LE Dragons of Popular Culture

[DrakeStryker]

Do some of us have an obsession of the dragons in various stories and games? Yes, yes, we do. Do some of us actually enjoy these stories, films and games MORE when dragons are involved because of this obsession? Yes, yes, we are. And by "someone", I mean me. That being said, what I propose is exactly what I think Skyrim requires: MOAR DRAGONS!!!

Specifically, a mod that includes some of the more famous dragons from popular culture would be a cool mod to have. No longer would you be restrained to specific dragons only taking place in one story or another. As Dragonborn, you can crush ALL of the dragons from various imaginations! These may require either mild recolering of specific dragons to dramatic retexturing, as some of them may not quite fit the current dragon models, and need modification to make them more faithful to their original incarnations, as well as aesthetically unique, All will definitely retooling their statistics, making them more powerful in order to stand out from the generic dragons you kill throughout the game, and each new dragon would be dropped at random points of the map.

 

The following is a list of the dragons I would like to see included as a part of this mod:

Smaug, from "The Hobbit." Whether or not the mod creator is inspired simply by the book's description or the current film is entirely up to them (both are good).

 

Bahamut from the Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy IX may be the easiest to translate into Skyrim, aesthetically, if the "arms" Bahamut has in that game are ignored.

 

Tiamat from the Dungeons and Dragons game series. This one will probably be the hardest, as it will require (at the least), adding four more dragon heads onto a single body (which should probably be oversized), and adding the capability for each head to bite and Shout independently of each other. This should probably be the strongest dragon within this mod for this reason alone.

 

The Dragon from Beowulf (may as well call it Beowulf, for the sake of a dragon having a name).

 

Draco from Dragonheart. Voice-acting to give the dragon's Shouts a Sean Connery accent will allow this mod to win the internet.

 

Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon. This dragon's Shout animation should do different types of damage, but always look like that cool lightning-atomic breath he has in the film.

 

This is just a short list, and could be added to by others. Cheers!

[notmyhome]

The problem here is that all Skyrim Dragon's form is what real life myths call a "Wyvern", with two legs only.

We've got a whole thread going about four-legged dragons...

[Serithi]

Said thread also points out that there are indeed Dragons that look like Wyverns. Sure, the "classic" image of them is with 4 legs, but there's also the 2-legged variety like in Skyrim that aren't actually Wyverns.

 

Besides, the Skyrim version makes a lot more sense biologically. Every extra limb you have is an extra limb you need blood flow to, uses up more energy, and so on. Why do you think mammals, lizards, birds etc. only have 4 limbs? Because it's efficient. The "Wyvern"-looking Dragons are like Pterodactyls and such, with their arms and wings being the same limb, keeping things efficient while still allowing them to move on the ground and fly in the air.

[SailayaSynbyrne]

Glad to know I wasn't the only one that had thought of this, though I had not considered Draco or even the D&D one, I was just shocked that there weren't mods to add Dragons like those to the game.

 

Though I was thinking that the sky animation from when Alduin arrives could be used. Like a portal opens and these famous Dragons are rendered insane/primal during the transition from their world to Skyrim. Explaining how normally peaceful dragons or even talking dragons simply want to kill the player, or can take it a step further and do an Unoffical DLC where the Dragonborn recognizes the fact they are not natural and somehow saves their mental states and returns them to their worlds. For those of us who'd rather help Draco than kill him.