https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/ 2026-08-09T08:24:33+00:00 https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/ https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2024-08-28T17:19:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:activity_index&rev=1724865549&do=diff Activity Index Usenet was never a particularly real-time form of communication, but it was useful to know how long it might take for someone to respond to you; this tag gave an idea about how often one was online. Many of the traditional descriptions in this wiki are very indicative of early Internet culture, but both in terminology and assumptions about Internet usage, this tag in particular is so dated as to come across as amusing. text/html 2024-04-02T17:43:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:age&rev=1712079831&do=diff A* (Age) Like many foods, the process of aging develops your flavor... one way or another. Have you aged like bourbon, like pickles, or like lettuce? Standard spectrum The traditional descriptions are included in italics. As with other tags of a similar format, these should probably not be taken text/html 2024-04-02T17:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:appendages&rev=1712080182&do=diff P* (Appendages) A way of listing the number of appendages on the body. This can be considered either partially or entirely optional in that, if your species has an expected set of appendages, they can be omitted and only any unexpected ones (if any) need be listed. That said, given the slippery nature of text/html 2024-03-12T18:56:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:breath_weapon&rev=1710269789&do=diff B* (Breath weapon) Because what's the point of being a dragon if you can't breathe some kind of substance or energy at your enemies, even if it's only halitosis? Double quotes can be used to describe a breath weapon, or type thereof, that is not specified. Wyrm notes, text/html 2024-08-27T19:01:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:colouration&rev=1724785295&do=diff C* (Colouration) Having been greatly expanded from the specification in the original code, this is one of the more complicated tags, since it must cover a wide variety of colors, color qualities, shades, patterns, differences between body parts, and so on. As with the text/html 2024-04-02T18:24:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:diet&rev=1712082283&do=diff F* (Diet) One's preferred food group(s) and level of consumption. These two elements do not have to be in a particular order; for example, F---f is the same as Ff--- which indicates “I live in a desert!”. Consumption The level of consumption is intended as the total; i.e. there should not be a separate one for each food group. text/html 2024-03-21T13:42:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:dragon_friend&rev=1711028561&do=diff Df* (Dragon friend) How well one gets along with dragons. A good thing to know about someone who's in the middle of a bunch of, y'know, dragons. As Wyrm's site puts it, “If you can't be a dragon, then there's always the next best thing: being friends with them! This tags allows you to indicate how well you have blended into the dragon community. text/html 2024-04-02T17:44:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:fruitiness&rev=1712079864&do=diff Fr* (Fruitiness) This is one of the more esoteric tags, because it was specific to alt.fan.dragons, being a kind of descriptor of how long someone had been part of, or how well-integrated someone was, with the community. Baxil explained, “It's one of the great running jokes of alt.fan.dragons that there are two types of dragons: Old Fruits and Young Nuts. Nobody really knows what makes a Fruit (also variously called Olde Fruites); it's been the subject of much debate. Generally, though, if eve… text/html 2024-08-27T18:42:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:gender&rev=1724784146&do=diff G* (Gender) The original description for this tag says that “One's Gender is something that can influence how others treat you. However there's more to it than just one's physical appearance.” Between this statement and the modifiers , this tag is, by Internet standards, an early acknowledgement of the distinctions between what today we would call text/html 2024-04-02T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:hoard_size&rev=1712082112&do=diff H* (Hoard size) More generally, material wealth. But honestly, every dragon's got a hoard of something, right? Right? Wyrm's site notes, “Your hoard can be anything, not just gold and jewels!” So when you consider my hoard specifically through the lens of books, I'm actually pretty well off. text/html 2024-04-02T18:37:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:huggability&rev=1712083036&do=diff E* (Huggability/emotion) As a community very prone to hugs and other displays of affection, , it can be important to know how someone will react. As Wyrm's site says, “Whether you like being emotional amongst others, or just don't want to be touched at all can be very important - to you at least. This tag can avoid many embarrasing (sic) moments! text/html 2024-04-02T18:28:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:humor_index&rev=1712082505&do=diff J* (Humour Index/Joviality) As one might expect, a measure of one's sense of humor. As Wyrm's site puts it, “So! You're about to play this really weird prank on another Dragon involving sparklies and superglue... but you're not sure how they're going to take it? Well this tag will let you know just that! text/html 2024-04-02T18:34:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:irritability&rev=1712082897&do=diff I* (Irritability) A measure of how chill or prickly someone is. Wyrm's site notes, “This tag should be considered vital - it indicates those you can have fun with and those you should be wary of!” Standard spectrum I+++! You're just not going to catch me in a good mood! Live with it or you'd better like barbeque! text/html 2024-04-02T17:57:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:length&rev=1712080630&do=diff L* (Length) Given the enormous possible variation in size between different species, it's good to have at least a rough idea of what size each participant in an interaction is, lest the puny body that gets crushed be your own. This tag allows for two different methods of stating this: one in general, one might say comparative, terms; and one using specific units. text/html 2024-04-02T18:35:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:magical_ability&rev=1712082938&do=diff V* (Magical ability/voodoo) Dragons, of course, have a lengthy association with magic, and many of them are practitioners themselves. Wyrm's site says, “Magical prowess is often associated with dragons, not least in the ability to shape change or to ride the winds, but in other forms as well. This tag indicates how adept you are in the arcane arts. text/html 2024-04-02T17:39:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:mating_status&rev=1712079546&do=diff M* (Mating status) Used to indicate whether you are taken, or available, or neither. Oddly enough, despite having a way of signifying having multiple mates, I don't see a specific way of saying “I have a mate, but I'm looking for more!”, a result of taken-ness and availability being compressed into one spectrum. text/html 2024-04-02T18:23:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:monetary_philosophy&rev=1712082206&do=diff $* (monetary philosophy) Just because you have a hoard doesn't mean you have to be stingy about it. (You writing this down, billionaires?) Wyrm's site says, “Although this is primarily one's attitude to money, it could also equally apply to other things of value. text/html 2024-04-02T17:38:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:native_land&rev=1712079506&do=diff N* (Native land) A being's native territory or natural habitat. Wyrm's site says, “Many dragons are associated with specific types of land, as are many creatures. However, if this tag does not apply to you (as it doesn't for many humanoids) then leave it out altogether. A good rule is that if you feel drawn to more than one of the listed land types, you probably don't have a specific native land. text/html 2024-04-02T17:39:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:offspring&rev=1712079598&do=diff O* (Offspring) It can be useful for others to know how many photographs of your children you've got stashed in your wallet/hoard to make people look at. Wyrm's site says: “Many dragons who are mated (and also a few who aren't) have either guarded a clutch or two of eggs or protected some hatchlings against predators (yum yum)! This tag allows you to show how many hatchlings you have raised (or are raising). text/html 2024-04-02T18:36:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:psy_power&rev=1712082964&do=diff Q* (Psy power) A measure of one's psionic ability: the power of the mind and will to invoke effects directly. Wyrm's site says, “You may not know it, but there are those who can read your mind like a magazine, or move objects just by thinking. You can indicate your strength in Psionics using this tag. text/html 2024-04-02T18:26:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:reality_index&rev=1712082364&do=diff R* (Reality Index) This tag, the more generalized successor of the original code's Draconity Index, is used to describe the level of separation between one's online identity and one's meatspace identity, and the strength of feeling about it; or, put another way, how strongly one feels that the online identity is the real one. text/html 2024-04-02T17:46:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:skin_type&rev=1712080011&do=diff Sk* (Skin type) This tag is used to describe the material that a being's outer layer is made of. There is a set of modifiers for body parts, for when different parts of the body have different surfaces; for plants, treat the body as the trunk or stem, legs as roots, arms as branches, wings as leaves, neck as flower stem, and head as the flower. text/html 2024-04-02T18:29:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:social_life&rev=1712082557&do=diff S* (Social life) This somewhat confusingly-named tag is an indicator of how open one is in real life about one's online persona, where there is a difference between that and one's 'real self'. As such, it bears a relationship to the Reality Index, though possibly a confused one, since it hinges very strongly on what definition of 'real self' one is using. text/html 2025-04-01T14:20:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:species&rev=1743517231&do=diff DC2.* (Species) The first tag of the Revised Dragon Code is the one for species. By its very nature, this is probably the only tag that cannot, and indeed should not, be omitted: the former because leaving it out makes it difficult to identify the results as a Dragon Code at all, and the latter because, if the point is to describe yourself, having text/html 2024-04-02T17:23:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:start&rev=1712078604&do=diff The Revised Dragon Code (DC2) The Revised Dragon Code v2.6 is the last iteration of the Dragon Code; all information in this portion of the wiki will be based upon it. Work on DC2 was begun at some point after 3rd June 1997, when the last update on the original text/html 2024-04-02T18:36:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:technology&rev=1712082996&do=diff Tc* (Technology) A measure of one's aptitude for technology, or creative lack thereof. As Wyrm's site puts it, “The ability to use technology, or cause it to fail as soon as you touch it, can be quite important to a dragon. You can indicate your abilities using this tag. text/html 2024-04-02T18:31:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:ubiquity&rev=1712082695&do=diff U* (Ubiquity) ubiquity, n. The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence. In this case, according to Wyrm's site, “This tag relates to historical ubiquity rather than omnipresence. The more places in history you've been, the more ubiquitous you are! text/html 2024-04-02T17:50:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:weight&rev=1712080215&do=diff T* (Weight/Tonnage) As with the Length tag, this allows a being's weight to be described either in general/comparative terms or in specific units. Standard spectrum The traditional descriptions are included in italics. As these indicate, this way of measurement isn't intended to be taken too literally or seriously. text/html 2024-04-02T17:50:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://shyriath.a2hosted.com/dragoncode/doku.php?id=dc2:width&rev=1712080259&do=diff W* (Width) When it comes to determining size, length isn't everything. The Length tag implies a corresponding width or girth, but in recognition of the fact that these don't always align, the Width tag was instituted. (In similar recognition of the fact that length and girth might not correspond to weight either, there exists