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virtualcrackvirtualcrack Member Posts: 23 Arc User
edited June 2014 in General Discussion (PC)
talking all pet but this is mainly centered about the the Pseudo dragon
many players I seen and got tells from say way to small.
Pseudodragon is a very exspensive pet as in other that are that price have really nice effects yet this pet walks like a dog,very very small.
"aren't dragons bigger in general ?" needs to be resized> say saize +1/2 size bigger way too small, yes Pseudo dragon are small in dragon sense but should be larger then they are. also when he yawns why no fire effect?? why doesn't he spit fire? as in effect. all we see is his horns go different and honestly no one can see this in game inless there really zoomed in.. fire doesn't have to effect dmg I mean its a $$$ pet how bout a little prepping up ahh?? how bout he flys randomly instead of walking like a dog..
i mean yawn's fire, grows bigger, fly's like pixe or fairies do at lvl 30 affect be good after all there are companions that do have greater effects.. this thing just sleeps and has to be walked like a dog "release the beast dangit" how bout his armor changes color when hes attacking. every dragon in this game there skin changes a lot."green blue florescent orange blue etc.

Cat is normal cause cats are small. he sits and paws his ear

Skeletal dog has a bad *** effect,red eyes, shakes flees off but that's not normal but hey effects are a win win.

Armored orc wolf shakes flees off and nice body armor, markings all good can his eyes be red or blue or purple like orcs?

Fawn of Shiallia looks like a fawn yet Mystical glow, has bell, jumps, play full movement. ok good.

there are other pet I don't yet have but ive seen and those that are epic has epic attributes looks wise that compliment the $$$ paid.

can someone at admin just comment the possibilities of a re look?
HOW BOUT IT ADMIN/PROGRAMMERS
set the dragon free after all you @#$%^& got my *** on april fools lololol dam u lol
this message wasn't ment bad spirited but kinda funny nice april fools guys...

was so stoked the bomb was dropped grrrrrrrrr

can we have a poll on this?
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  • fgreyspearfgreyspear Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 472 Bounty Hunter
    edited April 2014
    Well, it is not a real dragon but only a pseudo dragon. Taken from Wikipedia:

    The prefix pseudo- (from Greek ψευδής "lying, false") is used to mark something as false, fraudulent, or pretending to be something it is not.

    Think about this: if it was to spit fire then someone else would immediately ask why it does not do fire damage. And if it was a real dragon would players ask why it does so little damage when it is a real dragon?

    Therefore can it not be a dragon. It is simply an animal, which imitates a dragon, possibly is remotely related to real dragons, but is not one.

    Chances are the animal is as disappointed about not being a real dragon as much as you are.
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  • thebrimanthebriman Member Posts: 218 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    As fgreyspear points out, pseudodragons are not actual dragons. They are essentially intelligent, venomous lizards that look a bit like dragons, and they have been the same in every iteration of D&D. Furthermore, the size of the companion is perfectly inline with their description in the 4th edition Monster Manual which lists them as tiny.
  • kirkcaldykirkcaldy Member Posts: 166 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    It would be cool if they sold Growth Pills for your companion,
    as they do in other games.
    Another way for the management to make cash.
    Sell them in the Zen shop and I would buy them. :cool:


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  • virtualcrackvirtualcrack Member Posts: 23 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Pseudo dragon aren't real of course!
    never the less dragons are intelligent, mystical, and breath fire
    as I originally stated I think they should be bigger and at least fly not walk like a dog, when yawns he spits or throws fire out none dmg wise.. all visual effects or body change color when atacking
  • antovarasantovaras Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Pseudo dragon aren't real of course!
    never the less dragons are intelligent, mystical, and breath fire
    as I originally stated I think they should be bigger and at least fly not walk like a dog, when yawns he spits or throws fire out none dmg wise.. all visual effects or body change color when atacking

    then it wouldn't be a Pseudodragon...
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  • tourage16tourage16 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    It's a Pseudodragon, it has to show why it's a pseudo and not a legit dragon...
  • chaoscourtesanchaoscourtesan Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Virtual, I may be wrong, but I am guessing you are not understanding. A pseudo-dragon is a critter that mimics the appearance of a dragon. It is not even a relative of a dragon. Think of animals in the real world who take on the appearance of more dangerous animals, in an effort not to become food.

    The Pseudo Dragon is not any kind of dragon. It's a critter trying real hard to look like one so it doesn't get eaten. It is the correct size and a real nice prize as it is. But also.. some day, they may actually release an infant dragon companion. There is no way at all that I think they would allow this pet to over-shadow that one, whenever it comes.... =)
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  • celticgamer0celticgamer0 Member Posts: 537 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Pseudodragons are venemous, scorpion-tailed, lizards that grow to the size of a large dog. They do not breath fire (or any breath weapon) and only has dragon in its name due to its apparence and nothing else. I do not have a pseudodragon pet, but from what I have seen from other players they look just like, if not close, to how the books portray them. :)
  • virtualcrackvirtualcrack Member Posts: 23 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    the pics i show in original post are those exact ones body is little longer as in dashhound and the head is hip high not knee high
  • hooli78hooli78 Member Posts: 80 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Pseudodragon does fly.

    Here's a video I found on youtube if you want to see him fly.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nDLFb8-6Ec
  • sihvebisihvebi Member Posts: 43 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    No. I don't want a herd of oversized dragons sitting on top of the postal couriers, merchants, bankers and brokers.

    The pet/mount squatting is bad enough in other games. No need to drag that garbage in to NW.

    I would be ok with a resize of any pet as long as they could not be summoned in town or at campfires.
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  • obsiddiaobsiddia Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,025 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    "Pseudodragons typically have bodies about one foot long, with a two foot tail and weigh about 7 lbs."

    - http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Pseudodragon

    They go back to AD&D's original rules. They're not going to change it.
    Wait for the Dragon Module that's coming. I'm sure there will be
    larger dragon-related mounts and/or companions.
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  • silverquicksilverquick Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    talking all pet but this is mainly centered about the the Pseudo dragon
    many players I seen and got tells from say way to small.
    Pseudodragon is a very exspensive pet as in other that are that price have really nice effects yet this pet walks like a dog,very very small.
    "aren't dragons bigger in general ?" needs to be resized> say saize +1/2 size bigger way too small, yes Pseudo dragon are small in dragon sense but should be larger then they are. .

    Cat is normal cause cats are small. he sits and paws his ear

    Skeletal dog has a bad *** effect,red eyes, shakes flees off but that's not normal but hey effects are a win win.

    Armored orc wolf shakes flees off and nice body armor, markings all good can his eyes be red or blue or purple like orcs?

    Fawn of Shiallia looks like a fawn yet Mystical glow, has bell, jumps, play full movement. ok good.

    there are other pet I don't yet have but ive seen and those that are epic has epic attributes looks wise that compliment the $$$ paid.

    set the dragon free after all you @#$%^& got my *** on april fools lololol dam u lol
    this message wasn't ment bad spirited but kinda funny nice april fools guys...

    was so stoked the bomb was dropped grrrrrrrrr

    can we have a poll on this?

    While I can understand why you feel this way, unfortunately... this is not within the Lore of D&D, those aren't actually Dragons I'm sure you've heard people say to you already.

    You have to understand the Old 1st edition D&D and how the original Companion/Hireling/Henchman system worked.

    The only people who could get a Pseudodragon were Wizards and Rangers, and Wizards only if they rolled lucky when summoning a Familiar. The Familiar was something that increased the Magic User's power to a large degree, giving him more hit points and some of the stats of the Familiar.

    But most people don't understand how the original Hireling system even worked.

    This game actually sticks to it very well to a point... through the Active Bonuses you get on companions, representing the fact that as a high level adventurer, you are actually traveling with a company of your own.

    ORIGINALLY....

    In 1st edition once you reached 9-11th level (yes that was "High" level back then), you could go out and gain land and build your own Stronghold. You would then attract henchmen and hirelings. Example: Mages would get apprentices, Clerics would have Acolytes, Rangers would attract Animal Companions and so forth.

    So when you played the game at those levels you were no longer just controlling a single character but rather several of them. And you could have all kinds of abnormal ones you attained in dungeons, like Mages could build a Golem, or have a Familiar, Paladins a Squire, or Evil Fighters could have Orcs and Ogres as hirelings and companions.

    This was your entourage... in this game its more represented by the companion Active Bonuses that simulate them being there without actually being summoned.

    But in the real game all those companions could be there with you IN party along with the other player characters. So a high level party was actually a virtual army in 1st edition, not just 6 guys in a group. Granted the hirelings and companions were all lower level than the Player Character, but you did see this.

    Also you could play those hirelings as PCs too in their own adventures. Example: Gary Gygax the founder of 1st edition (Advanced D&D), had a character named Mordenkeinen. His apprentices were Otluke and Bigby. You might recognize spells from that game in the form of Mordenkeinen's Disjunction, and the Bigby Hand spells.

    Those were all Gary Gygax's characters, Mordenkeinen was his main, Bigby and Otluke were some of his apprentices he later turned into characters of their own.
  • silverquicksilverquick Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Honestly it would be great If you could have all 5 companions out at once, but I'm sure due to graphical and and AI limitations that's not possible.

    So I guess the next best thing of course is Active Bonus, unless the Devs really ARE planning to remove active bonus and allow all the companions to be summoned at once for the dungeon crawls. Admittedly though this might make some of the upper end Teir 2 dungeons much more interesting and doable for regular PUG groups.
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