@mcc@mastodon.social They're a commitment! A dragon is for life, not just for Hogswatchnight.

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@mcc not that far from the Discworld scenario!

@mcc and metallic clothing has come into fashion to entice the dragon to sit on your lap

there was no need to make riding around in a lady’s handbag more appealing

@mcc sounds like the fire lizards in the Pern series

Imagine opening up your closet door and there in the back of your closet is your lap dragon, sitting on a rudimentary hoard of six nickels and 17 pennies. "Graaaak!", it says, as it spreads its wings wide (span 2ft 3in). The threat display is made somewhat less terrifying by its head getting caught in the underside of a coat, causing it to flap around briefly

@mcc Sounds like a convenient way of making toast, too.

@mcc I imagine that pet-sized dragons would behave like cats

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What about the fire breathing business? Would come in handy when the bong is passed around, but are they fully house-trained?

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@mcc Reminds me of https://www.tumblr.com/mightytinydragon/179278336257/buttercuparry-euphorichords-bdubs8807

@mcc Picturing a more modern version with a disgruntled smolgon sitting atop a heap of credit cards and chittering and warbling its unhappiness at the indignity.

@mcc tiny dragon spinning around inside an automatic change sorter having the time of its life

@mcc Every single time someone brings up tiny beasts, I think of this commercial...

@mcc And they can be trained to breathe just a lil bit of fire to light a candle or something. Or maybe to flambe a gourmet dish if you're feeling particularly show-offy

@mcc North American house hippo, but more burny

@mcc Pekingese dogs look a bit like tiny Chinese dragons, now you mention it.

@mcc this more or less exists in Terry Pratchett's disk world (Guards, Guards! Being a good example), but it love the change pile

@mcc Terry Pratchett's Discworld series would be very interesting to you I suspect. People there have done all of that, but it includes a shelter for all those toy dragon breeds that people buy during the holidays and dump on the side of the road later.

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I wanted a low level #ttrpg group to be able to fight a dragon. I made a wyrmling that had scared some goblins into mugging the local farmers for their copper pieces. It had a sizable amount of treasure, all in pennies. Alas, it was an acid dragon, so most of its hoard was corroded copper, but it didn't care.

A key clue came to the PCs, when the gnome used "speak with animals" to ask the cows what they had seen, to which they replied "Holy shit! A talking gnome!" @smitty @SixSider

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Oh, thank you. I'd always thought it was a spontaneous mutation.

A selective breeding program makes so much sense.

@mcc and shit on the floot

@mcc @trochee As I recall the original How to Train your Dragon books feature essentially this style of dragon. Pocket sized…

@mcc my child did this, no change drawer was safe, it was always viewed with amusement and we would sometimes put change in drawers for them to find. :ablobfoxbongo: not dragon shaped, but loved shinies. Maybe more like a raccoon. But still cute!

@mcc @johnayliff I think this might have to rock up in the next fantasy RPG I play in or run.

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Ferrets are not too different from this description.

@mcc https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6j18nm I remember to these little guys fondly