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''Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern'' is a 2001 game for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, based on the ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' series.

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''Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern'' is a 2001 game for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, Platform/SegaDreamcast, based on the ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' series.

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* ThePlague: Revealed to be a newer strain of the sickness that spread across Pern in the Sixth Pass. [[spoiler: SyntheticPlague: Roth manufactured the disease himself, basing it off the aforementioned sickness. Exactly HOW he did this in a largely agrarian society is never revealed, however...]]

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* ThePlague: Revealed to be a newer strain of the sickness that spread across Pern in the Sixth Pass. [[spoiler:
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SyntheticPlague: Roth manufactured the disease himself, basing it off the aforementioned sickness. Exactly HOW he did this in a largely agrarian society (And before the rediscovery of Landing and AIVAS) is never revealed, however...]]
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* MoralDissonance: Towards the end of the game, when D'kor is busy killing the villains of the story, [[spoiler: he inexplicably takes pity on V'hul and lets him escape, despite him being one of the major co-conspirators]]. However, he does later [[spoiler: imprison F'ben when he discovers his connection to the crime]], so it could just be that he and [[spoiler: V'hul]] had some form of friendship that wasn't really explored in the game.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Roth]], at least until the good guys aren't watching.

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* RedHerring: D'kor is tricked into thinking that the villain is [[spoiler: S'lon]]

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* EasyExp
* FridgeLogic: D'kor is barred from entering an archery contest at Fort Hold, as his skills as a dragonrider mean he will likely outshine the other contestants. After obtaining a disguise, he is able to enter, although the people who barred him in the first place still recognise him; addressing him with his dragonrider honorific.
** Later, on Ista Island, D'kor has to disguise himself to enter a bar that isn't friendly to dragonriders. His friend N'eth has no problem just walking in, however.

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* EasyExp
* FridgeLogic: D'kor is barred from entering an archery contest at Fort Hold, as his skills as a dragonrider mean he will likely outshine the other contestants. After obtaining a disguise, he is able to enter, although the people who barred him in the first place still recognise him; addressing him with his dragonrider honorific.
** Later, on Ista Island, D'kor has to disguise himself to enter a bar that isn't friendly to dragonriders. His friend N'eth has no problem just walking in, however.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: K'tan, S'bor, and N'eth if you don't manage to rescue him.]]

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: N'eth gets kidnapped at one point and is left to drown in rising water. However...
** TakeYourTime: N'eth only is in danger of dying once you get to the end of the level he's imprisoned in. If you go into the wrong room, he'll drown, but it doesn't affect the plot in any way.

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* ThePlague: Revealed to be a newer strain of the sickness that spread across Pern in the Sixth Pass. [[spoiler: SyntheticPlague: Roth manufactured the disease himself, basing it off the aforementioned sickness. Exactly HOW he did this in a largely agrarian society is never revealed, however...]]
* RaceAgainstTheClock: N'eth gets kidnapped at one point and is left to drown in rising water. However...\n** TakeYourTime: N'eth only is in danger of dying once you get to the end of the level he's imprisoned in. If you go into the wrong room, he'll drown, but it doesn't affect the plot in any way.



* ThePlague: Revealed to be a newer strain of the sickness that spread across Pern in the Sixth Pass.
** [[spoiler: SyntheticPlague: Roth manufactured the disease himself, basing it off the aforementioned sickness. Exactly HOW he did this in a largely agrarian society is never revealed, however...]]

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* ThePlague: Revealed TakeYourTime: N'eth only is in danger of dying once you get to be a newer strain the end of the sickness that spread across Pern in level he's imprisoned in. If you go into the Sixth Pass.
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''For the 1983 strategy game by Creator/{{Epyx}}, [[VideoGame/DragonridersOfPern click here.]]''

''Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern'' is a 2001 game for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, based on the ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' series.

Taking place in the Seventh Pass, the story follows D'kor, a dragonrider at Fort Weyr, as he searches for a suitable Weyrwoman to replace their last one, who mysteriously died recently of a sudden illness. As time goes on, it becomes clear that people across Pern are contracting this illness, and that someone may be responsible for it...

A plot summary can be found [[http://pern.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Riders:_Chronicles_of_Pern here.]]

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!!Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern provides examples of:
* AllThereInTheManual: A number of texts about characters can be found in the Harper Hall archives, giving insights into their characters.
* BestServedCold: [[spoiler: Roth's plan was to kill all the dragonriders at Fort Weyr to spite his weyrbred father who abandoned him when he failed to impress.]]
* TheCameo: A drudge called "Anne" appears in the Fort Hold kitchens, dreaming about writing stories about dragons.
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Roth]], at least until the good guys aren't watching.
* EasyExp
* FridgeLogic: D'kor is barred from entering an archery contest at Fort Hold, as his skills as a dragonrider mean he will likely outshine the other contestants. After obtaining a disguise, he is able to enter, although the people who barred him in the first place still recognise him; addressing him with his dragonrider honorific.
** Later, on Ista Island, D'kor has to disguise himself to enter a bar that isn't friendly to dragonriders. His friend N'eth has no problem just walking in, however.
* HealingHerb: Several of these are needed to cure the sickness.
* InformedAttribute: According to one of the texts in the Harper Hall, V'hul isn't coping with having a green dragon. This only really comes out when [[spoiler: it turns out V'hul is working with the bad guys.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: K'tan, S'bor, and N'eth if you don't manage to rescue him.]]
* MooksButNoBosses: Combat in the game amounts to picking one of three weapons (knife, sword, crossbow) and hitting the enemy with it until they fall over dead.
* MoralDissonance: Towards the end of the game, when D'kor is busy killing the villains of the story, [[spoiler: he inexplicably takes pity on V'hul and lets him escape, despite him being one of the major co-conspirators]]. However, he does later [[spoiler: imprison F'ben when he discovers his connection to the crime]], so it could just be that he and [[spoiler: V'hul]] had some form of friendship that wasn't really explored in the game.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: N'eth gets kidnapped at one point and is left to drown in rising water. However...
** TakeYourTime: N'eth only is in danger of dying once you get to the end of the level he's imprisoned in. If you go into the wrong room, he'll drown, but it doesn't affect the plot in any way.
* RedHerring: D'kor is tricked into thinking that the villain is [[spoiler: S'lon]]
* SeriesContinuityError: One of the in-game texts talks about a settlement on the Southern Continent built by a "Lord Torric", although the game takes place more than seven hundred years before any new settlements on the Southern Continent were built. [[spoiler: Not counting Roth's Hold on Ierne Island, of course...]]
* ThePlague: Revealed to be a newer strain of the sickness that spread across Pern in the Sixth Pass.
** [[spoiler: SyntheticPlague: Roth manufactured the disease himself, basing it off the aforementioned sickness. Exactly HOW he did this in a largely agrarian society is never revealed, however...]]
* TravellingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Fin the Runner is somehow able to get from Fort Hold to Ista Island before D'kor.
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