Fire Eater Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I don't think there is a foolproof way to kill dragons using conventional tactics. I think you should fight magic with magic: waterspouts like the Rhoynish water wizards, possibly weirwood arrows with impressive accuracy, or something the CotF can come up with like the Hammer of the Waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam de Felden Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Torrhen stark had the best tactic... Bend the knee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hand to King Davos Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 As has been said, there is no foolproof answer. Personally, I would invent a cannon, but that could be considered cheating. My best guess would be a massive net on the ground. Use it the same way Meera used hers, to tangle up Summer, just by getting the dragon tangled in it. It doesn't need to hold the dragon permanently, just long enough to allow your scorpions time to shoot at a stationary, grounded target. Then you tell them to aim for the face and hope you get lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bael Abel Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Harpoons and barbed scorpion bolts connected to chains. If you anchor the chains to boulders or bedrock, the dragons will fall, or the bolts will rip open their scale and wings when they try to trash out of it. If you rip enough holes in the wings, then you can limit their mobility, allowing you to shoot arrows at it's eyes from the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Eater Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Torrhen stark had the best tactic... Bend the knee That took a lot of courage. Compared to the other kings who fought before they bent the knee, Torrhen basically made a decision that would make him look weak or possibly a coward not just to his bannermen but the entire realm, even though it was because he had the good sense and foresight to see that his cause was hopeless. He put the lives of his men and the well-being of his kingdom before his own pride compared to all the other kings, that ended up leaving his kingdom spared without having lost anything other than independence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberoth Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I'd feel safer trying to poison one, using a poison that's stable at high temperatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzureOwl Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Kill a sheep, stuff it with hellebore, belladonna, hemlock, sulphur and some more drugs, bless the offering in the sept and then throw it to the dragon. Diarrhea guaranteed, death... not so much. Don't dragons burn their food before eating it? How much of that stuff would retain it's potency after being subjected to dragon fire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bael Abel Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 "Death comes out of the dragon’s mouth, but death does not go in that way." -Septon Barth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Eater Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 "Death comes out of the dragon’s mouth, but death does not go in that way." -Septon Barth If only Drogo knew that before he had Dany give him a BJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbison from Ibben Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 How would Wile E Coyote handle this i ask myself? Hold up sign with message that insults dragon (since Wile E can't talk), thereby provoking dragon into chasing you. Run into large Acme-brand pipe. (Running fast is recommended.) Make sure dragon follows. Continue to run along pipe as pipe shrinks in diameter, thus shrinking both you and dragon. Run out of end of pipe as tiny person chased by tiny dragon. Have accomplice standing by to smash tiny dragon with flyswatter. Run back through pipe to resume your normal size. (Note: If dragon does not enter pipe, but simply shoots flame through entire length of pipe, Acme warranty is voided.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbison from Ibben Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Loras Tyrell tactic - distract dragon with Lady Dragon in heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mother of The Others Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 You make your entire castle into a big fountain. You know the way the plant nursery has those miniature fountains that pump the same water through it's circular path all day? Do that to your castle so it's constantly covered in waterfalls. Then get huge blades and attach them to hydraulics so they can powerfully jut out of kill holes in the castle's exterior at the drop of a hat. Maybe make one into a rotor blade that spins to slash at flyers and have one set to strike straight upward from your highest spire in case a stupid dragon tries to perch on the top of your castle. Said dragon would fear sitting down for the rest of its days. It'd have a castle-perching phobia. And that's what you want, to teach these dragons to keep their distance. Edited to add: Lasers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam de Felden Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 That took a lot of courage. Compared to the other kings who fought before they bent the knee, Torrhen basically made a decision that would make him look weak or possibly a coward not just to his bannermen but the entire realm, even though it was because he had the good sense and foresight to see that his cause was hopeless. He put the lives of his men and the well-being of his kingdom before his own pride compared to all the other kings, that ended up leaving his kingdom spared without having lost anything other than independence.Exactly the point. The north survived unscathed and the Stark family prospered and outlived the dragons. Torrhen could have been overthrown by the bannerman, having been apparently guilty of a dereliction of duty. But they didnt, and in anycase the situation in the north under the iron throne didnt particularily change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Lepus Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Don't dragons burn their food before eating it? How much of that stuff would retain it's potency after being subjected to dragon fire? And that's the reason you would use non-organic poisons, like quicksilver and arsenic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gendrys Forge Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Id go sacrifice a son to the white walkers in trade for one of their magic ice swords. Of course they magiced it up for me so that I can actually wield it. I think one of those weapons could slay a dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerArthurHeath Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 And that's the reason you would use non-organic poisons, like quicksilver and arsenic. Could even design a poison that is activated by being burnt, or would give off lethal fumes under dragon fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clawson24 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Has it ever been established exactly what makes weirwood arrows so preferable? The strength of the wood or some type of magical property? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerArthurHeath Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Has it ever been established exactly what makes weirwood arrows so preferable? The strength of the wood or some type of magical property? The implication when the traitor knight in tSS was talking about Bloodraven using them to kill the Blackfyres was taht they had magic properties- as BR can warg living Weirwoods, could he warg their arrows? Homing arrows = pretty good anti-Dragon weapon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clawson24 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 The implication when the traitor knight in tSS was talking about Bloodraven using them to kill the Blackfyres was taht they had magic properties- as BR can warg living Weirwoods, could he warg their arrows? Homing arrows = pretty good anti-Dragon weapon! Yeah if the implication is that Bloodraven himself shot Daemon Blackfyre and his sons from that distance, amidst all the chaos of that battle, he's either the greatest archer to ever live or there's something special about weirwood arrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormland's Fury Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Yeah if the implication is that Bloodraven himself shot Daemon Blackfyre and his sons from that distance, amidst all the chaos of that battle, he's either the greatest archer to ever live or there's something special about weirwood arrows. Or the luckiest shots in history. Bloodraven: "Well that was a freebie." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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