Dragon: The Embers Core Book - MrGone's Character Sheets

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Then there are those that would kill a
Dragon for her flesh. The first that come to
mind are the Deep Ones, who like the
original forgotten deity wish to trade favors
for body parts. Something about these
creatures is sustained by Dragon flesh.
Werewolves tend to rip Dragons to pieces
before asking questions, mistaking them for
spirit-claimed. Finally, the Hydra that have
slid down the slopes of the Dragon’s Code
of Ethics have no problem fueling their
Furnace with cannibalized flesh, and for this
reason they hunt and kill other Oroboroi.
Those Those that that Hunt Hunt for for Heart Heart
Heart
The most dangerous of the Dragon’s
enemies, those that hunt for an Oroboroi
Heart are out to inflict the Last Hand.
Threats of this manner are always taken
seriously, since it only takes one to end a
Dragon.
Mortals Mortals
Mortals
Likely the biggest danger in the
Oroboroi world, a mortal that’s done his
homework is a ticking roll of dynamite.
Intoxicated by the promise of power, he’ll
stop at nothing to ‘join the club’.
Mortals have been a problem to the
Oroboroi since the Collapse, though only on
a personal level. Since consuming a Heart
kills a Dragon and makes a new one, the
Oroboroi populace as a whole doesn’t really
care. But… for the Dragon replaced it is a
very distressing matter indeed.
Mortals are crafty. Those that
become Slayers and Challengers may take a
direct approach, but Finders and Tricksters
almost always strike from the shadows.
Besides possibly their demeanor, there is no
way to discern a mortal that knows of the
Oroboroi from one that does not.
The The Hungry
Hungry
Normally a Dragon only eats one
Heart in her lifetime—that Heart being the
one that granted her membership in the
Oroboroi. There are always exceptions,
though, and those exceptions are the Hungry.
Consuming the Hearts of other Dragons,
they irreparably damage the Oroboroi
population.
The Hungry are wasteful bastards.
Too impatient to stoke their Furnace
properly, they dump other Hearts into it like
lighter fluid to watch it flare up. For each
Heart they devour their Furnace burns more
brightly, but their mind slips further into
cannibalistic addiction.
Hungry Hungry Hungry Players Players
Players
Though it is okay to give players a taste
of the cannibalistic spiral of Heart
consumption, it’s not a good idea to let
them indulge. Such action would lead to
a meteoric, bloody rise to power… one
far too swift for the themes of this game.
For this reason the increase in Furnace is
not free, but rather discounted. A
character who commits cannibalism pays
only 4 x new dots for the next dot of
Furnace they purchase. This does not
stack, so if they intend to eat multiple
Hearts they should make sure they have
the experience to do so.
Be sure to use consequences to
discourage them as well. Eating another
Dragon’s Heart is both a level 2 sin
against ethics (cannibalism) and a level 1
sin (destroying the Heart of an
Oroboroi). Roll for degeneration twice,
showing the speed of the slip and the
slew of mental anguish that follows.
Also, eating a Heart transfers all its
antecedents to the cannibal Dragon, and
the consequences of that should follow
suit. Information on these topics can be
found in Chapter 3.
The worst part? They look just like
other Dragons. Many Oroboroi have trust
issues with their neighbors for fear of the
Hungry, and every single member of
Dragonkind hates them. By both stripping
an already thin, non-producing population
and driving trustworthy Dragons apart, the