process and aging process to be different things. One is a programmed growth, the other is arguably just a breakdown caused by a lack of programmed repairs.
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The thought is cruel...the dragon would live an eternity...isolating the puir wee bairn like that!
Even if (s)he lived a perfectly normal life, it would SEEM to be eternal!
Seriously though...the maturation process would likely not change much, if at all.
Given the nature of the beast, the effect would either shorten it's lifespan (think lighting a candle at both ends)...OR, the beastie would live long enough to make an immortal jealous!
Even if (s)he lived a perfectly normal life, it would SEEM to be eternal!
Seriously though...the maturation process would likely not change much, if at all.
Given the nature of the beast, the effect would either shorten it's lifespan (think lighting a candle at both ends)...OR, the beastie would live long enough to make an immortal jealous!
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Re: Dragon with a pyramid
IMHO, the dragon hatchling mature naturally - reaching maturity at an age of 400 - 600 years. Then their aging would slow and would at least double or triple their live span from 10000 - 30000 years .
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Re: Dragon with a pyramid
I'm going with 'ages normally' because Dragons are Creatures of Magic. Once they reach maturity, then you start seeing a slowdown of age deterioration.
Hell, hatchling might acquire a few extra dice of PPE from doing all that sleeping in a high ambient PPE field.
Hell, hatchling might acquire a few extra dice of PPE from doing all that sleeping in a high ambient PPE field.
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Re: Dragon with a pyramid
I don't imagine it takes any longer for True Atlanteans to reach adulthood if they are raised inside pyramids. The damage which reduces lifespan/health we know of as aging is slowed by the rejuvenation but not AFAIK other biological processes.
The problem I think is that we don't classically think of maturation/aging as different things, but the distinction becomes more apparent when we define them more specifically.
The problem I think is that we don't classically think of maturation/aging as different things, but the distinction becomes more apparent when we define them more specifically.