Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 1 2020, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 8,031
Re: Dragon Hide Oil?
It could be dragon oil is locally based and could be from a variety of ingredients depending on what's on hand. Those Holds near productive waters could use fish oils, those with coconuts, almonds,...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 1 2020, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 13,168
Re: Wild firelizards and oiling
Part of me was wondering if the regularly calorie-rich food of people makes the firelizards grow faster than they would in the wild (akin to protein and large breed puppies who grow too fast for...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 29 2020, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 22,587
Re: Etymology of the Word 'Weyr' ?
It's neat how people pronounce the same written word differently in their head. I say the name Weyr in my head as weer, as in weird.
I also had F'lar's name as "flair" when I read my first book...
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Forum: Science of Pern
Feb 29 2020, 01:20 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 42,564
Re: Agenothree (HNO3, nitric acid)
I asked a friend about this whose father was a chemist. She said the agenothree tanks can be 2 cylinders (ceramic as to not react with metal), one with nitric acid and the other turpentine by using...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 28 2020, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,130
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 28 2020, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,151
Re: Age of Majority?
It was 16 in my brain. Not that you couldn't do certain things but weren't a 'legal' adult until then.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 28 2020, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 100
Views: 33,938
Re: Favorite Character?
Going with Moreta who isn't in the list, maybe even Leri :)
I've only read all of the books once, though I mean to change that asap! That said, Robinton's ability to network with people and be so...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 27 2020, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 9,357
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 27 2020, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,960
Re: What colour is bronze?
My book brain seems to think bronze-green but after roleplaying in RPGs it's broadened out to mean a pretty wide range to make them a bit more individual.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 27 2020, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,778
Re: What if....?
I think they're conflicting because what would Pern be doing in an Interval for two-hundred Turns of greens not chewing firestone? They would be a biblical plague of dragons on Pern with greens...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 27 2020, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,514
Re: Why aren't two greens rising a problem?
From my interpretation of the books, green dragons were infertile with or without firestone chewing. Otherwise in Interval, when they weren't chewing any or very little firestone for a couple hundred...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 27 2020, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,779
Re: Fur and textiles on Pern
Cattle killed in the winter would have longer, thicker fur. Highlanders naturally are longer-haired breeds, as are yak (cattle cousins that could also have adapted to Pern).
In addition to...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 27 2020, 08:25 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,564
Re: Feeding your dragon
I did this once trying to see just how many animals would be needed. I used Igen Weyr as that's the Weyr I roleplay in and it is the smallest Weyr.
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The nerd in me has been trying to determine...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 26 2020, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,736
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 25 2020, 12:15 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 12,697
Re: Pern -- the grand plan?
You make a very valid point if they got loose. Rabbits are better than poultry in a lot of ways and ferrets/mink excel dogs in getting vermin. But both hinge on them being totally controlled by...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 23 2020, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,689
Re: Dragon question
I think they would. After every gold flight there must be carcasses from blooding (do males blood as well?). So either people have to clean up and scavenge these animals for the table (ick) or have...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 23 2020, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 19,755
Re: Jora
I liked Jora's personality in-so-much as she offered someone who didn't seem perfect (which a lot of dragonriders either seem or act like). It also illustrates how some candidates were picked for...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 23 2020, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,940
Re: Margatta of Fort Weyr
I always thought Weyr might have a couple of thousand people (location depending) so it's interesting to see different takes. :)
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 23 2020, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 12,697
Re: Pern -- the grand plan?
I wish there was a draw-up of what the Charter fully said. I might reread the earlier books for that reason and take notes of what they do happen to divulge.
And separately, I also would like to...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 23 2020, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,408
Dragon Toss
I've been trying to picture in my head Thread resupply for a while. When a rider is out of firestone, do they return to the ground where Thread is falling where a senior weyrling (or other pair...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 23 2020, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 564
Views: 219,864
Re: Your Pern Movie Cast
Slowly working through the cast in my head but I think Henry Cavill would make a good F'lar. He already rocks yellow eyes in the Witcher series :)
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Jan 22 2020, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,429
Re: Dragon sketch
And this one was drawn about 12 years after the top, another rough sketch. This one is a hatchling, brown Tavuqth, who Impressed to Th'bek, a current rider I play in Harper's Tale MOO.
He is...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Jan 22 2020, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,429
Dragon sketch
One of the many dragons I've accrued over the years in various PernMU*s: Mallorineth. Bresis was her rider if memory served. I remember using my Jurassic Park model T-rex to help me get some...
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Forum: The Library Café
Jan 21 2020, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 5,659
Views: 940,995
Re: What is happening
Thank you very much! I was hooked in high school and here I am at 34 and still re-reading them and playing characters in her world online along with others who do the same. Some days I feel nerdy but...
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Forum: The Library Café
Jan 20 2020, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 5,659
Views: 940,995
Re: What is happening
New member here though I've visited this board many times. I am currently enjoying year one in my first house and signing up for goats in the spring. I still read and enjoy playing Pern-based games...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 20 2020, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 74,979
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 20 2020, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,016
Harper's Tale MOO
Like Pern, writing, and feeling creative? If you ever tried a PBeM, a MOO is similar but the roleplay is in real-time instead of over days (or weeks).
Harper's Tale has been in existence since...
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