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Caught a dragon, now what? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by HelterSkeletor@lemmy.world to c/dwarffortress@lemmy.ml
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I'm looking for ideas, currently I've got him contained on a chain in a small 1z-level high 5x5 building with pillars on the corners and drawbridges for walls. The idea is to open the walls when attacked on the surface and let him nuke the area but I imagine there's better uses.

I assume the training he's gotten from my legendary animal trainer will eventually fall off and he'll be fully aggressive so I don't think I'll have the luxury of moving him later very easily.

Also- LOL @ a 400 year old dragon the size of a bus with fire breath hotter than the sun stuck in a wooden cage.

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[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Naturally the next step's gotta be scour the world for the rest of the pair and set up a nest box.

[–] HelterSkeletor@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought about that, assuming there's another dragon in legends, how realistic is the goal of breeding dragons? How would one even seek out a dragon?

Don't they require hundreds of years before they are large enough to pose a threat? They are born as adults so they can't be fully domesticated or tamed right?

I thought they would attack military on-sight so I've been reluctant to try any war training.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Probably totally unrealistic due to the fact that they're megabeasts and therefore almost impossible to find.