D&D (2024) Wargamer Takes Shot At WotC for Not Respecting Forgotten Realms Canon.

ECMO3 said:

I think they are better than Amerthyst Dragons which are a "traditional" nothing.

There are numerous examples of heroic Red Dragon and Red Dragon riders in the Forgotten Realms. Red Dragon riders have heroic parts in BG3 as well as in both the Azure Bonds novels and the Cadderly novels. One of the members of The Brotherhood of the Griffon rescues and then rides a Red Dragon for a time in the Brotherhood of the Griffon novels. A Red Dragon, Brimstone, played a heroic role in the Rage of Dragons novels. That is 5 examples off the top of my head, all in the forgotten realms.

Can you give me any examples of heroic Amethyst Dragon riders in the Forgotten Realms? Any at all in any D&D fiction on any world?

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pemerton said:

I know of no example of an Amethyst Dragon in any D&D fiction.

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Jensaarai said:

Also, further research shows that Amethyst Dragons have actually appeared in several Monster Manuals and Compendiums over the years, so they can probably lose that negative mark to their claim of tradition.

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pemerton said:

@Parmandur

I gather that the first cover is showing an amethyst dragon? If so, now I know of an example!

What's the second cover showing us? (Other than a lack of blood on those people being cut down by the swordswoman.)

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pemerton said:

@Parmandur

I gather that the first cover is showing an amethyst dragon? If so, now I know of an example!

What's the second cover showing us? (Other than a lack of blood on those people being cut down by the swordswoman.)

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Jensaarai said:

Realms of the Dragons II was an anthology set, and one of the stories involves an ancient amethyst dragon.

An amethyst dragon also appears as a side-character in War in Tethyr, though that might be a bit of a spoiler?

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pemerton said:

I know them from the original Dragon article. But yes, I gather they've turned up in various dragon-oriented books (I don't own any of those). Which MMs have they been in?

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Parmandur said:

I am not familiar with it, but I seriously doubt that there are people walking around in 2025 worrying about spoilers to backbench TSR novels from the 90s.

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