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[They Got Leader]

On the 25th of Malachite, mid-summer, in the year of Armok 149, the dwarves of Akathdomas, "Winterguild", caught within their cage traps, a cave dragon. She is skinny, but gigantic. She now sits in a masterwork bloodthorn cage.


So, gentlemen, the question is: what do I do with her?


The dragon should have a mate that will eventually wander into my biome. The dragon will outlive all else. In light of these events, plus my excess thousands of sandstone and all flavors of metals, I have decided to make a temple to the dragon(s). I want ideas for buildings. The land is flat with a small hill in the corner. It is in a cold biome, and half the map on the right is a lake that is frozen all year long.

[Minnakht]

Do those breathe fire? If not, then... not much you can do. Arena matches or such...

[Girlinhat]

Catch a male.

[Savolainen5]

Zoo centerpiece or Invader-remover?

[They Got Leader]

Do those breathe fire? If not, then... not much you can do. Arena matches or such...

No, but is immune to fire (not magma).

Catch a male.

Will do...

Zoo centerpiece or Invader-remover?

I am thinking temple? I have fireflies on the map, so maybe a giant temple, that leads underground with caged fireflies as guides and statues lining the walls on the way to the dragon. I will tame it and chain it/pit it in this temple and sacrifice goblins to it.

For Armok.

(Or maybe !!elves!!)

[Girlinhat]

There's 2-5 per biome, in vanilla, and they're PET_EXOTIC.  Let the breeding begin!

[They Got Leader]

I will have to catch another. And vanilla. Pft. I am not worried about modding it to [PET]...


Also... After checking the raws, I learned It doesn't age. Cave dragons never get old. 

[Girlinhat]

I'm not referring to that, simply that you may have changed yours in some way.  PET_EXOTIC can breed in wild, so I would highly suggest keeping two wild ones, and then breeding some children while training soldiers/goblins on the wild.  That's too good of an opportunity to pass up! They also mature in 4 years, vanilla.

[They Got Leader]

I'm not referring to that, simply that you may have changed yours in some way.  PET_EXOTIC can breed in wild, so I would highly suggest keeping two wild ones, and then breeding some children while training soldiers/goblins on the wild.  That's too good of an opportunity to pass up! They also mature in 4 years, vanilla.

I had not thought about that. It has [BUILDING_DESTROYER:2], which means it can punch through a lot.

Designing a breeding temple and a way to capture them again will be hard...

I NEED IDEAS!!



Yes, 4 years to mature to adult, but 1,000 years to reach their full size.

[Girlinhat]

You can mod that, make it 20-50 if you want some remnants of realism, or 5 if you want quick draggy.

Breeding building destroyers is tough, because the newborn will destroy the chain holding the mother, so chains aren't an option.  The best method seems to be using a bridge, so that you can retract it and leave un-crossable empty space, leaving the dragon in a small pit.  On the other side of this disappearing bridge are 2+ cages and a dog on a chain.  When the bridge flattens, then the dragons run across to kill the dog, and in the process get caught in the cages.  Just be away that normally, your dwarves will refuse to chain the dog if they can see the dragons.

[They Got Leader]

That works. It will need some planning to get it to work. I need monument/temple designs and ideas.

[Girlinhat]

Statues, lots of statues, with a steel (or blue) chained dragon (perhaps the original capture) on an altar surrounded by its own statues.  Long, firey hallways, use bauxite for red and perhaps gem windows for color effects make a full display for a proper cult.

[They Got Leader]

In like a ziggurat-like structure?


Or some kind of tower?

[Xenos]

Construct the temple to be a three dimensional dragon head complete with working firebreath (magmafall.)
Use a raising drawbridge rather than a retractable because this will prevent "ahhh! dragon!" spam.

[Girlinhat]

No, underground temple, think "arcane shrine to the demon" type, very occult.  This is a cave dragon, a decrepit, rotten beast forced underground, where its eyes went dull, its fire died, and the wings went tattered.  This deserves a dark, echoing underground cavern, not an opulent temple.