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Frumious Flumph (Your Grace/Your Eminence)
On Mystara, the law-chaos axis is considerably more important to dragons than good-evil. Dragons who favor order, cooperation, and civilization are opposed by those who endorse individualism, wild living, and destruction. When it comes to good and evil Mystaran dragons are predominantly neutral.
The following dragons appeared for the first time in the D&D Master Set for BECMI, in 1985:
The following dragons were added to the setting by the inclusion of the AD&D 2E Red Steel box set, which was put in Mystara. Obviously, they make use of cinnabryl and don't make much sense in campaigns that don't use this magical material:
The following dragons appeared for the first time in the D&D Master Set for BECMI, in 1985:
- Crystal Dragon: called Crystalline dragons to differentiate them from the Crystal dragons of the gemstone dragons, they breathe a cone of scintillating ice particles that causes cold damage and can cause victims to turn into crystal. They live in cold regions, which given their similarity to white dragons makes for many cases of mistaken identity. They eat gems and ore and the crystalline remnants of adventurers and their equipment.
- Jade Dragon: good conversationalists, they can be mistaken for green dragons, especially as their breath weapon is a cloud of swirling brown, yellow, and green gas that poisons victims and causes victims to be infected with a rotting disease. They live in woods, and strive to be cultured and urbane.
- Onyx Dragon: living in dismal swamps, they can be mistaken for black dragons. Their breath weapon is a cloud of inky black acid that corrodes things, and causes magical darkness to surround those affected. They like to hunt large animals near their homes.
- Ruby Dragon: looking similar to red dragons, ruby dragons breathe melting heat which can do fire damage or melt items a character is carrying. They have ravenous appetites and hoard gems primarily.
- Sapphire Dragon: easily mistaken for beautiful blue dragons, these dragons breathe a cone of high-pitched sound, which causes panic in victims. They live deep underground, and are extremely territorial. They love to eat giant spiders.
- Diamond, the Star Dragon, Ruler of Lawful Dragons: Diamond has scales with the refractive qualities of faceted diamond; they glitter and gleam with so much reflected light that it is hard to stare at this dragon.
- Opal, the Sun Dragon, Ruler of Neutral Dragons: Opal has scales which are white with thousands of tiny specks of color in all the hues of the rainbow.
- Pearl, the Moon Dragon, Ruler of Chaotic Dragons: Pearl has scales like mother-of-pearl—white but iridescent, constantly shifting, like her Chaotic nature.
- The Great Dragon, Ruler of Dragonkind: the first dragon Immortal, a member of the extinct Gray dragon species, he realized early on that if the dragons didn't generate more Immortals they were going to get pushed around by the puny mortal races of humans, elves, orcs, etc., so he sent Dragon Spirits to give power to dragons. The Great One has scales which glow brightly, like the surface of a white sun; no one can stare directly at him except through a darkness spell effect (through which he looks like an enormous three-headed white dragon).
The following dragons were added to the setting by the inclusion of the AD&D 2E Red Steel box set, which was put in Mystara. Obviously, they make use of cinnabryl and don't make much sense in campaigns that don't use this magical material:
- Crimson Dragon: these are thought to be red dragons corrupted by the Red Curse to gain multiple Legaices; their mastery of Legacies are so thorough they can even choose whether or not the physical features of any Legacy are expressed or not. Their breath weapon is a cone that depletes all cinnabryl in the area of its blast; if a large-enough source of cinnabryl is depleted at once with this breath weapon, there's a chance the dragon gains a new Legacy.
- Red Hawk Dragon: these are unique looking dragons, thought by some to be a cross between red dragons and rocs. The Red Curse grants red hawk dragons a single Legacy upon reaching adulthood and they may gain more through their lives; despite having one or more Legacies, they do not require cinnabryl to stave off Affliction. Their breath weapon is a cone of fire, but weaker than that of red dragons.
