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[GreatWyrmGold]

Question: Do we have a recipe for those?

[LordBucket]

What he needs is a frozen confectionary

Hmm. If we can modify a spell to blast ice cream instead of ice, that could be awesome.

"Harbinger Haagen-Dazs, now available in raspberry, blueberry, chocolate and squick!"

[GrizzlyAdamz]

I think he was talking about the elves.
If their legends are that vague on what we are, they probably haven't seen many dragons in the past century, if any in the past millenium. Also important: If we are a legend to them, attacking us would be about as smart as punching, say, Thor.
If they are of the 'who cares about the dragon, we have stuff to do' attitude, they're still likely to think "Let's be willing to spend an extra minute on this simple task so we don't risk the wrath of such a being anyways."
I was asking for plans of how to make it clear that we were not to be trifled with, not plans of how to abandon everything we have for no particular reason.

Yar, but the elves were still well-armed. Didn't strike me as an archaeology crew, (though they could be a martial society for all we know, (though in that case, why would they waste time on silliness like archaeology when there's wars to be fought?)).
One might not be so scared if one were to meet thor, and he were only 6' tall and wielding a normal hammer.
Nah, we're imagining different possible dwarves.
The reason was to stay neutral (& (alive)). I'm of the 'easy come easy go' attitude towards our worldly 'possessions', (they may not legally belong to us).


Anywho,

"For that matter...tell me all the lore of myself that has survived the ages."

Yush, do what those two said.

"I would also like to know why there is, apparently, some sort of rebellion going on."

"Oh my Lord, she is here! SHE IS HERE! THE HARBINGER OF COLD IS UPON US AGAIN!"

Comfort the poor silly dwarf with motherliness. Clearly he's having a bad day and needs a hug.

+1 to all of these. What's with all the hubbub whenever someone mentions our name? It's as if dramatic thunder is going on.
-Or perhaps dwarves/elves are old enough to remember the last time we were upon them?

[GreatWyrmGold]

Yar, but the elves were still well-armed. Didn't strike me as an archaeology crew, (though they could be a martial society for all we know, (though in that case, why would they waste time on silliness like archaeology when there's wars to be fought?)).

I'm guessing that those weapons they had were for protection and/or dealing with whatever things they found in those ancient tombs. And as for why: Ancient artifacts and the like, of course!

One might not be so scared if one were to meet thor, and he were only 6' tall and wielding a normal hammer.

Not seeing the relevance. We're hardly unintimidating, and they haven't had evidence that we're anything less than their legends.

Nah, we're imagining different possible dwarves.

I'm imagining dwarves who take 5 seconds to think before acting and avoid taking stupid risks.
So yes.

The reason was to stay neutral (& (alive)). I'm of the 'easy come easy go' attitude towards our worldly 'possessions', (they may not legally belong to us).

I prefer sticking around until we have reason to flee.
Again, I suspect that the main difference in our viewpoint is the likeliness we thought we would have to flee.

-Or perhaps dwarves/elves are old enough to remember the last time we were upon them?

Usually not, no. Unless we find wizards or vampires or something.

[Xantalos]

Grizzly: I suspect we were the Big Bad for the world before we died, hence why we're feared.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Nah, we're imagining different possible dwarves.

I'm imagining dwarves who take 5 seconds to think before acting and avoid taking stupid risks.
So yes.

Considering the dwarf didn't shoot at the dragon at random like the elf did, they might be more rational.

[LordBucket]

Considering the dwarf didn't shoot at the dragon at random like the elf did, they might be more rational.

On the other hand, while the elf that fired did so as a careless fear reaction to a flying skeletal dragon....the dwarf saw a flying skeletal dragon hanging out near the tomb of the legendary Harbinger of Frost...and decided that the thing to do was to use a jetpack to leave the warm cozy safety of his 10 airship armada to fly solo up that skeletal dragon hanging out near the tomb of the legendary Harbinger of Frost...to ask if it was the legendary Harbinger of Frost...and then panicked only after she politely said yes.

So, braver, maybe. More rational? I'm not so sure.

[Harbingerjm]

the dwarf saw a flying skeletal dragon hanging out near the tomb of the legendary Harbinger of Frost...and decided that the thing to do was to use a jetpack to leave the warm cozy safety of his 10 airship armada to fly solo up that skeletal dragon hanging out near the tomb of the legendary Harbinger of Frost...to ask if it was the legendary Harbinger of Frost...and then panicked only after she politely said yes and asked about the market for frozen confectionaries.

So, braver, maybe. More rational? I'm not so sure.

FTFY.

[Mesa]

Considering the dwarf didn't shoot at the dragon at random like the elf did, they might be more rational.

On the other hand, while the elf that fired did so as a careless fear reaction to a flying skeletal dragon....the dwarf saw a flying skeletal dragon hanging out near the tomb of the legendary Harbinger of Frost...and decided that the thing to do was to use a jetpack to leave the warm cozy safety of his 10 airship armada to fly solo up that skeletal dragon hanging out near the tomb of the legendary Harbinger of Frost...to ask if it was the legendary Harbinger of Frost...and then panicked only after she politely said yes.

So, braver, maybe. More rational? I'm not so sure.

// That's probably more of a failure in my narrative more than anything else, but I'm not against justifying that with lack of rational thinking among the people of this world.

[NRDL]

PTW

[GreatWyrmGold]

Considering the dwarf didn't shoot at the dragon at random like the elf did, they might be more rational.

On the other hand, while the elf that fired did so as a careless fear reaction to a flying skeletal dragon....the dwarf saw a flying skeletal dragon hanging out near the tomb of the legendary Harbinger of Frost...and decided that the thing to do was to use a jetpack to leave the warm cozy safety of his 10 airship armada to fly solo up that skeletal dragon hanging out near the tomb of the legendary Harbinger of Frost...to ask if it was the legendary Harbinger of Frost...and then panicked only after she politely said yes.

So, braver, maybe. More rational? I'm not so sure.

Less violent, certainly. Which proves that they are not DF-like dwarves, which proves that they would neither inflict wanton destruction for no reason nor attack a dragon because it's there.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

Yar, but the elves were still well-armed. Didn't strike me as an archaeology crew, (though they could be a martial society for all we know, (though in that case, why would they waste time on silliness like archaeology when there's wars to be fought?)).

I'm guessing that those weapons they had were for protection and/or dealing with whatever things they found in those ancient tombs. And as for why: Ancient artifacts and the like, of course!

Yarr, fair enough.
-Btw, it's official: Elves are Nazis. We should go find Hellboy.

One might not be so scared if one were to meet thor, and he were only 6' tall and wielding a normal hammer.

Not seeing the relevance. We're hardly unintimidating, and they haven't had evidence that we're anything less than their legends.

Well, usually you'd expect thor to be 10' tall, clad in shimmering god armor and wielding a hammer of pure lightning. Since we're just...How tall are we anyway? Since we're only that tall instead of the size of a large castle and not currently murderating everything, I'd say that's evidence against our (possible) legends right there.


On the dwarf thing: I think we're reading too much into their races based upon single individuals.

Also: we must have been quite the big bad to elicit those kinds of reactions after 5000 years. I think their great-great granpapies were exaggerating their war adventurer stories.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Hellboy hardly seems practical.

10 feet tall, with a hammer made of lightning? What kind of legends have you been reading?

Says the guy saying all elves are Nazis based on a few not liking the undead dragon? On a more practical note, we can easily see what dwarves are not like by viewing the behavior of the fleet.

Yeah. I can't wait to hear what we supposedly did.

[10ebbor10]

We're a dragon, and magic exist. Change size spells probably do too. Also for the murderating everything thing, maybe we're executing a secret ploy.
Never underestimate the ability for the mind to reaffirm itself, especially with 5000 years worth of culture backing everything up.

Now, for the only serious suggestion.

"Oh my Lord, she is here! SHE IS HERE! THE HARBINGER OF COLD IS UPON US AGAIN!" - he shouted, and he could have probably been heard even by the now-absent elves.

// No BBCode because I'm on my phone atm. Sorry!

"Now then, mountaindweller. I have destroyed thousands, brought down entire civilizations, and defeated death himself, yet here you are to brave me alone, without even the help of your mechanical monstrosities. Such courage impresses me .

Now tell me why you're here, and I might happen unto someone else. "

*We were death 5000 years. Our language must be horribly outdated.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

Hellboy hardly seems practical.

10 feet tall, with a hammer made of lightning? What kind of legends have you been reading?

Says the guy saying all elves are Nazis based on a few not liking the undead dragon? On a more practical note, we can easily see what dwarves are not like by viewing the behavior of the fleet.

Yeah. I can't wait to hear what we supposedly did.

2-The awesome kind, the kind that get passed down for 5000 years.

3-Hey, I said races mister.

@ebbor
Are you suggesting the average dwarven sky-marine will be carrying on that internal conversation about size-changing spells & secret ploys to uphold the principles of his tall-tales? Actually, that seems plausible on second thought.
I don't think I understand the second part.

-1 to implying we're evil.