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    • ToriT
      Tori
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      I never played a greenrider so I think I would love to try that experience 😄

      she/her, them/they - not super particular

      I have been here the whole time

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      • D
        dvoraen
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        I just want a tl;dr of what dragon colors and styles mean, since I haven’t read any Pern books.

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        • farfallaF
          farfalla @dvoraen
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          @dvoraen
          Gold (F) - only women riders. Female leaders.
          Bronze (M) - only men. Male leaders.
          Brown (M) - only men in the books, any in games.
          Blue (M) - only men in the books, any in games.
          Green (F) - was only men in the books, then some women. Any in games.

          Gold is biggest, down in order through green. In the books, that’s kind of the order of importance, too. Not in games, though.

          Only Gold lay eggs, but Green and Gold both have mating flights regularly.

          There isn’t really any technical difference between them as far as personality but there are a lot of stereotypes.

          as previously stated, good day.

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          • PrototartP
            Prototart @farfalla
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            @farfalla said in Pern Dragon Colors:

            You can only have one. Which color do you play and why.

            midnighth

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            • tsarT
              tsar
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              Brown.

              Because I’d play this again.

              jon bernthalhttps://media.tenor.com/images/c428054e635d5e0467c9a6981c84e175/tenor.gif

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              • FloofF
                Floof @helvetica
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                @helvetica said in Pern Dragon Colors:

                somebody else with a puppy name

                That might’ve been me (PuppyBreath)! I’d posted about my post-apoc Pern idea, but I gave up on it because of, uh, real virus things happening. And never came up with another reason for post-apoc.

                As for dragon color, usually bronze or green depending on if I want to be macho queer or chaos gay.

                Playlist

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                • hellfrogH
                  hellfrog @Floof
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                  @Floof said in Pern Dragon Colors:

                  As for dragon color, usually bronze or green depending on if I want to be macho queer or chaos gay.

                  Oh so I guess I chose right in just choosing my favorite color

                  fr fr
                  (she/her)

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                  • KarmaBumK
                    KarmaBum @tsar
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                    @tsar I love Murderface.

                    On Dragon Wings · https://pern.gaslightswitch.com · pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201

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                    • tsarT
                      tsar @KarmaBum
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                      @KarmaBum He was definitely a thing that I regretted having to leave behind.

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                      • TributaryT
                        Tributary
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                        I think I only read one of the books, and it had a white dragon. I don’t remember any of this.

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                        • IoleRaeI
                          IoleRae @Tributary
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                          @Tributary

                          He was a runt and a genetic mutation.

                          the entity previously known as Sunny

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                          • helveticaH
                            helvetica @Floof
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                            @Floof said in Pern Dragon Colors:

                            @helvetica said in Pern Dragon Colors:

                            somebody else with a puppy name

                            That might’ve been me (PuppyBreath)! I’d posted about my post-apoc Pern idea, but I gave up on it because of, uh, real virus things happening. And never came up with another reason for post-apoc.

                            well, I remain a fan!

                            Street Cred

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                            • PrototartP
                              Prototart @Tributary
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                              @Tributary said in Pern Dragon Colors:

                              I think I only read one of the books, and it had a white dragon. I don’t remember any of this.

                              apparently he was white because he was like this super special dragon who was every dragon color at once and he could time travel

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                              • TributaryT
                                Tributary @Prototart
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                                @Prototart The book was so unremarkable to me that I do not remember the plot at all. Just that the cover was green and had a white dragon on the cover. Got it from my cousin when my aunt cleaned out his room.

                                But clearly I managed to read the most super special dragon one. Win!

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                                • IoleRaeI
                                  IoleRae @Prototart
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                                  @Prototart said in Pern Dragon Colors:

                                  @Tributary said in Pern Dragon Colors:

                                  I think I only read one of the books, and it had a white dragon. I don’t remember any of this.

                                  apparently he was white because he was like this super special dragon who was every dragon color at once and he could time travel

                                  ALL dragons can time travel.

                                  Ruth was a mutant and a runt.

                                  the entity previously known as Sunny

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                                  • TaikaT
                                    Taika @IoleRae
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                                    I can’t remember the name of the books for the life of me. The pern books are spin-off/continuation of a sci-fi series McCaffrey did and it covered how they turned fire lizards into dragons. My gramma used to have all the books for the sci-fi side - she loved sci-fi and never got into the fantasty side.

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                                    • IoleRaeI
                                      IoleRae @Taika
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                                      @Taika

                                      Dragonsdawn was the book you’re referring to; it covers the original landing on Pern, the charter, the initial crisis, and the creation of the dragons. It was a prequel, written after many of the other Pern books.

                                      Pern is technically in the same universe as The Tower and Hive series (The Rowen being the most well known) and the Crystal Singer series, but they’re soooooooooo far away and basically off the star maps that it’s irrelevant. The rules for psionics and the weird genetics and the like are the same between the three series, but the sun of the Pern series (Rukhbat or w/e, I can’t spell it) being mentioned in the other two in passing is the only DIRECT connection (unless Todd McCaffery has done something more with it over the years).

                                      the entity previously known as Sunny

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                                      • SnacknessS
                                        Snackness @Taika
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                                        @Taika That one was my favorite

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                                        • KarmaBumK
                                          KarmaBum @Taika
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                                          @Taika I think they’re also technically a spinoff of the ‘talent’ series. These weird books.

                                          I cannot remember anything about those ones, except that the psychic powers of the heroine in the first Pern book definitely crossed over with all these.

                                          I was not a fan of the sci-fi aspects. I like the peasants and flaming dragons parts.

                                          On Dragon Wings · https://pern.gaslightswitch.com · pern.gaslightswitch.com port 4201

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                                          • IoleRaeI
                                            IoleRae @KarmaBum
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                                            @KarmaBum

                                            I really have to admire the internal consistency of her “science” though; she did a pretty decent job with consistency compared to a lot of authors, even with as bleeding stupid as some of it was. (Time travel worked the same across her whole universe, for example.)

                                            the entity previously known as Sunny

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