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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6157521" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>I was doing some research/reading about gold dragons last night and was wondering, other than "they are the most powerful good dragons"...and 'They're scales are gold. Duh!"...I was wondering what elements would make a really interesting/fun/cool/pick positive adjective of choice Gold Dragon really...GOLD! Beyond just cruchy bits, I mean...the most spells, the most damaging attacks, yada yada...that's all great. They're powerful. We get it. But what would be a real "OMG it's a GOLD dragon!" extra special treat to encounter them?</p><p></p><p>BECM gold dragons were all crunch. They all speak. They all use magic. They get TWO breath weapons...and in this edition happen to be the only "Lawful" dragons there are. They use more magic than other dragons and shapechange at will...which is later stipulated to 3 times per day. But that's neither here nor there.</p><p></p><p>1e's MM does little better, stipulating their number and tiers of spells for different age brackets. You probably won't know it's a gold dragon if you encounter one since they'll be morphed into something else. But essentially everything else its the same...and there's the added tidbit under the Platinum Dragon's entry that he has<em> huge ancient </em>gold dragon counselors/guardians.</p><p></p><p>Edition is not at all important. What would "feel", for lack of a better term, like a great-most-powerful-lords-of-metallic-dragonkind Gold dragon for you?</p><p></p><p>I'm kinda at a loss and keep circling back to "they're just more magicky than other magicky dragons" which i feel is a bit weak as a mythic backstory for a mythic [one might even say "Legendary"?] creature, if not a complete "cop out."</p><p></p><p>What besides "the best dragon wizards" is there? Do/Have you use/d gold dragons in games? What made it/them special? Do they matter at all or could a world "top out" at Silver Dragons as the coolest/best/most powerful lord of draconic beasts?</p><p></p><p>Let the tales of awesomeness begin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6157521, member: 92511"] I was doing some research/reading about gold dragons last night and was wondering, other than "they are the most powerful good dragons"...and 'They're scales are gold. Duh!"...I was wondering what elements would make a really interesting/fun/cool/pick positive adjective of choice Gold Dragon really...GOLD! Beyond just cruchy bits, I mean...the most spells, the most damaging attacks, yada yada...that's all great. They're powerful. We get it. But what would be a real "OMG it's a GOLD dragon!" extra special treat to encounter them? BECM gold dragons were all crunch. They all speak. They all use magic. They get TWO breath weapons...and in this edition happen to be the only "Lawful" dragons there are. They use more magic than other dragons and shapechange at will...which is later stipulated to 3 times per day. But that's neither here nor there. 1e's MM does little better, stipulating their number and tiers of spells for different age brackets. You probably won't know it's a gold dragon if you encounter one since they'll be morphed into something else. But essentially everything else its the same...and there's the added tidbit under the Platinum Dragon's entry that he has[I] huge ancient [/I]gold dragon counselors/guardians. Edition is not at all important. What would "feel", for lack of a better term, like a great-most-powerful-lords-of-metallic-dragonkind Gold dragon for you? I'm kinda at a loss and keep circling back to "they're just more magicky than other magicky dragons" which i feel is a bit weak as a mythic backstory for a mythic [one might even say "Legendary"?] creature, if not a complete "cop out." What besides "the best dragon wizards" is there? Do/Have you use/d gold dragons in games? What made it/them special? Do they matter at all or could a world "top out" at Silver Dragons as the coolest/best/most powerful lord of draconic beasts? Let the tales of awesomeness begin. [/QUOTE]
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