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{{quote| ''"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."''}}
Nearly every culture has myths about something called a 'dragon', despite the fact none of them can agree on exactly ''what'' dragons are. How big are they? What do they look like? How many heads do they have? Do they breathe [[Kill It
And most importantly, ''do they think we taste good with ketchup?!?''
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|Are usually [[Kill All Humans|antagonistic towards humans]].||Are benign, [[Beware the Nice Ones|but capable of destructive force when provoked]].
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|[[Breath Weapon|Breathe fire]] -- a staple that's been around since ''[[
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|Kidnap [[Damsel in Distress|damsels]] and/or hoard treasure. Often greedy and/or insatiable, especially in the latter regard.||
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|Live for a very long time, if not actually immortal.||May be an out and out [[Physical God]].
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|Are [[Flying Brick|incredibly strong]] and [[Healing Factor|hard to kill]] but usually have one or two [[Achilles Heel|fatal weak spots]]. This is traditionally under the chin, but post-Tolkien, it's more likely to be on the chest or belly, and [[Go for
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|Sometimes have poisonous blood, breath, saliva, or some such. Often, this will kill you after you kill it. If their blood isn't poisonous, it grants special powers such as invincibility.||
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