![]() ![]() the original game! "Subduing Dragons" was a special rules section in the Monsters And Treasues supplement was the first stun damage rule in any RPG, and selling the dragon for lots of GP was the explicit reward for doing so. Where exactly did the idea that you could sell dragon parts come from?Īs to where it first appeared in the rules, the first edition to include rules for selling dragons was. If there are no such rules in any D&D edition, then showing a non-rules source supporting dragon harvesting in D&D (maybe dialog in an adventure or something? flavor text somewhere?) would likewise answer my question. Magic item creation rules that gave benefits for using dragon parts other than hide would also work. Specifically, I'm looking for the first time in D&D that there were rules that specifically showed what dragon parts were harvestable, how much they could be sold for, or any other indication that harvesting dragons parts for money was a thing supported by the rules. It's strange to me that something with no apparent rules justification is treated as such a normal thing, so I'm trying to figure out where this idea comes from. The one exception being the rules in 3.0/3.5 about how to harvest dragon hide, specifically, for Dragonhide Armor. I've checked through a few questions here (including a 5e one here) that ask about the mechanics for harvesting dragon parts, and generally what I've seen is that in 5e and 4e, there were no mechanics for this, and in 3.5 the only source about this was the Draconomicon. Somehow, in 20 years of playing D&D, this idea has entirely missed me. In further research, every group of D&D players I've asked has told me this is something they've seen in their games, or heard about as a normal thing to happen. I was shocked that we were talking about breaking down a sentient creature for parts, but both other players and the DM seemed to feel like this was a normal thing to do. ![]() I recently played in an adventure with a new group, and after killing a dragon, the rest of the group started talking about butchering the dragon, harvesting its scales, blood, eyes, fangs, etc., specifically so we could sell them for money. ![]()
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