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<blockquote data-quote="ElectricDragon" data-source="post: 7177815" data-attributes="member: 10778"><p>I have a category of dragons called "Elder Dragons." Not an age category, more a power-level category. The method of gaining this category requires great age and something special. Different for each dragon.</p><p></p><p><strong>From my campaign, Jonical:</strong></p><p>"An elder dragon is a type of wyrm that predates written history and even most oral histories. There are whispers of legends that tell that they have always existed, even before the creation of the world. Early history of the world suggests that dragons ruled all. Nothing could stand against them. Sages today name these ruling creatures "elder dragons". Some few of them survive from that distant time, more powerful than any other dragons alive today. Most of the surviving elder dragons attempted godhood and entered the ranks of deities. These elder dragons do have some worshippers of lesser (non-dragon) species; but only one, as far as is known, has dragon worshippers and he requires that they be undead.</p><p></p><p> Worshipping is different for dragonkind. For dragons, it is a minor act of heart rather than a major act of spirit. In which case, maybe many dragons worship elder dragons in their own private way, much less obvious than for other species. Possibly all that is truly necessary is to have an icon of that elder dragon deity among the other jewels of their hoard. </p><p></p><p> Each elder dragon is unique and focuses on an area of expertise, some type of knowledge, an element, or a force. Some sages speculate that many more elder dragons than are mentioned by Kerthan the Historian could well exist. They are an insular species as a whole (certain elder dragons are exceptions to this) and usually find out-of-the-way places to inhabit.</p><p></p><p> Some elder dragons are insubstantial in some way (ethereal, shadowy, gaseous, astral, dream, wind, etc.), but not all are. What is not known about elder dragons could fill the libraries of all the major cities of the whole world, and many are the “facts” supposedly known about them that simply are not true.</p><p></p><p> Most gods and goddesses treat elder dragons with respect, thereby giving them the status of a near-equal, even if they have no deific rank. While elder dragons could work for powerful deities in various duties, only one is known to do so. A pitifully small number of elder dragons have actually joined the ranks of the gods.</p><p></p><p> Elder dragons have all of the racial charactistics of true dragons whom they most resemble, but most have changed or added to their racial abilities and modified their appearance. Ancient fractured tales tell of how elder dragons were once normal true dragons until something unique happened to them or they did something strange and unexpected. There is no way to substantiate any of these tales; or to infer that all elder dragons were once normal true dragons; as even their racial charactistics have changed over the eons that each elder dragon has been alive: through active magical experimentation, divine morphing, and even through adaptation to a novel environment."</p><p></p><p>I have 12 such dragons in my campaign and it is unknown what type of dragons they formerly were; though there are speculations and stories, half-forgotten legends and such.</p><p></p><p>BTW, I am currently looking for a publisher, artists, layout artist, etc. in order to publish this material. If anyone is interested.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElectricDragon, post: 7177815, member: 10778"] I have a category of dragons called "Elder Dragons." Not an age category, more a power-level category. The method of gaining this category requires great age and something special. Different for each dragon. [b]From my campaign, Jonical:[/b] "An elder dragon is a type of wyrm that predates written history and even most oral histories. There are whispers of legends that tell that they have always existed, even before the creation of the world. Early history of the world suggests that dragons ruled all. Nothing could stand against them. Sages today name these ruling creatures "elder dragons". Some few of them survive from that distant time, more powerful than any other dragons alive today. Most of the surviving elder dragons attempted godhood and entered the ranks of deities. These elder dragons do have some worshippers of lesser (non-dragon) species; but only one, as far as is known, has dragon worshippers and he requires that they be undead. Worshipping is different for dragonkind. For dragons, it is a minor act of heart rather than a major act of spirit. In which case, maybe many dragons worship elder dragons in their own private way, much less obvious than for other species. Possibly all that is truly necessary is to have an icon of that elder dragon deity among the other jewels of their hoard. Each elder dragon is unique and focuses on an area of expertise, some type of knowledge, an element, or a force. Some sages speculate that many more elder dragons than are mentioned by Kerthan the Historian could well exist. They are an insular species as a whole (certain elder dragons are exceptions to this) and usually find out-of-the-way places to inhabit. Some elder dragons are insubstantial in some way (ethereal, shadowy, gaseous, astral, dream, wind, etc.), but not all are. What is not known about elder dragons could fill the libraries of all the major cities of the whole world, and many are the “facts” supposedly known about them that simply are not true. Most gods and goddesses treat elder dragons with respect, thereby giving them the status of a near-equal, even if they have no deific rank. While elder dragons could work for powerful deities in various duties, only one is known to do so. A pitifully small number of elder dragons have actually joined the ranks of the gods. Elder dragons have all of the racial charactistics of true dragons whom they most resemble, but most have changed or added to their racial abilities and modified their appearance. Ancient fractured tales tell of how elder dragons were once normal true dragons until something unique happened to them or they did something strange and unexpected. There is no way to substantiate any of these tales; or to infer that all elder dragons were once normal true dragons; as even their racial charactistics have changed over the eons that each elder dragon has been alive: through active magical experimentation, divine morphing, and even through adaptation to a novel environment." I have 12 such dragons in my campaign and it is unknown what type of dragons they formerly were; though there are speculations and stories, half-forgotten legends and such. BTW, I am currently looking for a publisher, artists, layout artist, etc. in order to publish this material. If anyone is interested. [/QUOTE]
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