Dragons in Interactive Fiction

The Apprentice (2006)

> x black dragon (@ By the volcano)

It`s a gigantic black dragon breathing fire. Its raspy hide looks hard and strong and makes strange sounds as the dragon moves.

ASCII and the Argonauts (2003)

> x dragon (@ Meadow)

IT HATES ME!

Asendent (2000)

> x dragon (@ Boredroom)

a red very ANGRY dagon. Quick to your sword sir nKight! oh wait you have no sord. haha. but what DO you have? choose widely and use your wepons well! (it is a trick?)

At The Bottom Of The Garden (2000)

> x green dragon (@ Garden)

It's a small, lizardlike creature, about eight inches long, with small delicate wings. It's body is covered with [scale-color] scales, and it's face wears an expression of endearing stupidity.

The game's eight dragons have identical descriptions except for their scale-colors: shimmering green, oily black, fiery red, buttercup-yellow, electric blue, orange, deep purple, and cold white.

The Blue Lettuce (2021)

> x dragon (@ Field)

The squash dragon is striped green and orange and covered with bumps. It's deep asleep, curled up like a gigantic cat, blocking the path to the north.

Bugged (2001)

> x dragon (@ Fourth Room)

It is, er, huge, fierce and green.

Captain Cutter's Treasure (2021)

> x dragons (@ Warehouse Attic)

The dragons are long and serpent-like with whiskers and five-fingered claws reaching for the lock. You know from sailors' stories that a five-fingered dragon can only be used by the emperor, so this box must be very valuable.

Captivity (2020)

> x dragon (@ At the Bottom of the Tower Stairs)

It’s a carving of a dragon — smoking nostrils and all.

> x dragon (@ Cramped Space)

The little dragon whuffles happily and wags its tail. It’s no bigger than a spaniel, and while its teeth are obviously both numerous and sharp, it doesn’t appear to be hostile.

The Colour Pink (2005)

> x dragon (@ Inside the cave)

The green dragon is not looking well and is lying on the bed. He looks very nervous, and his fire breathing problems are obviously affecting him. He looks uncomfortable and is regularly shifting around in the bed, almost as if there was something hidden in the small gap between the dragon and the bed. The dragon's wings and tail are tightly curled around him, as he looks to be trying to hide from the world.

The Enchanted Castle (2019)

> x dragon (@ Dragon's Nest)

The dragon appears very angry, perhaps because you're disturbing his nest.

FORK: The Great Underground Dining Room (2007)

> x Gretel (@ Dragons' Lair)

Already unhappy about being chained to the wall, she certainly hasn't brightened up at your intrusion into her home, unless you count the way her glowing red eye glowers at you.
She's dead. Her luminous red eye stares at you accusingly.

Gaia, Živa, Jarilo (2020)

> x dragon (@ Aviary)

A gracile monster. Each of its four wings must stretch six meters, maybe more.

Grooverland (2021)

> x dragon (@ Arena)

The red dragon is truly terrible to behold! It's watching you, waiting for the best moment to strike. Its head is close enough for you to attack. But what can a small queen like you do against a beast like this?
It's strange; even though you knew the dragon was fake, the way it moved was so real! The red dragon is an empty shell, now.

> x dragon (@ Queen's Castle)

The dragon is a deep scarlet, with powerful wings and deadly claws. It's burning down all of the park!
The dragon is a deep scarlet, with powerful wings and deadly claws. It's attacking you right now!

Hercules! (2021)

> x dragon (@ Garden of the Hesperides)

You are spellbound by the long black claws, lizardly wagging tail, vicious sharp white teeth, crimson skin, and smokey, billowing breath emanating from the dragon's nostrils. The beast seems restless, and its great, bat-like wings shiver and fidget in anticipation of chasing after something.

Hippo on Elm Street (2015)

> x dragon (@ Underneath the Table)

You've never seen a dragon this small before! Well, technically, you've never seen a dragon before. But you've heard stories and always envisoned them as being quite large. It's larger than you, of course. But still. This one is about the size of a small human. It has orange wings and a long blue tail. It's sobbing quietly.

The Holy Grail (1989)

> x dragon (@ Brick-lined Tunnel)

The dragon looks rather fierce, with fangs about a metre long.

The House of Mystery (2018)

> x white wyvern (@ Bloodroom)

[original:] YIKES!!!! HOW LONG HAS THAT THING BEEN THERE FOR?!
[if menacing:] It's like he's piercing into your soul.
[if lonely:] His head is down in grief when you first spot him. He lifts his head up slowly to see you and looks at you with weary.
[if glad:] Flahmie is glad to see you.
[if curious:] Flahmie is curious as to what you will be doing next.
[else:] Flahmie is [state].

Jewel of Knowledge (1999)

> x white dragon (@ The White Dragon's Lair)

The White Dragon stretches out almost 15 meters long, and has white silvery scales. Besides this you notice that its mighty clawed hands are clenched tightly, its mouth is partially open revealing gruesome white fangs, its tail lies curled like a fine hemp rope, and its eyes are closed shut (lucky for you)!

> x black dragon (@ Black Dragon's Lair to On the Divide)

This must be the beautiful Black Dragon of legend. He is absolutely HUGE. His black claws are like metal skewers--only these skewers are at least a meter long. His head is long and sleek, and quite cushiony and padded on top. His massive spiked tail lies against the ledge to the southeast. Finally, a set of small wings can be seen protruding from his back. You also notice that the Black Dragon has a little gold trinket in [if whole]one of his paws[else]his paw. He seems to be in a great deal of pain[end if].
The humbled dragon lies under a ton of rock and debris. His soft cushiony head and one clenched claw are all that are visible in the pile. In his claw you can make out some sort of trinket.
You're sitting on top of the Black Dragon. The Black Dragon hobbles around, with only three of its four major appendages still intact.
The Black Dragon hobbles around on three of his four remaining appendages and he looks mad as Hell.
The Black Dragon hobbles around to the east, just waiting to attack.

> x red dragon (@ Red Dragon's Lair to Red Dragon's Plateau)

Even though the Red Dragon is the biggest dragon you've seen in the underground, it's still difficult to make out all the details from this end of its lair.
The Red Dragon stares at you with contempt. She appears to be plotting the best way to dispose of you.
To witness the Red Dragon is to behold a creature that is truly awe-inspiring. From her sleek red talons to her finely sculpted brow to her elegantly symmetrical wings, the Red Dragon is a sight to behold. Of course, the fact that she wants you dead takes away some of the ambiance.
The Red Dragon lies battered and beaten under a heap of broken wood and burning embers. The Red Dragon has been effectively pinned under the chandelier.
The Red Dragon lies almost completely motionless underneath the chandelier.

The Last Laugh (2000)

> x dragon (@ Your Office)

It's just your average, balding, pot-bellied dragon with a serious dental problem.

The Lonely Troll (2022)

> x baby dragon (@ Rocky Ledge)

It's an adorable baby dragon, looking around in wonder and making little cooing noises.

There is also ASCII art of the dragon.

The Lost Islands of Alabaz (2011)

> x dragon (@ Dragon's Den; Alabaza Plaza)

The dragon is BIG -- bigger than a house, bigger than any creature you've ever seen. Its dark red scales shine and glint like metal. Its eyes are each as big as dinner plates, its fangs are each as long as your arm, and its wings each look bigger than the sails on the Dauntless. Standing near it makes you feel like an insignificant mouse.

Mingsheng (2004)

> x coiled dragons (@ Western end of spirit way)

The dragons are expertly carved, the perfect way to end the base of a column. They appear to serve no purpose other than ornamentation, however.

Nothing But Mazes (2019)

> x red dragon (@ Hallway, Junction, or Bend)

Status of the red dragon (chaotic): Level 15 HP 93(93) AC -1.

Opening Night (2008)

> x Chinese dragon (@ Storage Room)

A Chinese dragon costume, large enough for ten people to occupy.

Pen and Paint (2010)

> x silver dragon (@ Dragon Rock)

It looks at you languidly.

The Wand (2017)

> x dragon (@ Hallway)

[in hallway:] The jet-black dragon is small, but it still fills the width of the hallway. It seems to be asleep. Thin wisps of smoke rise from its nostrils.
[else:] The jet-black dragon is small, but it takes up the whole sofa. It seems to be asleep. Thin wisps of smoke rise from its nostrils.

Whitefield Academy of Witchcraft (2014)

> x Princess (@ Stables)

This ancient platinum wyrm is so old there are rumors the stables were built around her. She spends almost all of her time sleeping and her molts have degenerated into a single continuous peel. At least she's not dangerous, unless she rolls over onto you.

YAGWAD (2000)

> x dragon (@ Treasure Cave)

Huge and ugly beyond belief, the monstrous dragon roars at you in anger. Its leathery wings stretch and creak under the fiendish weight of its armoured body.

> x dragon (@ Dragon's Lair)

The dragon leans casually against one wall of the cave, his long polished tail twitching idly. His gaze smoulders down at you from heavy-lidded eyes as he idly flicks away a dead scale with one long claw.

Default response instances

Chipmonk (2019): dragon @ Dragon's Den.
The Crystal Palace (2011): dragon @ cave.

Deflected examining instances

The Dragon Diamond (2017): dragon @ Dark Hole. NOTE: Too dark to see it.

No examining supported instances

Here Be Dragons!!! (2000): dragon @ Dragon's Cave.