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Jan 13, 2013 -- 10:27PM, swmabie wrote:

Someone stocking a dungeon would buy it.  Some alternate-world Rogahn & Zelligar, or a poor man's Acererak, or something along those lines.  A mad man (or woman), clearly.

My first bet would actually be on a person running an arena. Nothing attracts the crowd more than a big scary monster. Consdiering the nature of the dragon, he might actually like it, especially if he gets parts of the profits. My second bet would be a somewhat mad nobleman who gathers monsters for his zoo, although the society must be pretty corrupt/evil to show sapients creatures in a zoo. It would make a nice addition to the dryad, unicorn, sphinx and blink dog Using the dragon as a guardian would be a distant third. After all, people with the power to bind a dragon to their lair tend to be powerful enough to capture them themselves for a lot less money.

As for the money, there is no one-and-true way to determine the amount. Pick whatever you feel is most balanced for the group. 10,000 gp sounds fine, if not a bit on the high side considering the cost involved in the dragon's transport and upkeep. Just make sure your players are aware it is a one-of-a-kind idea that happens to work now, but there is no guarantee it might in the future. The market for monsters is limited after all (Unless of course, you want to refocus your game on bounty hunters and instead of treasure they get the gold from selling the monsters )

Well that's given me a few people who might buy a dragon, thanks for that. I've got four more days to prepare, so I better get cracking.

Ask your players who they think would make an interesting and plausible buyer. Urge them to think not only in terms of profit, but also in terms of adventure hooks. Talk in terms of tropes, about how defeated enemies often come back, and would they be interested in that?

Collaborate with them, and offer suggestions that you yourself are interested in. Perhaps they'd be intererested in a djinn lord coming to buy the dragon for his pet, and offering them wealth beyond their imagination - in the form of items that aren't easily tradeable on their home plane. If that doesn't interest them (or you) suggest something else.

If you base what finally happens on player ideas, then the plausibility of it doesn't matter quite as much. Players are less likely to poke holes in their own ideas.

Jan 13, 2013 -- 1:57PM, LolaBonne wrote:

Who would be dumb enough to buy something guaranteed to kill them, and how much they're willing to pay to commit suicide, is up to you.

Kraznys mo Nakloz was dumb enough in Game of Thrones: A Storm of Swords

Jan 16, 2013 -- 11:00AM, merb101 wrote:

I admit, I kinda love the idea of some guy contacting the group months later and accusing them of a swindle:

"Ya sold me a bum dragon!!!"

it'd be even better if he had a hook hand or was convulsing from constant violent electocutions