Well, what can I say... I LOVE this concept. It even has the names of the abilities being Smaug quotes, which is something I wanted so much!
Count me in favour of this suggestion, Aulë! You truly are a masterful craftsman, as your Valar namesake
Thank you very much for you support Julio
. I count you as
in favour. Regarding the quotes: to complete the concept, a proper sound set for Smaug would be the top, such that for example he says "I'm fire, I'm death" just before spitting fire
TheDarkOne: I don't get why you deem the ability non-usable in flight as controversial.
Furthermore, I don't think this ability alone depicts him as a psychopath or mad, it is a bit exaggerated as a definition. If you want you can see the debuff of your eco-system as follow, because maybe the word "steal" I used is not so adequate: Smaug cannot serve you for nothing, such that when you make use of him as defense he will always want something in return. At the same time, when you attack your enemy, he will claim part of the spoils you get.
As for goblin's tunnels: I see them as a chest of treasure and spoils they get, rather that production centers. It not so out of place that they offer a great part of this fortunes to Smaug
. As a difference with other Eco debuffing in game, this ability would influence only structures near Smaug, to underline that he keep resources for himself, otherwise if it was a general debuffing it would be similar to a tax or something like that, which of course it is not fitting at all.
I agree with you that is far the most sharp and smart among the creatures of MM (except the word "wise" doesn't sound well for him, I would rather say crafty ), but this doesn't mean he cannot have weak point. his greedy it is probably the only, but also the most relevant of his edges/weaknesses.
I know that maybe my ability is not perfect, but for now I deem it reasonable and worth to be part of the project. feel absolutely free to propose an alternative/adjustments to "Dragon Sickness"
. Or, if someone want to craft something starting to your idea is absolutely free to share his/her project.
Again: I'm always glad to discuss and discussions make a concept better
As a final note: I would not go too much deeply into details of the plot choices made during the filming of the hobbit,such as how Smaug die in the movie, the shoot precision of Bard, etc etc. , otherwise it could be an endless discussion. Let us concentrate only on the main aspects of the character, eventually comparing the book and the movies on these matters.