acceptable piercing guide brought to you by Rika (Patreon)

it was mainly made for the drake creation process on the form, but posted it here as well as the official drake discord channel.

Drake piercings are both a cultural and a physical attribute. Facial piercings are not only not allowed, they are simply unable to be done. A drake's hide is as thick as the scales on a komodo dragon, their facial skin is thinner than the muscle and fatty tissue on the rest of their bodies. Simply put, there is no way it can be punched through without severely harming the drake. 

The social aspect is that any other bodily piercings are frowned upon as drakes (all drakes) are combat ready at all times. even civilian drakes were bred for 1 purpose, which is to survive. Having "appendages" hanging off of sensitive parts of their bodies such as ears, tail, snout would make for very bad choices as it would give any would-be attacker a one way ticket to serious harm. keep in mind the thickness of a drakes hide, to tear a piercing out of ones body would be extremely painful as it would have to be yanked with enough force to rip through their tough hide. 

piercings are kept to a minimum. sheath/dick piercings are acceptable on males, as are nipple barbells and VCH's on females. doorknocker style nipple piercings would be highly frowned upon by drakes, as something so large and bulky can easily be torn or snagged. Male drakes have no nipples, so this is no issue for them.