![]() HELLFINGER wrote: Well, a more easy and dangerous way to get a dragon egg would be going into a dragon's lair and stealing one from its nest. Unless someone in the country runs a dragon farm, a draconic companion (other than faerie dracs and drac turtles(included here for the benefit of my players who insist a dragon turtle is a dragon)) or the like are out of reach for unless the pcs are high lvl (practically epic) or come from families to whom 100's of 1,000's of gold are like pocket change. A dragon egg is reasonably worth more than 1.5 mill gp, modified certain above factors and the type of dragon of course. Oh, that was the other thread *g*Īs my main NPC deals in everything that can be found, inlcuding any artifacts he can get his hands on (he's the leader of the most prosperous guild in the planes), I've had exp with this before and can honestly say this: with the danger of procuring the egg, the magical costs to keep the egg a live egg until it's sold, dealing with the political issues (paying off nobels to keep the egg and keep outta trouble), traps and guards to keep such valuable merchandise from being stolen, transportation, possible religious issues in the area, the fact that it could be considered slavery, the fact that a signle dragon is enough to desimate an entire empire, blah blah blah. To clarify, I mean that dragons do tend to be powerful for their CR, but minor adjustments can be made on the fly and if everyone is having fun, then they win!. Just keep in mind the game is not called Dungeons & Dire Badgers and your perspective as a DM should be clear and balanced regarding the latest addition to the family. ![]() Perhaps at lower level, but by the time the egg hatches, he should be high enough to either gain the dragon as a cohort, companion or familiar if you are willing to adjust the rules accordingly. I had a druid in my last campaign raise a Black Dragon from egg to wyrmling and he had a blast playing proud poppa to the creature, and I saw no real game-balance issues at the level we were playing (15-18 in this case) at all. If the sale itself was illegal that would add a few coins to the pot and posession of the egg would be quasi-legal in most societies. This would in and of itself be expensive and hazardous, upping the asking price significantly. Keep in mind that this hypothetical dragon egg merchant, leaving aside his dubious moral outlook which permits him to traffic in intelligent creatures, has to be a) knowledgable in dragonkind and b) have the means and patience to keep the egg vital. ![]() If someone in one of my campaigns put me on the spot, I would say 50k gp, but perhaps varying by size and/or other factors, so maybe 40k for a White, 60K for a red, for instance. IIRC, it does not provide rules for cost of eggs, but I would expect them to be no less than tens of thousands of gp. The Draconomicon has excellent information pertaining to gestating, hatching and raising dragons as companions, familiars, etc. ![]()
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