Is this proper assesment of Cult of the dragon followers?

[Pinjata]

Found this on some forum, liked the definition. :D

Your cult is a misguided gathering of Dragon fetishists in disguise, all driven by your all-consuming lust for vore, your lack of a mother figure, and own personal weaknesses.

[legomaster00156]

What setting/game is this even for?

[Pinjata]

What setting/game is this even for?

Faerun. Cult of the Dragon that venerates Tiamat, godess of chromatic dragons.

[hamishspence]

Actually, the Cult of the Dragon is a separate thing from the congregation of Tiamat, though they are sometimes allied.

The Cult of the Dragon obsess over ensuring that dracoliches - undead dragons - will take over the world and rule it - based on their founder's intrepretation of a prophesy - which may be mis-punctuated:

Maglas, a seer and oracle, wrote in his book Chronicle of Years to Come:


"And naught will be left save shattered thrones, with no rulers but the dead. Dragons shall rule the world entire, and..."


Sammaster, founder of the Cult, read it as,


"And naught will be left save shattered thrones, with no rulers. But the dead dragons shall rule the world entire, and..."

[Nifft]

Actually, the Cult of the Dragon is a separate thing from the congregation of Tiamat, though they are sometimes allied.

The Cult of the Dragon obsess over ensuring that dracoliches - undead dragons - will take over the world and rule it - based on their founder's intrepretation of a prophesy - which may be mis-punctuated:

Maglas, a seer and oracle, wrote in his book Chronicle of Years to Come:


"And naught will be left save shattered thrones, with no rulers but the dead. Dragons shall rule the world entire, and..."


Sammaster, founder of the Cult, read it as,


"And naught will be left save shattered thrones, with no rulers. But the dead dragons shall rule the world entire, and..."

Yeah, this.

These guys are willing to give their lives to ensure that someone else's grammatical error becomes the truth of the world.

Really puts internet grammar fights into perspective.



(Also, they've got a bit of an idiot-ball.)

[hamishspence]

Their leaders do sometimes learn from their mistakes. By the end of Spellfire, they've completely given up trying to capture Shandril: "Waste no more followers - and especially no more bone dragons - on this".

[Darth Ultron]

Like most things in D&D, the cult of the dragon has gotten blander with time.

In 1E, and some early novels they were a powerful, creepy, evil, force in the world.

2E started the slide towards they were just ''bad guys''.

And 3E and on they just became just about nameless/faceless foes to mindlessly have your character kill.

[Nifft]

Like most things in D&D, the cult of the dragon has gotten blander with time.

In 1E, and some early novels they were a powerful, creepy, evil, force in the world.

2E started the slide towards they were just ''bad guys''.

And 3E and on they just became just about nameless/faceless foes to mindlessly have your character kill.

This is the fate of a monster that outlives its mystery.