Been following this thread with interest, wandering when someone would take
it up.......
Brads comment is correct, but not strictly true,
Like everything in ME, there is a way to achieve the desired result, it just
requires lateral thinking, and a devious, cunning, warped mind, and alot of
spare time.
So think differently, the answer is staring you in your face,
Regards
Andy Wright
'The knife in your back will be driven by Ji Indur'
Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:52:14 -0000
> From: "kingoftherill" <kingoftherill@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Interrogate dragons???
Greetings, everybody!
I was thinking about something: Can I kidnap a dragon in 1650?
If I can kidnap a dragon, I can interrogate this hostage, right?
What does
the dragon answer if I interrogate it (if it's a hostage o' mine)?
Thanks in advance,
Marcelo Cutin
mcutin@p...
ICQ# 2417328
No you can't kidnap a dragon.
Brad
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Been following this thread with interest, wandering when someone
would take
it up.......
Brads comment is correct, but not strictly true,
Like everything in ME, there is a way to achieve the desired
result, it just
requires lateral thinking, and a devious, cunning, warped mind, and
alot of
spare time.
So think differently, the answer is staring you in your face,
Regards
Andy Wright
'The knife in your back will be driven by Ji Indur'
>Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:52:14 -0000
> From: "kingoftherill" <kingoftherill@y...>
>Subject: Re: Interrogate dragons???
>--- In mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com, "Marcelo Cutin" <mcutin@p...>
wrote:
> Greetings, everybody!
>
> I was thinking about something: Can I kidnap a dragon in 1650?
>
> If I can kidnap a dragon, I can interrogate this hostage, right?
What does
> the dragon answer if I interrogate it (if it's a hostage o' mine)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Marcelo Cutin
> mcutin@p...
> ICQ# 2417328
No you can't kidnap a dragon.
Brad
>
Andy;
Good point, but I was answering Marcelo's question as it was posed.
Sure there are ways to virtually hold the right dragon a hostage, to
ensure that same dragon is at your beck and call. With a good enough
emissary or one with say the Pectoral you might even get some
information about the dragon ie where he is going etc. Dragons
however can not be interrogated or held by characters even with
lateral thinking. Once when Stuart was at DGE I called him and asked
if a dragon could be Cursed to death. His reply was "Well you can try
it but, it will be very unhappy with you." This indicated to me that
they have an innate resistance to magic. I think the best that you
can hope for is to know the dragon's location and what he did in the
past turn.
Brad
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Hi, Brad.
That makes sense. Dragons are magical creatures and should have a high
magic resistance. On the other hand, a creature that doesn't serve a nation
doesn't have victory conditions or any other information of this kind
(related to a specific nation). So, it should be difficult to implement
something like this... interrogating a dragon. What kind of info it would
say to you? Maybe what you said: what he did last turn. This may be the
best answer for "Why not allow a player interrogate a dragon".
Kind regards,
Marcelo Cutin
mcutin@pobox.com
ICQ# 2417328
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---------- Original Message -----------
From: "kingoftherill" <kingoftherill@yahoo.com>
To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:55:31 -0000
Subject: [mepbmlist] Re: KIDNAPPING DRAGONS
Andy;
Good point, but I was answering Marcelo's question as it was
posed. Sure there are ways to virtually hold the right dragon a
hostage, to ensure that same dragon is at your beck and call. With
a good enough emissary or one with say the Pectoral you might even
get some information about the dragon ie where he is going etc.
Dragons however can not be interrogated or held by characters even
with lateral thinking. Once when Stuart was at DGE I called him
and asked if a dragon could be Cursed to death. His reply was
"Well you can try it but, it will be very unhappy with you." This
indicated to me that they have an innate resistance to magic. I
think the best that you can hope for is to know the dragon's
location and what he did in the past turn.
Brad
Wouldn't it be possible that a WISE and well traveled dragon have
nation information of several nations in the game?
If it is possible to hold and interogate then this information seems
possible to me.
However the question remains, how inclined is a dragon to talk, and
not just about BBQ receipies?
I can see it now, a hostage Dragon on a chain and wearing a muzzle,
this might make it hard to get good info. 
Gary
I can see it now, a hostage Dragon on a chain and wearing a muzzle,
this might make it hard to get good info.
Gary
No problem, dragons being magical creatures can send messages mind to mind by telepathy. But if you did manage to get a chain and muzzle on one, would you REALLY want to know what it was thinking? 
Richard.
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