A dragon is still just as formidable of an opponent whether its fire is summoned magically or is the result of using a spark generated by striking something on its tongue against its teeth to ignite oil produced in an organ that all undigestable things from the digestive tract end up in
my point is that the dragon just becomes a beast with napalm sacks in this case. dragons are a mythotype (i made that word up) that are inextricably linked to something deep in the psyche of man - something that has been there since before written history across multiple cultures. that’s special. that’s an insight into who we are. that’s more than just ‘big lizard with fire breath’. they have an esoteric quality to them that makes them purely magical to me, and to make them anything less than that just cheapens them into something flimsy and 2 dimensional.
my point is that the dragon just becomes a beast with napalm sacks in this case. dragons are a mythotype (i made that word up) that are inextricably linked to something deep in the psyche of man - something that has been there since before written history across multiple cultures. that’s special. that’s an insight into who we are. that’s more than just ‘big lizard with fire breath’. they have an esoteric quality to them that makes them purely magical to me, and to make them anything less than that just cheapens them into something flimsy and 2 dimensional.