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<blockquote data-quote="QuietBrowser" data-source="post: 7076709" data-attributes="member: 6855057"><p>Honestly, all this talk about alignment really makes me appreciate what 4e did with it more, as I found most of the races benefited from the new definitions of it.</p><p></p><p>Metallic Dragons, for example. But then, I just really liked the 4e metallics a lot. The Bronze and Brass Dragons have never been my favorites; they're just too visually interchangeable with Copper Dragons. 4e made them a lot more interesting, although I still vastly prefer the Adamantine and Iron Dragons taking their place in the "default metallic quintet".</p><p></p><p>It's not that Bronze and Brass Dragons are <em>bad</em>, it's just that the lineup of Gold/Silver/Copper/Brass/Bronze seems so... jarring compared to the smoother fit of Red/Blue/Green/Black/White on the Chromatics side. Adamantine/Gold/Silver/Copper/Iron really fits well together, and for added bonus, the new dragons are great additions in their own right!</p><p></p><p>Adamantine Dragons finally give us a more dedicated "Underdark Dragon", and their Thunder elemental focus was unique. Whilst Iron Dragons actually complete the symmetry between Metallics and Chromatics by being the true Metallic equivalent to the White Dragon - they're the savage, feral brute, the dragon who makes the rest of their type shuffle in embarrassment and try to disavow kinship because they're not what a dragon "should be". I'm not normally a huge fan of grid-filling, but the symmetry between the Red/Blue/Green/Black/White lineup and the Adamantine/Gold/Silver/Copper/Iron lineup really does look better as a whole.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietBrowser, post: 7076709, member: 6855057"] Honestly, all this talk about alignment really makes me appreciate what 4e did with it more, as I found most of the races benefited from the new definitions of it. Metallic Dragons, for example. But then, I just really liked the 4e metallics a lot. The Bronze and Brass Dragons have never been my favorites; they're just too visually interchangeable with Copper Dragons. 4e made them a lot more interesting, although I still vastly prefer the Adamantine and Iron Dragons taking their place in the "default metallic quintet". It's not that Bronze and Brass Dragons are [i]bad[/i], it's just that the lineup of Gold/Silver/Copper/Brass/Bronze seems so... jarring compared to the smoother fit of Red/Blue/Green/Black/White on the Chromatics side. Adamantine/Gold/Silver/Copper/Iron really fits well together, and for added bonus, the new dragons are great additions in their own right! Adamantine Dragons finally give us a more dedicated "Underdark Dragon", and their Thunder elemental focus was unique. Whilst Iron Dragons actually complete the symmetry between Metallics and Chromatics by being the true Metallic equivalent to the White Dragon - they're the savage, feral brute, the dragon who makes the rest of their type shuffle in embarrassment and try to disavow kinship because they're not what a dragon "should be". I'm not normally a huge fan of grid-filling, but the symmetry between the Red/Blue/Green/Black/White lineup and the Adamantine/Gold/Silver/Copper/Iron lineup really does look better as a whole. [/QUOTE]
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